Patents Examined by Ruay Ho
  • Patent number: 10572146
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a touch display unit that receives and displays user gesture inputs. The electronic device may include a processor coupled to the touch display unit. Upon the touch display unit receiving a user gesture input, the processor may acquire the user gesture input from the touch display unit and determine an operation type from multiple operation types of the user gesture input based on one or more properties of the user gesture input. Upon the touch display unit receiving a user gesture input, the touch display unit may display the user gesture input in accordance with the operation type of the user gesture input as determined by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Yonggang Zhao, Xiaoping Zhang, Qiang Yao
  • Patent number: 10551997
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method of controlling a mobile terminal may be provided. The mobile terminal may include a display to display one of a plurality of wallpapers including at least one icon; and a controller to display at least two of the plurality of wallpapers and a plurality of preview screens corresponding to the plurality of wallpapers on the display upon reception of an input of moving at least one icon, moving of the at least one icon being displayed on the displayed wallpapers and preview screens. The mobile terminal can display a movement of icon being displayed on the displayed wallpapers and preview screens. Accordingly, a user may intuitively recognize a location of icon and effectively move a location of icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongyun Heo, Hyoungjoo Kim, Jungeun Shin, Sohoon Yi, Soohyun Lee, Moonkyung Kim
  • Patent number: 10547569
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for a user device including receiving a notification by a processing device of a user device a first user, the notification notifying the first user that a second user has shared a media item with the first user, the notification including a reference to the media item. The method further includes receiving a request of the first user to view the media item. The method further includes in response to the request of the first user, causing a messaging session between the first user and the second user to be provided, and presenting the media item to the first user in the messaging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Gavin James
  • Patent number: 10540151
    Abstract: A firmware provides a setup browser that generates a setup menu. An internal forms representation of setup data for rendering the setup menu is converted to markup language (ML) setup data. The ML setup data is provided to an application that provides a GUI for defining a modified setup UI for the firmware. The application provides a graphical, drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG, UI through which a user can edit existing forms and controls, create new forms and controls, and specify default values and other properties. When a user modifies the setup menu using the application, customized ML setup data is generated that defines the modified setup UI. The customized ML setup data is used to create setup data that is stored in a firmware device for use by the setup browser with the internal format representation of setup data to render the modified setup UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: American Medatrends International, LLC
    Inventors: Stefano Righi, Feng Li, Madhan B. Santharam, Presanna Raman, Howelle Blaine Summers
  • Patent number: 10528252
    Abstract: Techniques permitting users to input keyboard key combinations via context menu shortcuts are provided. A context menu may be invoked by long-pressing a function key such as “Ctrl.” The context menu includes key combination shortcuts associated with the pressed function key. For example, key combination shortcuts presented in the context menu for “Ctrl” may include “Ctrl+A,” “Ctrl+C,” “Ctrl+X,” “Ctrl+V,” and “Ctrl+Alt+Del.” The user can input a desired key combination by tapping on an appropriate shortcut. The context menu may include default and/or user-specified key combinations. Default key combinations may be application or operating system specific. In addition, users may configure desired key combinations to be displayed in the context menu for a given function key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Sabrina Hou, Peng Guo
  • Patent number: 10521187
    Abstract: For presenting visual information on a display, a processor determines to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user. The processor further identifies a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware. In addition, the processor presents the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Song Wang, Jian Li, Ming Qian, Jianbang Zhang
  • Patent number: 10521043
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a touch screen configured to display a plurality of content items, an artificial intelligence unit configured to sense a scroll search state, and a controller configured to control the touch screen and the artificial intelligence unit. The controller 180 acquires first force touch input for a first content item among the plurality of content items after sensing the scroll search state, displays first depth information of the first content item on the touch screen according to the acquired first force touch input, acquires second force touch input for the content item, and displays second depth information of the content item on the touch screen according to the acquired second force touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghye Seo, Kyungjin Moon, Juhyun Jung
  • Patent number: 10503379
    Abstract: A physiological monitor touchscreen interface presents interface constructs on a touchscreen display that are particularly adapted to finger gestures so to change at least one of a physiological monitor operating characteristic and a physiological touchscreen display characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Masimo Corporation
    Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali, Bilal Muhsin, Keith Indorf
  • Patent number: 10500440
    Abstract: An exercise computer includes a page object that includes an ordered list of data fields. The ordered list includes a first data field pertaining to a first data value and a second data field pertaining to a second data value. A first layout stored defines a first cell having a position and size and a second cell, the cells for displaying the first data value and the second data value, respectively. A second layout defines a third cell also for displaying the first data value, but having a size and/or position different than those of the first cell. A processing unit of the exercise computer is configured to selectively display the first layout and the second layout and to populate each of the cells with the corresponding data value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Wahoo Fitness LLC
    Inventors: Harold M. Hawkins, III, Benjamin P. Johnston, Shane A. Byler
  • Patent number: 10506077
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for image-based browsing of resources, such as webpages, on a communication device, providing for image-based navigation of recently accessed resources and image-based selection of resources matching partial or complete address strings entered in an input field. Also provided are systems and methods for predictive loading of resources, by detecting browsing actions such as zooming in and hovering over thumbnail images of previously accessed resources, and initiating HTTP requests for those resources over a network before receipt of an express command to retrieve the resource. To improve the user-perceived responsiveness of the device to commands to download and display resources such as webpages comprising embedded objects, the order of requesting updated versions of the embedded objects is determined by analysis of the portion of the webpage of interest to the user. Prioritizing of various browser-related tasks is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventor: Stefan Dimitrov
  • Patent number: 10496267
    Abstract: An operation method and a terminal device are provided for simplifying operations between applications. The method according to an embodiment includes: receiving a screen splitting instruction, splitting a screen into an original application display region and a new display region, where the new display region is configured to display history operation content and at least one application icon, receiving a target operation instruction, determining target content and a target application icon corresponding to the instruction, and transmitting the target content to an application program corresponding to the target application icon in response to the target operation instruction, where the target content is content selected in the history operation content or content selected in the original application display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghao Luo, Xiaomu Zhu, Dawei Geng
  • Patent number: 10482630
    Abstract: A system implementable on a computing device for handling color assignment within a complex document includes a user interface to facilitate user modification of at least one first color to at least one second color within a previously chosen color scheme for a component of the document. The color scheme has a predetermined number X of principal colors and a predetermined number Y of associated subordinate colors per principal color. The system also includes a color handler to modify the color scheme to produce an updated color scheme to match a perceived brightness of the at least one second color throughout at least a portion of the updated color scheme and a color processor to process and apply the updated color scheme at least to the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Wix.com Ltd.
    Inventors: Avishai Abrahami, Giora Kaplan, Nadav Abrahami
  • Patent number: 10455285
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller to create metadata corresponding to an identity of an entity, incorporate in a media file the metadata that identifies the entity with metadata that describes media content in the media file, and present a graphical user interface depicting a media file directory structure generated according to the metadata that identifies the entity and the metadata that describes media content in the media file. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott White, James Cansler, Ankur Mukerji
  • Patent number: 10448217
    Abstract: A channel distribution system has a channel carrying content, and an interactive receiver which receives content and provides to a user. The interactive receiver has an interface to allow the user to interact with the content. The channel also includes a broadcast label superimposed on the content which invites the user to interact with the content. The label includes an interactive link with a digital instruction containing handling information for the interactive receiver device. The handling information tells the interactive receiver how to handle a user interaction coinciding with the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventor: Oded Shmueli
  • Patent number: 10448073
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a popping-screen push system which includes: a popping-screen server which receives a text or image information, transfer it into a popping-screen message, stores and manages the popping-screen message, and adds it into a broadcast request; a broadcasting server which receives a broadcast request from the popping-screen server and sends out the popping-screen message in the broadcast request in real time; a popping-screen player which receives the popping-screen message from the broadcast server, downloads and plays the popping-screen. The present invention is provided with a broadcasting server, and provides identification codes for respective popping-screen messages, videos, and popping-screen players. Thus, it is convenient for popping-screen management and thereby realizes a high efficiency of polling for users and the popping-screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Shanghai Hode Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Lan, Yuxing Wang
  • Patent number: 10445674
    Abstract: A measure factory for generating analytic measures includes data sets representing business activities arranged as columnar arrays with each column being associated with a distinct source rule that applies to the column when it is used as a data source. The measure factory includes factory rules that govern which operations on available data sources may be executed under what conditions in the measure factory, such as by taking into account the source rules and other applicable factory rules. A factory rule execution hierarchy governs the execution of ready factory rules that lack dependency on other factory rules before executing ready factory rules that have dependency on other factory rules. A script generation facility generates a script to process the plurality of factory rules according to the factory rule execution hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Dimensional Insight Incorporated
    Inventors: James Clark, Frederick A. Powers, Daniel J. Jablonski, Matthew J. Gorman, George M. Dealy
  • Patent number: 10444724
    Abstract: A model that is stored in a memory is accessed. The model describes a visualization of information related to the operation of one or more industrial control machines or systems. Display information is received from the one or more industrial machines or systems. Context information is received from one or more sensors, or from user input. A display screen is graphically rendered at a graphical display unit to the one or more users. The content of the display screen is based upon the model, the display information, and the context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chandran Elumalai, Robert Molden, Chandra Sunkara, James Blanchette, Prasad Pai
  • Patent number: 10444942
    Abstract: A display control apparatus including a display form determination unit configured to determine a display form of an additional display item which is to be additionally displayed on a screen according to a display item addition request, on the basis of first information about the additional display item, and second information about an already displayed item which has already been displayed on the screen before the additional display item is displayed and an issuance unit configured to issue display control information for controlling display of the screen on the basis of the display form of the additional display item determined by the display form determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junki Ohmura
  • Patent number: 10409539
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a terminal device for displaying an application message are provided. The method includes: extracting a logic controller that controls application message sending and receiving from an application; determining the extracted logic controller as a common controller object of the application and a desktop; creating a desktop instance object corresponding to the common controller object; and loading and displaying a set user interface component on the desktop by using the desktop instance object, and when the application has a new application message, displaying the new application message in the set user interface component by pulling the new application message by the logic controller. Embodiments of the present invention enable a user to view a new application message on the desktop more conveniently, and reduce power consumption of the terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongzhi Guo, Jing He, Yu Chen, Zengxiang Lv, Bin Li, Cheng Luo
  • Patent number: 10412143
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for associating multiple users with a media presentation device are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving first user preferences; receiving second user preferences; receiving requests to associate the first user preferences and the second user preferences, respectively, with a media presentation device; causing the first user preferences and the second user preferences to be associated with identifying information of the media presentation device; receiving, from the media presentation device, a request to present a slideshow of images based on user preferences and identifying information of the first user device and a third user device; determining that the first user preferences are associated with the media presentation device; determining that user preferences of the third user device are not associated with the media presentation device; and causing content based on the first user preferences to be presented by the media presentation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Raunaq Shah, Matt Van Der Staay