Patents Examined by Tuyetlien T Tran
  • Patent number: 11847293
    Abstract: In some examples, the disclosure describes a non-transitory memory resource storing machine-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor resource to: identify a plurality of selectable input objects displayed on a user interface, determine a portion of the plurality of selectable input objects covered by a palm portion of a hand for a first designated hand orientation when the portion of the selectable inputs are selected by a finger, and alter a position of the determined portion of the plurality of selectable inputs to an inverse position, wherein the inverse position positions the portion of the plurality of selectable input objects to be covered by a palm portion of a hand for a second designated hand orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rolland & Hamann Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Cortnie Kitzmiller
  • Patent number: 11841700
    Abstract: A system is configured to receive a first selection of a first object corresponding to a first portion of computer code that defines a first operation of a first industrial automation device from a library, receive a second selection of a second object corresponding to a second portion of computer code that defines a second operation of a second industrial automation device from the library, and generate an industrial automation project code file. Generating the industrial automation project code file includes modifying the first portion of computer code to enable the first industrial automation device to operate in conjunction with the second industrial automation device, modifying the second portion of computer code to enable the second industrial automation device to operate in conjunction with the first industrial automation device, and combining the modified first portion of computer code and the modified second portion of computer code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Stump, Anthony Carrara, Christopher W. Como, Sharon Billi-Duran, Matthew R. Ericsson, Srdjan Josipovic, Eashwer Srinivasan, Michael D. Kalan
  • Patent number: 11836114
    Abstract: A device searching system and method for data transmission are provided. A method of searching for another device in a first device for data transmission includes outputting a widget window for a device search, receiving an address book stored in a second device connected to the first device, and if the widget window is selected, searching for a device included in the received address book, wherein the searching of the device includes searching for at least one of devices included in the received address book based on a keyword input through the widget window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11809812
    Abstract: A method for updating a theme element of a presentation includes causing display of a user interface on a client computer of a user, the user interface comprising a first slide of the presentation and a first option to edit an element of the first slide, and receiving a user selection of the first option to edit the element of the first slide, wherein the user selection of the first option comprises a request to modify the element of the first slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Cooper, Michael Owen Thomas, Shoshana Holtzblatt, Ajay Dev Surie
  • Patent number: 11797149
    Abstract: A method of supporting divided screen areas and a mobile terminal employing the same are disclosed. The method includes: generating input signals for one of sequentially and simultaneously activating a plurality of user functions; activating the user functions according to generated input signals; dividing a screen into divided screen areas that correspond to activated user functions; and outputting functional view areas associated with the activated user functions to the corresponding divided screen areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Min Yook, Sung Sik Yoo, Kang Won Lee, Myeong Lo Lee, Young Ae Kang, Hui Chui Yang, Yong Ki Min
  • Patent number: 11789580
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to grasp usage histories of plural pieces of data stored in a storage apparatus, and in a case of initially displaying information related to the plural pieces of data on a screen, perform control to display information related to specific data of which a usage history satisfies a predetermined condition at a predetermined position on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Taiga Kokubo
  • Patent number: 11775133
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing multiple software applications. A browser-based application interface portal provides users a single, unified portal for accessing software applications running on different operating systems, hosted servers, and third party servers, as well as web applications. The executed applications may then be integrated into the portal. The data retrieved from external web applications may be filtered, reformatted, and restyled to provide only the information of interest to the user and to provide a more consistent interface for the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Ryan D. Terwedo
  • Patent number: 11762901
    Abstract: A computing device comprising a display screen, the computing device being configured to decompose a media recording into a plurality of media recording salient events, apply each of the media recording salient events to a reinforcement model, display on the display screen (i) a mapping of the plurality of media recording salient events and (ii) for at least one of the plurality of media recording salient events, at least one selectable next best action, the computing device further configured to replace at least one of the plurality of media recording salient events with at least one selectable next best action to create a derivative media recording including at least one replacement media recording action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: François Pachet, Pierre Roy
  • Patent number: 11747969
    Abstract: A computer system, in response to a request to display a second user interface in an application user interface region, and in accordance with a determination that the second user interface is associated with respective software that is different from a first application, ceases to display a first user interface and displays the second user interface in the application user interface region. In accordance with a determination that the status region is associated with an active session of a second application that is different from the first application, the computer system displays, in a first portion of the status region, a first indication of a current state of the first application, including updating the displayed first indication as the state of the first application changes and displays, in a second portion of the status region, a second indication of a current state of the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Chanaka G. Karunamuni
  • Patent number: 11747956
    Abstract: A method includes displaying a user interface including a plurality of application icons for launching application programs. The plurality of application icons include a first application icon displayed at a first size and a second application icon displayed at a second size, the first and second application icons arranged in a first arrangement. While displaying the user interface, detecting a set of one or more user inputs. In response to the set of one or more user inputs, rearranging the first and second application icons into a second arrangement, different than the first arrangement, where rearranging the first and second application icons includes displaying the first application icon at a third size, greater than the first size, and displaying the second application icon at a fourth size, greater than the second size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Kocienda, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Gary Ian Butcher, Imran Chaudhri, Dylan Ross Edwards, Aurelio Guzman, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 11733849
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for user guidance, a device and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring creation guidance information for a user, the creation guidance information being used for guiding the user to use a creation function in an application, and the creation function being used for creating multimedia content. The method further includes: in a case where the application is in an active state, presenting, in an active page of the application, a visual representation corresponding to the creation guidance information. The method further includes: switching, on the basis of interaction associated with the visual representation, from the active page to a creation page associated with the creation function. In this way, the user can be guided and promoted to use the creation function of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenqi Liang, Xiaoshuang Bai, Yuxi Wang
  • Patent number: 11714591
    Abstract: A display control method and system, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a trigger event, the trigger event including at least one of: an event generated by triggering a first display interface or an event generated by triggering a second display interface; acquiring a target display area corresponding to the trigger event; reporting the trigger event to a desktop launcher corresponding to the target display area, so that the desktop launcher starts an interface corresponding to the trigger event in the target display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lijun Liu, Qun Chang, Chunyi Lu
  • Patent number: 11712179
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces and more specifically to techniques for displaying user interfaces associated with physical activities. Exemplary user interfaces related to activity competitions are described. Exemplary user interfaces related to a friends list for activity sharing are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with alerts presented to a user in response to automatically determining a boundary of a workout are described. Exemplary user interfaces associated with configuring a pace alert for a workout application are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aled Hywel Williams, Gary Ian Butcher, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Molly Pray Wiebe
  • Patent number: 11693620
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprises a first acquiring unit configured to acquire a command input to application software, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire scene information representing a scene represented by a screen displayed when executing the application software, a third acquiring unit configured to acquire a command file based on the command and the scene information, and an execution unit configured to execute processing in accordance with the command file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Humming Heads, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Oe, Takuma Sugita, Makoto Kurita, Yuichi Yasuda, Shogo Otsuka, Kenichi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11683447
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing side conversations within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with a virtual conference among plural participants, a first audio channel for sharing among the plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button to initiate a side conversation with the participant; receive indication of a user selection, by a first participant, of the user-selectable button for initiating a side conversation with a second participant of the plural participants; and provide a second audio channel from a first device associated with the first participant to a second device associated with the second participant, in conjunction with providing the first audio channel to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin
  • Patent number: 11681415
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for implementing near-view notification techniques. In some instances, a viewing distance with respect to a display screen of an electronic device may be determined. In accordance with a determination that the viewing distance is above a distance threshold, content may be presented on the display screen. In accordance with a determination that the viewing distance is under a distance threshold, until the viewing distance returns to being above the distance threshold, a visual notification may be displayed. The visual notification may disrupt the content presented on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Laura L. Walker, Jiaying Wu, Andrew B. Watson, Tim H. W. Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 11681673
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided to generate, transform, and control menu data object in network environment. In some example implementations, menu data objects and related parameters are parsed and translated into a stratified data structure that can be used in connection with creating a renderable object associated with an interactive user interface accessible via a mobile system associated with a user. Control over the menu data object and its associated interface can be automated, and/or implemented in a manner that detects interrelated elements of the data structure such that alterations made to one element cause the related elements to be rendered in an alternate manner for visual verification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Fritz, Nicholas Pellegrini
  • Patent number: 11656751
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects. A device, including a display and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to manipulating user interface objects. In some examples, the manipulation of the object is a scroll, zoom, or rotate of the object. In other examples, objects are selected in accordance with simulated magnetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Zambetti, Imran Chaudhri, Jonathan R. Dascola, Alan C. Dye, Christopher Patrick Foss, Aurelio Guzman, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Duncan Robert Kerr, Christopher Wilson, Eric Lance Wilson, Lawrence Y. Yang, Gary Ian Butcher, Nathan De Vries, Jonathan P. Ive
  • Patent number: 11650871
    Abstract: A system and a method for verification of execution of an activity are provided. The method comprises receiving a user input indicative of enablement of the verification, and displaying, in response to the reception of the user input, a target element comprising a menu for selecting an edit action. The method further comprises receiving, in response to the selection of the edit action, a verification element, and determining a status of the activity, wherein the status of the activity comprises either of successful execution of the activity or non-successful execution of the activity. Further, the method comprises generating a verification response based on the status of the activity and the verification element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Cosmin Voicu, Ion Miron
  • Patent number: 11647159
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing side conversations within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with a virtual conference among plural participants, a first audio channel for sharing among the plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button to initiate a side conversation with the participant; receive indication of a user selection, by a first participant, of the user-selectable button for initiating a side conversation with a second participant of the plural participants; and provide a second audio channel from a first device associated with the first participant to a second device associated with the second participant, in conjunction with providing the first audio channel to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Walton Lin