Patents Examined by Scott Baderman
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Patent number: 9063629Abstract: A portable electronic device with first and second modes, the first mode, associated with allowing for the availability of one or more of a first level of power consumption and processor activity for the portable electronic device, and allowing general unlocked user interaction with the user interface of the portable electronic device; the second mode, associated with allowing for the availability of one or more of a second level of power consumption or processor activity, and allowing locked user interaction with the user interface; and the locked user interaction allowing for the provision of one or more specific limited user inputs using the user interface, to directly interact with associated second mode output provided using the user interface in the second mode, the one or more specific limited user inputs not being associated with general unlocking of portable electronic device to enter the first mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: John-Rhys Newman, Pascal Wever, Marco Paglia, Duncan Burns, Julian Bleecker, Jacob Zukerman
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Patent number: 9066137Abstract: A method for providing a search service and a display apparatus applying the same are provided. According to the search service providing method, a search window for doing an Internet search is displayed on a partial area of the screen that displays an image. The search window can be converted into an image display window in response to receiving a specific manipulation input by a user, thereby allowing the user to use the search service while converting between the use of the search window and video watching.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji-hye Chung, Hye-jeong Lee, Eun-young Lim, Ji-sun Yang, Seung-soo Kang, Sin-oug Yeo
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Patent number: 9058307Abstract: Scorecard data including scorecard views, and the like are exported to a presentation application for generating a presentation based on the scorecard data. Briefing book definitions are generated based on the scorecard data, default parameters and user-defined parameters for providing a user selections for the presentations. Using composite objects, scorecard and report views may be reformatted, resized, laid out, and paginated according to the presentation preferences. Once the user selections are received the presentation may be rendered generating charts based on the data, grouping and breaking down views, incorporating unstructured data, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ian Tien, Corey Hulen, Chen-I Lim
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Patent number: 9058396Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a flip ahead input, such as a gesture, provides touch users with an ability to easily navigate various websites. The flip ahead input can be utilized to advance to the next portion of relevant content. In at least some embodiments, the flip ahead input resides in the form of a forward swipe. In one or more embodiments, the flip ahead input is configured to be utilized in association with an aggregated browsing history from multiple users. The aggregated browsing history is analyzed to generate rules that are then downloaded to a client device and used by a suitably-configured web browser to ascertain the next portion of content when a flip ahead input is received.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jane T. Kim, John B. Bravenec, Anthony T. Chor, Yi Lang Mok, Habtamu M Feyessa, Sarah J. Bowers, Warren G. Stevens, Robert J. Mauceri, Jr., Michael J. Patten, Aaron M. Butcher, Vikas Rajvanshy, Jaime Martin Sanchez Lopez, Mark H. Schmidt, David B. Flink, Yan Ke, Louis A. Martinez
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Patent number: 9058100Abstract: A method for providing a user interface includes creating a representative image of a media content, displaying the representative image on a screen, making the representative image a movable object on the screen, monitoring a motion gesture to move the representative image, and performing a corresponding action based on the motion gesture. The action includes saving, deleting, sending, or rejecting a message including the representative image and the media content or a link to the media content.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Inventor: Fang Li
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Patent number: 9058312Abstract: Systems and methods for represent and manipulate (i.e., processing) the underlying structure of a structured document (e.g., a mark-up language document), while maintaining a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment. The traditional WYSIWYG editor view is paired with a Visual Document Structure Indicator (VDSI) pane to allow for both WYSIWYG and structure editing within a single interface. The VDSI pane includes left pane and upper pane, which are configured along the left and top borders, respectively. The document editor allows document content to be created, edited, and maintained in the WYSIWYG environment while keeping document structure information available to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Madcap Software, Inc.Inventor: Bjorn Eric Pekka Backlund
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Patent number: 9053026Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for intelligently responding to hardware failures so as to optimize system performance. An administrative server monitors the utilization of the hardware as well as the software components running on the hardware to assess a context of the software components running on the hardware. Upon detecting a hardware failure, the administrative server analyzes the hardware failure to determine the type of hardware failure and analyzes the properties of the workload running on the failed hardware. The administrative server then responds to the detected hardware failure based on various factors, including the type of the hardware failure, the properties of the workload running on the failed hardware and the context of the software running on the failed hardware. In this manner, by taking into consideration such factors in responding to the detected hardware failure, a more intelligent response is provided that optimizes system performance.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rohith K. Ashok, Roy F. Brabson, Barry P. Gower, Hugh E. Hockett
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Patent number: 9053083Abstract: Gadgets integrate with spreadsheets and the spreadsheet calculation engine. A gadget is bound to a range of cells (one or more) within a sheet. When one or more of the cells of the bound range is accessed (e.g. selected, hovered over, edited, deleted, added), the gadget is notified. The gadget may use this information for updating a display rendered by the gadget and/or performing some other action. The gadget uses an Application Programming Interface (API) to create the binding, communicate with the spreadsheet, and perform actions in the spreadsheet. The gadget is a Named Item object within the spreadsheet such that the gadget may be viewed/displayed differently from other objects. Out of date requests from the gadget are attempted to be detected and prevented from being processed such that the gadget is not acting on the latest data.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lawrence Waldman, Keyur Rahul Patel, Shahar Prish, Eoin James Burke, Daniel Battagin, Jon Garrett Simmons
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Patent number: 9052887Abstract: A method of processing data in a data processor comprising at least two data processing units. The method comprises performing different data processing steps in the data processing units concurrently during a parallel operation, and replicating performances of selected identical data processing steps in the data processing units during a non-synchronised redundant operation. The non-synchronised redundant operation comprises an initial performance of the selected identical data processing steps in one of the data processing units and a replicate performance of the data processing steps starting later than the initial performance, preferably in another of the data processing units. Initial result data representative of results from the initial performance are registered, and compared with replicate result data representative of results from the replicate performance, and an error signal is produced in case of discrepancy.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Michael Rohleder, Joachim Fader, Frank Lenke, Markus Baumeister
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Patent number: 9053149Abstract: Systems and methods for defining a composite view and using the definition of the composite view to obtain, aggregate, analyze, and present data from a variety of data sources to a user. These systems and methods may allow for the definition of a visual framework to aggregate and display related data. This visual framework, or composite view, may in turn be composed of a master view and a set of subviews, each of which may display data collected from a particular data source according to a particular format. By interacting with the master view data from a variety of data sources can be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Open Text S.A.Inventors: Hillary Ebenstein, Giles Goodwin, George Penston, Gregory Guttmann, David MacLeod, Jeff Althoff
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Patent number: 9053199Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to uniquely identifying script files. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. A script file repository includes one or more script files that have unique identifiers and optionally version numbers. A computing device accesses a web document that references a script file using the unique identifier/version number.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Getzin
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Patent number: 9055115Abstract: Methods and systems of managing feed items may involve receiving a feed item and determining an estimate of an amount of time to read the feed item. In addition, the feed item can be prioritized in a feed aggregator based at least in part on the estimate of the amount of time to read the feed item.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Denise A. Bell, Travis M. Grigsby, Jana H. Jenkins, Trevor Livingston
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Patent number: 9053077Abstract: HTML data that contains at least a set of reference data (URL) of a visualized image containing characters, reference data (URL) of an un-visualized background image containing no characters whose display position is set to an area superimposed on the image, and un-visualized text data whose display position is set to an area superimposed on the background image is stored in a web DB, and the un-visualized background image data and the text data are visualized and the visualized image data is un-visualized in a translation process.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Soh Masuko
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Patent number: 9053176Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a set of placement options to a user when a new report object is requested to be placed in an area of the report are described herein. One or more existing report objects are associated with the area of the report. The set of placement options are determined based on at least one of the following: area type of the area in which the new report object is requested to be placed and a semantic relationship between the new report object and the one or more existing report objects. In one embodiment, the area of the report includes a sub-area. The set of placement options for a sub-area is determined based on the semantic relationship of new report objects and the existing report objects associated with the area and the sub-area.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITEDInventors: David Mosimann, Marko Udovicic, Wuzhen Xiong, Philipp Ziegler
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Patent number: 9052794Abstract: A range having a predetermined width close to a display margin is defined in an image as a restriction area. When the display area enters the restriction area, the moving speed determination unit reduces the speed of moving the display area in accordance with the extent that the display area enters the restriction area. When the request for moving the display area is suspended while the display area enters the restriction area, the bouncing speed determination unit determines the moving speed so that the display area is bounced in a direction away from the restriction area at a speed determined by the extent that the display area enters the restriction area. A frame coordinate computation unit computes frame coordinates of a display area that should be newly displayed, based on the moving speed determined by the moving speed determination unit and the bouncing speed determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Jun Hiroi, Hirotoshi Maegawa
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Patent number: 9047260Abstract: This invention provides a method, computer program and system for updating of a model of a system under test for use in model-based testing. In one embodiment, the system includes a rules engine, a comparator and a message dictionary. The rules engine runs an action against the system under test and runs the action against a model under test. The comparator compares an output from the system under test with a corresponding output from the model under test, wherein the output from the model under test is selected from one of a plurality of output message records. The dictionary engine updates the output message record by changing the message record if the output of the model under test is different from the output of the system under test. If the output message record is empty, the dictionary engine adds an output message record based on the system under test.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: James Clive Stewart
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Patent number: 9047388Abstract: The present invention provides a system, method, and software application for enabling a user to view data from an external data source in a visual map, wherein the external data source has a web services interface. Visual mapping software on a computer provides a visual mapping interface in which a user can create, edit, and/or view a visual map. Within the visual mapping interface, the visual mapping software provides the user with an option to obtain data from one or more data sources associated with a web service. In response to the user selecting a data source associated with a web service, the visual mapping software builds a web service request for the web service associated with the selected data source. The visual mapping application makes a call to the applicable web service with the web service request. The visual mapping application subsequently receives data from the web service and transforms the data into a format that can be used to generate visual map data.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Mindjet LLCInventors: William J. Creekbaum, Michael B. Jetter, Steven Bashford
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Patent number: 9043705Abstract: A service distribution device is provided that, when acquiring services to be used in an information terminal mounted in a vehicle or used in its passenger compartment, recognizes service availability beforehand, thereby improving usability of the services. A service distribution device includes an information correlation unit for correlating information that denotes service utilization conditions in relation to travel condition of the vehicle with the services. The service distribution device distributes to an information terminal the information that denotes the service utilization conditions correlated by the information correlation unit along with contents of the relevant service so that the information and the contents can be visibly displayed on a display unit in the information terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masaaki Ichihara
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Patent number: 9043648Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for intelligently responding to hardware failures so as to optimize system performance. An administrative server monitors the utilization of the hardware as well as the software components running on the hardware to assess a context of the software components running on the hardware. Upon detecting a hardware failure, the administrative server analyzes the hardware failure to determine the type of hardware failure and analyzes the properties of the workload running on the failed hardware. The administrative server then responds to the detected hardware failure based on various factors, including the type of the hardware failure, the properties of the workload running on the failed hardware and the context of the software running on the failed hardware. In this manner, by taking into consideration such factors in responding to the detected hardware failure, a more intelligent response is provided that optimizes system performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rohith K. Ashok, Roy F. Brabson, Barry P. Gower, Hugh E. Hockett
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Patent number: 9037915Abstract: A solution is proposed for analyzing a test of a software program comprising a plurality of software components, the test comprising a plurality of test cases each one for exercising a set of corresponding exercised software components. A corresponding method comprises the steps of receiving an indication of each failed test case whose current execution has failed, retrieving a suspicion attribute of each failed test case indicative of a change to the corresponding exercised software components since a previous execution of the failed test case, retrieving a change attribute of each failed test case indicative of a change to the failed test case since the previous execution thereof, retrieving a regression attribute of each failed test case indicative of a regression of the failed test case since the previous execution thereof, and classifying each failed test case into a plurality of disjoint classes according to the corresponding suspicion attribute, change attribute and regression attribute.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Domenico D'Alterio, Glanluca Mariani, Riccardo Rossi, Antonio Secomandi