Patents Examined by Ting Z Lee
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Patent number: 10788797Abstract: A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Kevin Will Chen, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Jacob Z. Weiss, Jesus A. Morales, Lauren Kim Trottier
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Patent number: 10732783Abstract: An image chat application generates comments to images based on features of the images. In one example, the image chat application searches through a repository of stored image-comment pairs to identify a stored image that is similar to the image, and generates a comment to the image based on an identified stored image-comment pair. In another example, the image chat application may identify and tag particular objects that dominate an image, and may generate a comment to the image based on characteristics of those particular objects. In this second example, the image chat application further generates a comment to the image based on comments previously associated with the identified tag.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Kuiyuan Yang, Wei-Ying Ma, Chunyan Liu, Di Li, Pengfei Xu, Yong Rui, Baoxun Wang
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Patent number: 10698917Abstract: A computer system edits a first electronic slide deck by reusing content from a second electronic slide deck, the electronic slide decks containing first and second sequences of slides respectively. The computer system identifies at least a second of the slides of the second electronic slide deck as a candidate for insertion in the first electronic slide deck by identifying the second slide as having a target positional relationship with a first slide of the first electronic slide deck. In response to the user accepting a suggestion to insert the second slide into the first slide deck, a version of the second slide is inserted into the first slide deck at a position in the first sequence that is determined automatically by the computer system.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Samuel Gavin Smyth, Richard Malcolm Banks, Siân Elizabeth Lindley, Michael William Armstrong
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Patent number: 10684743Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments are directed to a streamlined computer device and a graphical user interface that organizes interface elements into views of computer content for presentation to a user. Various views of digital media content permits users to easily and efficiently access various digital media content. Different views are used to provide an interface that is responsive to configurations of the device and responsive to activity being performed by the user. Aspects include permitting the user to maintain and manage digital media content libraries. According to some embodiments, the libraries comprise user digital media content and references digital media content. Functionality provided to a user can be tailored to the type of content displayed, accessed and/or managed. According to various aspects, methods and systems are provided for accessing and managing digital media libraries on a streamlined computing device with a plurality selectable I/O profiles.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: LiTL LLCInventors: Robert Sanford Havoc Pennington, Matthew David Day, Noah Bruce Guyot, Daniel Kuo, Jenea Boshart Hayes, Aaron Tang, David Livingstone Fore, John Chuang, Chris Bambacus, Yves Behar, Joshua Morenstein, Christopher Hibmacronan, Naoya Edahiro, Donald Francis Fischer, Christian Marc Schmidt, Lisa Strausfeld, Marc Gallucci, Eric Sutton, Samuel Wallace Webber, Christine Meahan, Phillip Henson
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Patent number: 10659850Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for displaying information related to content playing. In one aspect, a method is performed at a device with a display. The device: (1) determines whether media content is playing at a second device in its proximity; (2) in accordance with a determination that media content is playing, displays on the display a first affordance with a first user-selectable election; (3) receives a selection of the first election; (4) samples at the device program information from a media content item playing at the second device; (5) sends the information to a server; (6) receives from the server an identification of the media content item and second user-selectable elections; (7) displays second affordances providing the second elections; (8) receives a selection of a first one of the second elections; and (9) displays information regarding an entity relevant to the identified media content item.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Andrew Kirmse, Jan-Willem Maarse, Yaroslav Volovich, Ant Oztaskent, Ingrid McAulay Trollope, Jurek Foryciarz
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Patent number: 10642933Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving word prediction candidate selection in an electronic device. Input of one or more characters is received via a capacitive physical keyboard. A word prediction process generates a set of word prediction candidates, determines a unique character in each word prediction candidate, and displays the word prediction candidates along with visual indicia to indicate the unique character. A second input is then received comprising a tap input of a single character on the keyboard. The electronic device determines whether the second input corresponds to a unique character associated with any of the word prediction candidates, and if so, displays the selected word in an input field on the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Jerome Pasquero, Donald Somerset McCulloch Mckenzie, Jason Tyler Griffin
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Patent number: 10599878Abstract: Technologies are provided herein and include embodiments for protecting applications and information on a user computing device and include generating a menu of icons including an application icon and a decoy icon that correspond to a mobile application in a mobile device, where the application icon is assigned to a first location in the menu and the decoy icon is assigned to a second location in the menu. The embodiment further includes communicating icon location information to the mobile application, providing the menu of icons for display on a display screen of the mobile device, receiving a first indication of user input to select the decoy icon in the menu of icons, invoking the mobile application based on the decoy icon being selected, and communicating, to the mobile application based on the decoy icon being selected, second location information indicating the second location in the menu of icons.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Mohammed Mujeeb Kaladgi, Ruqiya Nikhat Kaladgi, Yashwant Ramkishan Sawant, Sandeep Banisetti
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Patent number: 10592576Abstract: Implementations disclose crowdsourcing descriptor selection. A method includes receiving, by a processor, a reference to an internet resource from a device, wherein the reference to the internet resource is a uniform resource locator (URL) provided in a post interface, wherein the post interface presents posts to a social network, determining, by the processor, a plurality of descriptors indicative of content within the internet resource, sending, by the processor, the plurality of descriptors to the device for presentation in the post interface according to a priority order, receiving, via the post interface a selection of one of the plurality of descriptors, and generating, by the processor, a post to the social network, the generated post comprising the selected one of the plurality of descriptors.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kevin Snow McCurley, Dandapani Sivakumar
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Patent number: 10572278Abstract: An application object framework provides a GUI developer with application object metadata that can be leveraged to design and implement GUI controls in an efficient, standardized, straightforward manner. For example, a smart control interface may be utilized that enables linking of a particular GUI control with a corresponding application object, including linking to the application data and logic, through the use of metadata of the corresponding application object. In this way, validations and GUI logic required by the GUI control may be provided automatically, leaving the GUI developer the freedom to focus on the visual composition, functionality, and other desired aspects of the GUI controls.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Oliver Klemenz
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Patent number: 10564808Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for configuring a call-to-action (CTA) interface for a particular user of a social networking system (SNS) by emphasizing an option included with the CTA interface based on a machine learning system. The machine learning system may be used to determine to emphasize a first user-selectable option instead of a second user-selectable option (sometimes referred to as an emphasization determination). The emphasization determination may indicate a prediction of an intent of a user to select the first user-selectable option (e.g., an intent for the user to register an account with the SNS or to login to an account of the SNS). Based on the emphasization determination, an interface (e.g., a graphical user interface) may be configured to emphasize the first user-selectable option, and the interface may be sent to a user device for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Yaron Fidler, Ching-Chih Weng, Jiayan Jiang
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Patent number: 10552519Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed which may provide modules that may be displayed in the context of a website that allow for autoscrolling between the modules upon entering required information in the modules or completing actions required by the modules. The modules may be modules for paying for items via PayPal and may include modules for entering payment information, billing information, a shipping address, creating an account, and accepting terms and conditions. The modules may be displayed within the context of the webpage when selecting a pay with PayPal link without navigating away from the webpage. As a user enters information into a module, the module will automatically scroll to the next module if the module permits automatic scrolling.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Stacey Swinehart, Cody Evol, Shilpa Dhar
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Patent number: 10540063Abstract: An actionable event notification disclosed herein provides actionable push notifications that allow an application server to collect information from end users. The actionable event notification includes a notification server that receives notification requests from application servers and communicates notifications to users where the notifications include specification for a notification UI form. In one implementation, the notification server modifies the callback identification on the notification from identification for the application server to identification for the notification server. A client device presents the notification UI form to a user to receive user responses. The user responses are communicated back to the notification server. The notification server processes the user responses and communicates them to the application server as necessary. Alternatively, the user responses are communicated directly to the application server requesting the notifications.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yosef Firstenberg, Joseph Anthony East, Larry Jin
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Patent number: 10496266Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content management system that allows a user to easily activate a camera while viewing digital content. For example, a content management system can provide a graphical user interface that includes a scroll element that allows a user to navigate through digital content. In addition, a user can interact with the scroll element to activate a camera. For instance, a user can activate a camera by scrolling the scroll element to and/or beyond a particular position.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Ramesh Balakrishnan, Christopher Lee, George Milton Underwood, IV
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Patent number: 10488940Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a method and system of generating text input via facial recognition. A computing system receives a video stream of a user operating an application on a client device. The video stream includes a time series of images of the user. The computing system parses the video stream to identify one or more visual cues of the user. The computing system identifies a current page of the application. The computing system maps the identified on or more visual cues to an operation available on the current page of the application. The computing system executes the mapped operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Hannes Jouhikainen, Timur Sherif, Steve Blanchet
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Patent number: 10481783Abstract: A method for creating a customized and redacted credit report may include transmitting a user request to generate a customized credit report, receiving a copy of a stored credit report, analyzing the copy of the stored credit report, displaying one or more information fields and one or more selectable user interface elements, transmitting a credit report redaction list, and receiving a customized credit report. A user device for configuring a customized credit report may include a processor, a display in communication with the processor, and a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform processing including transmitting a user request to generate a customized credit report, displaying one or more information fields and one or more selectable user interface elements, transmitting a credit report redaction list, and receiving a shareable credit report link associated with a customized credit report.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, William F. Carroll, II, Michael Mossoba
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Patent number: 10453329Abstract: A security system that provides an easy to read and understand alarm notification. In one example, if an alarm condition is detected by a particular sensor of a security system, the security system may be configured to display on a display of the security system and/or a mobile device a user-defined image object. Each image object may correspond to a user-defined region of a building space image, such as a floorplan.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ADEMCO INC.Inventor: Pradeep Chauhan
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Patent number: 10424293Abstract: Functionality is disclosed herein for using an interactive content service to provide content. A user may interact with the interactive content service to access interactive content, such as interactive fiction, interactive text adventure games, and other interactive content. A user may also use the interactive content to receive auditory output from applications configured to provide text-based content. The interactive content service maintains state information that identifies the current state of the interactive content. For example, before starting a particular interactive adventure game, the state identifies a beginning location within the interactive content. As the user interacts with the game, the interactive content service updates the state of the user within the game.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: David Allen Markley, Ethan Zane Evans
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Patent number: 10416856Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving one or more sensor inputs at an information handling device; determining, using a processor, that a user is holding the information handling device with a particular hand based on a holding orientation derived via the one or more sensor inputs; and adjusting output to a touch screen of the information handling device based on the particular hand determined. Other aspects are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Arnold S. Weksler, Nathan J. Peterson, Russell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese
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Patent number: 10402438Abstract: Systems and methods for creating dynamic, real-time visual representations of multimedia content. A temporal metadata visualization module receives a plurality of temporal metadata tags associated with a time code reference, representing a plurality of attributes of the multimedia content at the particular time. During playback, the temporal metadata virtualization module applies a set of display preferences and creates a visual representation of attributes identified by the temporal metadata tags at a particular time code reference. The visual representation changes based on the temporal metadata tags of a point within playback of the multimedia content, enhancing a user's experience and engagement with the multimedia content.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Edward Drake, Anthony Mutalipassi, Andrew Wright
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Patent number: 10372211Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing feedback in a portable apparatus are provided. An object is displayed on a touch screen of the portable apparatus. A first touch, from an input unit, is detected at a position on the touch screen corresponding to the displayed object. The object is selected in response to the first touch. A copy command by which the selected object is copied to a copy target is received from the input unit. A first control command corresponding to haptic feedback determined in response to the received copy command is transmitted from the portable apparatus to the input unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ju-Youn Lee, Jin-Hyoung Park, Sang-Hyup Lee