Patents Examined by William L. Bashore
  • Patent number: 11221996
    Abstract: Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a client device. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to portable computer programs, such as widgets. The managing of the data thus can involve transfer of portable computer programs (e.g., widgets) between the host device and the client device. In one embodiment, the transfer of portable computer programs between a host device and a client device can be referred to as synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Robbin, David Heller, Christopher R. Wysocki, Timothy Wasko, Gordon Freedman
  • Patent number: 11216233
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a physical user interface, a wireless communication device, and one or more processors. The one or more processors identify one or more external electronic devices operating within an environment of the electronic device. The one or more processors cause the wireless communication device to transmit content and one or more control commands causing an external electronic device to present a graphical user interface depicting the physical user interface of the electronic device. The wireless communication device then receives one or more other control commands identifying user inputs interacting with the graphical user interface at the external electronic device. The one or more processors perform one or more control operations in response to the one or more other control commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Rachid Alameh, Jarrett Simerson, John Gorsica
  • Patent number: 11188205
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of user-selectable elements accessible by a user to select a patent strength calculator from a plurality of patent strength calculators, to edit a patent strength calculator, or to create a new patent strength calculator. The memory further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to apply a selected patent strength calculator to a list of documents to determine a patent strength score for each patent of the list of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Innography, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyron J Stading, Clifford Scott Herrick, John Gallner
  • Patent number: 11188211
    Abstract: Transportation vehicle with an image capturing unit, at least one first and one second device, and an operating system for operating the devices. The operating system includes a detection unit, by which at least one first or one second driving state of the transportation vehicle is detected at a point in time, and a control unit coupled to the detection unit and by which the first or second device are selected depending on the detected driving state and a graphic user interface is generated for the selected device. Also disclosed is an input and output unit coupled to the control unit and having a display surface with at least one first and one second area. The generated graphic user interface for the selected device is output by the first area of the display surface, wherein the first area has a touch-sensitive surface by which a user input is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventors: Astrid Kassner, Nils Kötter
  • Patent number: 11182050
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus receives a plurality of electronic messages and calculates a number of electronic messages that satisfy a preset condition among the plurality of electronic messages. The preset condition may be associated with address information of the electronic message. The calculated number is displayed as a badge on an icon for activating an application that refers to the received electronic messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Chizuko Sento, Naozo Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11175931
    Abstract: Automated configuration of graphical user interface screens of industrial software applications. An application executing on a computing device utilizes a navigation model representing hierarchies of navigation items to automate placement of graphical components in appropriate locations on the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Christopher Coble, Steven Michael Weinrich, Julius Robert Kambach, John Joseph Krajewski, III, Manoranjan Kumar Singh, Dave Tran, Raju Uthu Kumar, Douglas Paul Kane
  • Patent number: 11169611
    Abstract: A method, including receiving, by a computer, a two-dimensional image (2D) containing at least a physical surface and segmenting the physical surface into one or more physical regions. A functionality is assigned to each of the one or more physical regions, each of the functionalities corresponding to a tactile input device, and a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps is received, the sequence of 3D maps containing at least a hand of a user of the computer, the hand positioned on one of the physical regions. The 3D maps are analyzed to detect a gesture performed by the user, and based on the gesture, an input is simulated for the tactile input device corresponding to the one of the physical regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eran Guendelman, Ofir Or, Eyal Bychkov, Oren Brezner, Adi Berenson
  • Patent number: 11147509
    Abstract: A method for customizing a mounted sensing device including a first set of similar or identical sensors having different location and/or orientation, each sensor configured to measure at least one first parameter relating to a wearer of the mounted sensing device, the method including: a sensor selecting during which at least one of the sensors is selected to be used to measure the at least one first parameter, wherein the at least one selected sensor is selected among the first set of similar or identical sensors based on wearer data indicative of morphology of the wearer, and based on their respective location and/or orientation such that the selected at least one sensor is a most appropriate for the wearer and/or for measuring the at least one first parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Essilor International
    Inventors: Denis Rousseau, Marie Lore
  • Patent number: 11144185
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media are disclosed for generating and providing concurrent journey visualizations associated with different journey definitions. In computer-implemented embodiments, a data intake and query system, or a journey visualization computing tool, can be used to generate and provide concurrent representations corresponding with different journey definitions. In operation, a set of journey instances associated with a journey having a set of steps is obtained. Each step may be associated with at least one event that includes raw machine data produced by a component of an information technology environment. Upon obtaining different journey definitions specifying filters to apply to the set of journey instances, the data intake and query system can generate journey visualizations in accordance with the journey definitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Jindrich Dinga, Simon Fishel, Cary Noel, Isabelle Park, Horst Werner
  • Patent number: 11144183
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for previewing a dashboard report comprising displaying a graphical object on a dashboard design canvas of a design graphical user interface (GUI), receiving a user input to display a preview GUI of the dashboard design canvas, and displaying a preview of the dashboard design canvas on the preview GUI according to a preview mode. The preview mode is user-selectable and includes a monitor device preview mode that causes the preview GUI to display the preview of the dashboard design canvas as the dashboard design canvas would appear when viewed on a monitor device having a screen resolution greater than a monitor threshold and an alternate device preview mode causes the preview GUI to display the preview of the dashboard design canvas as the dashboard design canvas would appear when viewed on a preview device having a screen resolution less than the monitor threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Anand, Damon Purvis, Zdenek Kodejs, Vojtech Sipek
  • Patent number: 11140046
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may include a communication interface, a screen configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) of a native application, a processor, and memory containing instructions of the native application that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless communication device to perform operations including: requesting and receiving, by way of the communication interface, data that defines content for display on the GUI, an arrangement of the content, and a script; displaying the content in accordance with the arrangement; receiving input that modifies some of the content as displayed; determining that the wireless communication device is in an offline mode; invoking execution of the script; and while the wireless communications device is in the offline mode: (i) obtaining, as a result of the execution of the script, modifications to the content, and (ii) displaying, on the GUI, the content as modified in accordance with the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg Yakov Sherman, Kyle James Barron-Kraus, Sean Andrew Bradley Bowrin
  • Patent number: 11127078
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer-readable storage medium for providing personalized navigation control items of an application. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a user, at least one identification element of the user on a page of the application via a mobile computing device. The method includes transmitting, to a financial institution system, the user's identification element. Upon authenticating the user by the financial institution system, the method further includes receiving, at the mobile computing device, information related to personalization of navigation control items associated with a plurality of service sections of the application. The personalization of the navigation control items are generated by applying business rules to user data by the financial institution system. The navigation control items that personalized for the user's convenience and need are displayed on a page of the application on the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Jeremy Fisher, Joshua Goforth
  • Patent number: 11119627
    Abstract: An information display method, a device, an apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring, respectively, a push information of each application in an application classification folder on a desktop of the mobile terminal; determining, respectively, according to a weight corresponding to the application to which each piece of the push information belongs and a heat corresponding to each piece of the push information, an arrangement order of each piece of the push information when displayed; determining an information push area in the application classification folder according to a triggering operation after the triggering operation of a user in the application classification folder has been monitored; and displaying each piece of the push information in the information push area according to the determined arrangement order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: QILIN HESHENG NETWORK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Tao Li
  • Patent number: 11115703
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are media, systems, and methods of creating and publishing a first play station, wherein a media creator is allowed to select a plurality of audio media and sequence the selected audio media to create an ordered combination and request a first play station. Each audio media in the ordered combination is validated to create a first play station, and the media creator is allowed to play the first play station. After the first play station is published, a call from a third party player application prompts the published first play station. At least one alteration to the ordered combination of validated audio media can be generated, wherein the at least one alteration is selected from the group consisting of: an alternate validated audio media, an alternate sequence of the ordered combination of validated audio media, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Feed Media Inc.
    Inventors: James Thurlow, Tiffany Sirikulvadhana, Lauren Pufpaf, Jeff Yasuda, Eric Lambrecht, Kim Cuartero
  • Patent number: 11106332
    Abstract: The present invention discloses receiving a first operation log from a first computing device, creating a first document view in response to the first operation log, the document view comprising content generated using at least a portion of the first operation log, providing the first document view to a display device, receiving a user document change input value, and creating a local operation log in response to the first operation log and the user document change input value, the local operation log comprising at least one sequential operation defining operations to create a second document, updating the first document view in response to the user document change input value, and communicating a change value for the first operation log to the first computing device in response to the first operation log and the local operation log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Coda Project, Inc.
    Inventors: Melissa Ming-Sak Boucher, Jeremy Edward Britton, Luke Bayes, Monica F. Caso, Alexander W. Deneui, Christopher Leland Eck, Nigel Robin Ellis, Filipe P. Fortes, David Lilja Greenspan, Brett Robert Hobbs, Matthew B. Hudson, Timothy Andrew James, Kenneth Francis Mendes, Shishir S. Mehrotra, Trevor Michael O'Brien, Lane Patrick Shackleton, Rhed Shi, Hariharan Sivaramakrishnan, Jason Peter Stowe, Jason Andrew Tamulonis, Himanshu Vasishth, Ramesh Krishna Vyaghrapuri, David Richard Wright, Irvin Zhan, Roger Mathieu Zurawicki
  • Patent number: 11100145
    Abstract: A method includes: receiving initial input from a client at least partially specifying one or more characteristics sought by the client; selecting a set of images from an image database for output to the client; and determining after each set of images whether an end condition has occurred. The method also includes, until the end condition has occurred: responsive to each set of images output to the client, receiving additional input from the client further specifying the one or more characteristics sought by the client; and responsive to each input received from the client, selecting another set of images for presentation to the client, said set of images being determined to at least partially satisfy the one or more characteristics specified by all input received from the client, said determination being based at least in part on side information for respective images for at least the set of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao Guo, Hui Wu, Rogerio Feris
  • Patent number: 11086515
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described herein that receives captured stroke information when a user enters a handwritten note using an input capture device. The technique then analyzes the captured stroke information to produce output analysis information. Based on the output analysis information, the technique modifies the captured stroke information into an actionable form that contains one or more actionable content items, while otherwise preserving the original form of the captured stroke information. The technique then presents the modified stroke information on a canvas display device. The user may subsequently activate one or more actionable content items in the modified stroke information to perform various supplemental tasks that pertain to the handwritten note. In one case, for example, the technique can recognize the presence of entity items and/or list items in the note and then reproduce them in an actionable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Lee, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Sarah Graham Williams
  • Patent number: 11086594
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method controls aspects of a surveillance system using gestures and/or voice commands, and comprises: receiving one or both of an operator's skeleton input data and voice input data from a gesture detection camera and a microphone; using a processor, matching one or both of the received skeleton input data with a gesture stored in a database and the received voice input data with a text string stored in the database; matching one or both of the gesture and text string to a corresponding video management program command stored on the database; and transmitting the one or more video management program commands to a video management program of the surveillance system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AVIGILON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Uriel Lapidot, Elliot Rushton, Matthew Adam
  • Patent number: 11087081
    Abstract: A synthetic document generator that obtains a configuration for a synthetic document derived from real-world documents. The configuration specifies element templates to be included in the synthetic document and weights for the specified element templates. The system generates synthetic documents based on the configuration; the synthetic documents include diversified versions of the element templates specified in the configuration. Annotation documents are generated for the synthetic documents that include information describing the respective synthetic documents. A machine learning model for analyzing real-world documents can then be trained using the synthetic and annotation documents. Feedback from the analysis of real-world documents by the machine learning model can be used to generate a new configuration for generating additional synthetic and annotation documents which are used to further train the model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Amulya Srivastava, Vivek Bhadauria, Gowtham Jeyabalan, Paul H. Kang, Mohammed El Hamalawi
  • Patent number: 11055422
    Abstract: A method for sharing a digital image between a first user terminal and at least one second user terminal over a communications network. The method includes: displaying on the second terminal a “degraded image”, the degraded image being obtained from a “first image” by digital processing of the first image, the digital processing visually concealing content of the first image; and following detection of an interaction of a user with the screen of the second terminal: defining a zone of interaction of the degraded image depending on the location of the interaction on the screen; obtaining a portion of the first image corresponding to the determined zone of the degraded image; and displaying on the screen of the second terminal the portion of the first image in the place of the corresponding area of the degraded image, throughout the duration of the interaction of the user with the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ORANGE
    Inventors: Cedric Floury, Violaine Mercier