Patents Issued in July 29, 2014
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Patent number: 8793563Abstract: A wireless apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The wireless apparatus comprises a receiving unit and a processing unit. The receiving unit is configured for receiving a packet which comprises a data portion and a cyclic redundancy check portion from the base station. The processing unit connected to the receiving unit which is configured for generating a de-masked packet by de-masking the cyclic redundancy check portion and at least one selected bit of the data portion by a plurality of predetermined bits, determining that the de-masked packet pass a cyclic redundancy check, and accepting the packet after the determination.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Institute for Information IndustryInventors: Tsung-Yu Tsai, Chun-Che Chien, Yi-Ting Lin
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Patent number: 8793564Abstract: Embedded system with web-based user interface, firmware structure thereof, and method for providing information thereof are provided. The firmware of the embedded system includes an execution part and a presentation part, which are separated, wherein the execution part includes a web service program and a program interface while the presentation part includes a web page which includes a request for dynamic content associated with the program interface so as to obtain corresponding dynamic content. When the system takes the presentation part as the static content of its web-based user interface, the web service program, in response to a static content request, reads the web page from the non-volatile memory and outputs it to a device, and in response to the dynamic content request, invokes the program interface to obtain the corresponding dynamic content and output it to the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Arcadyan Technology CorporationInventor: Fu-Jen Hsu
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Patent number: 8793565Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, in a graphical user interface, an interactive element in a first file format, such as hypertext markup extension language, may be converted into a second file format, such as portable document format, wherein the interactivity of the interactive element may be preserved in the conversion process.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Sven Skwirblies
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Patent number: 8793566Abstract: A system and method for scheduling, managing and reporting usage of two or more training facilities by two or more grade levels xl of instruction with two or more classifications of instruction defining typical student experience and hours including user defined multi-criteria queries, using a computer and a spreadsheet with single cell data entry and specified formulas to generate particular scheduling, tracking and reporting of facilities scheduled and educational hours' completed with infinite levels of classification.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Duquesne University of the Holy SpiritInventor: Carole M. Brletic
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Patent number: 8793567Abstract: Technologies are described herein for generating field sets of a data summary table. Multiple fields in a spreadsheet document are identified. Multiple field scores for each field of the plurality of fields are determined. A field set incorporating two or more of the plurality of fields is generated based on the plurality of field scores. The field set is inserted into the data summary table, thereby transforming the data summary table without the field set to the data summary table with the field set.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Amit Velingkar, Weng Keong Peter Anthony Leong, Allan Folting, Carl Brenn Sutter, IV, Diego M. Oppenheimer, Stephen Van de Walker Handy
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Patent number: 8793568Abstract: A page design system addresses the need to impart flexibility into the design and customization of graphical user interfaces for applications. The graphical user interface includes pages and display groups within each page, and the page design system permits each individual page to be modified to suit the needs of a particular customer. So that the pages do not depart from their fundamental purpose to too great of an extent, the page design system guides and constrains the modifications to each page. In particular, the page design system constrains customization of each display group according to established definitions of admissible graphical user interface elements that are appropriate for each page, and each display group of elements within the page.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Naima Aman, Joan McGraw, Kathleen Devlin, Jeremy Van Cuylenburg, Matthew R. Foster
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Patent number: 8793569Abstract: The present invention relates to an information processing system, method, and program which are capable of presenting a more persuasive recommendation reason. When a music CD meeting a user's preference is selected by a server apparatus, a recommendation screen is displayed onto the display of the user apparatus. The detailed information 11 including the titles of the pieces of music included in the recommended music CD and a recommendation reason 12 are displayed on the recommendation screen. A comment on the music CD (recommended music CD), which is written by a certain music commentator, is used for the display of the recommendation reason 12. Out of the comment, the words that has served for the recommendation or the sentences including that word are underlined, etc., and thus is displayed more noticeably than the other words and sentences. The present invention can be applied to an apparatus which selects and presents an item meeting the user's preference.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Masaaki Hoshino
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Patent number: 8793570Abstract: Methods and computer programs for automatically creating a text layout in an electronic design for a product to be printed. A number of defined text elements are available for user text entries. The product layout is based a user-selected image, if any, and on the text elements having user-supplied text content. Text elements without text content are disregarded. Positioning of user text entries is determined based on the size of the text entries, defined text element spacing distances, and defined positioning rules. Creating a layout incorporating user-supplied text entries and/or image may include cropping or resizing of other design elements in the product design and wrapping of relatively long text entries onto multiple lines.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: VistaPrint Schweiz GmbHInventor: Brian D. Hanechak
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Patent number: 8793571Abstract: A method and system for identifying individual component objects of a digital document and storing and retrieving such data for repeated discovery and viewing. Pages of digital documents are retrieved from servers and desired objects are displayed on a client computer. The human viewer's context is deduced from attributes of the object to determine further processing, including mobile advertising display.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Documensions, Inc.Inventor: James A. Warner, Jr.
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Patent number: 8793572Abstract: A method for rendering a page, including: obtaining an electronic document comprising a text stream and an anchor corresponding to a graphical object and specifying a first displacement of the graphical object relative to the anchor; placing the text stream within a region of the page; identifying a first location on the page corresponding to the anchor; calculating an area on the page for placing the graphical object; marking the graphical object as pinned; initiating a second layout of the page; placing the text stream on the page by wrapping a portion of the text stream around the area; identifying a second location on the page corresponding to the anchor, where the second position and the area are separated by a second displacement distinct from the first displacement; and outputting the page with at least the portion of the text stream and with the graphical object occupying the area.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.Inventor: Jason James Grams
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Patent number: 8793573Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for a continuous photo view on a browser-type application are disclosed. The system can receive a request to display a set of images associated with a user account. The system can generate a web page based on a size of the content items, the web page having a respective placeholder for each of the content items in an area of the web page that is relative to a visible portion of the web page, wherein the web page can provide a continuous presentation of the content items on a device, and wherein the web page can be configured to dynamically load and unload content items based on a current position of the web page.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Chris Beckmann, Ramesh Balakrishnan, Rajeev Nayak, Yi Wei, Ayush Sood
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Patent number: 8793574Abstract: Systems and methods for receive one or more document comprising genealogical or ancestral information and generating an electronic version of the document. Extracting genealogical or ancestral information from one or more documents and associate information extracted from the document(s) with one or more data fields of a genealogical record. Displaying the electronic document simultaneously with a plurality of genealogical or ancestral records that includes information about individuals, and a hierarchical structure describing a relationship between individuals.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.Inventor: Donald B. Curtis
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Patent number: 8793575Abstract: A user's progress through a digital work may be presented using a progress bar. The progress bar may display a visualization of consumed text of the digital work with respect to unconsumed text of the digital work. An expanded portion of the progress bar may also be displayed. A reading rate associated with the user's consumption of the digital work and a consumption time of the digital work may be presented.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John Lattyak, John T. Kim, Steven K. Moy, Laurent An Minh Nguyen
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Patent number: 8793576Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for computing a desktop picture. Instead of loading a file that contains the desktop image from memory, the present invention provides for a system and method for opening and retaining a procedural recipe and a small set of instructions that can be executed to compute a desktop picture. The desktop picture can be computed very quickly using a GPU (graphics processing unit), and can be made to move on demand. When a part of the desktop image is needed to composite, that part is computed using a fragment program on the GPU using the procedural recipe and a specially written fragment program into a temporary VRAM buffer. After it is computed and composited, the buffer containing the result of the fragment program may be discarded.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mark Zimmer, Ralph Brunner, Imran Chaudhri
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Patent number: 8793577Abstract: A method is described for providing a continuous undo/redo mechanism. The method comprises the steps of: —recording a history of a plurality of time stamped events based on reversible user actions. —navigating through the history by means of a continuous user input device, —translating the position of the continuous user input device to a point in time, and—identifying and displaying an intermediary state of the history based on the point of time.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Nicolaas Willem Schellingerhout, Georgio Mosis
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Patent number: 8793578Abstract: Interaction with an application interface is monitored and an image of the interface prior to a user interaction is compared with an image after the user interaction to identify a region of interaction. The comparison may be carried out by detecting that a threshold change has occurred using a computationally inexpensive algorithm and then drawing boundaries for the region using a more computationally intensive algorithm. A marker in a UI evolution timeline is associated with an image of the region and coordinates of the interaction normalized and relative to the region. An interaction interval and a profile of change are also stored in association with the marker. For playback, a script can be constructed from the timeline to control automated execution of the application by matching a current interval and profile to the interval and profile for a recorded interaction, and automatically applying that interaction to the current user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Daniel G. Mounty, Michael B. O'Connor
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Patent number: 8793579Abstract: Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) support the collaborative generation of life stories by helping the user view the development of the life stories of other users and facilitating interaction with them through these GUIs. A GUI according to a first type helps the user keep track of recent life stories and comments posted by other users of the collaborative system, and a GUI according to a second type helps the user view life stories of any user in a chronological manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Andrew Halliday, Christopher Lunt
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Patent number: 8793580Abstract: A method and system for receiving audio data, converting the audio data into discretely sampled data, such as digital audio, and transforming the digital samples into a user-controllable visual representation for computer-based data interpretation and editing. A plurality of synchronized streams of sampled data recordings are digitally sampled, segmented, and rendered into a plurality of arc segments. A value of one or more audio data parameters are determined for each arc segment. A visual indication of the parameter value, such as a color, hue, or shade, is determined for each arc segment. The plurality of arc segments are arranged into a plurality of arcs, and the plurality of arcs are arranged as a smooth, continuous radial spiral, or arcs, using graduated grays or colors to denote waveform characteristics to form a realistic visual depiction of a mechanical recording emulating a conventional “vinyl” record.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Channel D CorporationInventor: Robert S. Robinson
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Patent number: 8793581Abstract: A system is disclosed for presenting a plurality of scripts to a contact. A system includes a dialer, controller, Input/Output devices, and a memory containing modules for execution on a processor. A script player module plays a plurality of prerecorded audio file scripts. A presentation module presenting a plurality of script options to an agent. An input module receives an agent input corresponding to at least one of the script options. A profile module stores a contact profile reflecting contact-specific data, and the presentation module presents script options to the agent based upon the profile for outputting contact-specific scripts.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventors: John Sirstins, Jennifer Smith, Forest Baker, III, Forest Baker, IV
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Patent number: 8793582Abstract: Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for personalized timeline presentation. According to various embodiments, information characterizing a plurality of pause events associated with playback of a video content item for a content management account may be presented on a display screen at a computing device. The user account may be associated with a plurality of profiles. Each of the pause events may identify a time at which playback of the video content item was paused. The time may be measured relative to the playback length of the video content item. Each of the pause events may be associated with a respective one of the plurality of profiles. A selection of one of the pause events for initiating playback of the video content item may be received at the computing device. Playback of the video content item on the display screen in accordance with the selected pause event may be initiated.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: MobiTV, Inc.Inventors: Kay Johansson, Cedric Fernandes
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Patent number: 8793583Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for annotating video content with metadata generated using speech recognition technology. The method begins by rendering video content on a display device. A segment of speech is received from a user such that the speech segment annotates a portion of the video content currently being rendered. The speech segment is converted to a text-segment and the text-segment is associated with the rendered portion of the video content. The text segment is stored in a selectively retrievable manner so that it is associated with the rendered portion of the video content.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Kevin M. McKoen, Michael A. Grossman
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Patent number: 8793584Abstract: Methods 300 and systems 400 are provided for creating customizable user interface wrappers for a web application using a software development platform with a plug-in architecture 100. The development platform is used to create one or more declarative descriptions in a predefined plug-in format which define the customized user interface. The declarative description is accessed to generate the user interface wrapper, and the web application is enabled to operate using the user interface wrapper. The declarative description may be in the form of an XML file implemented as an extension listed in an extension directory of a plug-in. The attributes specified in the declarative description may be tailored to run the web application on a given platform, such as an operating system implemented on a predefined type of computer.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: You B. Chen, Brian T. Lillie, Richard Redpath, Daniel M. Schumacher
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Patent number: 8793585Abstract: Communication system management apparatus, methods, and interfaces are disclosed. A group of objects that are associated with different types of communication system components in a representation of a communication system are configured in a group. A further representation of the objects of the group is provided, and includes an indication of component operational status for one or more communication system components respectively associated with one or more of the objects of the group. The further representation of the objects of the group may also or instead provide access to the objects of the group, so that information associated with the objects may be more easily displayed, for example. The communication system representation and the group representation are provided in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in some embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Michael Nicholas Tofinetti, Karen Ensing, Paul Kuruvilla, Saied Heidari, Frances Jean Hardwick, David Kiesekamp, Terrence Martineau, Robert Craig, Sasa Nijemcevic
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Patent number: 8793586Abstract: This invention relates to an information processing apparatus being able to execute first and second functions and set the processing conditions of each function by using a user interface, and a control method of the information processing apparatus. In a case that either of the first and second functions is selected, an application common to both the first and second functions is launched, and a user interface window generated based on common data corresponding to the application is displayed. The processing conditions of the selected function can be set from the user interface window.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroyoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 8793587Abstract: Interactively displaying assets in a data center. Data describing locations over time for the assets in the data center is accessed. Asset location is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI). The asset location comprises a view of a rack in the data center. Also displayed in the GUI is an asset history related to the rack. At least one of the displaying asset location and the displaying the asset history is responsive to user selection of an element in the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Craig Peter Sayers
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Patent number: 8793588Abstract: A method is provided for personalized touch-based computing devices for individual users. A user would provide identification data to a touch-based computing device. The touch-based computing device, or ordering system that supports the touch-based computing device, identifies the user from the identification data and retrieves user interface format data from a database. User interface data is retrieved and transmitted to the touch-based computing device. A user interface is displayed to the user in a format based on the user interface format data. The format of the user interface and the order of items displayed in the user interface are controlled by the user interface format data. Transaction data from the user is stored in a database and the transaction data may also be used to improve how the data is displayed for future visits.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Phil DiPietro
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Patent number: 8793589Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for combining the user interfaces of several applications is disclosed. Data generated by a first application is extracted from a display buffer. The data is associated with a user interface from the first application. From the extracted data, a layout pattern is recognized. Using the layout, an overlay is created. The overlay is used to display a second data generated by a second application. There is no direct link between the first application and the second application.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jonathan J. Hull, Peter Hart
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Patent number: 8793590Abstract: An event setting section sets calendars or accounts based on operation contents from an operation input receiving unit, and stores a list of the set calendars or accounts in a schedule database. In addition, the event setting section sets events in a calendar based on operation contents from the operation input receiving unit, and stores a list of the set events in the schedule database. An image correlation section stores image data supplied from an image input unit in an image database, and correlates (shares) the image data with the event list stored in the schedule database based on photographing information (photographing time, camera ID, and the like) accompanied by the image data.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Naoki Nakajo
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Patent number: 8793591Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method including generating first instructions for presenting, on a computing device, a first view of an inbox that lists multiple electronic messages and for presenting a control, concurrently with the first view of the inbox, that indicates one or more alternate views available for the inbox. Each of the alternate views separate the electronic messages within the inbox into two or more concurrently displayed sections. The method further includes providing the first instructions to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Keith Jonathan Coleman, Andrew Ward Moedinger, Debra Joy Lauterbach, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Paul Morell McDonald, Annie Chen, Douglas Alexander Aberdeen, Klaus Martin Kretzschmar
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Patent number: 8793592Abstract: The present invention enables a user to perform an operation of closing a software keyboard displayed on a display unit by an operation to a predetermined input item with use of a hardware keyboard. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes receiving an input to a predetermined input item via a software keyboard displayed on a display unit, receiving an input to the predetermined input item via a hardware keyboard connected to the information processing apparatus, inputting a character to the predetermined input item according to the key input received via the software keyboard or the hardware keyboard, and closing a display of the software keyboard displayed on the display unit if the input to the predetermined input item which is received via the hardware keyboard satisfies a predetermined condition during the display of the software keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shiro Kunori
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Patent number: 8793593Abstract: A social networking system includes a mechanism for integrating user actions on objects outside of the social networking system in the social graph. For example, streaming music on external systems may be integrated into the user experience on the social networking system. Third-party developers, in addition to administrators of the social networking system, may define objects and actions that enable integration of external music sources to be played and controlled using the social networking system while also providing socially relevant information to other users of the social networking system. Actions and objects recorded from these external user interactions are structured to enable aggregation and structured querying, which enables data visualizations of the information discoverable on the social graph. In this way, interesting information about users' actions outside of the domain of the social networking system may be shared and compared with other users on the social networking system.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Vladimir Fedorov, Casey Maloney Rosales Muller, Austin Daniel Haugen, Edward Kenneth O'Neil, Naitik Shah, Paul Tarjan, Michael Steven Vernal, Arthur George Rudolph
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Patent number: 8793594Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing discussion topics between two users. The technique involves generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a listing of one or more users with whom a first user is associated, receiving from a first user a selection of a second user from the listing of one or more users, generating a second GUI that displays a listing of topics that corresponds to both the first user and the second user, receiving from the first user data associated with a first topic to be discussed with the second user, and adding the first topic to the listing of topics.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventors: Deepshikha Jha, Dmitri I. Krakovsky, Victor Tao, Kendra Bittner, Michael S. Dandan, Dominic Philip Haine, Simon Gershey
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Patent number: 8793595Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for tracking and displaying the logon status of selected co-users of an on-line or network system in real time to a tracking user in a unique graphical interface. The invention provides user definable on-line co-user lists, or “buddy lists,” which track specific co-users in real-time automatically. When a user logs on to a system, one or more of the user's buddy lists are presented to the buddy list system. The buddy list system attempts to match co-users currently logged into the system with the entries on the user's buddy list. Any matches are displayed to the user. As co-users logon and logoff, a user's buddy list is updated to reflect these changes. An indication can also be added to show that a co-user just logged on or just left the system.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventor: Barry Appelman
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Patent number: 8793596Abstract: Computer-implemented systems and methods for a simplified instant messaging interface are provided for allowing users to initiate and engage in instant messaging conversations. In various embodiments, the systems and methods reduce the overhead involved in initiating and/or engaging in instant messaging conversations. In some embodiments, the simplified instant messaging interface allows users to initiate and or engage in conversations without having to open a separate standard messaging window for every conversation. In some embodiments, the simplified instant messaging interface may be used in conjunction with a standard instant messaging interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventor: Ronen Arad
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Patent number: 8793597Abstract: A method is performed by an electronic communication device. The method includes storing electronic messages, and storing criteria for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message. A current electronic message is displayed to a user of the communication device, including the current message's outside address and message body. The relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message is assessed based on the previously-stored criteria. Those messages that meet the criteria are selected and displayed along with the current message.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Michael Maguire
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Patent number: 8793598Abstract: A cross-browser dialog platform is provided for supporting hosted web pages in a dialog, such that a web page may be used inside or outside the dialog. Select elements on the hosted page may be hidden when in a dialog, different behavior may be specified for hyperlinks inside or outside the dialog, and a proper size of the dialog may be inferred from its contents without designer input.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shaofeng Zhu, Cindy Liao, Zachary Nation, Charles Reeves Little, Tim McConnell, Jeff Crowley
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Patent number: 8793599Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining a first portion of a display as a workspace for presenting graphical elements that represent processing operations that define properties of an object. The method also includes defining a second portion of the display, different from the first portion, for presenting a graphical stack that uses the properties from the processing operations to define layers associated with the object. The method also includes simultaneously presenting the first and the second portion on the display.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.Inventors: Dave Lajoie, Hilmar Koch, Kent Oberheu
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Patent number: 8793600Abstract: An image-processing device includes a first memory, a determining unit, a creating unit, and an outputting unit. The first memory stores a first file and a second file. The first file includes first printing data and first additional information. The second file includes second printing data second additional information. The determining unit determines whether or not the first file is a distinguishable file. The distinguishable file is distinguishable from the second file based on the first additional information and the second additional information. The creating unit creates index data based on determination made by the determining unit. The index data includes first indicative data corresponding to the first file and second indicative data corresponding to the second file. The outputting unit outputs index image based on the index data.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Sadaaki Miyazaki, Norio Mizutani
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Patent number: 8793601Abstract: A mechanism for processing graphical block diagram parameter expressions is presented. The mechanism achieves optimal implementation of block equations in the execution (run-time) environment by defining a mapping between user-defined block parameters and a run-time version of the parameters. The parameter processing mechanism also pools like, non-interfaced parameter expressions, allowing reuse of both uniform and non-uniform data across constant block parameters in the generated code and during model execution. The parameter processing mechanism further maintains an execution structure that maps the run-time parameter expressions containing interfaced variables to generated code for the block diagram so that the interfaced variables appear in the generated code. This mapping thus allows for interfacing to the interfaced variables in the generated code from any execution framework.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The Mathworks, Inc.Inventor: John Edward Ciolfi
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Patent number: 8793602Abstract: A method of specifying and configuring a causal relationship between the dynamics of a graphical model and the execution of components of the model is disclosed. Model component execution is tied to the occurrence of model events. Model events are first defined in the modeling environment. The occurrence of conditions in the model specified in the definition of the event causes the event to be “posted”. Model components that have been associated with the occurrence of the event “receive” the notice of the posting of the event and then execute. Random components within a subsystem may be designated to execute upon the occurrence of an event, as may non-contiguous components within a model. The association between model events and component execution may be specified without drawing graphical indicators connecting components in the view of the model.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2004Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: The MathWorks, Inc.Inventors: Peter Szpak, Matthew Englehart
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Patent number: 8793603Abstract: The invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program, which enable immediately and easily searching for images showing certain states of subjects. Image data of a plurality of frames for displaying images of the plurality of frames, and a plurality of evaluation values associated with the image data of the plurality of frames are stored in a storage unit. The image data of a frame is selected, out of the stored image data of the plurality of frames. The images based on the image data of the respective frames are displayed. A thumbnail image corresponding to the image data of the selected frames is displayed in a thumbnail display area in the display unit. If a thumbnail image is selected, an image of a frame corresponding to this thumbnail image is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Keyence CorporationInventors: Woobum Kang, Masahiro Inomata, Shinya Takahashi
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Patent number: 8793604Abstract: Techniques are provided for integrated content presentation via cells arranged geometrically in a cellular environment. Users can navigate various orientations and zoom states of the cellular environment to access information via different applications, different media types, different visual representations and from different underlying content sources. The information can be organized according to various logical relationships. Upon receiving an indication of a zoom state associated with a cell or a group of cells arranged in the cellular environment, a content reference at that zoom state is retrieved. Further, the content reference is resolved to retrieve and output content, including a visual representation associated with the zoom state.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Open Text S.A.Inventors: Anthony Carmen Gallo, Jimmy Talbot
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Patent number: 8793605Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for manipulating objects in a user interface. The user interface includes a first interface object operable to be selected and moved within the user interface. In response to selection and movement of the first interface object in the user interface, at least one additional interface object is presented in the user interface in proximity of the first interface object. Each additional interface object represents a drop target with which the first interface object may be associated.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Christopher T. Szeto
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Patent number: 8793606Abstract: A mobile terminal may include a display to display at least one icon, a memory to store information related to icons, and a controller to perform, when a first icon collides with a second icon, a control operation associated with the collided icons according to a type and/or an attribute of the first and second icons.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jonghwan Kim
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Patent number: 8793607Abstract: A method for removing an icon in a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes, displaying an icon display area and a menu area on a display screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the icon is displayed in the icon display area and a predetermined executing icon menu is displayed in the menu area, selecting the icon, modifying the menu displayed in the menu area to a removing menu when a preliminary removing signal is input on the selected icon, and removing the selected icon in response to the movement of the selected icon to a predetermined area of the removing area.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyesook Jeong, Inyoung Hwang, Meeyeon Choi, Jungseok Hong, Hyunsuk Jung, Byoungnam Lee, Kyueun Lee
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Patent number: 8793608Abstract: A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Specifically, a determined number of desktops and/or running applications can be selectively displayed on dual screen displays conditioned upon inputs received and the state of the device. Desktop displays and applications can be selectively shifted between the screens by user gestures, or moved off of the screens by other user gestures and hidden. The hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by yet another gesture. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications. Desktops and applications can be selectively launched and added to the window stack. The user can also select where the desktops/applications are to be inserted and where they are first to be displayed after being launched.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Z124Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Paul Reeves, Alexander de Paz, Jared Ficklin, Denise Burton
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Patent number: 8793609Abstract: A controller for obtaining a contents list via a network, in which a contents list of scroll destination is quickly obtained when a scroll instruction is input, is provided. When the scroll instruction in the contents list is input by a user's operation, the controller sets a scroll list obtaining flag into an on state, and preferentially obtains contents information about the scroll destination. When the scroll list obtaining flag is set into the on state, the controller does not transmit a normal contents list obtaining request to a contents list transmitting apparatus. Since the controller transmits the normal contents list obtaining request after average response time passes, the controller can obtain the contents information about scroll destination in the contents list without delay.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Onkyo CorporationInventor: Yusuke Kondo
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Patent number: 8793610Abstract: A displayed map is overlaid with a map-based graphical user interface that provides a polygon layer and a point layer which work in tandem to simultaneously display both aggregated and disaggregated data across the displayed map. A selection of one of the regions of the polygon layer is received at the touch display from the user, and a request is submitted to a remote service administering the dataset for items in the dataset that reside in the selected region. The items in the dataset that reside in the selected region are received from the remote service, and the received items are rendered as points in the point layer, where the rendered points are bounded by the selected region.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Cheryl Parker
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Patent number: 8793611Abstract: A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects. Each respective selectable user interface object has a respective activation region. The device detects a first input; and, in response to detecting the first input, the device selects the first selectable user interface object and the device additionally: deactivates the activation region of the first selectable user interface object, or reduces the activation region of the first selectable user interface object to a smaller area than the default activation region. The device also enlarges an activation region of a selectable user interface object that is adjacent to the first selectable user interface object such that the enlarged activation region of the adjacent selectable user interface object occupies at least a portion of an area previously occupied by the default activation region of the first selectable user interface object.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Marcel van Os
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Patent number: 8793612Abstract: A parsing method for a graphical user interface interaction process, the method comprising defining a control symbol for direction to a text based input field and defining when the control symbol is input to an input box of a graphical user interface that a processor is directed to the text based input field associated with the control symbol.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Keycorp LimitedInventor: Lawrence James Robert Keable