Patents Issued in October 25, 2016
  • Patent number: 9477337
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Patent number: 9477338
    Abstract: A terminal device with a display function enables only an operation of a desired operation key valid, and easily perform the invalidation operation. In response to switching to a predetermined function mode by manipulating a jog dial, an image in the switched function mode is displayed in a display surface, based on an image signal from a display control section. A bar is located on a borderline between a contents area and an operation area in an initial state of displaying an image. When the jog dial is manipulated by the user to thereby move the bar from the borderline to a predetermined position within the operation area, a CPU determines that the position of the bar has been moved. Then, the CPU detects a new position of the bar, and makes an operation with respect to the operation key located between the bar and the borderline invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eita Katsu, Michiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 9477339
    Abstract: A stretchable display device includes: a stretchable display panel including: pixels; a first resistive film extending in a first direction; and a second resistive film extending in a second direction; a scan driver to provide a scan signal to the pixels; a data driver to provide a data signal or a compensated data signal to the pixels; a row detection driver to detect a first current flowing through the first resistive film to generate a first detection signal; a column detection driver to detect a second current flowing through the second resistive film to generate a second detection signal; a compensation control signal generator to receive the first and the second detection signals to detect amounts of variations of the first and the second currents, and to generate a compensation control signal; and a timing controller to generate the compensated data signal based on the compensation control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang-Ho Hyun
  • Patent number: 9477340
    Abstract: An on-cell capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The capacitive touch panel includes a laminated structure. The laminated structure includes a LCD module, a touch sensing module, and a polarizing module. The touch sensing module is disposed on the LCD module. The polarizing module is disposed on the touch sensing module. The touch sensing module includes a touch sensor pattern. The touch sensor pattern has a single-layer ITO structure and includes at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode. The at least one first electrode is arranged along a first direction and the at least one second electrode is arranged along a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are two mutually perpendicular directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kuan-Ming Lin, Yi-Ying Lin, Hsin-Wei Shieh, Kun-Pei Lee
  • Patent number: 9477341
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a touch sensor has a liquid crystal display function and a touch sensor function is providing and includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode and a first electrode; a second substrate including a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. When the liquid crystal display function is activated, the first and second electrodes are supplied with common voltage. When the touch sensor function is activated, the first electrode is applied with a first signal, and the second electrode is configured to receive the first signal to be a second signal as a touch detecting signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Naosuke Furutani, Hayato Kurasawa, Makoto Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9477342
    Abstract: Described are methods and devices including a touch sensor layer configured to receive touch input and a force sensor layer stacked with the touch sensor layer, the force sensor layer includes an array of force sensors configured to receive force input. The force sensor array includes individual force sensors. Specific sensors of the disclosed force sensor array are associated with specific locations of the touch screen to add information that can be used to decipher which key is actually being pressed and may avoid falsing. Both a touch signal and a force signal are utilized to determine the validity of a user touch input. In one embodiment each force sensor may operate independently of the others. Particular embodiments are described that utilize a coarse grid to determine valid touch inputs and that make a determination of a centroid location based on a plurality of force sensors to determine valid touch inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Dodge Daverman, Michael Olley
  • Patent number: 9477343
    Abstract: A method for moving content and an electronic device thereof is provided. The method includes detecting at least two touches, selecting content corresponding to locations at which the at least two touches are detected, detecting a combined shape of touch entities corresponding to the at least two touches if the detected at least two touches are released, and moving the selected content to a location at which the combined shape of the detected at least two touch entities is changed, wherein the touch entities include at least one of a user's finger, a stylus pen, and an extra touch tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Woo Park, Nam-Hoi Kim
  • Patent number: 9477344
    Abstract: A panel including a substrate, a plurality of wirings and a protection stacked layer is provided. The substrate has a device area, a bonding area and a wiring area connected between the device area and the bonding area. The wirings extend from the device area to the bonding area through the wiring area. The protection stacked layer extends from a side of the wiring area adjacent to the device area towards a side of the bonding area and is located on the wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: WINTEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Ting Liou, Kai-Ting Tsai, Ming-Cheng Tsai, Chun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 9477345
    Abstract: A display device and a device and method for driving the same are provided. The display device minimizes leakage of a stage in a standby state to hold a voltage of a Q node of the stage during touch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Suhwan Moon
  • Patent number: 9477346
    Abstract: An abrasion resistant coating is applied to a display of a mobile device. In an embodiment, the coating includes a first layer including siloxane; a second layer including siloxane, wherein the second layer has opposing sides and a hardness greater than the first layer; and a third layer including an amorphous carbon selected from a diamond-like carbon and a diamond-like nano-composite. The first layer and third layer are positioned on opposing sides of the second layer. The third layer has a hardness greater than the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Ernest J. Sirois
  • Patent number: 9477347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch screen and a touch display device. The touch screen comprises a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, the common electrodes and the driving electrodes are alternately provided in the same layer, the common electrodes, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are insulated from each other, wherein the sensing electrodes are correspondingly provided in an orthographic projection direction of the common electrodes, each of the sensing electrodes includes a plurality of electrode strips, distribution densities of the electrode strips in edge regions adjacent to the driving electrodes are larger than that in a center region far away from the driving electrodes. The touch screen can reduce the shunt capacitances of the sensing electrodes, increases the touch changes of the touch screen, thus the signal-noise ratio and the performance of the touch screen are remarkably improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9477348
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for focus-based touch detection. According to one embodiment, a reference pattern is formed on a surface and an imaging device is configured to detect the reference pattern and the presence of an object within proximity of a contact area of the surface. Furthermore, focus information associated with the reference pattern and/or object is used to determine if the detected object is touching or hovering said contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Irwin E. Sobel, Kar-Han Tan
  • Patent number: 9477349
    Abstract: A touch panel including a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources and a plurality of detectors is provided. The light guide plate has a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces and a plurality of light incident surfaces. The light sources are disposed at the light incident surfaces of the light guide plate, and the light sources have a photocell total reflection angle (?) and a photocell vertical divergence angle (?) corresponding to the light incident surfaces of the light guide plate, wherein ?<?<60°, ? is a critical angle of the total reflection angle of the light guide plate, and ?<50°. The detectors are disposed corresponding to the light sources so as to receive photocell signals from the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chiung-Han Wang, Shau-Yu Tsai, Chih-Wei Chien, Wei-Tien Chang
  • Patent number: 9477350
    Abstract: A system for determining a user indication is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface configured to send a signal to be used to propagate a freely propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface and receive the freely propagating signal that has been disturbed by a disturbance on the surface. The system also includes a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to process the received signal to determine a user indication associated with the disturbance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sentons Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel W. Sheng, Shih-Ming Shih, Yenyu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9477351
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Youb Kim, Won-Kyu Kwak, Brent Jang
  • Patent number: 9477352
    Abstract: A method of making a display device includes providing a first substrate having an array of pixels located in correspondence thereto, the pixels separated by inter-pixel gaps in at least one dimension. A first electrode having a length and width is formed and located over the first substrate and extends across at least a portion of the array of pixels, the first electrode including a plurality of electrically connected micro-wires formed in a first micro-pattern. The method further includes locating the gap micro-wires of the first micro-pattern between the pixels in the inter-pixel gaps so that the gap micro-wires substantially extend continuously along the first electrode length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventor: Ronald Steven Cok
  • Patent number: 9477353
    Abstract: A display device include a first surface, a sensing capacitor having a sensing input electrode and a sensing output electrode, wherein the sensing capacitor stores a first amount of charges and the sensing capacitor stored a second amount of charges when an external object contacts on the first surface, a sensing input signal line electrically connected with the sensing input electrode and receiving a sensing input signal to charge the sensing capacitor to the first amount of charges, a sensing output signal line electrically connected with the sensing output electrode, and a sensing signal processor connected with the sensing output signal line, wherein the sensing signal processor determines whether an external objects contact on the first surface based on a voltage difference between the first amount of charges and the second amount of charges stored in the sensing capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Ho Kyoon Kwon, Ki Seok Cha, Seok-Hyun Jung, Ho Jin Byun, Dae ho Song
  • Patent number: 9477354
    Abstract: An article includes a patterned substrate including a substrate surface with an inorganic electro-conductive trace adjacent thereto (wherein the substrate and the inorganic material of the trace each has an index of refraction), and a layer including a polymerized acrylate matrix adjacent to at least a portion of the surface of the substrate and the inorganic electro-conductive trace, wherein the layer has an index of refraction that is within ±10% of the average of the indices of refraction of the substrate and the inorganic material of the trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Encai Hao, Abdujabar K. Dire, Albert I. Everaerts, Aya Nakada, Ross E. Behling, Guy D. Joly, David B. Olson
  • Patent number: 9477355
    Abstract: Provided are a touch panel and a display, the touch panel, including: a substrate; a connection part formed on the substrate; an insulating part formed on the connection part; a first electrode part electrically connected to the connection part; and a second electrode part insulated with the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sun Kim, Dong Keon Lee, Ja Ram Kim
  • Patent number: 9477356
    Abstract: Techniques in accordance with the present disclosure allow the detection of hover events and/or touch events performed over the touch panel without requiring that the touch panel be equipped with additional hardware and/or materials. In one or more implementations, the apparatus includes a touch panel controller configured to operatively couple to a touch panel sensor. The touch panel sensor includes at least one drive electrode and at least one sense electrode. The touch panel controller includes output circuitry operatively coupled to the at least one drive electrode. The output circuitry is configured to generate drive signals to drive the drive electrode (i.e., drive the touch panel sensor). The touch panel controller also includes input circuitry operatively coupled to the at least one sense electrode. The input circuitry is configured to measure mutual-capacitance between the at least drive electrode and the at least one sense electrode to detect a hover event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Guozhong Shen, Ozan E. Erdogan, Sr., Daniel S. Christman
  • Patent number: 9477357
    Abstract: A touch input system and a touch detection method using the same are disclosed. With the disclosed touch input system, the size and manufacturing costs of the stylus are reduced while finger touch and touch of stylus without a battery are distinguished and detected. The touch input system includes a sensor panel including a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, crossing each other, a stylus including one or a plurality of primary coils connected in series to each other, a resonance capacitor connected in parallel to the primary coil, and a conductive tip connected to the primary coil, a ground connected to the stylus, an antenna loop formed outside an edge of the sensor panel, and a touch controller connected to the first channel, the second channel, and the antenna loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ha-Zoong Kim
  • Patent number: 9477358
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a touch substrate, first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes, and outer lines. The touch substrate includes a touch active area and a touch non-active area. The first and second sensing electrodes are disposed in the touch active area and insulated from each other while crossing each other. Each first sensing electrode includes a first sensing metal layer and a first transparent sensing electrode layer. Each second sensing electrode includes a second sensing metal layer and a second transparent sensing electrode layer. Each outer line includes a first outer metal layer, a transparent outer electrode layer, and a second outer metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong-Jin Lee, Joo-Han Bae, Byeongkyu Jeon, Sungku Kang, Jinhwan Kim, Heewoong Park, Jee-Hun Lim
  • Patent number: 9477360
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a touch screen provided therein with a plurality of X electrode lines and a plurality of Y electrode lines which cross each other, and a plurality of comparators connected between first and second Y electrode lines adjacent to each other. The touched position on the touch screen is detected according to an output code formed by using output values of the comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9477361
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitive in-cell touch panel, its manufacturing method and a display device. The capacitive in-cell touch panel includes a plurality of gate scanning lines and a plurality of data lines arranged perpendicular to each other; a plurality of common electrodes, to which a common electrode signal is applied during a display period and a touch scanning signal is applied during a touch period, so that the common electrodes are also used as touch driving electrodes; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged at a layer identical to the data lines and at a region corresponding to the gate scanning lines, the touch sensing electrodes outputting a touch sensing signal during the touch period, wherein the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are arranged in a crisscross manner and insulated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lijun Zhao
  • Patent number: 9477362
    Abstract: A touch screen according to a disclosed embodiment may have a small cross capacitance between row-direction wiring and column-direction wiring, and a large change of the cross capacitance when the touch screen is touched by an indication body. A row-direction wiring includes a first portion and a second portion having a smaller wiring width than a wiring width of the first portion. A wiring width of the column-direction wiring is smaller than a length in a row direction of the second portion. The row-direction and column-direction wiring intersect in the second portion, and gaps are formed between the row-direction and column-direction wiring in planar view in an intersection portion. The touch screen further includes floating wiring that fills the gaps in planar view, and the floating wiring is formed in the same layer as the row-direction wiring or the column-direction wiring, and is insulated from both wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ono, Naoki Nakagawa, Masafumi Agari, Takahiro Nishioka, Seiichiro Mori, Takashi Miyayama, Takuji Imamura, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9477363
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing pads, a plurality of second sensing pads and an extension sensing pad. The substrate has a body portion and an extension portion. The first sensing pads are arranged abreast on the body portion of the substrate along a first direction. The second sensing pads are arranged abreast on the extension portion of the substrate along a second direction. The material of the first sensing pads is different from the material of the second sensing pads. The extension sensing pad is arranged on the extension portion of the substrate. Thus, the touch panel can be extended to side portions of an electronic device, so as to replace functions of physical buttons by using the touch panel on the side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HannsTouch Solution Incorporated
    Inventor: Che-Wei Lien
  • Patent number: 9477364
    Abstract: A touchscreen display device may include a capacitive sensor disposed adjacent to a top surface of the display device, and a resistive sensor disposed below the capacitive sensor. A backlight may selectively illuminate a pattern on an inner side of the top surface of the display device, so that the pattern is visible from outside the display device when the backlight is activated, and is not visible when the back light is not activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Fourie, Amy Lai Wong, Ken Foo
  • Patent number: 9477365
    Abstract: A touch display device having auxiliary capacitor, including: at least one touch operation area, each having two opposing substrates, between which are a first electrode, a first conductive line coupled with the first electrode, a second electrode, a second conductive line coupled with the second electrode, and a display layer neighboring both the first electrode and the second electrode; a display driver unit for outputting at least one display driving voltage; a touch detection unit having at least one touch signal sensing port; at least one auxiliary capacitor, each coupled with one of the at least one touch operation area; and at least one switch element; wherein, each of the at least one display driving voltage is coupled to one of the at least one touch operation area via one of the at least one switch element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: RICH IP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Han-Chang Chen, Yen-Hung Tu, Chung-Lin Chia, Chih-Wen Wu, Jen-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 9477366
    Abstract: A display device which can achieve compatibility between the simplicity of the configuration or control of electronic equipment and the maintaining of its high operability includes: a display panel and a touch panel arranged on a front surface side of the display panel as viewed from a viewer. The touch panel includes one transparent substrate and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate. A plurality of detection areas in each of which a touch position can be detected are provided in the touch panel. A non-detection area in which the touch position is not detected is provided between two detection areas next to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Kubo, Shigeyuki Nishitani
  • Patent number: 9477367
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a window, a sensor layer formed on a visible area of the window and comprising sensor patterns for detecting an input, a light shielding layer formed on a non-visible area of the window located around the sensor layer, wiring electrodes formed on the light shielding layer and connected to the sensor patterns such that the sensor layer is connected to an external connector, and etching masks formed on the wiring electrodes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-Mun Choi
  • Patent number: 9477368
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that displays cursors for street level images, where the cursor changes appearance based on the objects in the image, such as the geographic distance between the objects and the camera position and the surface of the objects. For example, the cursor may appear to lie flat against the objects in the image change size based on the distance between the camera and object's surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Filip, Andrew Szybalski
  • Patent number: 9477369
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for displaying a record as part of a selected grouping of data, including for example, identifying a record of a multi-tenant on-demand database system, displaying a plurality of actions associated with the record, and displaying the record as part of a selected grouping of data within the system in response to the user selecting an option to view the record as part of a selected grouping included within the table of the record. These mechanisms and methods for displaying a record as part of a selected grouping of data can enable improved data access, simplify and expedite a user's workflow, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventor: Elena Schneider
  • Patent number: 9477370
    Abstract: A method of displaying a plurality of pages on a screen of a terminal is provided. The method includes detecting a user's gesture that requests movement of the plurality of pages, identifying a movement mode relating to the movement of the plurality of pages, and moving and displaying a first page displayed on the screen and a second page connected to the first page displayed on the screen according to the identified movement mode, wherein the movement mode is one of a discrete mode and a continuous mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-won Sun, Kang-tae Kim, Doo-hwan Kim, Eun-young Kim, Chul-joo Kim, Duck-hyun Kim, Jong-won Han
  • Patent number: 9477371
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing meeting roster awareness for participants in a conference. An example system configured to practice this method can first identify participants in a conference, and retrieve, from a source external to the conference, information describing relationships between the participants. Then the system can compute, based on the information, a relationship graph assigning a relationship strength for at least two of the participants. The system provides an indication of the relationship strength to one of the participants, such as providing an indication of relationships of which other participants are not aware. Sources external to the conference can include a social network, a communication history, an organizational chart, a directory, or group membership, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Buford, Kundan Singh, Venkatesh Krishnaswamy
  • Patent number: 9477372
    Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided that allow reviewers to quickly save, identify, retrieve, and share communications. For example, systems and methods described herein may allow a reviewer to store at least a portion of a communication, called a snippet, in a postboard. For example, a reviewer can highlight a portion of the content of a communication. Once the portion is highlighted, the reviewer can select a snippet command, which stores the highlighted portion in the postboard. Each snippet stored in a postboard includes at least a portion of the content that was highlighted and a link to the communication from which the snippet originates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Palantir Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Joshua Goldenberg, Drew Wolpert, Dan Cervelli, Brit Yonge, Carl Freeland, Tie Zhong, Gregory Martin
  • Patent number: 9477373
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for generating simultaneous zoom in windows on a touch sensitive device. A first portion of the user content is zooming into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the first portion using the touch input device while retaining an original zoom size of a first remaining portion of the user content. A second portion of the user content from the first remaining portion is zoomed into by touching the display screen in a proximity of the second portion using the touch input device while retaining a zoomed in first portion and an original zoom size of a second remaining portion of the of the first remaining portion, the original zoom size of the first and the second remaining portions being the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventor: Margarita Khafizova
  • Patent number: 9477374
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for providing integrated instant messaging functionality in a social networking service, the method including receiving a request from a user having a first user account at a social networking service to view contacts belonging to a social group associated with the first user account, wherein the social group is maintained at the social networking service, identifying one or more contacts belonging to the social group in response to the request, determining a status associated with a user account for each of the identified one or more contacts, the status indicating whether each of the one or more contacts is available for instant messaging communication and providing a listing including the identified one or more contacts and the status associated with each of the identified one or more contacts for display to the user at a social networking site of the social networking service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Jakub Snabl
  • Patent number: 9477375
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique can include providing, at a computing device including one or more processors, a chat application user interface for display. The chat application user interface can be associated with a real-time chat communication between a user of the computing device and another user of another computing device via a chat application. The technique can also include determining that the user of the computing device is interacting with a non-chat application other than the chat application. Additionally, the technique can include determining shareable content of the non-chat application and modifying the chat application user interface to include a selectable indicator of the shareable content. The technique can also include receiving a selection of the selectable indicator by the user, and in response to receiving the selection, transmitting the shareable content of the non-chat application to the other user of the other computing device via the chat application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lewis, Ruxandra Georgiana Paun
  • Patent number: 9477376
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for prioritizing content items based on a request frequency for a user. A system is configured to receive a request for a user interface containing content items for a user, retrieve, in response to the request for the user interface containing content items for the user, a set of content items for the user, and calculate a request frequency score for the user based on a frequency of user requests for the user interface containing content items for the user. The system may further be configured to adjust a priority score for each content item in the set of content items based on the request frequency score for the user and provide the set of content items for display to the user based on the priority score for each content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Stout, Philip Hendrix
  • Patent number: 9477377
    Abstract: An operation device includes a display unit, an operation unit, a registration unit, a searching unit and a guide screen generator unit. When a registration command is input for a screen displayed on the display unit, specific information of that screen is registered in the registration unit. The operation unit is operated to select a screen, for which a command to display an access procedure is input, out of a list screen relating to information of registered screens. This causes the searching unit to search a route to access that screen from a higher ranked screen. The guide screen generator unit generates a guide screen showing an access procedure utilizing that route and causes the display unit to display the generated guide screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Rie Kasai
  • Patent number: 9477378
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a user interface, at a device, is provided. The method includes displaying a first user interface associated with a specific user; receiving a selection of the first user interface; and displaying a communication function list for connecting with the specific user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Pil-eun Yang, Young-jae Ryu, Yoo-ra Oh
  • Patent number: 9477379
    Abstract: This application discloses systems and methods for receiving information associated with a first set of processing instructions and presenting a second icon indicating a change in status of data associated with the first set of processing instructions. A user selection of one of a first icon or the second icon may then be received. The selection of the first icon may cause execution of the first set of processing instructions, whereas selection of the second icon may cause execution of a second set of processing instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Utsuki, Kazuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 9477380
    Abstract: The invention provides computer-implemented means for engaging in visual discussions of slide-based multimedia content comprising nonlinear and complex, multidimensional data structures which convey narratives to one or more members of an audience, said data structures comprising visual depictions of slide content displayed as discrete pages linked according to spatial and temporal relationships and portrayed in a virtual discussion space, wherein said visual depictions comprise proportional and accurate, interactive graphical representations of said data structures. Multiple parties using mobile devices and individually distinguishable identities may participate in the generation and editing of said data structures in said visual discussion space, thereby participating in said virtual discussions; and a plurality of advantageous means for navigating among and controlling the behavior of virtual slides therein are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Afzal Amijee
  • Patent number: 9477381
    Abstract: A system and method for navigating a collection of toolbar items that are displayed on an electronic display screen. The toolbar items, such as buttons, are organized into an ordered set of toolbar pages. Each toolbar page contains a fixed number of toolbar items. One toolbar page from the set is displayed at a time in a fixed display area, e.g., a tile, on the display screen. User input causes the currently displayed toolbar page to be replaced by another toolbar page in the ordered set. The user input, such as a continuous swipe gesture across the toolbar display tile, determines the direction of navigation through pages in the ordered set and the speed of the page navigation. The toolbar display area can show the position of the currently displayed toolbar in the ordered set and animated transitions between toolbar items may be displayed to signal toolbar page replacements. A user input, such as a tap of a finger, can select the replacement toolbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Hexagon Technology Center GmbH
    Inventor: Keith D. Harvey
  • Patent number: 9477382
    Abstract: A multi-page content selection mode is provided for devices and systems having display capability. The content may be any type (e.g., text, images, files, etc). In some cases, the user can engage the mode with a combination of gestures and touch points on a touch screen. The combination may include, for example, one or more initial touch points at a desired starting location of target content, followed by a dragging gesture moving from that location to a desired end location of that content. Content between the starting and end locations is selected. Input devices other than touch screens can be used to engage the selection process. During a multi-page selection process, content of a second page can be previewed in a preview area on a first displayed page. In some such cases, content from the second page scrolls into the preview area and displaces content from the first displayed page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, Inc.
    Inventors: Kourtny M. Hicks, Dale J. Brewer
  • Patent number: 9477383
    Abstract: A method and system for delivering a presentation created using a presentation application program are disclosed. One method includes initiating, from a presentation computing system, display of a presentation to one or more remote computing devices. The method also includes creating an initial display package based on the presentation that includes metadata describing the presentation and an image representative of the presentation, and uploading the initial display package to a presentation server. The method includes, after uploading the initial display package, creating an initial set of presentation slides from the presentation, and uploading the initial set of presentation slides to the presentation server. The method further includes, after uploading the initial set of presentation slides, uploading at least a remaining portion of the presentation to the presentation server for display at one or more of the remote computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jayendran Srinivasan, Bill Ridmann
  • Patent number: 9477384
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive designation of at least one data among a plurality of data when each of the plurality of data is disposed and displayed in each of a plurality of different first areas of a display area by a display apparatus; and a changing unit configured to change a degree of emphasis in each symbol displayed on the display area depending on a positional relationship between the symbol and the data associated with the designation received by the reception unit when the designation is received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidehiko Mayumi, Toshio Tanaka, Takeaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9477385
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a graphical user interface involve, for example, defining, using a processor coupled to memory, a threshold distance between windows on a display screen at which a mutual attraction between the windows is activated to draw the windows together as components of a picture of windows. Also using the processor, all windows of a same functional type that are components of the picture of windows are resized simultaneously without affecting the size of windows of other functional types that are also components of the picture of windows. Likewise using the processor, all windows on the display screen are maintained in an active state regardless of a focus of a user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CITIBANK, N.A.
    Inventors: David Niall O'Byrne, Alaa Abdulkhaleq Saeed, Ashvin Parkash, Wyatt Alexander Flores, Vanderlei Cardoso da Silva, Ori Anavim, Kumaravel Kannan Nagarajan, Andrew Robert Blackman, Naveenprasad Subbiyan, Krishnaraj Rajagopalan, Laura Krystyna Lingard Turner
  • Patent number: 9477386
    Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and associated devices for increasing throughput in a programmable hardware element using interleaved data converters are disclosed. A device comprising a programmable hardware element may be configured to comprise a plurality N of processing portions. The device may receive an input signal, and sample the signal in an interleaved fashion, on a per sample basis, at an effective rate K, to produce N parallel data streams. The N parallel data streams may be processed in parallel by the plurality N of processing portions. Outputs of the plurality N of processing portions may be combined to produce output data. The effective rate K and/or the number N of parallel data streams may be specified by user input. Alternatively, these values may be determined automatically. For example, the effective rate K may be determined automatically based on a bandwidth of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Rao, Ahsan Aziz, James W. McCoy
  • Patent number: 9477387
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying an object. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an image of a first location. The image depicts a layout of objects located at the first location and a visual code for each object. A user interface is generated for the first location using the image and the codes. The user interface depicts the objects and a user interface element for each visual code. Each user interface element is selectable to identify the object associated with the visual code. The user interface is provided for display at a second location. Selection data is received that specifies a selection of a particular user interface element. Command data is sent to a computer located at the first location, which causes the computer to highlight the object associated with the visual code of the selected user interface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Nordstrom, Matthew Amacker