Patents Examined by Ryan F. Pitaro
  • Population of user identifiers based on nearby devices
    Patent number: 10687370
    Abstract: Methods and systems for population of user identifiers based on nearby devices are disclosed. One or more user identifiers are entered into a first electronic device. When the first electronic device is in proximity to a second electronic device, and a user prepares to log on to the second electronic device, the one or more user identifiers from the first electronic device are retrieved by the second electronic device and presented to the user for selection. The user identifiers may be displayed in a prioritized state based on particular factors. Sharing policies for particular user identifiers may be set based on user input. The user can then select one of the presented user names for logging on to an account with the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Jeremy A. Greenberger
  • Presenting user activity timeline in a colloquial style
    Patent number: 10681155
    Abstract: To generating a presentation of user activities occurring over a period of time, location history data that indicates multiple locations a user visited, along with the respective visit times, is received from the user. Using the location history data, a continuous event that begins on a first calendar day and ends on a second calendar day is determined. A representation of the first calendar day as a colloquial day is generated, where the colloquial day includes the entire event, and where the colloquial day at least partially overlaps with the calendar day but does no coincide with the calendar day. The colloquial day is displayed via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gerard Sanz, Markus Cedric Huebscher, Jana McSorley, John Maguire, Dino Wernli, Selen Basol, Johannes Gerardus Maria, Dorington George Little
  • Method and an electronic device for performing playback of streamed media including related media content
    Patent number: 10671234
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and electronic devices for performing playback of streamed media, including complementing a media content item with an associated media content item. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, during playback of a first media content item, a message is sent to a computer server system, to return information that a related second media content item is selectable. The information that the second media content item is selectable is displayed at a user interface as a visual array of tiles, wherein each one of the tiles corresponds to a respective second media content item. Playback of the second media content item can be combined with the first media content item. By displaying information about selectable associated media content items to a user, the user will be enabled to individually select associated media content items to complement a currently playbacked media content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Frank Conway, Robert William Wood, Arvind Suresh, Tobias Heinrich Schneider
  • User terminal apparatus, method for inputting text and displaying an input mode sign next to a text input cursor in user terminal apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10664163
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus are provided. The text inputting method includes detecting a text input mode set in the user terminal apparatus and displaying a sign corresponding to the detected text input mode near a text input cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-young Seo
  • Locating event on timeline
    Patent number: 10656789
    Abstract: Locating an event on a timeline is provided. A calendar application may locate an event on a timeline by detecting a selection action on the event on a calendar. A context menu is displayed on the calendar, where the context menu includes a search control. An activation of the search control is detected. The event is located on the timeline of the calendar. The event is displayed on the timeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Neel Joshi, Jeannine Boone, Joan Li, Montine Rummel, Johanna Hawkins, Mark Healy
  • User terminal apparatus, method for inputting text and displaying an input mode sign next to a text input cursor in user terminal apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10628040
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus are provided. The text inputting method includes detecting a text input mode set in the user terminal apparatus and displaying a sign corresponding to the detected text input mode near a text input cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-young Seo
  • User interface apparatus, vehicle having the same, and method of controlling the vehicle
    Patent number: 10618406
    Abstract: A user interface apparatus includes a first user interface configured to display host information; and a second user interface configured to display guest information, and to transmit the guest information to the first user interface if a linking signal for the guest information is received, wherein the first user interface displays the guest information by changing the host information to the guest information. Therefore, by integrating a cluster which is a first user interface with a center fascia which is a second user interface to implement a large area screen, and linking information between the cluster and the center fascia, it is possible to reduce attention dispersion during driving, to improve a driver's recognition rate, and to improve a driver's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jia Lee, Jongmin Oh, Gideok Kwon, Yong Lee, Taeyub Kim, Hotaek Lee, HeeJin Ro, Inseong Park, Jong Yong Nam, Jong Bok Lee, Seok-Young Youn, Gi Beom Hong
  • Communications interface and a communications method, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding registration medium
    Patent number: 10620777
    Abstract: The invention provides a communications interface for communications between participants, said interface including a virtual space (1) and graphical avatars (2, 3) that firstly represent respective ones of said participants and secondly are designed to move in said virtual space (1), said communications interface also including control means for controlling the movement of each graphical avatar, said communications interface being characterized in that it is designed to set up a discussion channel automatically between two of said participants when either the distance (d) between the two graphical avatars (2, 3) representing respective ones of said two participants is less than or equal to a predetermined first value (D1), or the distances between a graphical object and each of the two graphical avatars (2, 3) are less than or equal to a second predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GLOWBL
    Inventor: Mathieu Nicolas Labey
  • Medical apparatus and method of controlling a medical apparatus
    Patent number: 10614917
    Abstract: A medical apparatus has a plurality of movable elements that are remotely displaced. A display device receives inputs for positioning the movable elements from a user. A computing device that is coupled to the display device displays a model of the medical apparatus on the display device. The movable elements are displayed in the model in accordance with the received inputs for positioning. In response to a trigger signal of the user for moving the movable elements, the movable elements are driven so as to adopt the displayed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Gemmel, Hans Schweizer, Wei Wei, Markus Weiten
  • Human interactions for populating user information on electronic forms
    Patent number: 10614099
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for populating user information onto an electronic form using human interactions via touch, voice, gestures or an input device. The electronic form is selected by the user for completion using a user profile of stored data. When a form field requires a manual input—such as a form field with multiple potential values—a user is prompted to complete the field using one or more of the human interactions to allow the user to easily complete the field. These human interactions may include touching the form field with a finger on a touchscreen user interface, speaking the form field name, gesturing or selecting via the input device to generate a window of different potential values, and then touching, speaking, gesturing of selecting via the input device the value that the user prefers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: UBIQ Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Linda Eigner, William Eigner, Eric Tobias, Charles Kahle, Anthony F. Iasi
  • User terminal apparatus, method for inputting text and displaying an input mode sign next to a text input cursor in user terminal apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium
    Patent number: 10579261
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus are provided. The text inputting method includes detecting a text input mode set in the user terminal apparatus and displaying a sign corresponding to the detected text input mode near a text input cursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-young Seo
  • Editing the text of an arbitrary graphic via a hierarchical list
    Patent number: 10573038
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically creates graphical content when a user creates or modifies a hierarchical list of content data and chooses from one of a plurality of graphical definition choices for the graphical elements. In addition, the present invention includes a user interface with three different displays. The first display presents the user with one or more galleries including a gallery with a plurality of graphical definitions. The second display is a content entry area. The final display is a drawing canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Gilbert, Cynthia C. Shelly, Gary A. Pritting, Kim Tapia St. Amant, Matthew J. Kotler, Richard J. Wolf
  • Universal application pinning
    Patent number: 10572213
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide a system and method for universal application pinning. Application representations are pinned to a same location of a user interface across multiple selected user devices from a selectable device list generated based off the application type and compatible device types. In this way, a single pinning selection received at one device may be applied to multiple selected devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: William John Pardi
  • Timeline view of recently opened documents
    Patent number: 10572103
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) for an electronic device. The method receives input to display files recently opened on the electronic device. In response to the input, the method displays a chronologically-arranged graphical representation of files recently opened on the electronic device from two or more applications that operate on the electronic device. The files are arranged in several groups based on when the files were open on the electronic device. A first group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the first group so that the files in the first group are open concurrently. A second group of the several groups is selectable to initiate opening of several files in the second group so that the files in the second group are open concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Julian K. Missig, May-Li Khoe
  • Portable terminal device and display control method
    Patent number: 10564828
    Abstract: A portable terminal apparatus includes an enclosure and a display attached to the enclosure and displaying at least part of a communication address and a Web page that is addressable by the communication address. An input that receives inputs from an user and a processor operates the Web page according with the inputs received through the input, wherein the communication address is displayed on an upper portion of the Web page, and the processor shifts the Web page along with the communication address downward when receiving a predetermined input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishihara, Kazumasa Gomyo, Satoshi Iino, Yuji Hashimoto
  • Dynamic content interface
    Patent number: 10546048
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product provide the ability to dynamically collaborate on a design drawing. The design drawing consisting of three-dimensional (3D) data is acquired and displayed in a viewing area. An entity of the design drawing is graphically selected. A text comment is entered. The text comment and an association between the text comment and the selected entity are added to a design drawing file for the design drawing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventor: Jay Allan Behr
  • Method and mobile device for activating voice intercom function of instant messaging application software
    Patent number: 10540089
    Abstract: A method and a mobile device are described for activating voice intercom function of instant messaging application software. In the method, a touch screen detects a touch action. The mobile device determines whether the touch point of the touch action is located in a preset location area and whether the touch action is a preset touch action. The mobile device activates voice intercom function of instant messaging application software if both determination results are affirmative. The method and mobile device are configured to conveniently activate voice intercom function of instant messaging application software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Chen
  • Method for processing and displaying real-time social data on map
    Patent number: 10540386
    Abstract: Social data obtained from social networks first undergo preliminary processing to remove the social data that do not have a workable attribute. Next, the social data go through machine learning process and stored firstly in a cache of main server and later on in a big data database that is distributed into different servers at different locations, with the purpose of better security and efficiency. When a client requests or search a certain attribute, such as location, the well processed and organized social data stored in the cache and the big data database will be searched in order to find the corresponding social data, which will then be present at a map based on such social data's location attribute. The foregoing process can be implemented as an application of a handheld device, such as cell phone, or a website that is accessible for both handheld device and computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Shaofeng Yang
  • Displaying custom positioned overlays to a viewer
    Patent number: 10523993
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include a user display unit that determines a portion of a presentation currently being viewed by a user through a transparent display. For example, if the display area is a theater screen, only a portion of the screen may be viewable to the user through the transparent display. The display unit may display metadata on the transparent display with a spatial relationship to one or more objects in the presentation. For example, the display unit may output a text bubble near an actor in the presentation that provides an interesting fact about the actor which may overlay or occlude the presentation. In one aspect, if the object in the presentation moves or the display unit is reoriented, the display unit may move the metadata to maintain the spatial relationship between the object and the metadata in the transparent display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph George Hager, IV
  • Systems and methods for prompting multi-token input speech
    Patent number: 10521186
    Abstract: A method for prompting user input for a multimodal interface including the steps of providing a multimodal interface to a user, where the interface includes a visual interface having a plurality of input regions, each having at least one input field; selecting an input region and processing a multi-token speech input provided by the user, where the processed speech input includes at least one value for at least one input field of the selected input region; and storing at least one value in at least one input field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ciprian Agapi, Soonthorn Ativanichayaphong, Leslie R. Wilson