Patents Examined by William Titcomb
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Patent number: 9817555Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device for displaying contents formed by a plurality of pages according to user operation. The information processing device includes: an operation receiving section receiving an operation of changing a page as an object of display; and a display image control section displaying a slide bar displaying a handle indicating a position of the displayed page on a bar representing the pages of a whole of the contents as a GUI on a display device with an image of the page being displayed. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation of sliding the handle, the display image control section changes display to a page corresponding to a handle reached position. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation on predetermined operating means of an input device, the display image control section changes display to a page serving as a predetermined break.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Takayuki Shinohara, Hidehiko Morisada, Tomo Matayoshi
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Patent number: 9805633Abstract: A display device and an electronic apparatus using the display device include a display component configured to output initial light corresponding to a first image; and a light path converting component configured to receive the initial light corresponding to the first image from the display component, and perform light path conversion on the initial light corresponding to the first image to form a virtual image corresponding to the first image, wherein the virtual image corresponding to the first image is capable of being perceived at a particular position and a size of the virtual image perceived is greater than a display size of the display component.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaopan Zheng, Chenggang Zou, Feijun Weng, Fei Wu
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Patent number: 9792366Abstract: A method for personalizing content for a particular user in a computing system comprising a user interface configured to display content. The method comprises identifying one or more features of a short term profile of a user that are not included in a long term profile of the user, using the one or more features to identify one or more third party profiles having features that substantially match the one or more features of the user's short term profile, accessing the identified one or more third party profiles, and providing one or more content items included in the third party profile to the user, the one or more content items having associated features that match the one or more features of the short term profile. An alternative method comprises accessing one or more third party profiles that are not a profile of the user, and using the accessed third party profile to identify a plurality of content items for recommendation to the user based on a feature set of the third party profile.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Oath Inc.Inventors: Mike Macadaan, William G. Wetherell, David Liu
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Patent number: 9785236Abstract: The application includes an apparatus connectable with a portable electronic and/or consumer electronics device that provides haptic information and/or feedback to a user of the portable electronic device. The apparatus may include one or more acousto-haptic transducers that provide at least one of audio and haptic output to a user of the portable electronic device. Systems and methods also provide a vibrating membrane or waveguide that transfers haptic or vibrational feedback to a user that touches the membrane using, for example, their finger. The membrane may be transparent, allowing the membrane to be overlaid over a touch screen, keypad, and/or keyboard to provide haptic feedback to a user as the user types on the touch screen. In this way, a user can continue to view the touch screen or display of a media device while experiencing haptic sensations from the vibrating membrane.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Immerz, Inc.Inventor: Shahriar S. Afshar
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Patent number: 9779134Abstract: In some example embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) is caused to be displayed on a computing device of a user. The GUI can be configured to enable the user to submit an identification of a dataset and at least one configuration parameter. The identification of the data source, the at least one configuration parameter, and the at least one wrangling parameter can be received via the GUI on the computing device. A sampling algorithm can be configured based on the at least one configuration parameter. A sample of data from the dataset can be generated using the configured sampling algorithm. At least one data wrangling operation can be performed on the sample of data based on the at least one wrangling parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Business Objects Software Ltd.Inventors: Michael Tsumura, Ivailo Ivanov, Viren Suresh Kumar
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Patent number: 9774693Abstract: In a client device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, graphic icons of one or more users who have provided user feedback for a first content item are displayed. Each of the graphic icons is displayed in a respective region of a display area. The client device transitions from displaying one or more of the graphic icons to displaying, in the respective regions of the display area corresponding to the one or more of the graphic icons, user feedback for the first content item provided by respective users.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Michael James Matas, Benjamin S. Langholz, Brian Daniel Amerige
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Patent number: 9767592Abstract: Animating content display is disclosed, including: receiving a move command associated with moving a plurality of grid cells relative to a display area of a screen, wherein the plurality of grid cells comprises pieces of content; and in response to the move command, moving, using a processor, each of at least a subset of the plurality of grid cells sequentially relative to the display area based at least in part on preset frame parameter information, wherein the preset frame parameter information comprises a frame animation quantity parameter and a frame delay parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Tingmeng Ye, Yiming Wu
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Patent number: 9760175Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for a morphable pad and display configured for tactile control. The system comprises a display for displaying a user interface comprising a layout of vehicle control features. The display is configured to highlight a portion of the layout associated with a received highlight input, and to update the layout based on a received selection input. A morphable pad is connected to the display and comprises an array of switches. Each switch is configured to receive highlight input and selection input. The switches are also configured to adjust in tactile feel to match the layout, and to reconfigure in tactile feel responsive to a change in the layout.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nicholas A. Scheufler, Steven Feit, Dave Jaeyeong Choi, Ross C. Miller
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Patent number: 9760254Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for progressively providing content of an electronic book (e-book) to members of a book reading group. An example method includes: determining a group associated with content, wherein determining the group comprises determining a first user profile and a second user profile, determining a first stop-read position comprising a first position in the content, sending, to a first user device associated with the first user profile, an indication of the first stop-read position, determining that the first user device has displayed at least a threshold amount of a first portion of the content, determining a second stop-read position comprising a second position in the content, and sending, to the first user device, an indication of the second stop-read position.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Ytzhak Donnelley, Sarah Elizabeth Funk, Emily Jean Staskowski, Christy Elizabeth Caldwell, Adrienne Anastasia Lombardo, Gregory William Long, Lan Wang, Julie Lynne Teodorescu-Badia
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Patent number: 9760279Abstract: A touch operation input device that allows input by a touch operation to a display screen, has a touch operation detector for detecting a touch operation; an operation processor for performing a process by determining operated content based on a detection result of the touch operation detector; a menu processor for performing a menu displaying process and a process of a menu item, based on a determination result of the operation processor; an image processor for performing a process of generating a drawn image on a touched portion when in a drawing mode; and a display controller for performing control of display on a display screen. When the operation processor has determined the touch operation as an operation for a menu process, the image processor performs a process of erasing the drawn image drawn by the touch operation even in the drawing mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriyuki Koyama, Kenji Akitomo
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Patent number: 9753607Abstract: According to one of aspects, an electronic device includes: a display configured to display a plurality of icons each corresponding to an application; a detecting unit configured to detect an attitude of the electronic device; and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first screen where the icons are arranged in a first pattern when a first attitude is detected by the detecting unit, and cause the display to display a second screen where the icons are arranged in a second pattern when a second attitude is detected by the detecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Kouji Nakazato
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Patent number: 9746929Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a gesture recognition method and an apparatus for capturing gesture. The apparatus categorizes the raw data of a gesture into gesture elements, and utilizes the contextual dependency between the gesture elements to perform gesture recognition with a high degree of accuracy and small data size. A gesture may be formed by a sequence of one or more gesture elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yoshihisa Maruya, Michael William Paddon, Matthew Christian Duggan, Kento Tarui
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Patent number: 9740733Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed to generate an interface for a web service and to query the web service. A method includes generating a user interface associated with a web service. The user interface includes one or more input parameter options associated with the web service. The user interface is generated based on a service specification and one or more series specifications associated with the service specification. User input is received via the user interface, where the user input includes a selection of at least one of the one or more input parameter options. A query of the web service is generated based on the user input, and the query reflects at least one selected input parameter option.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christian Liensberger, Moe Khosravy
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Patent number: 9733823Abstract: Embodiments provide systems and methods for activating applications in a distributed asynchronous system based on detecting touches on a display.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Harley M. Rosnow, Albert Hwang, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Baris Yazici, Peter Freiling
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Patent number: 9733828Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to receive a plurality of taps applied to the touch screen, and display at least one function executable by the mobile terminal on the touch screen based the received plurality of taps and based on at least one of an operating state and an ambient environmental state of the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaeyoung Ji, Byoungzoo Jeong, Jinhae Choi, Soyeon Yim, Kyungjin You, Soohyun Lee, Younghoon Lee, Nayeoung Kim
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Patent number: 9727221Abstract: A system and method are described for creating photo stories using video. The method includes receiving a user request to upload a user-specified video stream; determining whether the video stream meets one or more predetermined requirements, uploading the video stream; analyzing the video stream to select video frames for extraction based on a set of predetermined frame selection criteria; extracting the selected video frames from the video image; selecting a story book template to be used with the video images; and generating a preview of the story book template with the video images within a graphical user interface, the user editing the story book template with text and/or moving or modifying the video frames within the preview.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.Inventors: Ed Han, Kelly Berger
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Patent number: 9727201Abstract: Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification. The triggers may take into account various factors, such as the action currently being performed by the user, whether the tip has been presented to the user before, the user's past experience with the feature, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian D. Beck, Stephen D. Bader, Deana Fuller, Steven Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, Jr., Carmen Quan, Srinivas Chakravarthula, Ross N. Luengen, Akshatha Kommalapati, J Craig Hally, Song Zou
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Patent number: 9727224Abstract: A display section includes a finished-state display area. A finished image is displayed in the finished-state display area. Target images selected based on one of preliminarily-determined plural patterns are arranged in the finished image. Upon switching operation with use of switching buttons, a first finished image in which the target images selected based on a first pattern are arranged, a second finished image in which the target images selected based on a second pattern are arranged, and a third finished image in which the target images selected based on a third pattern are arranged are displayed in a scrollable manner in the finished-state display area.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masako Yoshida
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Patent number: 9723066Abstract: A method for calculating arrangement data between devices includes: receiving an input of a first point on a display of a first device; receiving an input of a second point on a display of a second device; and calculating arrangement data between the first device and the second device based on data of a virtual straight line connecting the first point and the second point, and the arrangement data include a distance between the first device and the second device and an angle between the first device and the second device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL INDUSTRY COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventor: Jin Suk Kim
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Patent number: 9720706Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for generating task flows for an application. Actions of a user of an application are monitored and key actions carried out by the user in the application are logged. Based on a determined flow of key actions a task flow is formed. A representation of the task flow is stored for access by other users. The stored representation of a task flow is associated with a goal to be achieved in the application. Representations of task flows may be stored locally to the application for access by other users of the application or remotely stored with an indication of the application to which a task flow relates to provide access to the task flows by users of other applications. A list of stored representations of task flows may be provided to enable selection of a task flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew Alan Armstrong, Richard William Pilot