Patents Examined by Thanh Vu
  • Patent number: 10148711
    Abstract: A method of providing a content in an electronic device is provided. The method includes include detecting a mapping event associated with a content of the electronic device, in response to detecting the mapping event, confirming the content, determining a contact point for mapping the content, and mapping the content to the contact point for mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 10102100
    Abstract: Performing an automated interaction with a computer software application by identifying, among a plurality of regions of an interface of a computer software application, a region for which a region-level measure exists of user interaction that occurred within the region of the interface, determining if the region-level measure meets or exceeds a predefined minimum level of user interaction, and performing an automated interaction with an element at least partly found within the region if the region-level measure meets or exceeds the predefined minimum level of user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Igal Kreichman, Ariel Sakin, Omer Tripp
  • Patent number: 10095681
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for populating a customized library of pattern templates for editing content works, such as publications using markup language, via a user interface having panel of patterns, are presented. The disclosure includes approaches for defining aspects of a pattern template library to balance control, flexibility, and efficiency during the publishing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony DiSpezio, Melinda Kilner, Kesha Seeley, Veronica Thompson
  • Patent number: 10075485
    Abstract: Current embodiments relate to generation/sharing of a snapshot of content that the user is viewing. Upon generation of a request for a snapshot of currently viewed content, the snapshot may be generated based at least in part upon one or more parameters and/or criteria included in the request and/or service generating the snapshot. Upon completion of the snapshot, a response that provides the snapshot or a location where the snapshot may be viewed is provided, such that the snapshot may be provided to particular sharing targets, such as social media platforms, electronic devices, email, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media LLC
    Inventors: Vladislav Plazinskiy, Michael Ibrahim, Matthew DuLeone, Theodore Ortega, Arturo Vermolen
  • Patent number: 10067774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to tabbed browsing and provide a method, system and computer program product for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications. In one embodiment of the invention a method for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications can be provided. The method can include populating a pop-up list for a consolidated application bar entry for multiple different instances of a single application with corresponding entries each for a different one of the multiple different instances of the single application. The method further can include associating at least one of the entries in the pop-up list with an instance of the single application configured for tabbed browsing. The method yet further can include configuring the associated at least one of the entries with a tabbed browser view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William G. Pagan
  • Patent number: 10063552
    Abstract: Application-manager software authenticates a user of a client device over a channel. The authentication operation is performed using a directory service. The application-manager software presents a plurality of applications in a GUI displayed by the client device. The plurality of applications depends on the authentication, the client device, and the channel. And the plurality of applications includes a thin application and a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application. The application-manager software receives a selection as to an application from the user. If the selection is for the SaaS application, the application-manager software provisions the SaaS application. The provision includes automatically logging the user onto an account with a provider of the SaaS application using a single sign-on and connecting the user to the account so that the user can interact with the SaaS application. If the selection is for the thin application, the application manager software launches the thin application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: William Pugh, Michael Eakes, Ojvind Bernander, Pradyumna Gundavaram
  • Patent number: 10055634
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Han, Matthew E. Shepherd, Imran Chaudhri, Gregory N. Christie, Patrick L. Coffman, Craig M. Federighi, Matthew H. Gamble, Brittany D. Paine, Brendan J. Langoulant, Craig A. Marciniak, Donald W. Pitschel, Daniel O. Schimpf, Andrew R. Whalley, Christopher R. Whitney, Jonathan R. Dascola, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 10049114
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a processor and a display controller. The processor acquires one or more first related data associated with a first content, when displaying a file containing the first content. The display controller displays the file containing the first content and the one or more first related data. The processor acquires one or more second related data associated with a second content, when a content of the file is updated from the first content to the second content. The display controller updates the display to display a file containing the second content and the one or more second related data based on the update of the content of the file from the first content to the second content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Sachie Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10048859
    Abstract: Application icon management includes displaying a first set of one or more application icons in a desktop display area; receiving a command; in the event that a second set of one or more application icons in an icon display area is displayed and the command corresponds to a hide command, hiding the icon display area such that the second set of one or more application icons is not displayed; and in the event that the second set of one or more application icons in the icon display area is not displayed and the command corresponds to a display command, displaying the second set of one or more application icons in the icon display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Shaoguo Wang, Xuchen Hang, Hongxing Wu
  • Patent number: 10042512
    Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional user interface for a computer system that allows a user to combine and store a group of windows as a task. The image of each task can be positioned within a three-dimensional environment such that the user may utilize spatial memory in order remember where a particular task is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Mary P. Czerwinski, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirsten C. Risden, Daniel C. Robbins, Maarten R. van Dantzich
  • Patent number: 10037384
    Abstract: An electronic device with one or more processors and memory receives a user input corresponding to a request to monitor a webpage. The electronic device obtains, in accordance with a predetermined monitoring frequency, current summary information corresponding to the webpage. The electronic device determines whether the webpage includes updated content based on the summary information corresponding to the webpage. In accordance with a determination that the webpage includes updated content, the electronic device presents an indication of the updated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yongfei Ma
  • Patent number: 10037134
    Abstract: A task configuring method of an electronic device using fingerprint recognition is provided. The method including displaying a first area including at least one item which a user can select and a second area which displays the selected at least one item, sensing a touch event used to move the at least one item from the first area to the second area, identifying a fingerprint of a finger which generates the touch event, and configuring a task by combining the at least one moved item and the identified fingerprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyemi Lee, Hyunkyoung Kim, Daesung Kim, Yumi Ahn, Jihyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 10033672
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: creating at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including a communicant message user interface element and a send user interface element, and receive, from the apparatus and utilizing a communications agent on the device configured to receive incoming messages addressed to a communicant identifier associated with a user of the instant messaging application, one or more user interface elements including a first button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sitting Man, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10025460
    Abstract: System and methods for displaying menu items are disclosed. In some implementations, a method includes: analyzing user interaction with a menu over a first time period. The menu includes a plurality of menu items. The method further includes, causing, a first menu item in the plurality of menu items, to be displayed with a first visual characteristic in accordance with the user interaction. The first visual characteristic relates to at least one of: size, shape, and color. In some implementations, the user interaction is associated with a first user, and the first menu item is displayed with the first visual characteristic to a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: VERSIONONE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Almand, Rajiv Delwadia, Bob Vincent, Ian Culling, Robert Holler
  • Patent number: 9996215
    Abstract: An input device including a display screen and a touch panel disposed on the display screen and a plurality of elements to be selected in the display screen by the touch panel, the input device includes a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, configured to recognize a contact body shape on the touch panel, put into non-display an element hidden by the contact body shape from among the plurality of elements to be selected in the display screen when the contact body shape is recognized as a specific shape, zoom-display an element to be selected different from the element put into non-display from among the plurality of elements to be selected, using an original region of the element to be selected put into non-display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Toshiro Ohbitsu
  • Patent number: 9959037
    Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging user interface on the display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user. The device receives a first message within the messaging session from an electronic device that corresponds to another user included in the messaging session; in response to receiving the first message, the device displays the first message in a first message region in the conversation transcript on the display. The device detects a first input by a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location of the first message region in the conversation transcript; in response to detecting the first input, the device displays an acknowledgement selection affordance at a location in the messaging interface that corresponds to the first message region. The acknowledgement selection affordance displays a plurality of acknowledgement options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Freddy A. Anzures, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Hoan Pham, Wan Si Wan, Darin B. Adler, Justin N. Wood, Roberto Garcia, Soin Shedlosky, Bethany Bongiorno
  • Patent number: 9946510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal enabling a user to more conveniently use the terminal and a method of controlling therefor. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, a voice data can be recorded using an attachable/detachable stylus pen and the recorded voice data can be easily stored and managed by the stylus pen. And, according to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, a virtual hand writing memo written by the attachable/detachable stylus pen can be easily stored and managed by the stylus pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seol Namgung, Jieun Lee, Sungyoung Yoon
  • Patent number: 9927950
    Abstract: A method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to receive a user command on a touch screen, and a multimedia apparatus using the same. The method for providing a GUI includes determining whether an enlargement command for a GUI item is received, and enlarging the GUI item. Therefore, it is possible to enable a user to operate the GUI item more correctly, and to provide the superior visual effect when the GUI item is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-ho Park, Kyoung-nyo Hwangbo, Mi-kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 9898642
    Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays a fingerprint enrollment interface and detects, on the fingerprint sensor, a plurality of finger gestures performed with a finger. The device collects fingerprint information from the plurality of finger gestures performed with the finger. After collecting the fingerprint information, the device determines whether the collected fingerprint information is sufficient to enroll a fingerprint of the finger. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device enrolls the fingerprint of the finger with the device. When the collected fingerprint information for the finger is not sufficient to enroll the fingerprint of the finger, the device displays a message in the fingerprint enrollment interface prompting a user to perform one or more additional finger gestures on the fingerprint sensor with the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Byron Han, Matthew E. Shepherd, Imran Chaudhri, Gregory N. Christie, Patrick L. Coffman, Craig M. Federighi, Matthew H. Gamble, Brittany D. Paine, Brendan J. Langoulant, Craig A. Marciniak, Donald W. Pitschel, Daniel O. Schimpf, Andrew R. Whalley, Christopher R. Whitney, Jonathan R. Dascola, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Patent number: 9858089
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to tabbed browsing and provide a method, system and computer program product for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications. In one embodiment of the invention a method for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications can be provided. The method can include populating a pop-up list for a consolidated application bar entry for multiple different instances of a single application with corresponding entries each for a different one of the multiple different instances of the single application. The method further can include associating at least one of the entries in the pop-up list with an instance of the single application configured for tabbed browsing. The method yet further can include configuring the associated at least one of the entries with a tabbed browser view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: William G. Pagan