Patents Examined by Seung Jung
  • Patent number: 10503813
    Abstract: A theme to be applied to a document to be edited can be identified. The document and a preview of one or more components insertable into the document can be displayed. The preview can be formed and presented prior to the insertion of at least one of the components by applying the identified theme to the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harumi Itoh, Eisuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 10185707
    Abstract: A facility for annotating portions of a document shown in a visual representation of the document with annotations reflecting aggregated document activities performed with respect to the portions is described. The facility specifies a visual representation of at least part of the document. For each of at least two portions of the document that are not identical and that are represented in the specified visual representation, the facility attaches to locations in the document's visual representation corresponding to the portion a visual annotation reflecting an aggregation operation against document activities performed with respect to the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Edgar Fay, Joshua Allen Cowhig, Christopher Lee Mullins, Robert Earl Standefer, III
  • Patent number: 10133715
    Abstract: A semantic based document editor is provided. An application such as a document processing application displays previews of a document. The previews include semantic styles. In response to a selection of one of the previews, a semantic style associated with the selected preview is applied to a section of the document. The semantic style is rendered in the selected preview. A suggestion is displayed on the section. The suggestion identifies the section. The suggestion is also formatted based on the semantic style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ruth Kikin-Gil, Daniel Costenaro, Rebecca Seerveld, Wesley Hodgson, Robert McKaughan, Charles Cummins
  • Patent number: 10127212
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may include instructions stored thereon for propagating changes to copied text. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause a computing system to at least present copied text within a user interface of the computing system, monitor the user interface for changes to the copied text, receive a change to the copied text, the change including replacing a first instance of a first word, within the copied text, with a first instance of a second word, and in response to receiving the change to the copied text, present a prompt to replace, within the copied text, a second instance of the first word with a second instance of the second word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Harold H. W. Kim, Alessandro Suraci, Nakul Kumar, Pritam Pebam, Tali Rosen Shoham, Arkady Zaifman
  • Patent number: 10067917
    Abstract: A method of computerized presentation of a plurality documents is disclosed. There is at least one original document with at least one original document page, and an addendum document with at least one addendum document page. A first selection of the at least one original document is received. There is a page sequencing array defined by an arrangement of each original document. A second selection of the addendum document is received. Each of the at least one addendum document page is correlated to an original document page. A document set is generated using the first selection and the second selection. For each addendum document in the document set, a priority identifier is determined. A document set view is generated from the document set with the original document pages and the addendum document pages, and is defined by an ordered page selection according to the page sequencing array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Bluebeam, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Gunderson
  • Patent number: 10049095
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for in-context editing of websites and other output presentations via automatic pattern detection. One embodiment involves an editor application receiving an output presentation. The output presentation is generated based on at least one source element from at least one source file. The editor application identifies at least one pattern among multiple output elements in the output presentation. The at least one pattern corresponds to the at least one source element. The editor application determines a modification to the source element corresponding to a modification to at least one of the output elements. The modification to the source element is determined based on identifying the at least one pattern. The editor application applies the corresponding modification to the at least one source element responsive to receiving the modification to the at least one output elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandru Chiculita, Alexandru Costin
  • Patent number: 10042832
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for combining a first annotation and a second annotation in an electronic document. The first annotation is received and corresponds to a first portion of the electronic document. The second annotation is received and corresponds to a second portion of the electronic document. A first position of a layout rendering of the first annotation is determined, and a second position of a layout rendering of the second annotation is determined. The first position of the layout rendering of the first annotation is compared to the second position of the layout rendering of the second annotation. When the first position conflicts with the second position, the first annotation and the second annotation are combined to form a stacked annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Patent number: 10025766
    Abstract: A system of associating text items with fillable fields of an electronic fillable form may identify an electronic fillable form comprising one or more fillable fields and one or more text items, and for one or more pairs of fillable fields and text items, determine a confidence value associated with the pair. The system may determine a first configuration for the electronic fillable form, determine an overall confidence value for the first configuration, and identify one or more orphan fields from the determined configuration. The system may determine a second configuration for the electronic form, determines an overall confidence value for the second configuration, and in response to the overall confidence value for the first configuration exceeding the overall confidence value for the second configuration, selects the first configuration, otherwise, selects the second configuration. The system creates an association map for the selected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Martin S. Maltz, Safwan R. Wshah
  • Patent number: 10019532
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising automatically rendering a message to a webpage user, the message created by a webpage operator via an automatic merger of a customized message content that corresponds to a message-generator-selected message identifier with a message template that corresponds to a message-generator-selected message template identifier, the message-generator-selected message identifier and the message-generator-selected message template identifier provided by the message generator to the webpage operator responsive to receipt of data gathered from the webpage user by the webpage operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Fusion Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Dufour, Ram Dasari, Steven John Metsker, Scott Harris
  • Patent number: 10013488
    Abstract: A document analysis module analyzes electronic media items and identifies regions and region types for the electronic media items. The document analysis module may use rules, typographical feature sets, and cluster analysis to identify regions and region types. The document analysis module may also receive user input and may use the user input to identify regions and region types. The document analysis module may further use template pages to identify regions and region types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Zhao, Hanning Zhou, Xi Long, Xuping Zhang, Jian Lin, Sherif M. Yacoub
  • Patent number: 9996631
    Abstract: New ways of presenting information in a web browser are presented wherein documents categorized as belonging to the same web site or application are grouped together and presented in either an first mode where a browser window is open and one of the resources categorized as belonging to the group is displayed, or in a second mode where the group is represented by an icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: OPERA SOFTWARE AS
    Inventors: Huib Kleinhout, Rik van den Munckhof, Christopher Svendsen
  • Patent number: 9959261
    Abstract: A method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image by using a display apparatus includes generating an annotation related to a point of the 3D image and determining an image depth of the annotation, and displaying the annotation with the 3D image based on the image depth of the annotation, in which the annotation comprises at least one point or area of the 3D image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-yoon Kim, Su-jin Kim
  • Patent number: 9953034
    Abstract: A computing device that provides access to digital media items receives a command from an entity to share a digital media item that was uploaded by another entity. The computing device invokes an interface for trimming the digital media item in response to receiving the command. The computing device receives input for a trim operation to be performed on the digital media item. The computing device then provides a link or embed code for the digital media item for posting on a web site, wherein accessing the link or embed code causes the output of the trim operation to be presented to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Tushar Parlikar
  • Patent number: 9880993
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for providing access to a data object from within a spreadsheet included in a spreadsheet application. The method includes associating the data object with a first cell of the spreadsheet, wherein the data object is related to a parameter, and the first cell is identified by a cell reference, receiving an input that is related to a second cell of the spreadsheet and includes an expression that specifies the parameter and the first cell reference, and replacing the first cell reference specified by the expression with the data object, wherein a value for the second cell may be determined by applying the parameter to the data object specified in the expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek Michael Cicerone
  • Patent number: 9846688
    Abstract: Techniques for use with electronic book readers include coordinating or translating position information between different versions of an electronic book. Positions within different versions can be translated for various purposes, such as transferring annotations between versions or synchronizing positions within different versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher F. Weight, Janna Hamaker, Tom Killalea, Bruno A. Posokhow, Daniel B. Rausch
  • Patent number: 9792268
    Abstract: A user interface allows zooming and panning of a web-based wall that can support a wide variety of content. Various natural user interface features can be implemented to allow users to interact with content in an intuitive way. Technical infrastructure such as a zoom engine, bounding boxes, and content sharing enable implementation of a rich set of features that are instantly grasped by users. A minimap can provide a helpful overview of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Hans-Michael Graf, Ulf Brackmann
  • Patent number: 9720889
    Abstract: Systems and methods for checking for redirection of a content item are provided. A first web page identified by a first uniform resource locator (URL), the first web page comprising a content item. The first URL is stored in a memory element. After a predetermined period of time elapses, a second URL associated with a second web page rendered by the browser is identified. A discrepancy between the first URL and the second URL is detected. Responsive to the discrepancy detection, the content item is identified as ineligible for participation in an online auction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Pavel Kobyakov
  • Patent number: 9710509
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with rendering a web page are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method may include rendering, by a main thread of a browser, one or more non-image objects of the web page; decoding in parallel, by an image decoder of the browser, an image of the web page, while the main thread renders the one or more non-image objects of the web page. On completion of decoding the image, the main thread renders the decoded image. The web page may be part of a web application. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Qing Jian Song, Yunlong Zhou, Luigi Rosso, Kevin Meier
  • Patent number: 9703765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data display method and a data display apparatus for an energy management system. The data display method according to the present disclosure comprises receiving a table generation request signal for data received from a data acquisition and management system, receiving a table display form and selection information of sorting, receiving at least one layer according to a selected table display form, sorting and displaying the received data according to the input table display form and the input layer, sensing a sorting request signal for the displayed data, and re-sorting and displaying the displayed data based on the received sorting request signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yeo Chang Yoon
  • Patent number: 9696878
    Abstract: A system comprises a physical display unit and an aircraft system component. The aircraft system component is configured to output a first signal for display according to a first display format. The system also includes an abstraction component configured to generate a virtual display page according to the first protocol based on the signal received from the aircraft system component and to map the virtual display page into two or more modified pages. Each of the modified pages is configured according to a second display format and corresponds to a respective portion of the virtual display page. The abstraction component is further configured to output a second signal comprising a first of the two or more modified pages to the physical display unit for display according to the second display format. The abstraction component is configured to output a signal comprising a second modified page based on user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Anthony Zulch, III, Thomas D. Judd, Andrew Abeyta