Patents Examined by Shourjo Dasgupta
  • Patent number: 11222049
    Abstract: A method and system provide areas with lifestyle preferences selected by a user. Generally, a computing device receives a selection of one or more lifestyle preferences from the user. In response to the selected lifestyle preferences, a visual display of one or more areas of a geographic map that includes one or more of the lifestyle preferences that favorably compare to the lifestyle preferences of the user is presented to the user via a user interface of the computing device. Additionally, the user may submit a review of the lifestyle preferences available in a particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Torri Wollenschlager, Molly Vaughn, John Lucas Bothwell, Kristin E. Booth, Tyler Haycraft, Connor Lirot, Thomas Clausing, Bart Paul Pousson, Courtney Gerard Smith, Garrick Douglas Gabbrants, James Joseph Mellinger, Charles Allen Stokes, Tim Vernon, Anthony Todd Frazier
  • Patent number: 11221649
    Abstract: Methods and devices for selecting a card from an application stack, wherein the card represents a corresponding application that a user would like to make active or bring focus to. The selecting includes one or more of a dragging and a tapping action, with these actions being triggers for transitioning the device to an optional drag state or tapped state, respectively. Transitioning through this state executes the activating of a corresponding application or other action on the device to facilitate window/application/desktop management. The selecting further allows a user to specify which a touch screen (or portion hereof) on which a particular application should be launched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Alexander de Paz, Eduardo Diego Torres Milano, Ron Cassar
  • Patent number: 11199911
    Abstract: A signature input device according to an embodiment includes a sign pad configured to output an electronic signature, an input pen configured to input the electronic signature to the sign pad, a three-dimensional position acquisition sensor configured to acquire three-dimensional position information of the input pen, and a control section configured to determine, if the input pen is separated from the sign pad, whether an electronic signature input support instructing motion is included in the three-dimensional position information and, if the electronic signature input support instructing motion is included, perform electronic signature input support processing on the electronic signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinichi Shimoirisa
  • Patent number: 11182048
    Abstract: A computing device including a user input device. The computing device may further include memory storing a file tree that includes a plurality of files arranged in a hierarchical structure having a plurality of nodes. The computing device may further include at least one processor configured to receive, via the user input device, a scoping selection of one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes. The scoping selection may indicate a respective display status for each of the one or more nodes. The processor may generate a scoped view of the file tree in which for each selected node, whether that selected node is displayed or hidden in the scoped view is determined based at least on the respective display status indicated for that selected node by the scoping selection. The processor may output the scoped view to a display for display in a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew C. Ng, Mark Wade Heninger, Smitha Bhat Bharadwaj, Alan Jinsoo Yu, Arijit Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 11169660
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing digital assistance. One system includes at least one electronic processor configured to access data representing historical tasks performed by a user through at least one user device, determine, based on the data, a first plurality of tasks associated with a life event of the user, and store an association between the first plurality of tasks and the life event. The electronic processor is also configured to, in response to a current occurrence of the life event experienced by the user, retrieve the association and generate a user interface for display to the user, the user interface including a second plurality of tasks for addressing the current occurrence of the life event based on the first plurality of tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Gupta, Bhavesh Sharma, Justin V. George, Kratu Beri
  • Patent number: 11126411
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for providing a dashboard user interface design and integration system. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to generate an interface associated with a data source and establishing a connection with the data source to receive data from the data source. An indication of a component to be displayed on the interface is received and the interface is generated. The interface includes the component and is coupled to the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Joachim Fitzer, Eduardo Berlitz, Eduardo Carvalho, Alexandre Faltz, Reinhold Kautzleben, Willian Mendes
  • Patent number: 11126276
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method, device and equipment for launching an application. The method includes: a mobile terminal presetting one or more initial positions for one or more applications, wherein the one or more initial positions of the one or more applications are located outside the mobile terminal; then determining a target application from the one or more applications according to a current position of the mobile terminal; and then when a moving operation of a user on the mobile terminal is detected, shortening a distance between the mobile terminal and the target application according to the moving operation, then determining a first distance between the mobile terminal and the target application, and furthermore, launching the target application when the first distance is less than a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi Fang, Wei Lu, Huayun Miao
  • Patent number: 11113083
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for notification interaction in a touchscreen user interface. The method includes: monitoring a user interaction with a current application via the touchscreen user interface; recognizing that a notification is being prepared to be displayed as a notification display on top of the current application; selecting a distinct user interaction for input to the notification display that is distinct from the monitored user interaction with the current application; and displaying an instruction for the distinct user interaction with the notification display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eunjin Lee, Matthew A. Clarke, Gareth J. H. Morgan, James Cockbain, Peter Agorioge
  • Patent number: 11103638
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein relate to cancelling a modification of medicament delivery initiated by a user. A display of a therapy control element can be generated on an interface, such as a touchscreen. The therapy control element permits a user to modify a control parameter used in a control algorithm for generating a dose control signal for delivering medicament to a subject. Responsive to receiving the modification, the control parameter may be modified at a first time from a first setting to a second setting based on an indication of the modification to the therapy control element. Responsive to receiving a restore gesture on the touchscreen at a second time, the control parameter may be restored back to the first setting. This restore gesture may be a swipe gesture performed by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BETA BIONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Rosinko, Edward R. Damiano, David Chi-Wai Lim, Firas H. El-Khatib, Justin P. Brown, Bryan Dale Knodel
  • Patent number: 11099719
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for controlling arrangement of content (display elements) on a display presented to a user on a device. A set of display elements is received from a server. A primary tier and one or more secondary tiers are populated with display elements from the set of display elements according to a default pattern to establish an arrangement of the display elements. Interactions of the user with the display elements are monitored, wherein information obtained from monitoring is stored locally on the device. A level of interest of the user for the display elements is inferred based on the interactions. The arrangement of the display elements is updated with regard to the primary tier and the one or more secondary tiers to correspond to the level of interest of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rodney Thompson, Tanya Simkhovich, Frederick Scott Eliot, Douglas George Dempster, Ron Harris, James John Politis
  • Patent number: 11093694
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and techniques for multi-stage rendering of data pages for display in a data page display window. The present disclosure also relates to rendering data as part of a background instance of a data page renderer. The present disclosure also relates to displaying data requested from a workspace application in a data page window once the requested data is sufficiently rendered as part of a background instance of a data page renderer. The present disclosure also relates to providing a pool of background instances of multiple data page renderers for rendering and pre-rendering data pages for storage and eventual display in a data page window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Gaspard van Koningsveld, Kevin Morgan, Michael Kross
  • Patent number: 11093198
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device for forwarding a user input to an application is provided. The mobile electronic device includes a connector, a touch screen display, a memory including a first area and a second area, a wireless communication circuit, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to execute a first application included in the first area of the memory, display a screen of the first application on the touch screen display, execute a second application included in the second area of the memory when being connected to an external interface device through the connector, transmit data related to a screen of the second application through the connector to the external interface device, and forward a first user input through the touch screen display to the first application and not forward to the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong Pyo Lee
  • Patent number: 11086644
    Abstract: Interface and mode selection for digital action execution is provided. For example, a system loads a script library embedded in an electronic resource. The system determines a historic level of engagement between a client computing device and one or more digital assistants. The system selects, based on a first property of the client computing device and the historic level of engagement, a type of digital interface. The system generates, based on the type of digital interface, a digital interface with the call-to-action. The system determines, responsive to an instruction to execute the call-to-action, a mode of execution. The system selects a digital assistant and a second client device to execute the call-to-action. The system transmits the call-to-action to the second client device for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Prithvi Balaram, Nikhil Rao, Ian Baker, Adam Coimbra
  • Patent number: 11061538
    Abstract: A method prepares data for analysis. The method displays a user interface including a data flow pane. The data flow pane includes a flow diagram having a plurality of nodes, each node having an intermediate set and specifying a primary operation. When a user selects a node, the user interface displays a change list pane with an ordered list of secondary operations performed at the node and a data pane with rows from an intermediate dataset of the node. When the user provides input to perform an additional secondary operation at the node, the user interface (i) performs the additional secondary operation, (ii) determines a logical ordering for the additional secondary operation based on the primary operation of the node, (iii) adds the additional secondary operation to the change list pane according to the logical ordering, and (iv) updates the data pane in accordance with the additional secondary operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Anushka Anand, Arthur Gyldenege, Brice Johnson
  • Patent number: 11054907
    Abstract: A haptic device includes a display configured to display an image, a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user when the user interacts with the display, and a processor configured to receive information related to the image displayed on the display. The processor is also configured to create a friction based haptic effect map associated with the image displayed on the display, and generate a signal to the haptic output device to output the haptic effect when the user interacts with the display when the image is displayed on the display, the haptic effect being configured to simulate a feel of the image in three dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Lacroix, Vincent Levesque
  • Patent number: 11048383
    Abstract: The present technology can provide a contact card specific to a particular user on one service, showing a plurality of the other interaction points with that user in other, third-party services. A viewing user can interact with the contact card to cause an interaction with the particular user at the third-party service. In some embodiments, the present technology can provide a contact card listing points of contact for multiple team members at one or more third-party services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Phan, Flora Ellis, Henry Liu, Constance Wellman
  • Patent number: 11036360
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for unifying graphical user interface (GUI) displays across different device types. In an embodiment, a unification system may convert various GUI view appearing on, for example, a desktop device into a GUI view on a mobile device. Both devices may be accessing the same application and/or may use a cloud computing platform to access the application. The unification system may aid in reproducing GUI modifications performed on one user device onto other user devices. In this manner, the unification system may maintain a consistent look-and-feel for a user across different computing device type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Daniel McCall, Sheena Lee, Annie Abrahamian, David Klein
  • Patent number: 11029840
    Abstract: A vehicle manipulation device is configured to control a vehicle by wirelessly communicating with a communication device in the vehicle, and includes a touch panel, a detection unit, and a request unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an input manipulation of a user with respect to the touch panel. The request unit is configured to transmit a control request for causing the vehicle to perform a first operation to the communication device in response to detection of an input manipulation in a first aspect, the first operation being any one of locking and unlocking of the vehicle, and transmit a control request for causing the vehicle to perform a second operation to the communication device in response to detection of an input manipulation in a second aspect different from the first aspect, the second operation including an operation different from locking and unlocking of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Tamane, Tsukasa Takahashi, Masaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 11029818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for unifying graphical user interface (GUI) displays across different device types. In an embodiment, a unification system may convert various GUI view appearing on, for example, a desktop device into a GUI view on a mobile device. Both devices may be accessing the same application and/or may use a cloud computing platform to access the application. The unification system may aid in reproducing GUI modifications performed on one user device onto other user devices. In this manner, the unification system may maintain a consistent look-and-feel for a user across different computing device type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Eric Jacobson, Michael Gonzalez, Wayne Cho, Adheip Varadarajan, Daniel McCall, Victor Oliveros, Annie Abrahamian, David Klein, Nicholas Howland, Kyle Haskins, John Vollmer, Benjamin Snyder
  • Patent number: 11023482
    Abstract: A visualization of computer-enabled information in association with a computer-enabled map is provided. One or more data items may be imported onto a computer-generated mapping surface. A data visualization application may obtain location information, for example, physical address or latitude/longitude coordinates, for each data item. A map showing a geographical area large enough to contain each data item may be automatically generated and displayed, and each data item may be located on the map and may be identified by an identifying icon or label. Selection of an icon or label for any of the data items may cause display of information about the data item. The map display and visualization of the data items on the map display may be dynamically modified as one or more other data items are imported onto the visualization surface or as one or more existing data items are removed from the visualization surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Charles W. Parker, Ned B. Friend, Erez Kikin-Gil, Matthew J. Kotler, B. Scott Ruble, Igor Zaika