Patents Examined by Sara England
  • Patent number: 10187268
    Abstract: A geographic management system (GMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. The map server geocodes the search criteria, obtains network data and geospatial data from the database server corresponding to the geocode, and transmits the geocode, the network data, and the geospatial data to the web server. The web server transmits the geocode, the network data, and the geospatial data to the user browser. The network data and the geospatial data are displayed on the user browser as a map displaying network elements of a telecommunication network relative to other network elements, geographic elements, and customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CELERITASWORKS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert N. Cossins, Scott A. Evans
  • Patent number: 10088901
    Abstract: Provided is an operating method of a display device. The method includes: recognizing a wearable device; and providing a user interface screen of the display device differently on the basis of a wearing state of the wearable device representing whether a user wears the recognized wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangkyu Kang, Sewon Park, Wooseok Ahn
  • Patent number: 9992257
    Abstract: Examples of systems and methods are provided for the dynamic in-session altering of a remote desktop window. A client device may establish a remote session with a server to provide to a user a remote desktop window. The client device detects events associated with the remote desktop window. Information related to the detected even is sent to the server via a communications channel. The server sends to the client device updated remote desktop windows information and the client device alters the remote desktop size and resolution accordingly. The remote desktop is altered without requiring the disconnection of the current remote session and subsequent establishment of a new remote session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Chendong Li
  • Patent number: 9977777
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for identifying type-ahead candidates. A method includes determining a context of past non-threaded emails of a user. The method further includes generating a context index associating the past non-threaded emails of the determined context with repeatable values within the past non-threaded emails. The method further includes receiving characters in a current email and determining a context of the current email. The method further includes determining matches between the current email and the past non-threaded in the context index. The method further includes identifying the corresponding repeatable values and matching the identified corresponding repeatable values with the received characters. The method further includes presenting the candidate words to the user for inclusion in the current email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Kevin C. McConnell, James W. Seaman
  • Patent number: 9954976
    Abstract: An electronic device for collecting and displaying measurement data includes a data interface, a processor and a transport interface. The data interface obtains measurement data. The processor is configured to generate portable graphical user interface (GUI) information indicating a visual format corresponding to at least one of the measurement data or the electronic device, and to associate the portable GUI information with the measurement data. The transport interface is configured to deliver the measurement data and the associated portable GUI information to a remote display, enabling the remote display to display the measurement data in accordance with the visual format indicated by the portable GUI information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Glenn Engel, Glen L. Purdy, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9946453
    Abstract: A display device calculates an operation amount of a user's input operation based on a detected indicated position. Display device displays component images on display surface based on the operation amount calculated. If display device determines that the indicated position is no longer detected, display device determines whether the calculated operation amount is smaller than or equal to a threshold. If it is determined that the calculated operation amount exceeds the threshold, display device executes an acquiring operation of a newly arrived email.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Nakao, Hitoshi Obata
  • Patent number: 9916069
    Abstract: An adaptive user interface of a computing device receives a user input triggering an animation in the user interface. The animation is configured to progress from an animation start to an animation finish in a transition time dynamically selected from a range of possible transition times based on a duration between the user input triggering the animation and an immediately previous user input. The animation is presented with the dynamically selected transition time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Matthew Williams, Jason W. Renfroe
  • Patent number: 9894018
    Abstract: A graphical user interface on a display device of a computer enables communications using a computer service. The graphical user interface includes a list of potential message recipients selected by a user as significant to the user. The graphical user interface also includes a mobile device identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients and a user account identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients. At least one of the listed potential recipients includes a mobile device identifier as the only available conduit for data delivery to the potential message recipient using the computer service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Odell, Barry Appelman, Andrew L. Wick, Alan Keister, Raine Bergstrom, Xiaoyan Yin, Barbara McNally, Keith C. Hullfish
  • Patent number: 9866611
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects terminal position information including information concerning a position of another display apparatus with respect to the display apparatus; and a display unit that displays a part of a given image based on the terminal position information detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Omura, Kiyoshi Kasatani
  • Patent number: 9791998
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product are provided for managing a plurality of applications via a single interface. It is initially identified as to which of a plurality of applications are installed on a computer. A status of each of the applications is then presented via a single graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent J. Lymer, Atri Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 9772689
    Abstract: Enhanced image viewing, in which a user's gesture is recognized from first and second images, an interaction command corresponding to the recognized user's gesture is determined, and, based on the determined interaction command, an image object displayed in a user interface is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Evan Hildreth
  • Patent number: 9766766
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for displaying a display element on a display in which a display element may be displayed responsive to a command, the display element being associated with another display element. Also, in another example, the association between the display elements is also displayed. In one example, the association between the display elements is depicted via an animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Louis Amadio, Keira L. Amos, Charles Cummins, Neel Ishwar Murarka, Phillip Bensaid
  • Patent number: 9753605
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for dynamically providing a tool bar in a user interface is provided. The method includes determining at least one action that is commonly performed based on data displayed on a current page of a graphical user interface of a communications device, creating a tool bar comprising at least one icon representing the at least one action, associating the tool bar with the current page of the graphical user interface, and providing the tool bar to the communications device for display on the current page of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Chen, Brent-Kaan William White
  • Patent number: 9678625
    Abstract: A menu management unit relates items of contents received from a storage unit to multiple folder icons 120, which represent units for displaying contents. A menu screen generating unit generates image data for a menu screen 50, which includes a function icon array 70 formed by multiple function icons 52-62 aligned horizontally, and a folder icon array 72 formed by multiple folder icons 120 aligned vertically. With respect to each of the multiple folder icons, an effect processing unit receives, as a folder attachment image 122, one of content icons representing related contents from the storage unit, and then displays, in the folder icon array 72, the folder attachment image 122 and the folder icon 120 so that the folder attachment image is included in the semi-transparent folder icon superimposed upon the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Ryuji Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9613150
    Abstract: The present invention offers a component that enables the presenter to begin presenting the first pages of the document as they become available, without having to wait on the entire document to be processed. The present invention provides an approach that is used to monitor document processing as it taking place on a server. As each page is in the document is processed (e.g., converted), a monitoring component signals a controlling component to alert it of the specific progress events (e.g., a new page available). The controlling component can immediately interface with clients using a real-time communication component, for example letting users know when each single page is available for consumption. Once alerted, an informed client can signal all other clients which page to view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan R. Smith, Kyle M. Himmerick, William M. Quinn
  • Patent number: 9557900
    Abstract: A user interface generation system comprises a reception component that facilitates receipt of instantiated objects from within a programmable logic controller, wherein the objects conform to a hierarchically structured data model. A view generation component communicatively coupled to the reception component utilizes a subset of the objects to dynamically generate a user interface. For example, the hierarchically structured data model can be based at least in part upon one or more of ISA S95, ISA S88 and/or OMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gavan W. Hood, Ralph Kappelhoff, Kenwood H. Hall
  • Patent number: 9547415
    Abstract: Novel tools for navigating among a suite of business applications, including without limitaion menu systems for business application suites. In some cases, the menu is customized for a particular user of the business application suite. Hence, for example, a menu might comprise only items necessary to that user's job function and/or access level, as defined by one or more user roles that the user possesses. In another example, menu items may be provided only for actions that the user has appropriate permissions to take and/or pages that the user has appropriate permissions to view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Adrien Lazzaro, Mark Shurtleff
  • Patent number: 9535992
    Abstract: Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventor: Anton P. Kast
  • Patent number: 9514102
    Abstract: A system identifies a document and provides an excerpt page corresponding to the document. The excerpt page includes a page of the document and a set of links to sections of the document. One of the links corresponds to a section containing the page and includes text associated with the link, a next page element to permit a next page in the document to be presented, and a previous page element to permit a previous page in the document to be presented. The next page element and the previous page element are visually associated with the text associated with the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Joe Sriver
  • Patent number: 9465516
    Abstract: An operating system program launch menu, such as a Start menu, provides various mechanisms for a user to quickly and efficiently locate and launch desired data items such as programs, data files, storage locations, and the like. A search box within the program launch menu may be used to quickly locate programs, documents, communications, and other data items. An auto-complete feature may be used, e.g., when the user restricts the locations searched for the user-entered search text. A most commonly used program list may include programs based on various criteria including both frequency of use and recent use, thereby always including a most recently used item. An all programs view may display programs and documents in a hosted-tree view within the original confines of the program launch menu, thereby negating the need to open sub-menus on top of a large portion of the desktop displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Matthews, Charles W. Stabb, Matthew R. Lerner