Patents by Inventor YUFUKO WATANABE

YUFUKO WATANABE 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).

  • Generating a user interface for activating multiple applications
    Patent number: 9703458
    Abstract: An apparatus generates a user interface for activating a plurality of applications. The apparatus comprises: a hardware storage unit adapted to store therein an operation history on a plurality of applications; a generating unit adapted to generate first degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a first period among the plurality of applications and second degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a second period among the plurality of applications, on a basis of an operation history stored in the hardware storage unit; a hardware receiving unit adapted to receive a designation of any of the first period and the second period; and an arranging unit adapted to arrange the plurality of objects based on their degree-of-association information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Sasaki, Hikaru Tamura, Yufuko Watanabe
  • GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR ACTIVATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20140337770
    Abstract: An apparatus generates a user interface for activating a plurality of applications. The apparatus comprises: a hardware storage unit adapted to store therein an operation history on a plurality of applications; a generating unit adapted to generate first degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a first period among the plurality of applications and second degree-of-association information indicating a degree of association in a second period among the plurality of applications, on a basis of an operation history stored in the hardware storage unit; a hardware receiving unit adapted to receive a designation of any of the first period and the second period; and an arranging unit adapted to arrange the plurality of objects based on their degree-of-association information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: TAKU SASAKI, HIKARU TAMURA, YUFUKO WATANABE