Patents Examined by Steven P Sax
  • Patent number: 11692840
    Abstract: At a portable electronic device that includes a portable-device display and is in communication with a vehicle display, displaying a first user interface on the portable-device display. Sending, from the portable electronic device to the vehicle display, information for generating a second user interface, the second user interface including an affordance. While the second user interface is displayed on the vehicle display, detecting an input activating the affordance in the second user interface, and in response, causing the portable electronic device to invoke a digital assistant. In response to invoking the digital assistant, prompting a user for an audible request. In response to receiving the audible request, causing display, within the second user interface, of a digital assistant dialogue box; and subsequently causing display, within the second user interface, of a user interface object associated with a search result, and maintaining the first user interface on the portable-device display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Justin E. Santamaria, Imran Chaudhri, Donald W. Pitschel, Jorge S. Fino, Emily C. Schubert, Joshua H. Shaffer, Bob Bradley, Eric Lee, Scott M. Herz
  • Patent number: 11693677
    Abstract: A live help system provides an intuitive display of help information on a user's graphical user interface. A request is received from a client device for help, and a live help provider interface is initiated at a live help location. Data is acquired regarding a user's location, including data on external devices in the user's location. Indicators are provided to allow the live help provider to point to or otherwise indicate items on the user interface or outside of the user interface. Live help input is captured at the live help provider interface. Instructions are then transmitted to the display of the client device to display live help input, as though the agent were present and interacting with or indicating items on the screen or off the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTEGENX, INC.
    Inventors: David King, Chungsoo Charles Park
  • Patent number: 11662872
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a first media sharing platform to incorporate context of a post from a second media sharing platform into a first user interface of the first media sharing platform. A system includes a processor that receives, via a post displayed in a second user interface of the second media sharing platform, a user request pertaining to a media content item referenced in the post in the second user interface identifying the media content item and comprising post content associated with the media content item and a first plurality of user interface (UI) elements. The processor provides one or more first UI elements of the first plurality of UI elements and the post content from the second user interface for presentation within the first user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Ruxandra Georgiana Paun
  • Patent number: 11658882
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically presenting a hierarchical graphical representation of the structure of the computer network are provided. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining network topology data, determining at least one core node at a highest level in a hierarchy from a plurality of nodes based on the network topology data, grouping at least a part of non-core nodes among the nodes into one or more supernodes based on the obtained network topology data, selecting, with respect each of the one or more supernodes, a single supernode or node at a hierarchical level immediately higher than thereof, as a parent node, determining a spatial coordinate of each of the plurality of nodes based on the at least one core node, the one or more supernodes, and the parent node of each of the one or more supernodes, and presenting the hierarchical graphical representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Brighten Godfrey
  • Patent number: 11650715
    Abstract: A mobile computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Matias Gonzalo Duarte, Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff, Jeremy Godfrey Lyon, Paul Mercer, Ralph Thomas
  • Patent number: 11645622
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating virtual collaboration between users within virtual environments are disclosed. A plurality of users access a collaborative virtual environment system at various times using interface devices to establish an asynchronous virtual collaboration session in which users collaborate in real-time and/or asynchronously. To enable asynchronous collaboration, data from virtual collaboration session is stored and presented to later users, including user movements and interactions with the environment, user annotation, and audio communications or comments. Other users may then access the data at a later time, and later user interactions, annotations, and audio may likewise be stored for further review by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Rebecca A. Little, Bryan R. Nussbaum, Deanna L. Stockweather, Jacob Simonson, An Ho, Vicki King
  • Patent number: 11644960
    Abstract: A computer system configured to augment images of software objects is provided. The computer system includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is configured to iteratively select an attribute value from a predetermined set of attribute values; modify an attribute of a software object according to the attribute value; and generate a respective augmented image of the software object with the attribute modified according to the attribute value. The software object may comprise an executable software object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Manbinder Pal Singh
  • Patent number: 11636440
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic dynamic calendar system and an operation method thereof for providing an electronic calendar capable of importing multimedia messages such as audio, photos and video. Different from conventional electronic calendars that can only record text messages therein, the electronic calendar can have richer content. In addition to a text message, a reminder of a multimedia message can be set according to the user's need such that the reminder content set by the user can be more clearly understood and expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin Ta Hsiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11636250
    Abstract: A chat-based persistent messaging platform that can seamlessly convert messages from different modalities (e.g., email clients and text message clients) into persistent messages and vice versa is described herein. The platform can include a parsing processor to convert messages into standard format data. A message classifier can process the standard format data into different subcomponents. These subcomponents can be translated into persistent messaging content via one or more content processing engines. The persistent messaging content can be converted into a persistent message via the parsing processor. The message classifier can also add messages into a persistent thread so that message history between two or more users can be maintained in perpetuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: illumy inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Kent McGinnis
  • Patent number: 11630563
    Abstract: A method includes generating a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface includes a transferor account widget that is selectable to select a transferor account, a transferee account widget that is selectable to select a transferee account, a transfer amount field, and a slider feature. The transferor account widget includes a numerical indicator regarding a balance in the transferor account. The slider feature is positioned between the transferor account widget and the transferee account widget and has an origin and a goal. The method includes detecting a slide of a user input member from the origin to the goal. The method further includes altering the numerical indicator based on the detected slide of the user input member. The method further includes, in response to detecting the slide of the user input member, indicating a transfer of funds from the transferor account to the transferee account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventor: Benjamin Soccorsy
  • Patent number: 11630556
    Abstract: An object approaching a wearable device of a user is identified. In response to determining that the approaching object is a previously identified target of the user, one or more applications displayed in a user interface of the wearable device, and how said one or more applications are organized on the user interface of the wearable device, are modified based on the identified approaching object. The modified user interface is displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Kyndryl, Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar Adolfo Zamora Duran, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11625141
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to perform operations, including receiving, from a client device, a request, associated with a user identifier, for rendering of a graphical user interface (GUI), and obtaining, based on the request and from persistent storage, a framework definition that specifies a first plurality of components and a layout thereof within the GUI. The operations also include determining a second plurality of components by way of a machine learning model and based on attributes associated with the user identifier, and determining, for each respective component of the second plurality of components, a corresponding visual format and a corresponding position within the GUI. The operations further include updating the framework definition by combining the first plurality of components and the second plurality of components based on the corresponding visual format and the corresponding position, and transmitting the framework definition as updated to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy Azmoon, Aaron Wade, Rita Maria Castillo
  • Patent number: 11615378
    Abstract: There is provided a method of representing new email messages on a communication device having a display. This method comprises setting a new message flag when an email message is received by the device; and displaying a new message indicator on the display when the new message flag is set. The new message indicator can be displayed on a home screen on the display. The new message flag can be unset when a messages screen is selected on the device. A computer readable memory having recorded thereon instructions to carry out this method is also provided, as well as a device comprising such memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Hardy, Ronald Scotte Zinn, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen
  • Patent number: 11609772
    Abstract: Guided tours for software can be dynamically generated. In one example, a system can select a first sub-tutorial based on a process to be performed by a user within a graphical user interface of a software component. The first sub-tutorial can include a first step for performing a first part of the process and a reference to a second sub-tutorial. The system can select the second sub-tutorial based on the reference in the first sub-tutorial. The second sub-tutorial can include a second step for performing a second part of the process. The system can generate a tutorial based on the first step and the second step. The system then guides the user through performing the process by detecting an event associated with each step in the tutorial and responsively generating an indicator of a next step in the tutorial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Eder Ignatowicz, Guilherme Gomes
  • Patent number: 11604918
    Abstract: One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yieldmo, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Francis Doherty, David Michael Goligorsky, Shawn Sprockett, Eric (Ge) Wu, Yiming Bao, Firecrow Silvernight, David Sebag
  • Patent number: 11599704
    Abstract: A chat-based persistent messaging platform that can seamlessly convert messages from different modalities (e.g., email clients and text message clients) into persistent messages and vice versa is described herein. The platform can include a parsing processor to convert messages into standard format data. A message classifier can process the standard format data into different subcomponents. These subcomponents can be translated into persistent messaging content via one or more content processing engines. The persistent messaging content can be converted into a persistent message via the parsing processor. The message classifier can also add messages into a persistent thread so that message history between two or more users can be maintained in perpetuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: illumy inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Kent McGinnis
  • Patent number: 11586980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a measure to collect and aggregate performance, sales, call center, custom KPI, and WA data in order to construct a model of correlations and causations between metrics to provide a means to measure associated costs of improving performance metrics for use in an interactive planning model. The interactive planning model allows for allocating budget across performance metrics, leveraging correlations and multiple cost models. The information is provided via a dashboard of IVA performance metrics and allows for comparison of real time IVA performance metrics to target metrics set by the IVA owner and incorporating KPIs provided by the WA owners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Verint Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Beaver
  • Patent number: 11580459
    Abstract: Computer implemented systems and methods are disclosed for extracting specific data using machine learning algorithms. In accordance with some embodiments, a memory device that stores at least a set of computer executable instructions for a machine learning algorithm and a pre-fill engine; and at least one processor that executes the instructions that cause the pre-fill engine to perform functions that include: receiving electronic documents, seed dataset documents, and pre-fill questions; determining output data that enable navigation through the electronic documents using the machine learning algorithm; determining output questions that enable navigation through the electronic documents using the machine learning algorithm; determining output documents to enable navigation through the electronic documents using the machine learning algorithm; and presenting one or more answers for one or more of the output questions using a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Convr Inc.
    Inventor: Harish Neelamana
  • Patent number: 11556227
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: John Nicholas Jitkoff, Glen Murphy
  • Patent number: 11544083
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, an interface, and a processor configured to, based on a dongle in which an application is stored being connected to the interface, display the application stored in the dongle on the display based on information on the application received from the dongle, and based on receiving a user command for selecting the application displayed on the display, transmit a command for executing the selected application to the dongle through the interface, and based on receiving an execution screen of the application executed in the dongle through the interface according to the command, display the received execution screen on the display The processor is further configured to, based on receiving the user command, transmit, through the interface, a command for communicating with an electronic apparatus, so that the dongle is connected to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunsok Kang