Patents Examined by Tuyetlien T Tran
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Patent number: 10963146Abstract: A user controllable sleep system is provided-for, including at least one biometric sensor, a processor, memory in communication with the processor, a display in communication with the processor, and a user interface. The user interface provides landscape graphics relating to a selected soundscape comprising one or more related sounds. The user interface also has health indicia indicating health information from the biometric sensor and environmental indicia indicating environmental information received by the processor.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: BOSE CORPORATIONInventors: Eric Dolecki, Laura Ware, Jonathan Freed, Jack Read, Debra Reich, Leela Keshavan, Brian David Mulcahey
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Patent number: 10955987Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can present a first view of a three-dimensional user interface to a user, the first view representing a first portion of a three-dimensional space of the three-dimensional user interface. A first user input is received to modify the first view. The first view is modified based on the first user input to present a second view of the three-dimensional user interface, the second view representing a second portion of the three-dimensional space different from the first portion. The first portion comprises a first application window, and the second portion does not include the first application window.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Alexandros Alexander
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Patent number: 10915747Abstract: A computing device receives a request to render a listing of item entries on a graphical user interface. The computing device receives an electronic image of the document, analyzes the electronic image, and determines a document type by performing an image recognition on a first portion the electronic image, comparing information extrapolated via the image recognition algorithm to a database of document types, and identifying a match between the extrapolated information a document type. The computing device applies an OCR algorithm that corresponds to the determined document type to a second portion of the electronic image, and identifies items extracted from the second portion. The computing device renders the listing of item entries on the graphical user interface of the user computing device, the listing of items comprising a listing of each item extracted from the second portion of the electronic image.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Shih-Hao Yeh, Navid Samadani-McQuirk, Jack Cameron Dille, Joshua Curtis Hudgins
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Patent number: 10909545Abstract: An apparatus is provided to configure an online shopping portal that includes a plurality of site. The apparatus receives a request to configure a site of the online shopping portal. The apparatus provides a user interface (UI) shell that corresponds to the site. The apparatus provides an option to select a page of the site to configure. Based on the selected page, the UI shell comprises at least one placeholder and at least one UI content. The apparatus provides a selection mechanism configured to select the at least one UI content to be placed in the at least one placeholder.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Akhil Gupta, Swaminathan Sekar
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Patent number: 10871895Abstract: Techniques for providing merchant slot availability management using graphical user interfaces for mobile devices are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a mobile device with processing circuitry configured to generate a multi-level graphical user interface (mGUI), and provide the mGUI to a touch screen display of the mobile device. The processing circuitry may be further configured to monitor a touch screen for various predefined user inputs for traversing tiered levels, and updating the mGUI. The mGUI may be used to implement interfaces various mobile device interfaces used for organizing hierarchal or structured data. For example, the mGUI may be used to implement a merchant slot management interface that allows merchants to dynamically adjust slot availability and associated properties, manage slots such as by creating tabs, or generate promotions for available slots.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Arash Shiva, Joseph Hawilo
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Patent number: 10863248Abstract: A program guide, such as an electronic program guide (EPG), may be used to display information regarding upcoming scheduled transmissions of content. The display may include thumbnail images for selected groups of programs, and the images may be positioned in a pseudo-random location, and moved along a randomly generated trajectory on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Comcast Interactive Media, LLCInventors: Thomas Loretan, Kevin Mercer, Jill Mclaughlin, Aparna Ramchandran, Katherine Inglis, Arpit Mathur, Jesse Mullen, Meredith Kenney, Dheyvi Velagapudi
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Patent number: 10863053Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a display controller. The obtaining unit obtains pieces of identification information for identifying plural target devices that cooperate with each other. The display controller controls display of a cooperative function that is executed through cooperation between the target devices identified by the pieces of identification information.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
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Patent number: 10841426Abstract: A communication transaction management system has a computerized appliance executing software from a digital medium for a particular enterprise, a holding function of the software tracking received transactions initiated by associated persons, and selecting individual transactions for connection to live agents, and a monitoring function for determining behavior of the persons associated with individual transactions on hold relative to an interactive presentation. Individual transactions on hold are prioritized for connection to live agents at least in part depending on the behavior determined by the monitoring function.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Inventors: James Harmon Barnett, Mark Scott
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Patent number: 10824793Abstract: A website building system including a visual editor to support user editing of a website page of the website building system; the page having regular components and overlapped and hidden components and an editor overlap handler to determine display instructions for the visual editor for the overlapped and hidden components according to activation conditions, the activation conditions based on a user selected point on the page, activation rules and information on components of the page, the information including component proximity to or component interaction with said user selected point, z-order and at least one of: general relationships between the components on said page, information on the user and information on the system.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Wix.com Ltd.Inventor: Roni Fialkow
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Patent number: 10802685Abstract: The present disclosure generally discloses a vehicle marking capability configured to support marking of vehicles in a vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability is configured to support marking of vehicles in a graphical user interface (GUI) that is supported by a vehicle management application that is supported by the vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of various vehicle measures of vehicles for various vehicle types which may be managed by the vehicle management system. The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of vehicle measures for vehicles using measure objects having lengths that are based on the vehicle measures (e.g., using linear scaling, logarithmic scaling, or the like). The vehicle marking capability may be configured to support marking of vehicle altitudes for aerial vehicles using altitude columns having column heights that are based on the vehicle altitudes.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventor: Arto Kristian Suvitie
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Patent number: 10795530Abstract: A system and method are described for changing window's functionality upon detecting resizing events. According to one example method, a plurality of size thresholds is defined that are associated with a plurality of functional states for a window. Upon detecting that a size of a window reaches a first size threshold, a first functional state is applied to a window. Then, upon detecting another size threshold as the window is being increased or decreased in size, another functional state associated with the detected threshold is applied to the window.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: Raymond J. Jezek, Jr.
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Patent number: 10789285Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TouchTones Music CorporationInventors: Francois Beaumier, Karim Dhambri, Daniel Susla, Matthew Labunka, Ian Moulton, Samer Alameer, Michael Tooker
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Patent number: 10791186Abstract: A client application of a device collects presence information and other interaction information from an application viewing a content item synchronized with a content management system. The interaction information indicates interactions of a device with respect to a content item. The client application receives presence information from other devices synchronized to the content item and displays a presence indicator in a user interface element. The presence indicator is displayed relative to a user interface element of the application viewing the content item. The displayed presence information may inform the user that other users are editing or viewing the content item, and may permit the user to receive notifications when another user's presence has changed to a particular status.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventor: Maxime Larabie-Belanger
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Patent number: 10754890Abstract: A system and method for generating a personalized playlist is provided. A plurality of media tracks from a user device of a user is received. The plurality of media tracks is analyzed for metadata and the metadata is assigned to the media tracks in the plurality of media tracks. One or more user attributes of the user is generated. The one or more user attributes includes a first time period when the user is between 20 and 30 years old. The metadata of the media tracks is compared to the one or more user attributes. The metadata includes metadata for relevant dates of media tracks. The relevant dates include a date of performance of the media tracks and are compared to the first time period. A target mood for generating a playlist is generated. A playlist is generated based on the target mood and based on the comparison of the metadata to the one or more attributes.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventors: Timothy Chester O'Konski, Masahiko Nishimura
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Patent number: 10751134Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to facilitating control of a graphical user interface associated with performing a medical procedure. Inputs can be received from a plurality of input devices interacting with respective sets of input options displayed on respective portions of the graphical user interface. One of the input devices can be operable by a physician, during a medical procedure, to navigate a set of input options to modify a graphical representation of at least one of a medical device and an anatomic structure displayed on the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Affera, Inc.Inventors: Doron Harlev, Geoffrey Peter Wright, Matthew Peter Neville Harwood
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Patent number: 10739953Abstract: An apparatus for providing a user interface provides a first user interface mode, and can switch to a second user interface mode if it receives a user command instructing to switch the mode to the second user interface mode which has a different user command input method from the first user interface mode. In the switching process, the apparatus is configured to reset a recognition pattern to distinguish a smaller number of user input types than the number of the user input types distinguishable in the first UI mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoobin Lee, Ji In Baek, Hyun Surk Ryu, So Young Lee
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Patent number: 10732834Abstract: A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying a list of voicemail messages; detecting selection by a user of a respective voicemail message in the list; responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message by initiating playback of the user-selected voicemail message; displaying a progress bar for the user-selected voicemail message, wherein the progress bar indicates the portion of the user-selected voicemail message that has been played; detecting movement of a finger of the user from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar; and responding to the detection of the finger movement by restarting playback of the user-selected voicemail message at a position within the user-selected voicemail message corresponding substantially to the second position on the progress bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Freddy Allen Anzures, Gregory N. Christie, Scott Forstall, Gregory Novick, Steven P. Jobs, Imran Chaudhri, Stephen O. Lemay, Patrick L. Coffman, Elizabeth Caroline Cranfill
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Patent number: 10719149Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, e.g., where search results vary based on the popularity of songs within the venue, in dependence on songs being promoted, etc. As another example, a tile-based approach to organizing groupings of songs is provided. Groupings may involve self-populating collections of songs that combine centrally-promoted songs, songs in a given genre that are popular across an audiovisual distribution network, and songs that are locally popular and match up with the given genre (e.g., because of shared attributes such as same or similar genre, artist, etc.). Different tile visual presentations also are contemplated, as are different physical jukebox designs. In certain example embodiments, a sealed core unit with the “brains” of the jukebox is insertable into a docking station.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Inventors: Francois Beaumier, Karim Dhambri, Daniel Susla, Matthew Labunka, Ian Moulton, Samer Alameer, Michael Tooker
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Patent number: 10713625Abstract: According to some embodiments, a source application part may be established having a source data object with a set of source attribute identifiers and associated source attribute values. A target application part may also be established having a target data object with a set of target attribute identifiers. An object reuse platform may then receive, from a user via a graphical interface, an indication that the source data object relates to the target data object. The object reuse platform may then calculate, for each source attribute identifier, a probability that the source attribute identifier is associated with one of the target attribute identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Knut Manske, Slavin Donchev, Markus Latzina
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Patent number: 10708203Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods that allow a user of an electronic device, who is engaged in communicating with one or more other users, to convey an emotional context with that communication using an image created by the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Convergence Acceleration Solutions, LLCInventors: Drewry Hampton Morris, Jared Trotter