Patents Examined by Tadesse Hailu
  • Patent number: 12149774
    Abstract: A method for interacting with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a television operating in a step mode in which movement of a cursor among menu items displayed on the GUI is performed stepwise in accordance with a manipulation of a direction key of the remote controller, the method including receiving, by the television, from a remote controller a signal corresponding to spatial movement of the remote controller detected by the remote controller that instructs the television to switch from (i) the step mode to (ii) a position mode of the GUI in which the movement of the cursor among the menu items is performed in accordance with the spatial movement of the remote controller and switching from the step mode of the GUI to the position mode of the GUI based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-yeol Park, Young-hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 12142374
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for increasing mobile application user engagement in a remote computing environment is provided. The method includes presenting a first popup window to a user including a first plurality of action buttons, a first of the first plurality of action buttons causing a change to a first attribute category to a first instantiation, and a second of the first plurality of action buttons causing a change to a second attribute category to a second instantiation, the first attribute category and the second attribute category comprising a type of attribute category of a second popup window; and subsequent to the presenting the first popup window to the user, presenting the second popup window to the user including a first instantiation if the first of the first plurality of action buttons was selected, and a second instantiation if the second of the first plurality of action buttons was selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Click Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Katie Nicole Rodammer, Caroline Pena
  • Patent number: 12135976
    Abstract: A screen display method and an electronic device. The method includes: displaying interfaces of at least two applications, including a first interface of a first application and a second interface of a second application, where the first interface is an interface displayed in full screen mode, and the second interface is a floating window displayed in the first interface; receiving a first operation performed on the first interface; and automatically displaying the second interface in a minimized state in the first interface in response to the first operation, where the second interface in the minimized state is any one of a floating ball, an icon of the second application, a contact avatar, and a video pop-up window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanan Zhang, Zhihao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12135865
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for enabling a user to control multiple media playback systems with a single mobile device. The mobile device may connect with a first or second media playback system based on receiving a first or second household identifier (HHID), respectively. If the mobile device receives both the first and second HHIDs, the mobile device may connect with either the first or second media playback system based on a priority of the two systems. If neither the first nor second HHIDs are received by the mobile device, a user may be prompted to add a third media playback system if the mobile device receives a third HHID. The user interface of the mobile device may receive an input to connect the mobile device to the third media playback system, and a connection may be established between the mobile device and the third media playback system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bates, Joni Rafalski Hoadley, Lee Keyser-Allen
  • Patent number: 12131171
    Abstract: Systems are disclosed including, for example, one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and perform operations including receiving data from one or more data sources; generating, by one or more processors, a plurality of tiers of views for the received data, the plurality of tiers of views including a minimized view, an active view, and a small view; and rendering, by the one or more processors, a representation of the received data, the representation including an active view of a first set of data in the received data and a small view of a second set of data in the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Degrees of Interest, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel E. Reina, Thomas R. Hershberger
  • Patent number: 12131009
    Abstract: A mobile device communicates content to an external presentation device, such as a display device, for display or other presentation at the external presentation device. The mobile device identifies a user handedness of a user of the mobile device. One or more configuration settings for a user interface of the external presentation device are determined based on the user handedness of the user. These configuration settings are, for example, settings for any of various user interface elements displayed by the external presentation device such as icons, buttons, menus, widgets, and so forth. The configuration settings are communicated to the external presentation device, allowing the external presentation device to be configured for or adapted to the user handedness of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Jyothsna Bandameedipalli
  • Patent number: 12124689
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to an improved group-based communication apparatus that is configured to efficiently manage group-based communication interfaces associated with one or more group-based communication workspaces. The group-based communication apparatus is configured to create and assign labels in association with one or more of a plurality of group-based communication channels that are associated with two or more groups or organizations. The labels corresponding to the communication channels associated with the two or more groups or organizations may be displayed to a sidebar label focus interface component of a sidebar pane of the group-based communication interfaces. The labels may be combined with other data of the groups or organizations, such as group-based communication workspaces, to assemble one or more work graph data structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Montazeri, Kyle Stetz, Matthew Hodgins
  • Patent number: 12118205
    Abstract: A split-screen display method and an electronic device are provided. The method may be applied to the field of human-machine interaction. The method includes: A user enters an operation for a split-screen display area, for example, taps a lock control in a split-screen display area; and the electronic device locks display content in the split-screen display area in response to the operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Guan, Jianfeng Wang, Hongkai Su
  • Patent number: 12118372
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for generating a usage model for predicting user commands in an app. One method includes receiving model information from client devices. The model is obtained at each client device by training a machine-learning program with app usage data. The server generates synthetic data using the models from the client devices. A machine-learning program is trained using the synthetic data to obtain a global model, which receives as input information about recent commands entered on the app and generates an output with a prediction for the next command expected to be received by the app. The information of the global model is transmitted to a first client device, and the app provides at least one command option in the app user interface based on a prediction, generated by the global model, of the next command expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dhruv Joshi, David William Brown, Dolly Sobhani, Brian Eugene Kihneman
  • Patent number: 12112010
    Abstract: A device that includes an extended reality application is employed by a user to access an extended reality environment. A selection of a first subset of dashboard panels included in a plurality of dashboard panels is received via an input device associated with the extended reality environment. Each dashboard panel included in the plurality of dashboard panels includes a visual representation of data. The first subset of dashboard panels is displayed in a foreground area of a workspace of the XR environment. A second subset of dashboard panels included in the plurality of dashboard panels is displayed in a background area of the workspace of the XR environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Jesse Chor, Colin Daly, Kelly Kong, Glen Wong
  • Patent number: 12106131
    Abstract: Implementation of a guided rules editor comprises displaying a view of a user interface (UI) of the guided rules editor to a user on the client device. Metadata of an organization to which the user belongs is fetched and used to identify which data of the organization is eligible for rule creation and attributes of the metadata are used to determine a layout of the one or more UI selection elements. One or more UI selection elements are rendered in one or more positions in the view on a display screen according to the layout and at least a portion of the one or more UI selection elements are populated with the data of the organization. Responsive to receiving user input of the one or more UI selection elements, an organization-specific rule is generated and saved to a data repository for execution by a rules engine after rule compilation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Parth Vijay Vaishnav, Mitchell Christensen, Kevin Han
  • Patent number: 12099706
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes detecting a distinct area within an image, comparing detected features of the distinct area within the image to reference features corresponding to a reference image, and determining that the detected distinct area matches the reference image based on the comparison between the detected features and the reference features. The method further includes receiving an indication that the user selects the detected distinct area within the image, retrieving contact information corresponding to the reference image, and causing the client device to display an interface allowing the user to contact the entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: James M. Freeman, Vaidya Balasubramanian Pillai
  • Patent number: 12079462
    Abstract: A processor is configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to control a traversal of a graphical element on a graphical user interface. While the graphical element is controlled to traverse the graphical user interface, the following are repeatedly performed. A random time at which a stimulus is to be output is obtained. A random duration associated with the stimulus is obtained. The stimulus is output for the user at the random time and for the random duration. The random duration is such that the output of the stimulus is outside a conscious awareness of the user. The output of the stimulus is configured to decrease a disturbance level associated with a disturbing memory of the user. A performance of a task related to the graphical element is monitored. After the repeated instruction, a score associated with the user is determined based on the performance of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Inventor: Philip Manfield
  • Patent number: 12079467
    Abstract: A radial based user interface (UI) is provided for entering data into a computer device. The radial based UI has a central region with a plurality of radial regions. A location for the central region is defined on a touch sensitive display screen of the device and a value is assigned to each radial region. When a first touch is detected in the central region of the radial UI, an indication of a radial position responsive to a second touch on the touch sensitive screen may be determined. A value corresponding to the radial position of the second touch may then be input to an application being executed on the device. The first and second touches may be two separate finger taps, or may be sequential portions of a continuous stroke that occurs along one of the plurality of radial regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: James Joseph Galu, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12073063
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein provide a system that generates a summary for a communication session. A topic for a summary can be selected in response to detection of a high priority source of information. For instance, if a user's manager makes a comment during a meeting, that comment can be interpreted and selected as a topic for a summary. The system can select such content based on a user's relationship with a source. Information provided by teammates or a manager or other entities having a threshold level of relevancy can be indicated as a high-priority topic for a summary. The system improves the user's interaction with a computer by providing an adaptable summaries of information. The adaptable summaries allow users to readily identify topics, content sources, and high-priority content for meetings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Thomas Faulkner, Shalendra Chhabra, Eric R. Sexauer
  • Patent number: 12073238
    Abstract: Particular embodiments are directed to automatically determining whether first values—corresponding to overflight/landing charges—indicated in a document exceed a threshold associated with second charges—corresponding to expected overflight/landing charges—and then causing presentation, at a single page of a user interface, of one or more user interface elements that at least partially indicate whether the threshold has been exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roman Anderson, Andrew Nguyen Vo, Balakrishna Subramaniam
  • Patent number: 12061470
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method is implemented by a robot engine that is stored as program code on a memory of a system. The program code is executed by a processor of the system, which enables robotic process automations of the robot engine. The processor is communicatively coupled to the memory within the system. The method includes initiating a guided operation of a platform presented by the system and monitoring the guided operation to observe an interaction with the platform or to receive a direct input by the robot engine. The method also includes executing a backend operation with respect to the interaction or the direct input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: UiPath, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Nott, Florin-Radu Tapus, Justin Marks
  • Patent number: 12056444
    Abstract: Provided are a table processing method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium. The method includes determining the proportion of the display area of a frozen area to the display area of a table area, where the table area includes the frozen area and a non-frozen area; and when the proportion is larger than a proportion threshold, shrinking the display area of the frozen area and enlarging the display area of the non-frozen area, where the proportion of the shrunk display area of the frozen area to the display area of the table area is equal to the proportion threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiqi Wan, Xinxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 12039866
    Abstract: A display unit for a road machine includes a display and processing circuitry. The road machine includes a tractor, a hopper installed in front of the tractor to receive a paving material, a conveyor configured to feed the paving material in the hopper to the back side of the tractor, a screw configured to lay and spread the paving material fed by the conveyor behind the tractor, a screed configured to lay and level the paving material laid and spread by the screw behind the screw, and an information obtaining device configured to obtain information on road pavement. The processing circuitry of the display unit is configured to predict a future event based on the information on the road pavement obtained by the information obtaining device, and to display information on the event on a road map on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Tomita, Nobuyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 12041086
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to detecting impersonation in email body content using machine learning. Based on email data received from user accounts, a computing platform may generate user identification models that are each specific to one of the user accounts. The computing platform may intercept a message from a first user account to a second user account and may apply a user identification model, specific to the first user account, to the message, so as to calculate feature vectors for the message. The computing platform then may apply impersonation algorithms to the feature vectors and may determine that the message is impersonated. Based on results of the impersonation algorithms, the computing platform may modify delivery of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Proofpoint, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold Nguyen