Patents Examined by William L. Bashore
  • Patent number: 11966695
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for implementing a mere-parser are disclosed. Text data is processed to generate one or more parse items. A boundary based attribute associated with one of the parse items is identified, and the identified mere attribute is associated with one or more of the remaining parse items that is not blocked from associated with the boundary based attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Optum360, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel T. Heinze, Mark L. Morsch
  • Patent number: 11960702
    Abstract: A method and system for element navigation. The method includes: selecting a designated element from a plurality of elements; displaying the designated element on a display of an electronic device; monitoring for a predetermined primary user input from an input module; and upon receiving the predetermined primary user input, displaying an initial set of elements related to the designated element overlaid on the display of the designated element. The system includes: an element display module configured to display a designated element on an electronic device, the designated element selected from a plurality of elements; an input module configured to receive a predetermined primary user input; and a set display module configured to display an initial set of elements related to the designated element upon the input module receiving the predetermined primary user input, the initial set of elements overlaid on the display of the designated element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Colin Heics
  • Patent number: 11954311
    Abstract: An information processing method including: displaying, based on an object file selected in a first display area, a file icon in a first sub-area of a second display area, where an application icon is displayed in a second sub-area; displaying an application interface of an object application in the first display area in response to detecting a first operation acting on the application icon; detecting a second operation acting on the file icon; and transmitting, in response to detecting the second operation, the object file to the object application to be processed by the object application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodong Li
  • Patent number: 11954433
    Abstract: Techniques for visualizing text expressions in spreadsheet cells by mapping syntactic elements of the text expressions to two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) configurations of elements, and displaying the 2D or 3D configurations in a graphical user interface, wherein the syntactic relationships between syntactic elements in the text expressions are rendered as spatial relationships between the elements in the 2D or 3D configuration. In one embodiment, a method for converting a text expression into a 2D or 3D configuration includes selecting a spreadsheet cell based on input received from a user input device, wherein the spreadsheet cell comprises a text expression, parsing the text expression, using a logic subsystem, into at least a first syntactic element, mapping the first syntactic element, using the logic subsystem, to a first 2D or 3D element, and displaying the first element in a graphical user interface via a display subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INTERJECT DATA SYSTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Honsowetz, Eugene Lyubar, Patrick DeBuse
  • Patent number: 11947588
    Abstract: Data points, calendar entries, trends, and behavioral patterns may be used to predict and pre-emptively build digital and printable products with selected collections of images without the user's active participation. The collections are selected from files on the user's device, cloud-based photo library, or other libraries shared among other individuals and grouped into thematic products. Based on analysis of the user's collections and on-line behaviors, the system may estimate types and volumes of potential media-centric products, and the resources needed for producing and distributing such media-centric products for a projected period of time. A user interface may take the form of a “virtual curator”, which is a graphical or animated persona for augmenting and managing interactions between the user and the system managing the user's stored media assets. The virtual curator can assume one of many personas with each user and can interact with the user via text/audio messaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Manico, Young No, Madirakshi Das, Alexander C. Loui
  • Patent number: 11943264
    Abstract: Described embodiments enable device users sharing content items via a content management system to view and modify content items within native applications on their client devices. In various embodiments, a client application detects a save operation on a content item and prompts a user to provide a comment based on changes to the content item. User comments and metadata are provided to a content management system to create a historical log that provides a comprehensive summary of user interactions with a content item, including comments regarding content item changes, version information, and timestamps. The content management system provides the comments and other log contents to client applications associated with other users sharing the content item. The client applications use the comments and log information to provide notifications to the users regarding content item changes and comments by sharing users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Anvisha Hrishikesh Pai, Michael Wu
  • Patent number: 11931555
    Abstract: A power injector system having a power injector for enabling delivery of fluid in an injection procedure to be performed on a patient may include one or more processors; a first user interface; and a second user interface. The first user interface and the second user interface may be configured to accept a plurality of user inputs associated with control of a plurality of operations of the power injector system and display information associated with the plurality of operations. One of the first user interface and the second user interface may be proximate to the power injector and the other may be remote from the power injector. The one or more processors may be programmed and/or configured to independently control the first user interface and the second user interface based on a first user input and a next user input received from the first user interface and/or the second user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: John Volkar, Corey Kemper, Samantha Parker, James Hoon Yoo, Leona Mulcahy, Michael Brooks, Richard Sokolov
  • Patent number: 11934636
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to provide voice driven dynamic menus. One aspect disclosed is a method including receiving, by an electronic device, video data and audio data, displaying, by the electronic device, a video window, determining, by the electronic device, whether the audio data includes a voice signal, displaying, by the electronic device, a first menu in the video window in response to the audio data including a voice signal, displaying, by the electronic device, a second menu in the video window in response to a voice signal being absent from the audio data, receiving, by the electronic device, input from the displayed menu, and writing, by the electronic device, to an output device based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventor: Jesse Chand
  • Patent number: 11934505
    Abstract: An information content viewing method includes displaying, by a terminal, a first lock screen or keeps in a screen-off state, and displaying, by the terminal, a second lock screen after receiving first information, where the second lock screen displays a first control, and the first control prompts that content of the first information is hidden, receiving, by the terminal, a first operation of a user on a touchscreen, and collecting and verifying, by the terminal, fingerprint information of the user based on the first operation and displaying, by the terminal, a third lock screen after the verification on the fingerprint information succeeds, where the third lock screen displays the first control, and the first control displays the content of the first information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhan Li, Changkuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11926497
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are described herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a sequence of operations. The sequence of operations can include different sub-sequences based on loading dock conditions. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of control elements that enable operation of the loading dock equipment. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment. Some functionality of the control panel can be enabled or disabled based on a current level of authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ENTRANCE SYSTEMS AB
    Inventors: Richard K. Hoofard, Brett A. Walford, Stephen Kosek, Daryl Day
  • Patent number: 11928424
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate a customization and proliferation of models are described. The system receives, via a first interface, table information and communicates the table information to a first model. The first model includes logic to process the values to generate a column of predicted values. The system receives a column of predicted values from the first model. The system appends the column of predicted values to the table information to generate appended table information. The system communicates, via a second interface, the appended table information to a second state including a second plurality of models. The sequence of states is associated with a plurality of interfaces including the first interface and the second interface. The interfaces facilitate a customization and proliferation of models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Opendoor Labs Inc.
    Inventors: Tianyi Xia, Leonid Boris Pekelis, David Makanalani Lundgren
  • Patent number: 11928311
    Abstract: The present application discloses a communication method, a terminal, a server, a communication system, a computer device and a medium. The communication method includes that a server establishes a connection and feeds back a display control in response to requests of a first terminal and a second terminal; then, the server feeds back function feedback information in response to a function request of the first terminal, and feeds back function feedback information in response to a menu request of the second terminal; and the servers presents multiple interface components and maintains and updates each interface component in response to management operation of a third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing Zhongxiangying Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Ding, Li Ma, Yang Wu, Wanwan Tang, Dachuan Wang, Hong Wang, Guangyu Shao, Chaozheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11929166
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing patient assistance requests in a healthcare facility, documenting items (e.g., minor, routine, and/or frequently-performed items) in association with a patient's records in an Electronic Healthcare Information System, and cancelling patient requests for assistance. Indications that requests for assistance have been received and/or are being addressed by an appropriate healthcare team member may be audibly output from a speaker associated with a personal assistant device. Healthcare team members may verbally provide items for documentation in association with a patient's medical records, the items for documentation being received by a listening component of a personal assistant device and transmitted to an EHIS for documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CERNER INNOVATION, INC.
    Inventors: Todd Bechtel, Chad G. Hays, Amanda Sleightholm
  • Patent number: 11920402
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for controlling operation of loading dock equipment are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the system and associated methods can be used to control operation of loading dock equipment (e.g., a vehicle restraint, a dock door, a dock leveler, etc.) according to a preset sequence of operations. The system can include a display screen that sequentially presents a series of graphical control elements (e.g., touch-sensitive buttons) that enable operation of the loading dock equipment in an appropriate sequence. Additionally, the visual appearance and/or sequence of presentation of the graphical control elements indicate the proper sequence of selection to the user, thereby reducing user confusion and simplifying the operation of the loading dock equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB
    Inventors: Richard K. Hoofard, Brett A. Walford, Stephen Kosek
  • Patent number: 11914846
    Abstract: An interaction processing method and apparatus for an information flow includes displaying the information flow in an information flow region. The interaction region is inserted into the information flow and an interaction material corresponding to the interaction region is displayed in a search region. In response to an interaction operation for the interaction region, an interaction process based on the interaction material in the interaction region is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qiqi Luo, Yanhui Shen, Jing Kou, Jingwen Wang, Leibing Qiu, Junhui Xi, Qian Zhang, Runlin Han
  • Patent number: 11907290
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, at least one processor, and at least one memory configured to store instructions that cause the at least one processor to obtain first information from a first still image frame that is included in a first moving image, obtain second information from the first moving image, identify at least one image function based on at least one of the first information or the second information, and control the display to display at least one function execution object for executing the at least one image function. Various other embodiments can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiwan Han, Hangyul Kim, Miji Park, Sunyoung Park, Chunhyoung Park, Jiyoung Shin, Younghak Oh
  • Patent number: 11893356
    Abstract: Chatbots may be integrated into a customer service workflow and assist a user before, during and after a user-agent interaction. The chatbot may assist an agent during a user-agent interaction. The chatbot may provide customized responses for a target agent or user. Customized responses may be formulated based on conversation context, account information, sentiment and diagnostic tools. Chabot responses may be customized to meet habits and patterns of a target agent or user. The chatbot may crowdsource questions to other agents or users. The chatbot may employ search engines, entity and slot extraction and heat maps and clustering analysis to generate relevant responses for the agent or user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Ramakrishna R. Yannam, Ion Gerald McCusker, Prejish Thomas, Ravisha Andar
  • Patent number: 11893817
    Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for predicting field values of documents. The method may include identifying a field prediction model generation request; obtaining, training documents from a document manager; selecting a first training document; making a first determination that the first training document is a text-based document; performing text-based data extraction to identify first words and first boxes included in the first training document; identifying first keywords and first candidate words included in the first training document based on the first words and the first boxes; and generating a first annotated training document using the first keywords and the first candidate words, wherein the first annotated training document comprises color-based representation masks for the first keywords, the first candidate words, and first general words included in the first training document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Paulo Abelha Ferreira, Pablo Nascimento da Silva, Rômulo Teixeira de Abreu Pinho, Tiago Salviano Calmon, Vinicius Michel Gottin
  • Patent number: 11887114
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pulsing and controlling quality of content are provided. An automated QC system that automatically monitors (e.g., pulses) content for any changes by third-party servers and subsequently deactivates problematic content may improve user experience in relation to viewing content and enhance revenue gains for the content provider. For example, a confidence tool may identify problematic changes to the content via a pulsing mechanism, in which content is identified for deactivation until changes to the content meet the specification of the content presentation services. Active (e.g., live) or in-flight (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Levin, Christopher Lynn, Alexandra Paige, Beth Kramer, Natasha Thandi, Carlos Costa, David Hollo, Karthik Rengasamy, Adrian Ritchie, Rebecca Mason
  • Patent number: 11880552
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing control unit that executes predetermined control in accordance with processing that would have been executed by a second application in response to a user operation on a first application in a case where processing to be executed by the first application in response to the user operation is not identified, the second application having a correspondence relationship with the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mari Saito