Patents by Inventor Salvador Soto

Salvador Soto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11474615
    Abstract: An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of media content, electronic programming guide information, television content, and other content. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Salvador Soto
  • Publication number: 20220083147
    Abstract: An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of media content, electronic programming guide information, television content, and other content. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Salvador Soto
  • Patent number: 11150736
    Abstract: An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of media content, electronic programming guide information, television content, and other content. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Salvador Soto
  • Publication number: 20200150774
    Abstract: An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of media content, electronic programming guide information, television content, and other content. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Salvador Soto
  • Patent number: 10601744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to user interfaces for applications and in particular, presentation of card content by a user interface. In one embodiment, a process for presentation of a user interface includes detecting selection of a first graphical element, loading a framework file for presentation of content associated with the first graphical element, detecting selection of second graphical element presented by the user interface, and presenting card content for the second graphical element based on the framework file. The processes and devices described herein may be configured to preloading a framework file for presentation of content associated with one or more card elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko, Stephen Edwards
  • Patent number: 10547570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, electronic devices and applications for presentation, configuration and operation of an application including a user interface. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a command for a user interface of the device, wherein the command is associated with a card element displayed by the user interface, wherein the user interface and card element are displayed by the device and wherein operation of device for presentation of the user interface is based on a platform for operation with card elements. The method also includes determining at least one operation of the device based on the command and the platform for operation with the card element, wherein determining includes interoperation of the user interface with the platform and controlling, by the controller, operation of the device based on said determining. Another embodiment is directed to a device configured to present a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko
  • Patent number: 10506294
    Abstract: An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for navigating processes associated with providing content. The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of media content, electronic programming guide information, television content, and other content. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander de Paz, Saulo Correia Dourado, Karina A. Limongi, Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Salvador Soto
  • Patent number: 10503381
    Abstract: An email client having multiple screens that may be displayed in different corresponding ones of a plurality of different display portions of a handheld electronic device. The screens of the email client may be related by way of a dependency relationship and/or may provide for control between the various screens. In one embodiment, the email client includes a folder management screen, a message listing screen, a message detail screen, and an attachment screen. Additionally, the email client may be responsive to received gesture inputs to navigate with respect to the screens and/or perform actions with respect to one or more elements (e.g., messages) of the various screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Z124
    Inventors: Rodney W. Schrock, Paul E. Reeves, Sanjiv Sirpal, Alexander de Paz, Aaron VonderHaar, Martin Gimpl, Salvador Soto, Stanley Kurdziel, Paul Webber
  • Patent number: 10423305
    Abstract: A method for controlling display device operation including a personal dashboard, the method including: detecting, by a display device, a command to present a personal dashboard based on one or more selections of a displayed control interface of the display device; presenting, by the display device, the personal dashboard corresponding to an active profile in response to the command, wherein the personal dashboard includes: a user image of the active profile, a background image of the active profile, and a content pane including a plurality of graphical elements associated with content titles, the content titles are selected based on the active profile; detecting, by the display device, an input command within the personal dashboard; and updating, by the display device, a presentation output of the display device based on the input command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander DePaz, Salvador Soto, Dean Britto
  • Patent number: 10382808
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to digital television processes and systems. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a display device includes presenting, by a display device, display content. The display device can receive a touch command indication, wherein the indication is associated with a remote control touch command exceeding a first threshold. The display device can also present a touch layer representation including content elements which are gradually presented based on the duration of the touch command received, determine that the touch command has exceeded a second threshold, and update presentation of the touch layer to display one or more graphical elements in response to the touch command exceeding the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander DePaz, Salvador Soto
  • Patent number: 10382371
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and devices for the presentation of a user interface and operation of devices. In one embodiment, a method for assigning card elements of an application user interface to a device includes presenting a user interface, wherein the user interface is presented including graphical elements for one or more card elements, and wherein the user interface is presented including graphical elements for one or more devices. The method also includes detecting a user interface command to associate a selected card element presented by the user interface with a selected device presented by the user interface and outputting a communication including an association of the selected card element with the selected device. Another embodiment is directed to a device configured to run an application and configured for assigning card elements to other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko
  • Publication number: 20190149888
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for presentation of display device notifications and key handling. The notifications are visually appealing, employing a common theme and user interface. The notifications are less-intrusive, such that the user experience is improved. The notifications can provide additional information, function as links to destinations, and give the user multiple options, from which the user can make a selection. Actions taken by a user can be controlled and monitored to optimize user interaction with the notifications. By providing display device notifications to a user, the user is able to process important information on a display device in an improved way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicants: JAMDEO CANADA LTD., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORP., Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv SIRPAL, Mohammed Selim, Alexander DE PAZ, Salvador SOTO, Sergii GRYSENKO, Stephen Edwards
  • Patent number: 10225602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to digital television processes and systems. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a display device includes presenting, by a display device, display content. The display device can identify content titles associated with the display content, detection selection of a command, present a contextual overlay representation including content elements, detect a selection of the content overlay, and update presentation of the display device based on the selection of the content overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: Jamdeo Canada Ltd., Hisense USA Corp., Hisense USA Corp., Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander DePaz, Salvador Soto
  • Patent number: 10116602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, electronic devices and applications for device to device control by way of an application layer protocol. In one embodiment, device to device control includes establishing a connection with a second device, the second device identified by an application, determining one or more capabilities of the second device based on a capability matching of the application, wherein determining is based on an application profile for the second device and capabilities output by the second device and controlling operation based on one or more matched capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: JAMDEO CANADA LTD., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORP., QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko
  • Patent number: 10104440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to digital television processes and systems. In one embodiment, a method for control of a digital television includes detecting a first command for presentation of a control interface for the digital television, and presenting the control interface, wherein the control interface is presented to include an expanded tab element configured to provide a plurality of selectable elements associated with a category of the expanded tab element, and a plurality of tab elements configured in a horizontal bar configuration on a display of the digital television, the expanded tab element presented within the horizontal bar. The method also includes detecting a command for the control interface to select one of the plurality of tab elements, and updating presentation of the control interface in response to the second command, wherein the digital television presents a selected tab element with expanded configuration and provides a plurality of graphical elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: JAMDEO CANADA, LTD., HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORP., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Alexander De Paz, Mohammed Selim, Salvador Soto, Saulo Dourado, Fuqu Wu, Dean Britto, Ken Leung
  • Patent number: 10044649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, devices and applications for connection and control of devices. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a discover message by a discovery engine of an application executed by the device, receiving a response message from a second device, transmitting a request to the second device for a profile and receiving an acknowledgement of the request for profile for the second device. The method can also include transmitting a request for capabilities associated with the second device, receiving acknowledgement of the request for capabilities, and transmitting a control command to the second device formatted by the application based on the acknowledgement of the request for profile. Other embodiments are directed to receiving discover messages, requests for profile information and capabilities and establishing a communication channel between devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: JAMDEO CANADA, LTD., HISENSE USA CORP., QINGDAO HISENSE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko
  • Publication number: 20180192127
    Abstract: A digital television including: a display; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the display, the processor configured to: track operation of the television by: identifying content and applications accessed using the television and a time of access that content is accessed for a user profile; store information corresponding to the identified content and time in connection with the user profile; receive a wake-up command; identify the user profile; analyze the stored information to identify recommended content sources of the television; display a collection of selectable elements corresponding to at least one of content and content source based on the recommended content sources, the selectable elements being presented within a control interface during initial operation of the display device; receive an indication of a selection of a selectable element from the collection of selectable elements; and control operation corresponding to the selected selectable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Jamdeo Canada Ltd., Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA CORP., Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv SIRPAL, Mohammed SELIM, Alexander DePaz, Salvador SOTO, Karina Amaral LIMONGI, Clara GHANDOUR
  • Publication number: 20180192114
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to digital television processes and systems. In one embodiment, a method of controlling a display device includes presenting, by a display device, display content. The display device can receive a touch command indication, wherein the indication is associated with a remote control touch command exceeding a first threshold. The display device can also present a touch layer representation including content elements which are gradually presented based on the duration of the touch command received, determine that the touch command has exceeded a second threshold, and update presentation of the touch layer to display one or more graphical elements in response to the touch command exceeding the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Jamdeo Canada Ltd., Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA CORP., Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv SIRPAL, Mohammed SELIM, Alexander DePaz, Salvador SOTO
  • Publication number: 20180188903
    Abstract: A method for controlling display device operation including a personal dashboard, the method including: detecting, by a display device, a command to present a personal dashboard based on one or more selections of a displayed control interface of the display device; presenting, by the display device, the personal dashboard corresponding to an active profile in response to the command, wherein the personal dashboard includes: a user image of the active profile, a background image of the active profile, and a content pane including a plurality of graphical elements associated with content titles, the content titles are selected based on the active profile; detecting, by the display device, an input command within the personal dashboard; and updating, by the display device, a presentation output of the display device based on the input command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Jamdeo Canada Ltd., Hisense Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense USA CORP., Hisense International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv SIRPAL, Mohammed SELIM, Alexander DePaz, Salvador SOTO, Dean BRITTO
  • Patent number: D854026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hisense Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Mohammed Selim, Alexander De Paz, Salvador Soto, Sergii Grysenko