Patents Examined by Steven P Sax
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Patent number: 10448091Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: EVA Automation, Inc.Inventor: Gaylord Yu
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Patent number: 10445115Abstract: Conversation user interfaces that are configured for virtual assistant interaction may include contextual interface items that are based on contextual information. The contextual information may relate to a current or previous conversation between a user and a virtual assistant and/or may relate to other types of information, such as a location of a user, an orientation of a device, missing information, and so on. The conversation user interfaces may additionally, or alternatively, control an input mode based on contextual information, such as an inferred input mode of a user or a location of a user. Further, the conversation user interfaces may tag conversation items by saving the conversation items to a tray and/or associating the conversation items with indicators.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.Inventors: Fred A Brown, Tanya M Miller, Richard Morris
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Patent number: 10423515Abstract: A method of recording user-driven events within a computing system includes receiving at a motion-sensitive display surface at least one user-performed gesture, which includes user movement of an object over the surface that recognizes such user interaction therewith. Touch information is generated corresponding to the at least one user-performed gesture. The touch information is configured to be provided to an application. The touch information is intercepted and recorded before it is provided to the application. The intercepted touch information is grouped into at least one chunk, and the at least one chunk is output to the application.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Varadarajan (TSV) Thiruvillamalai, Deepraj Sitaram Dixit, Tapas Ranjan Sahoo, Singireddy Neeraja Reddy
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Patent number: 10421013Abstract: The invention includes methods, systems, computer program products and means for providing an intuitive user interface for interacting with a game console that obviates the need for, or use of, a typical game controller. In one embodiment, the user interface comprises an analog-like mechanism for manipulating a menu and icon system. The menu system allows the user to highlight a menu option or icon using movement along one axis and to activate the menu option or icon via movement on a different axis. In one embodiment, highlighting is associated with a vertical motion and activation is associated with a horizontal motion. The vertical motion can be tied to the vertical movement of a particular appendage, e.g., the up and down movement of the user's right arm, and the horizontal motion can be tied to the horizontal movement of that or another appendage, e.g., movement of the right arm or hand across the body from right to left.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: HARMONIX MUSIC SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Ryan Challinor, Dare Matheson, Kasson D. Crooker, Marc A. Flury, Matthew C. Boch, Eran B. Egozy, Dean N. Tate
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Patent number: 10387094Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Eva Automation, Inc.Inventor: Gaylord Yu
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Patent number: 10387173Abstract: Emotional state data is used to tailor the user experience of an interactive software system, by monitoring and obtaining data about a user's emotional state. Invoice data is further used, and organized in a particular manner for presentation to the user based on a predicted future emotional state of the user. Emotional state data is analyzed and used to dynamically modify the user's experience by selecting user experience components and invoice presentation characteristics based on the analysis of the user's emotional state data. Different types of user experience components can be utilized to adjust the user experience to adapt to the user's new emotional state, prevent the user from entering an undesirable emotional state, and/or encourage the user to enter into a desirable emotional state.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang Paulus, Luis Felipe Cabrera, Mike Graves
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Patent number: 10390080Abstract: A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Eva Automation, Inc.Inventor: Gaylord Yu
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Patent number: 10374992Abstract: A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Brian Heikes, William Frischling, John Thomas Love
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Patent number: 10354227Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for managing electronic documents. For example, systems and methods described herein provide an electronic document owner with an analysis of one or more potential recipient's availability to review and sign the electronic document. Additionally, systems and methods described herein schedule the review and signing of an electronic document for a recipient such that the recipient does not miss the signing deadline for the electronic document.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ADOBE INC.Inventors: Sourabh Goel, Shilpi Aggarwal
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Patent number: 10341731Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for view-selection feedback for a visual experience are described. These techniques and apparatuses enable writers, directors, and other story creators to create or alter visual experiences based on feedback provided by view selections made during visual experiences. This feedback can be analyzed to determine portions of a visual experience that users focused on, wanted to see more of, were not interested in, found difficult to understand, and so forth. With this feedback, visual experiences, such as live-action movies and animated shorts, can be created or improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Baback Elmieh, Jan J. Pinkava, Douglas Paul Sweetland, Brian M. Collins, Darren Mark Austin
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Patent number: 10310713Abstract: According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
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Patent number: 10311094Abstract: A method and system for description of synthetic audiovisual content makes it easier for humans, software components or devices to identify, manage, categorize, search, browse and retrieve such content. For instance, a user may wish to search for specific synthetic audiovisual objects in digital libraries, Internet web sites or broadcast media; such a search is enabled by the invention. Key characteristics of synthetic audiovisual content itself such as the underlying 2d or 3d models and parameters for animation of these models are used to describe it. To represent features of synthetic audiovisual content, depending on the description scheme to be used, a number of descriptors are selected and assigned values. The description scheme instantiated with descriptor values is used to generate the description, which is then stored for actual use during query/search.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.Inventors: Qian Huang, Joern Ostermann, Atul Puri, Raj Kumar Rajendran
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Patent number: 10296167Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for presenting content to users using expanding menus. Among other things, the expanding menus allow a range of categories of content to be simultaneously presented to a user on a display, even on smaller devices where display space is at a premium.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: OATH INC.Inventors: Agnes Liu, Shin-Yi Huang
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Patent number: 10277545Abstract: A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and enabling the followers to access the content of interest.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Brian Heikes, William Frischling, John Thomas Love
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Patent number: 10262300Abstract: An instant message is received from an instant message sender and a determination is made that the instant message includes a link to a web page that was selected by the instant message sender. In response to determining that the instant message includes the link to the web page, an image corresponding to the web page is fetched and stored, and a thumbnail image preview of the fetched image is generated. In addition, the thumbnail image preview of the fetched portion of the web page is displayed while at least a portion of the instant message is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Timothy O'Shaugnessy, Sudheer Agrawal
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Patent number: 10248311Abstract: An electronic device for supporting a virtual keyboard is provided. The electronic device includes an interface unit configured to receive a touch input and display the virtual keyboard, and a controller configured to generate a control point based on calibration points, the calibration points being included in a first set of calibration points for configuration of the virtual keyboard, the control point being movably disposed on the interface unit relative to the first set of calibration points, and generate a graphical representation of the virtual keyboard on the interface unit based on the control point, the virtual keyboard being adjustable relative to movement of the control point in a direction of the second set of calibration points.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: John Nikole Miranda Pingco, Danilo Jr Pilar Ocray, Roland Joseph M. Gudani, Ronald Phillip C. Cui
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Patent number: 10243910Abstract: Apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for threading calls and messages are provided. A method can include: receiving messaging content; and displaying the messaging content in a single thread, wherein the messaging content is threaded and a thread of the messaging content comprises at least one text message and at least one call. The method can further include threading the messaging content, wherein the threading comprises ordering the messaging content based, at least, on a time at which received ones of the messaging content are received at a communication device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Cristy Swink, Jason Sikes, David Merkoski, Benjamin Fineman, Jonathan Solis Snydal, Megan Elisabeth Knight
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Patent number: 10228810Abstract: A method of transmitting an inquiry message, performed by a display device, includes operations of reproducing content in the display device; receiving an input from a user, wherein the input from the user is related to the content; generating an inquiry message about the content, based on the input from the user; extracting information, which is related to the input from the user, from the content; and transmitting the extracted information and the inquiry message to an external device that is connected with the display device.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: In-young Shin, Won-jong Choi
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Patent number: 10219044Abstract: An electronic content guide may organize content such as television programs into categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories may be topical as well as time-based. As a result, the user can select a given time-based criteria and within that time-based criteria select topical subcategories. As a result, the number of programs that may be displayed in any given graphical user interface may be reduced to a manageable level. This may be done without requiring a great deal of scrolling to view selected categories, subcategories and particular programs.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Oleg B. Rashkovskiy, Ben S. Wymore
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Patent number: 10206008Abstract: An electronic content guide may organize content such as television programs into categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories may be topical as well as time-based. As a result, the user can select a given time-based criteria and within that time-based criteria select topical subcategories. As a result, the number of programs that may be displayed in any given graphical user interface may be reduced to a manageable level. This may be done without requiring a great deal of scrolling to view selected categories, subcategories and particular programs.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Oleg B. Rashkovskiy, Ben S. Wymore