Patents Issued in April 11, 2017
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Patent number: 9619089Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a capacitive touch panel, a manufacturing method of the capacitive touch panel and a display device using this capacitive touch panel. The capacitive touch panel includes a color filter substrate and an array substrate disposed oppositely, the array substrate comprising touch sensing lines and touch scanning lines crossing each other disposed thereon; the color filter substrate is provided with touch sensing auxiliary electrodes over intersections of the touch sensing lines and the touch scanning lines; and the touch sensing auxiliary electrodes are connected with the touch sensing lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Mi Zhang
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Patent number: 9619090Abstract: A method for multi-touch detection on a grid based capacitive sensor includes transmitting consecutively a first and then a second sequence of a Golay pair of sequences on a first driver line of a grid based capacitive sensor and transmitting the first and then the second sequence of a Golay pair of sequences on a second driver line, at a predefined delay with respect to transmission on the first driver line. Output on a receiver line of the grid based capacitive sensor is sampled and output originating from the first driver line is separated from output originating from the second driver line. The presence of an input object is detected responsive to the output as separated.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tiberiu Carol Galambos, Amir Zyskind
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Patent number: 9619091Abstract: A display device includes: a lower substrate; a display layer disposed on the lower substrate and including an electro-optical active layer; a touch electrode layer disposed on the display layer and including first touch electrodes arranged in columns and second touch electrodes arranged in rows intersecting the columns; connections connecting adjacent first electrodes in each of the columns, connections each including islands disposed on the second electrodes, and bridges connecting the first electrodes to the islands; and an insulating layer electrically separating the second touch electrodes and the bridges. The bridges each include a first end that is directly connected to one of the first electrodes and a second end that is indirectly connected to another one of the first electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Won Huh, Tae Ik Kim, In Young Han
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Patent number: 9619092Abstract: A touch panel includes a cover substrate having an active area and an unactive area. A printing layer is provided on the unactive area, and a sensing electrode is provided on the active area with a wire electrode connected with the sensing electrode. The printing layer includes a first printing layer on the cover substrate and a second printing layer provided on the first printing layer. The second printing layer has a width different from a width of the first printing layer, and the wire electrode is interposed between the first and second printing layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Young Kim, Jong Il Kim, Ji Won Jo
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Patent number: 9619093Abstract: The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a touch panel comprising: disposing an electrode layer extending from touch area of a substrate to periphery area of the substrate, wherein the periphery area surrounds the periphery of the touch area. The method further includes disposing an insulation layer in the periphery area of the substrate to form a shielding layer, making the shielding layer cover the overlapping electrode in the periphery area and making the electrode layer of the touch area and the overlapping electrode locate on the same layer of the substrate so as to avoid fluctuation of resistance value in the electrode layer due to height difference. Meanwhile, adopting the disposition method also maintains insulating performance of the shielding layer. The present disclosure also provides a touch panel made by the manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (XIAMEN) Inc.Inventors: Yanjun Xie, Kwan-Sin Ho
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Patent number: 9619094Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to touch input detection in a touch sensor. One example provides a method comprising establishing a first reference sequence, starting with a first set of candidate reference sequences each differing from the first reference sequence, reducing the first set of candidate reference sequences by applying a rule set to the first set to derive a relatively smaller second set of candidate reference sequences, for each candidate reference sequence in the second set of candidate reference sequences, calculating a touch detection performance score of a combined reference sequence, and configuring at least a portion of a receive circuit to correlate signals to at least one of the touch detection conditions by using the first reference sequence in a combined correlation operation with at least a selected candidate reference sequence from the second set of candidate reference sequences.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jonathan Westhues, Tianzhu Qiao
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Patent number: 9619095Abstract: A self capacitance type touch panel includes a touch driver including a plurality of touch ICs; and a touch unit including a plurality of touch groups that are controlled by the plurality of touch ICs, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of touch groups includes a plurality of pattern electrodes, and some touch ICs selected from the plurality of touch ICs apply sensing voltages to respective corresponding touch groups at a same timing.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Chul Kim, Jung-Han Lee
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Patent number: 9619096Abstract: One or more embodiments provide an input device including a multi-level driver and an operating method thereof. The input device includes a sensor board that includes at least one loop. The input device also includes at least one multi-level driver that includes a plurality of drivers, and is configured to output, to the at least one loop, a signal generated based on signals output from the plurality of drivers.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo-Hoon Lee, Ju-Hee Han
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Patent number: 9619097Abstract: The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Kengo Okazaki, Tsutomu Sato, Yasuaki Kondo
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Patent number: 9619098Abstract: A display unit with a touch detection function includes: a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a direction, each of the touch detection electrodes being formed in a predetermined electrode pattern including electrode portion and opening portion and outputting a detection signal, based on a variation in capacitance due to an external proximity object; and a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer of the touch detection electrodes, a predetermined number of the display elements being arranged within a width dimension of a region corresponding to each of the touch detection electrodes. The predetermined electrode pattern corresponds to a layout pattern of the display elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Koji Noguchi, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yasuyuki Matsui, Masanobu Ikeda
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Patent number: 9619099Abstract: A method for inputting a text and a display apparatus using the same are provided, the text input method including: transferring a message for requesting execution of a text input mode to an external device; receiving the text from the external device; and displaying the received text if it is determined that a situation in which a text is to be input occurs. Therefore, if a situation in which a text is to be input occurs, an external device automatically operates in a text input mode, and thus a user more conveniently inputs the text.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Doh-hyeong Lee
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Patent number: 9619100Abstract: An apparatus may include a data manager configured to manage user contacts or other data segments. The apparatus may further include an importance level determiner configured to determine an importance level for each of the user contacts or other data segments. The importance level may be based on a contextual characteristic, and therefore the apparatus may include a contextual characteristic determiner. Further, the apparatus may include a content segment adaptor configured to adapt a content segment relating to one of the user contacts or other data segments based on the importance level. For example, the content segment adaptor may select the size, color, and/or position of the content segments. Content segments may include avatars, messages, and contact information in some variations.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Mikko Antero Nurmi, Martin Schüle
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Patent number: 9619101Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls browsing document data to be displayed, the browsing document data being configured by plural browsing object data items, a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, the position information being pointed by a pointing unit and indicating a position corresponding to the browsing document data displayed by the display control unit, a direction identification unit that identifies a direction pointed by the pointing unit, starting from the pointed position, based on a history of a motion by the pointing unit, and an attention data identification unit that identifies attention data indicating browsing object data that is focused, among the plural browsing object data items, based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and a direction identified by the direction identification unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Hayashi, Akira Tateishi, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Shinobu Ozeki, Masaru Kijima, Motoki Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9619102Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for presenting images, a mobile terminal and a computer storage medium. The method includes: an instruction to present images in a folder is received; a predefined number of images are loaded to a screen of a device so as to be presented thereon, the predefined number is the quantity of images capable of being presented by the screen of the device; an instruction to move a display interface forward is received; it is determined in real time whether images presented on the screen of the device are hidden beyond the screen of the device after the display interface is moved forward, if Yes, memory space of images hidden beyond the screen of the device are recovered and images, as many as images with their memory space recovered, arranged behind the predefined number of images presented on the screen of the device in the folder are loaded to the screen of the device so as to be presented thereon.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company LimitedInventor: Zheng Lin
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Patent number: 9619103Abstract: A prompting method of an adjustable direction of a cursor for a portable electronic apparatus includes the follow steps: detecting a location of a cursor in a display, with the cursor indicating an indicated direction; determining whether any set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction; and if any set direction corresponding to the location of the cursor is different from the indicated direction, displaying a directional adjustment prompting information for prompting at least one adjustable direction of the cursor corresponding to the location of the cursor.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Acer Inc.Inventors: Chien-Hung Li, Yueh-Yarng Tsai, Yu-Hsuan Shen
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Patent number: 9619104Abstract: Computerized methods and interactive input systems for manipulation of 3D objects are disclosed. An image of 3D object is displayed on a 2D interactive surface, and input is received and is interpreted for manipulating the 3D object. When the 3D object is selected, rotation control handles indicating available rotation directions are displayed. In one embodiment, the method comprises capturing images of a 3D input space, recognizing at least one object in the images, and comparing the recognized objects in the images to determine a difference therebetween based on a difference threshold. Depending on the outcome of the comparison, the recognized objects are emerged and associated with digital content, or only one of the recognized objects is maintained and associated with digital content.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULCInventors: Min Xin, Viktor Antonyuk, Edward Tse, Henry Lai, Mark Cameron Loken, Zhaohui Xing, Erik Benner, Danny Ma, Roberto Arturo Diaz-Marino, Shymmon Banerjee, Esteban Ginez, Luqing Wang
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Patent number: 9619105Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for performing three-dimensional (3D) gesture based interaction with a user interface rendered from a 3D object model based upon the viewpoint of a user. Gesture based interactive systems in accordance with many embodiments of the invention utilize a spatial model of how user interface objects, such as icons and a cursor, spatially relate to one another. The user interface model can be constructed as a 3D object model. With a 3D object model, the operating system can use depth information to render a user interface display appropriate to the requirements of a specific display technology. In many embodiments, head tracking is used to determine a viewpoint from which to render a user interface display from a 3D object model maintained by the operating system and the user interface can be updated in response to the detection of 3D gestures.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Aquifi, Inc.Inventor: Carlo Dal Mutto
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Patent number: 9619106Abstract: A method for a computer system includes determining a plurality of positions of portions of a hand of a user simultaneously placed upon a user interface device of the computer system, retrieving a set of display icons in response to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand, displaying the display icons from the set of display icons on a display relative to the plurality of positions of the portions of the user hand; while displaying the display icons on the display, determining a user selection of a display icon from the display icons, and performing a function in response to the user selection of the display icon.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: PIXARInventors: Tony DeRose, Kenrick Kin
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Patent number: 9619107Abstract: A method and system for displaying icons on a user interface of a smart device are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a webpage address and checking security of the webpage linked to the webpage address. Further, the method includes displaying a first icon at a pre-determined position, the first icon indicating that the security check is in progress; obtaining a speed for loading the webpage and a speed for the security check; and adjusting icons displayed at the pre-determined position based on the speed for loading the webpage and the speed for the security check. The method and system consistent with the present disclosure may improve the user experience of smartphone users.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Jianchun Wang, Ningju Dou, Yi Zhao, Ximin Yu, Ye Zhang, Jun Xue
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Patent number: 9619108Abstract: One exemplary embodiment involves, on a computer device, displaying a graphical user interface for editing electronic content and displaying representations of a fixed number of layers available for use in the electronic content. Representation of ones of the layers that are not used are graphically distinguished from representations of ones of the layers that are used. In response to receiving input at the computer device, an editing feature for editing a layer of the electronic content is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Geoffrey Dowd
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Patent number: 9619109Abstract: Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Harmannus Vandermolen, Charles Fish, Karen Howe, Paul Vidich, Scott J. Levine
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Patent number: 9619110Abstract: In general, techniques are described for providing a user interface to create report specifications and included source definitions for business reporting and analysis. For example, a computing device includes a user interface (UI) module for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) and receiving a selection of a data element at a start location of the GUI. The UI module may display an overlay element having a boundary forming a plurality of paths from the start location to a plurality of end locations, the paths corresponding to a plurality of report options associated with the data element. The UI module may receive a second input indicative of a traversal of the overlay element along a chosen path. The computing device may include a definition module operable to create a definition for a report specification based at least in part on the report option corresponding to the chosen path.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Ilse M. Breedvelt-Schouten
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Patent number: 9619111Abstract: There is provided a content selection view in which the user can select a content intuitively and easily. When the user places a touch pen in touch with a touch panel in a position corresponding to a position P1 in a map and drags the touch pen along a locus to a position P2 with the touch pen being kept in touch with the touch panel, PD will judge that a grid is still an option. Thereafter, when the user takes the touch pen off the touch panel surface, the PD will select the grid corresponding to the position P2 where the touch pen has finally been in touch with the touch panel. The PD will output not only content data assigned to the selected grid but a sound corresponding to predetermined content data even while the grid is still an option. The present invention is applicable to a portable recorder/player.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.Inventors: Junichiro Sakata, Kotaro Asaka, Susumu Takatsuka, Hideo Tsukazaki, Takashi Kinouchi, Takeshi Ozawa
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Patent number: 9619112Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic generation of a device program including determining a controller from among a plurality of controllers displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a user device communicatively coupled to a corresponding external controller, generating a user interactive pin layout in the GUI for the controller, displaying in the GUI, a plurality of operations for execution by the controller, determining an operation from among the plurality of operations for the controller, associating pins selected to parameters of the operation, receiving parameter data for the operation from at least one data entry field in the GUI, generating a program for the controller based on the user interactive pin layout, the received parameter data, the operation, and sending the program for storage in a memory on the controller.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Ciambella Ltd.Inventors: Trisala Chandaria, Jean-Baptiste Leonelli
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Patent number: 9619113Abstract: A method of operating a user device includes, in response to a set of app icons being displayed, monitoring for user interaction with one of the app icons. In response to detecting user interaction with a first app icon corresponding to a first app, the method determines whether the detected user interaction satisfies first criteria or second criteria. In response to determining that the detected user interaction satisfies the first criteria, the method displays an action list corresponding to the first app. The action list includes a set of action items for user selection. A first item corresponds to a specific state of the first app. In response to the user selecting the first item, the method opens the first app to the specific state. In response to determining that the detected user interaction satisfies the second criteria, the method performs a default action for the first app.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Quixey, Inc.Inventor: Gilead Mark
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Patent number: 9619114Abstract: A system to remotely configure an aftermarket interface module using a graphical user interface (“GUI”) is disclosed. The system includes a GUI adapted to display on a computer. The GUI permits a user to select a vehicle model, year and make to determine the functions of the OEM controls. In addition, the GUI permits a user to select an aftermarket electronics brand and model that the OEM controls will operate. The user selects a particular control signal configuration using the GUI for each of the OEM controls. An interface module is flash programmed with the particular control signal configuration. The interface module is connected to the OEM controls and the aftermarket electronics, where the interface module receives the OEM control signals and controls the aftermarket electronics using the particular control signal configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Automotive Data Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Mark Rutledge
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Patent number: 9619115Abstract: A computer-implemented method of visualizing a dataset is implemented on a computer having memory, one or more processors, and a display. The method includes: rendering multiple objects on the display in a tiled manner, wherein each object is a visualization of a respective set of fields of the dataset and there is no overlap between the objects; in response to detecting a first user instruction, switching the rendition of at least one of the objects from the tiled manner to a floating manner; in response to detecting a second user instruction, moving a first object to a location on top of a second object, wherein the location is determined by the second user instruction such that at least a portion of the second object is covered by the first object; and in response to detecting a third user instruction, updating both the first object and the second object.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE INC.Inventors: Jun Kim, Iain Heath, David Pace
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Patent number: 9619116Abstract: An out-space actuator is selected to access an out-space user interface for a document editor program. An out-space actuator is associated with an in-space user interface having a displayed document. When the out-space actuator is selected, an out-space user interface is displayed that includes an expanded feature selection surface. The out-space user interface may be used to display one or more status panes for providing status information about a document being edited in the in-space user interface. Application features for affecting changes to a given document's status may be exposed in the out-space interface in proximity to associated status information. An out-space communication user interface (UI) component may be temporarily displayed in the document in-space user interface to communicate document status information that is presently available in the out-space user interface. A message bar may be displayed in the in-space user interface for communicating information from the out-space user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Marina Dukhon, Jonathan Ian Gordner, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Navjot Singh, Maria Fernandez Trevino, Amy E. Alberts, Paula Guntaur
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Patent number: 9619117Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving information regarding a plurality of conversion paths. Each conversion path includes one or more user interactions, corresponds to a user, and ends with a conversion interaction. A list of channel groups is received. Each channel group includes a name and one or more group rules that refer to the characteristics of one or more user interactions of the plurality of conversion paths. Each user interaction in the plurality of conversion paths is grouped based upon the list of channel groups. A selection of channels to visualize is received and for each of the selected channels to visualize the user interactions are aggregated based upon the channel group of the user interaction and a position of the user interaction within the conversion path. Information regarding the aggregated user interactions for each of the selected channels is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Sissie Ling-le Hsiao, Eric Ewald, Theodore Nicholas Choc, Cameron Michael Tangney
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Patent number: 9619118Abstract: A wheel-based user interface provides navigation between categories and subcategories of applications. A first browse wheel contains a plurality of category regions, each corresponding to an application category. In response to a user selection of an application category received at the first browse wheel, a second browse wheel is displayed. The second browse wheel contains a plurality of subcategory regions, each corresponding to an application subcategory within the selected application category. In response to a user selection of an application subcategory received at the second browse wheel, an application search query is generated using the selected category and subcategory.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Quixey, IncInventors: Paresh Vakharia, Cheng-Ruei Fan
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Patent number: 9619119Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an information prompt processing method, apparatus, and terminal device. The information prompt processing method includes: identifying a contact keyword contained in body content edited in an editing interface; extracting from a contact database at least one piece of contact information corresponding to the contact keyword, generating at least one editing operation according to the contact information and an operation command for the contact information, and displaying the at least one editing operation in the editing interface for a user to select; and executing the operation command for the contact information corresponding to the editing operation according to the selection of the user. The operation process in the embodiments of the present invention is simple, and the operation efficiency when the user adds contact information is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.Inventor: Huangwei Wu
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Patent number: 9619120Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to scaling an application window. A method includes determining a first window size for an application, and instructing the application to render at the first window size. The method also includes determining a second window size for the application, scaling the first window size to the second window size based on a scale value, and displaying the scaled application at the second window size. The scaling allows a full-screen view of the application to be displayed on a smaller window, or allows shrinking the application window to a size below a normal minimum window size. Inputs to the scaled window are also scaled so that the application continues to behave as if rendered at the first window size.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eugene Louis Charles Girard, Robert Flack, Steven Chi Truong, Alexander Friedrich Kuscher
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Patent number: 9619121Abstract: Techniques and systems for receiving and using a customization file are provided, including a computing device, a method, or a computer-program product. For example, a method may include receiving a customization file that includes customized content for customizing a communication interface overlay. The method may further include accessing native application code and executing the native application code to run a native application. The method may further include accessing a compiled set of code that is separate from the native application code. The compiled set of code is accessible by the native application code. The method may further include executing the compiled set of code, wherein a default file of the compiled set of code provides a native communication interface overlay, wherein the native communication interface overlay is overlaid over a graphical interface of the native application, and wherein the native communication interface overlay allows communication with a resource of a third-party.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: LivePerson, Inc.Inventors: Grant Lawrence Miller, Marc Campbell
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Patent number: 9619122Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatic generation of a device program including determining a controller from among a plurality of controllers displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a user device communicatively coupled to a corresponding external controller, generating a user interactive pin layout in the GUI for the controller, displaying in the GUI, a plurality of operations for execution by the controller, determining an operation from among the plurality of operations for the controller, associating pins selected to parameters of the operation, receiving parameter data for the operation from at least one data entry field in the GUI, generating a program for the controller based on the user interactive pin layout, the received parameter data, the operation, and sending the program for storage in a memory on the controller, wherein at least one determined operation comprises communicating data with an external data service.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Ciambella Ltd.Inventors: Trisala Chandaria, Jean-Baptiste Leonelli
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Patent number: 9619123Abstract: Systems, methods and devices described herein enable acquiring, selecting and sharing content elements, extracted from media content playing on a first device, using one or more second devices. For example, while a video stream is playing on a first client device, a second client device acquires and sends content information derived from the video stream to a server system. The server system identifies the video stream, generates a set of instructions and extracts content elements associated with the media content. The content elements may include, without limitation, individually selectable portions of text, images, suggested ratings, video clips, audio clips, etc. In some implementations, the set of instructions includes instructions to display the one or more content items using non-intersecting overlay regions that enable each respective content element to be individually selectable.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Joseph Hughes, Benedict Davies
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Patent number: 9619124Abstract: Described herein are frameworks, devices and methods configured for enabling display for facility information and content, in some cases via touch/gesture controlled interfaces. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing an operator to conveniently access a wide range of information relating to a facility via, for example, one or more wall mounted displays. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: John D. Morrison, Graeme Laycock, Yi-Chang Hsieh
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Patent number: 9619125Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for addressably programming notification devices are provided. The system includes at least a notification device connected to a mobile communication device via a communication link. The mobile communication device includes a wireless transceiver configured to establish communication with the notification device, and a configuration list that includes location information associated with the notification device and an address associated with a network connecting the notification device to a control panel. The mobile communication device also includes a memory that stores the configuration list, and a processor in signal communication with the memory and that executes a plurality of instructions that, upon execution, accesses the configuration list and assigns an address to the notification device.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.Inventor: Dariusz Ruszala
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Patent number: 9619126Abstract: An image processing device includes: an indication point acquiring section that acquires an indication point on a presentation material, which a presenter is pointing out with a pointer, through image processing on the presentation material taken by an image pickup device; an element layout changed material acquiring section that acquires an element layout changed material in which an layout of elements contained in the presentation material is changed; a changed indication point determining section that determines as a changed indication point a point on the element layout changed material corresponding to the indication point acquired by the indication point acquiring section; and a display image generating section generates an image in which an image of the element layout changed material is synthesized with a changed indication point indicating image showing the changed indication point and allows a display device to display the generated image.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventors: Satoshi Kawakami, Wataru Endo, Yoshitaka Matsuki, Masato Tanba, Yosuke Nakazato
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Patent number: 9619127Abstract: A method in accordance with an embodiment allows for a user to change a wireless speed setting for a device. The method includes sending, from a server over a network, information for displaying an interface in a web page to allow a user to change a wireless speed setting for the device. The method further includes receiving, by the server over the network, a selected wireless speed setting as input by the user into the interface. The change of the wireless speed is then performed by sending, to a computer of a wireless network provider, a request to change the wireless speed setting for the device to the selected wireless speed setting.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: NETZERO WIRELESS, INC.Inventors: Curtis Varner, Andrew Rosen, David Dowling
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Patent number: 9619128Abstract: Some implementations may include a computing device to generate a presentation including a plurality of slides. The presentation may be generated based on an input file that includes commands from a presentation markup language. The commands may specify details associated with the presentation. The details may include a title and a background image associated with each of the plurality of slides, one or more points to be included in each of the plurality of slides, and a style associated with the each of the plurality of slides.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darren K. Edge, Koji Yatani
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Patent number: 9619129Abstract: A user may make a digital item available to other users of a computer network, such as an instant messaging system, a chat environment, or a subscription-based computer network. Examples of digital items that may be shared with other users include digital representations of graphic images, photographs, audio segments, songs, video segments, movies, and text (such as lists of favorites (e.g., a list of favorite books, a list of favorite movies, and a list of favorite places to visit)). On-line presence information is provided to indicate the on-line presence of users with whom a digital item has been shared, may be shared or is being shared. For instance, an indication of the on-line or offline status of a user with whom an item has been shared or is being shared may be presented.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventor: June R. Herold
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Patent number: 9619130Abstract: A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting at a display of a computer device a first graphical user interface depicting a game space of a gaming application, receiving a detected stimulation from a mobile communication device associated with a second graphical user interface depicting a virtual peripheral controller for capturing control information for controlling the gaming application, detecting a request to swap between the computer device and mobile communication device presentation of the first graphical user interface depicting the game space and the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller, and presenting at the display of the computer device an adaptation of the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller responsive to the detected request to swap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: STEELSERIES APSInventors: Jacob Wolff-Petersen, Ed Guntin
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Patent number: 9619131Abstract: Methods and devices for navigating lists of items using multiple displays are described. An example method is implemented on an electronic device having a first display. The method includes displaying a list of items on the first display, at least one of the list of items having respective associated content not visible in the displayed list of items; and while displaying the list of items on the first display, sending the associated content for one or more of the at least one item to a second display for display on the second display.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Per Åke Daniel Johansson, Nils Roger Andersson Reimer, Daniel Tobias Rydenhag
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Patent number: 9619132Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a device with a touch screen display is disclosed. In the method, at least a first portion of an electronic document is displayed at a first magnification. A gesture is detected on or near the touch screen display corresponding to a command to zoom in by a user-specified amount. In response to detecting the gesture, decreasing portions of the electronic document are displayed at increasing magnifications. If, upon detecting termination of the gesture, the magnification exceeds a predefined magnification, a respective portion of the electronic document is displayed at the predefined magnification.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Bas Ording
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Patent number: 9619133Abstract: A high-speed scroll contents display system includes: a web document providing apparatus, as a user terminal is connected, a web document created in a web description language to the connected user terminal; and the user terminal for receiving the web document from the web document providing apparatus, displaying the web document as a web page screen on a mobile browser, and performing, if movement of a touched state on the web page screen is sensed, a contents scroll in correspondence to a sensed moving direction, repeating an operation of performing a high-speed scroll on contents while reducing a speed according to an ease function in a flicking direction of a sensed flick, stopping movement of the screen for a predetermined time period, and moving again the screen reducing the speed according to the ease function when the predetermined time period is elapsed, until an end of the flick is sensed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SK PLANET CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Seok Lim, Eun Bok Lee
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Patent number: 9619134Abstract: To provide an information processing device capable of ensuring not to execute processing not intended by a user in a case of stopping an ongoing operation after selecting an object (for example, in selecting again an object other than the object already selected, or the like). In a case where one of a user's designated position is included in a determination area based on the position of one of the plurality of objects displayed in a screen, an object moving unit moves the one object based on the one designated position. In a case where the object moving unit moves first and second objects, a collision determination unit determines whether or not the first and second objects have collided. A processing executing unit executes processing relevant to the first and second objects based on a result of determination by the collision determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventor: Seiichi Takeda
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Patent number: 9619135Abstract: A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SONY CorporatuonInventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tetsuo Ikeda, Fuminori Homma, Reiko Miyazaki, Ken Miyashita, Shoichiro Moriya
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Patent number: 9619136Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for more easily selecting a desired one of a plurality of corresponding link entities displayed on a touch screen. The method includes verifying the number of link entities which exist within a touch region of a predetermined size around a touch point, and if the number of the link entities which exist within the touch region of the predetermined size is greater than or equal to a threshold value, displaying a window which enlarges and displays contents displayed on the touch region of the predetermined size by a certain magnification, and then waiting for touch and selection of one of the corresponding link entities enlarged and displayed on the window.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Won-Seok Kwon
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Patent number: 9619137Abstract: A display protection system for use in a portable electronic device includes first and second lenses overlaying the device display. The first lens includes an aperture over a lens sensor mounted in the device, whereas the second lens includes an opaque region in that same area. In this way, the lens sensor may detect the presence or absence of the secondary lens and adjust touch sensor behavior accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventors: Michael J Lombardi, Joseph L Allore, David K Lim
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Patent number: 9619138Abstract: An approach for enabling users to view an image of a location from different fields-of-view is described. A field-of-view generator causes a rendering of a user interface element representing a field-of-view. The field-of-view generator further processes one or more interactions with the user interface element to determine one or more parameters for specifying the field-of-view. The field-of-view generator further determines a portion of at least one panoramic image that is visible in the field-of-view based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters. Still further, the field-of-view generator causes a rendering of the portion of that at least one panoramic image.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Petri Matti Olavi Piippo, Sampo Tuomas Vaittinen, Juha Henrik Arrasvuori