Patents Examined by Yongjia Pan
  • Patent number: 11537417
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides task delegation and cooperation for automated assistants. In one example, a method performed by a processing system that is in communication with a plurality of automated assistants includes receiving, a query indicating a task with which a user desires assistance, parsing the task into a plurality of sub-tasks including a first sub-task and a second sub-task, identifying a first automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the first sub-task and a second automated assistant of the plurality of automated assistants that is capable of performing the second sub-task, and formulating a proposal for responding to the query, wherein the proposal comprises a sequence in which the plurality of sub-tasks is to be performed and a mapping that assigns the first sub-task to the first automated assistant and the second sub-task to the second automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Pratt, Timothy Innes, Eric Zavesky, Nigel Bradley
  • Patent number: 11537206
    Abstract: A wearable device, an electronic system, an electronic device, a tactile feedback method and a storage medium are provided. The wearable device with tactile feedback includes an electromagnetic coil set, a driving circuit and a control circuit, the driving circuit is coupled with the electromagnetic coil set; the control circuit is configured to control the driving circuit to generate and output a coil current corresponding to the electromagnetic coil set to the electromagnetic coil set according to a control command; and the electromagnetic coil set is configured to receive the coil current and generate the tactile feedback based on the coil current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ziqiang Guo, Jian Sun, Xinjian Liu, Yakun Wang, Lin Lin, Zhen Tang, Yu Lei, Minglei Chu, Jiankang Sun, Jinghua Miao, Guixin Yan, Feng Zi
  • Patent number: 11535100
    Abstract: A voice recognition apparatus in a motor vehicle is configured to recognize at least one voice command, which is linked to at least one condition and which is related to the actuation of at least two functional units of the motor vehicle by a control device to provide voice-based operation of the motor vehicle by a vehicle occupant. The control apparatus is configured to generate, in accordance with the voice command, which is recognized by the voice recognition apparatus, a rule for actuating the at least two functional units according to the generated rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Tahar Bouaziz
  • Patent number: 11531556
    Abstract: The subject technology sends, from a parent node of a hierarchy of views, information related to a preference list, the preference list include preference keys corresponding to respective attributes of a UI, where the hierarchy of views represents the UI. The subject technology receives, at a child node of the parent node, the information related to the preference list. The subject technology updates, by the child node, a particular preference key from the preference list to a particular value, the particular preference key related to an attribute of the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob A. Xiao, Kyle S. Macomber, Joshua H. Shaffer, John S. Harper
  • Patent number: 11520610
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are generally directed towards systems and methods relating to a crowd-sourced digital assistant and system. In particular, embodiments facilitate the intuitive creation and distribution of action datasets that include computing events or tasks that can be reproduced when an associated command, stored in an action dataset, is determined received by a digital assistant device. The digital assistant device described herein can generate new action datasets, on-board new action datasets, and receive new action datasets or updates to existing action datasets. Each digital assistant device in the described system can participate in the building of action datasets, so as to crowd-source a dialect that can be understood by a digital assistant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PELOTON INTERACTIVE INC.
    Inventors: Rajat Mukherjee, Kiran Bindhu Hemaraj, Matan Levi
  • Patent number: 11522926
    Abstract: A computer system providing audio and visual proceedings between staff, admin, and citizen users in a virtual courtroom environment and wherein the computer system facilitates the proceedings in the virtual courtroom. The computer system includes a plurality of graphical user interfaces providing unique passcodes for joining a proceeding, schedules, audio and video capacities, and custom legal document preparation and acknowledgement. The computer system allowing the staff, admin, and citizen users to interact privately in the proceedings and the proceedings being encrypted and recorded in accordance with the law.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Eugene Tinker
  • Patent number: 11507257
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays user interfaces for viewing information about and/or for reporting information about incidents of different types associated with a (e.g., physical) location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Darious LeJuan Allen, Brian J. Andrich
  • Patent number: 11500528
    Abstract: A method of cohorting data sets can include accessing a plurality of data sets each associated with a different target item and a plurality of test items and receiving from a user a selection of a plurality of the data sets. For each of the selected data sets, the method may include determining one or more of the test items interacting with the respective target within a threshold parameter and identifying one or more matching test items of the plurality of test items associated with interactions with each of the targets of the selected data sets. The method can include generating a graphical user interface to display a representation of the matching test items, the selected data sets, or both and receiving a filter selection for reducing a number of the matching test items to a filtered one or more test items smaller than the number of matching test items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Myles Gurule, Amin Mannaa, Nabeel Qureshi, Arjun Prakash, Andrew Girvin, Matthew Owens
  • Patent number: 11460938
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for processing multi-touch input in a multi-tasking terminal with a touch screen are described. In one method herein, an electronic apparatus displays a first application program on its touch screen while both the first application program and a second application program are being multitasked, detects a flicking of four or more fingers in the displayed first application program on the touch screen; and, in response to detecting of the flicking of four or more fingers, switches the touch screen from the display of the first application program to a display of the second application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Won-Seok Kwon, Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11455140
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device and a method of controlling an external device by the electronic device. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of controlling an external device by an electronic device includes displaying, on a screen, a first user interface (UI) corresponding to first UI data received from an external server, transmitting, to the external device, second UI data corresponding to the first UI, receiving, from the external device, coordinates selected by a user using the external device, obtaining additional information related to the first UI when the coordinates correspond to a position of the first UI displayed on the screen, and transmitting, to the external device, the additional information and an execution command of an application using the additional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doochan Hwang, Minho Kim, Jinjoo Chung, Namhyun Kim, Sunho Park, Joonyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11449192
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a man machine interface configured to provide: a screen that presents information indicative of, at least, a real-time capability of a remote user to access and consume mediated reality content; and a user-selectable option to initiate an action that causes the mediated reality content to become accessible to the remote user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jussi Leppänen, Arto Lehtiniemi, Miikka Vilermo, Sujeet Shyamsundar Mate
  • Patent number: 11442550
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for gesture recognition are disclosed. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver and a processor operably connected to the radar transceiver. The processor is configured to detect a triggering event. In response to detecting the triggering event, the processor is configured to transmit, via the radar transceiver, radar signals. The processor is also configured to identify a gesture from reflections of the radar signals received by the radar transceiver. The processor is further configured to determine whether the gesture is associated with the triggering event. Based on determining that the gesture is associated with the triggering event, the processor is configured to perform an action indicated by the gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxun Qiu, Boon Loong Ng, Han Wang, Khuong N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11435881
    Abstract: A customer management system can be designed to provide an integrated smart graphical user interface. For example, a computing device can receive information that includes a topic of conversation for a chat-based communication; initiate, via a first graphical user interface (GUI), the chat-based communication with another computing device after the information is received; display, via a second GUI, the user profile associated with the person, wherein the second GUI is displayed adjacent to and integrated with the first GUI; determine a relationship between one or more words or phrases received via the first GUI from the first computing device and the additional information in the user profile, where the relationship is determined in real-time or near real-time as the one or more words or phrases are received; and display a visual indicator in the second GUI that shows content in the second GUI that is relevant to the determined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: William Daniel Farmer, Andre Rene Buentello, Jose L. Romero, Jr., Priyadarshini Badugu
  • Patent number: 11435893
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing answers to digitally inked questions within an electronic document. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive detected interactions between a touchscreen and a digital pen representing one or more digital strokes within a canvas and determine whether the one or more digital strokes match a predetermined signifier. The electronic processor is also configured to, in response to determining that the one or more digital strokes match the predetermined signifier, determine a digital ink instance included in the canvas based on a position of the one or more digital strokes within the canvas, extract text from the digital ink instance, submit the extracted text to an answer service as a query, receive a text-based answer to the query from the answer service, convert the text-based answer to digital ink, and add the digital ink to the canvas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron D. Cottle
  • Patent number: 11416917
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for presenting a graphical user interface with an improved content carousel for presenting a set of content items (e.g., images, photos, video clips, content/page links) in accordance with configuration settings set by an end-user. The content carousel may, for example, select content and present content in a manner that is consistent with the configuration settings established by the end-user, thereby giving the end-user confidence to invoke the content carousel in a variety of scenarios where content carousels might not traditionally be deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CONTEXTLOGIC, INC.
    Inventor: Mary Jose
  • Patent number: 11379107
    Abstract: This display device includes: an operation detector that detects an operation; a display that displays a screen including a first area capable of being scroll-displayed, and a second area; and a display controller that performs a control that displays, in the first area, display elements including a specific display element. The display controller scroll-displays the display elements displayed in the first area when the operation detector detects a scroll operation, and accommodatively displays the specific display element in the second area if, as a result of the scroll-display, the specific display element is scrolled in the direction of the second area and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Nishikawa, Takashi Hara
  • Patent number: 11379174
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, an information processing system includes a plurality of communication terminals, each installed with a web browser; and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes first circuitry configured to: determine occurrence of a trigger to capture an image of a shared screen to be shared by the plurality of communication terminals; generate data of a web page including the image of the shared screen captured based on the occurrence of the trigger; and transmit the data of the web page to the plurality of communication terminals. Each of the plurality of communication terminals includes second circuitry configured to display the web page including the image of the shared screen based on the data received from the information processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Arai, Hirokazu Iida
  • Patent number: 11370301
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide a technical improvement for providing visualization of vehicle speed via a speedometer in an instrument cluster of a vehicle/driver interface of a transportation vehicle by providing multiple indicia of vehicle speed and rate of change of speed in a manner that connotes vehicle motion so as to enhance the driving experience for the driver and improve safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Loren Skelly, Heiko Maiwand, Ryan Williams, Payton White, Alisia Martinez, Kevin Lieberman, Jongin Seok, Doug Hauger, Bouaziz Tahar
  • Patent number: 11361012
    Abstract: Method and systems for interactive research report viewing are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user request to access a research content in a report viewing platform present in a user device. The method includes causing display of the research content in the report viewing platform. The method includes provisioning one or more interactive tools in report viewing platform to be used by a user of the user device. The method includes receiving at least one user interaction input to the research content using the one or more interactive tools. The at least one user interaction input comprises an insight note provided into the research content. The method includes receiving a sharing request to share the research content with the at least one user interaction input with at least one contact of the user. The method further includes sharing the research content with at least one contact of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Trasers, Inc.
    Inventor: Srikanth Manchala
  • Patent number: 11340761
    Abstract: Embodiments for improved data structuring for computer devices that provides efficient organization and navigation in a user interface in order to increase the amount and type of content that can be presented to a user, particularly with regard to small displays. For example, by emphasizing how data relates to other data (e.g., emphasizing the organizational structure) during navigation as opposed to after navigation, the embodiments provide an intuitive user interface for devices that indicates the relationship between data without the need for additional on-screen objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Development Guild DDI, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Weber