Patents Examined by Yongjia Pan
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Patent number: 10970464Abstract: A method, device for processing web content and a storage medium, the method comprising: determining, in a histogram statistical array of a webpage snapshot, a starting position and an ending position of a longest continuous image along a longitudinal axis direction; determining, based on a resolution of the webpage snapshot, a first starting position and a first ending position of a body in the webpage snapshot along the longitudinal axis direction in a range from the starting position to the ending position in the longitudinal axis direction; determining, based a rendering tree of the webpage snapshot, a second starting position and a second ending position of the body in the webpage snapshot in the longitudinal axis direction in a range from the first starting position to the first ending position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: ZTE CORPORATIONInventor: Gang Cao
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Patent number: 10942574Abstract: An apparatus and a method for using a blank area in a screen are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display content and receive an event for moving the content and a processor configured to move the content to a location or in a direction based on the event, configure a blank area based on the movement of content, and display setting information in the blank area. Further, various embodiments can be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nagyeom Yoo, Soojin Park, Hyungjin Park, Bohyun Yu, Hyunchul Choi, Hyosun Choi, Sooji Hwang
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Patent number: 10942636Abstract: A display control device includes: a first display control unit that displays, on a display screen, a display region in which a plurality of display frames are arranged and a selection region in which a list of a plurality of thumbnail images obtained by reducing each of a plurality of examination images is displayed; a receiving unit that receives an operation of selecting the plurality of thumbnail images from the selection region to select the plurality of examination images corresponding to the plurality of thumbnail images; a comparison unit that recognizes the number of selected examination images and compares the recognized number of selected examination images with the current number of display frames; a change unit that changes the number of display frames in the display region and adds the display frame in the display region in a case in which the number of display frames is less than the number of selected examination images; and a second display control unit that lays out and displays the pluralitType: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yuki Okabe, Eiichi Imamichi, Yuya Kudo, Masaki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10936345Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Aurelio Guzman, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Edward Chao, Kevin Will Chen, Alan C. Dye, Dylan Ross Edwards, Stephen O. Lemay, Pani Page, Yiqiang Nie, Matthew J. Sundstrom, Jacob Z Weiss, Christopher Wilson
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Patent number: 10929491Abstract: A method for generating a sentiment map user interface is presented. The method may include collecting a plurality of content data, whereby the plurality of content data includes an original message and at least one response. The method may include collecting a plurality content path data. The method may include determining a plurality of user sentiment data based on the collected plurality of content data. The method may include generating the sentiment map user interface based on the determined plurality of user sentiment data and the collected plurality of content path data, whereby the generated sentiment map user interface includes a plurality of user icons indicating a user sentiment, and whereby the plurality of user icons are positioned within the generated sentiment map user interface based on the collected plurality of content path data. The method may include presenting the generated sentiment map user interface to a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, Trudy L. Hewitt
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Patent number: 10929451Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Trasers, Inc.Inventor: Srikanth Manchala
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Patent number: 10924444Abstract: A server sends, to an electronic device of a first user, a data structure that includes a hierarchical interaction tree having a plurality of interaction nodes. The server then receives, from the electronic device of the first user, a first message, wherein the first message from the electronic device of the first user is selected from a set of predefined first-reply messages. Each first-reply message of the set of predefined first-reply messages corresponds to a distinct interaction node of the hierarchical interaction tree.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Sarah Hum, Andrew Nolan Rasmussen, Arturo J Esquivel Chambergo, Tatiana Janov Grossman, Ursula Anne Lim, Robert Michael Baldwin
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Patent number: 10916121Abstract: A user interface for a security system includes a processing circuit, the processing circuit including a processor and memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive, from a user via a user device, a user request for information relating to the security system, determine, using natural language processing, an intent and one or more entities associated with the user request, the intent describing a purpose of the user request and the one or more entities describing a type or source of security system data, generate a response to the user request based on the intent and the one or more entities, wherein the response is a graphical display of security system data, and send the response to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Abdul Razak, Gopi Subramanian, Conor Joseph Donovan, Michael Stewart
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Patent number: 10908811Abstract: A system capacitively senses a swiping motion to a touch sensitive display, determines a length associated with the swiping motion to the touch sensitive display, and displays a menu of options based on the length associated with the swiping motion. The system capacitively senses inputs to the touch sensitive display that correspond to selections from the menu, determines probabilities associated with the options, and modifies the menu based on the probabilities.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Parminder Singh Sethi, Madhuri Dwarakanath, Avinash Vishwanath
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Patent number: 10905517Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a medical apparatus, wherein: patient image data is generated using an image-generating medical apparatus; a patient image is produced on the basis of this data and displayed on an image output unit; and a medical apparatus is in turn controlled by an interaction with the image.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: BRAINLAB AGInventors: Wolfgang Steinle, Nils Frielinghaus, Christoffer Hamilton
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Patent number: 10904104Abstract: The technology provides for providing an interactive user interface to explore a complete network, see relationships with various aspects of the network, and drill down to details in an instinctive manner. In some embodiments, network component data is received that identifies metrics associated with network components. A graphical user interface made up of representations of network components of a network is presented, where the network components are selectable. Relevant network components are displayed at varying network scales by receiving an input selecting a first representation of a first network component at a first network level. Based on a network component relationship between the first representation of the first network component and a second relationship of a second network component, second network component data is received that identifies one or more metrics associated with the second network component. The second network component is at a second network level.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Carlo Zapponi, Sukrit Dasgupta
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Patent number: 10887716Abstract: A method and a system for calibrating a surround sound system are disclosed. The calibration system can provide a graphical user interface for display comprising a visual representation of the room hosting a multichannel surround sound system. The graphical user interface can permit user input of gestures to place or make changes to the placement of icons representing one or more loudspeakers and a listener. The calibration system can estimate the positions of the one or more loudspeakers or the listener based on the placement of the icons in the model room. A spatial calibration based on the estimated positions can then be performed such that the multichannel surround sound system can render sound scenes more accurately.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: DTS, Inc.Inventors: Guangji Shi, Michael M. Goodwin, Martin Walsh
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Patent number: 10880699Abstract: Techniques for enhancing group communication on a device are described. A method may include presenting a message in a message portion of a user interface (UI) for a group communication application executing on a first device, where the group communication application communicates messages among multiple devices. The method may further include monitoring an input component for the first device and detecting a first control directive from the input component. The first control directive may select a message displayed in the message portion of the user interface. The method may further include performing a pin operation on the selected message; and presenting the pinned message in a banner portion of the UI. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK, IN.CInventors: Vincent Charles Cheung, Connie Yeewei Ho, Daniel Tsuan
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Patent number: 10852935Abstract: An electronic device displays a messaging user interface of a messaging application on the display, the messaging user interface including a conversation transcript of a messaging session between a user of the electronic device and at least one other user, a first message-input area, and a launch icon for an interactive application. While displaying the messaging user interface, the device detects an input that activates the launch icon for the interactive application. In response to detecting the input that activates the launch icon for the interactive application, the device displays a user interface for the interactive application, the interactive application user interface including a second message-input area that is distinct from the first message-input area. While displaying the interactive application user interface, the device detects input of a first message in the second message-input area.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Freddy A. Anzures, Richard R. Dellinger, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicholas V. King, Hoan Pham, Wan Si Wan, Giancarlo Yerkes, Darin B. Adler, Justin N. Wood, Roberto Garcia, Soin Shedlosky, Bethany Bongiorno
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Patent number: 10845965Abstract: Known computer peripheral devices are typically interchangeable and can be used with different computers systems and platforms. Most computer operating systems are able to automatically configure the coupled computer peripheral device for use with the computer operating system without the need for installation of a specific driver. However, when these peripheral devices are detected by the computer system, a generic UI control configuration is often assigned to them and whatever customised settings previously configured by the user will be lost and replaced with a new set of unfamiliar settings. The present technology is a collaboration management system initiating a collaboration session for a plurality of computing systems having user-interfaces (UIs) coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: RAZER (ASIA-PACIFIC) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Min-Liang Tan, Ping He
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Patent number: 10838603Abstract: A system includes a laser system situated to generate a laser beam, a controller situated to control a path of the laser beam on a target and to control a variation of one or more waveforms associated with the laser beam, and a display coupled to the controller and situated to display a plurality of list data portions that include waveform parameters and a simulated waveform based on the plurality of list data portions, wherein the simulated waveform includes a plurality of simulated waveform portions that are predictive of the one or more waveforms.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: nLIGHT, Inc.Inventor: Robert Joseph Foley
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Patent number: 10831351Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual implant placement to implement joint gap planning are discussed. For example, a method can include operations for receiving a first implant parameter set based on a surgical plan that was generated while moving the joint through a range of motion. The method can include generating a first set of candidate implant parameter sets that are the result of an incremental change, relative to the first implant parameter set, to at least one parameter of the first parameter set. The method can include calculating a result for at least one candidate implant parameter set and providing a graphical representation of the result according to at least one candidate implant parameter set. The result can be color-coded to correlate to a candidate implant parameter set. The display can include color-coded user interface controls to allow a user to execute incremental changes corresponding to candidate implant parameter sets.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Blue Belt Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Constantinos Nikou, Branislav Jaramaz
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Patent number: 10817317Abstract: Example embodiments described herein relate to an interactive interface system to maintain a user support profile, wherein the user support profile comprises a plurality of media content that includes user support content, receive a message request from a client device wherein the message request includes an identification of the user support profile and corresponding message content that includes a natural language request, convert the natural language request to a query term, perform a query upon the plurality of media content associated with the user support profile based on the query term, identify relevant media content based on the query, and cause display of the relevant media content within a chat interface at the client device. The interfaces generated and displayed by the interactive interface system therefore enable a user to access user support without having to navigate to a separate interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventor: Jeremy Voss
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Patent number: 10809872Abstract: A display control device includes a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and a processing portion configured to control display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion. The processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shoji Kakinuma, Hirotake Sano, Tatsuya Tanizawa, Akihiro Ueda, Koshi Ito
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Patent number: 10802839Abstract: The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for user interface customization. An example device can include instructions executable by a processor to receive indications of user actions with respect to an application, wherein the actions are made using a plurality of selectable elements of an interface, determine a user tendency based on the user actions, and provide a customized interface to the user based on the determined user tendency, wherein the customized interface includes at least one customized selectable element.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Vardan Movsisyan, Gor Ghazarayan