Patents Issued in March 26, 2019
  • Patent number: 10241620
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a touch surface, such as a GUI is graphically divided into two or more input regions, and based on this division, input event paths from a single sensor can be integrated within an operating system to provide application developers with the ability to easily and effectively filter there-between. The graphical division allows an application developer to specify which elements of a given GUI take one path, versus another. In an embodiment, low-latency and high-latency event paths are provided; an algorithm takes into consideration input regions and, based on those regions, handles the low- and high-latency input event paths in a computer system, directing the appropriate inputs through the appropriate processing, and directing the output to the appropriate process or queue without creating constraints on the low-latency event processing due to the presence of higher-latency event paths for a given sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tactual Labs Co.
    Inventors: Bruno Rodrigues De Araujo, Ricardo Jorge Jota Costa, Clifton Forlines, Steven Leonard Sanders
  • Patent number: 10241621
    Abstract: Examples relate to improving unintended touch rejection. In this manner, the examples disclosed herein enable recognizing a touch on a touch-sensitive surface, capturing a set of data related to the touch, wherein the set of data comprises a set of spatial features relating to a shape of the touch over a set of time intervals, and determining whether the recognized touch was intended based on a comparison of a first shape of the touch at a first time interval of the set of time intervals and a second shape of the touch at a second time interval of the set of time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Jinman Kang
  • Patent number: 10241622
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of detecting user initiated movement by an input element handled by a user is disclosed. The method may include performing a calibration procedure that is initiated by the user via a physical movement performed by the user. The method may also include positioning at least one sensor to dynamically adjust a size of an effective workspace range capable of detecting the user's movement of the input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Kevin Usey
  • Patent number: 10241623
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch sensor comprises a beamsplitter operable to reflect a first portion of light incident on the beamsplitter and transmit a second portion of light incident on the beamsplitter, a substrate, and one or more lines of conductive material disposed on the substrate, the lines of conductive material disposed between the first substrate and the beamsplitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Neodrón Limited
    Inventors: Esat Yilmaz, Neerja Saran
  • Patent number: 10241624
    Abstract: A display that includes energy sensors within the display itself is disclosed. An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) can be made to operate both as a light emitter and as an energy detector. When forward biased with an appropriate driving signal, the OLED emits light via electroluminescence, which can be used to make a portion of an image on the display. In another mode, the OLED can detect energy by converting incoming photons or energy into an electrical signal by the photoelectric effect. By operating OLEDs in the display in both emissive and sensing modes, energy that shines on the display, such as from an outside source can be detected at the same time an image is shown. Additionally, a display including OLEDs can detect light energy generated by the display itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Booth, Daniel Seligson
  • Patent number: 10241625
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of present invention comprises a display panel; a light transmitting panel positioned at a front of the display panel, the light transmitting panel including a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge; a back cover positioned at a rear of the display panel; and a sensor unit adjacent to a lateral side of the display panel. The sensor unit includes a frame and a optical transmitter and a optical receiver. The optical transmitter includes a optical assembly and a optical bender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chansung Jeong, Dongjin Yoon, Sangtae Park
  • Patent number: 10241626
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a contact operation and a pressure of an operating object on a contact operation surface, a display switching unit for switching display on a display screen according to the pressure of the operating object detected by the detection unit, and an execution unit for performing a predetermined process, in a case a predetermined operation of the operating object on the contact operation surface is detected by the detection unit while the display on the display screen is being switched by the display switching unit, according to the predetermined operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Miyazawa, Tatsushi Nashida
  • Patent number: 10241627
    Abstract: A method configured to process an indirect touch or direct touch input to a touch screen with various input means is provided. The method includes, if a 1st input means is positioned in a 1st position spaced apart from a touch screen, acquiring 1st sensing information based on the 1st position, if the 1st input means is positioned in a 2nd position spaced apart from the touch screen, acquiring 2nd sensing information based on the 2nd position, and identifying the 1st input means based on the acquired 1st sensing information and the acquired 2nd sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 10241628
    Abstract: A touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The touch panel includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode and a one-piece insulating element. The second touch electrode includes an electrode section disposed in a same layer as the first touch electrode and a connecting section under the electrode section. The electrode section includes a first electrode section and a second electrode section, which are electrically connected by the connecting section, and the connecting section is spaced apart from the first touch electrode. The insulating element includes a first insulating section between the connecting section and the first touch electrode and a second insulating section between the first electrode section and the first touch electrode and also between the second electrode section and the first touch electrode. The insulating sections can be obtained by performing a patterning process, so that the manufacturing method of the touch panel is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungjin Choi, Jing Niu, Shuang Sun, Fangzhen Zhang
  • Patent number: 10241629
    Abstract: It is provided a filtering circuit and a touch display device. The touch display device includes: a substrate; a common electrode arranged on the substrate; a signal source configured to provide a display signal or a touch signal; a filter capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, where a fixed electric potential is applied to the second terminal of the filter capacitor; and a control switch arranged between a common electrode lead and the first terminal of the filter capacitor to electrically connect/disconnect the filter capacitor with/from the common electrode lead. In a case that the signal source provides a display signal, the control switch is switched on to electrically connect the filter capacitor with the first node. In a case that the signal source provides a touch signal, the control switch is switched off to electrically disconnect the filter capacitor from the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Li, Cheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 10241630
    Abstract: Provided is a novel functional panel that is highly convenient or reliable, a manufacturing method of the novel functional panel that is highly convenient or reliable, a novel light-emitting device that is highly convenient or reliable, or a novel data processing device that is highly convenient or reliable. One embodiment of the present invention includes a release layer, a first base including a region overlapping with the release layer, a terminal between the release layer and the first base, a second base including a region overlapping with the first base, a bonding layer between the first base and the second base. The terminal includes a region not overlapping with the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Chida
  • Patent number: 10241631
    Abstract: A touch panel for a display may include a touch sensor with a plurality of electrode traces. A first portion of the plurality of electrode traces may form sensing lines configured to receive touch input. The touch sensor includes an edge dummy area between an edge of the touch sensor and an electrode trace of a remaining portion of the plurality of electrode traces. The edge dummy area may be located outside of the sensing lines. The touch panel may further include an antenna with a radiation structure and a ground structure. The radiation structure may be located within a routing traces area outside of the touch sensor. The ground structure may be located within the edge dummy area. The ground structure may include an electrode trace of the plurality of electrode traces located within the edge dummy area of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mei Chai, Adesoji J. Sajuyigbe, Kwan Ho Lee, Bryce D. Horine, Harry G. Skinner, Anand S. Konanur, Ulun Karacaoglu
  • Patent number: 10241632
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch technology field, provides a touch detecting method for a touch sensor, the method comprises the following steps: putting the touch sensor into a mutual capacitance mode and a self capacitance mode alternatively, and scanning and detecting the rows and columns of a capacitance array of the touch sensor; when a touch state is preliminarily judged as no touch according to a scanning and detecting result in the mutual capacitance mode, implementing envelopment analysis for data obtained by sampling in the self capacitance mode and determining whether the touch exists in the mutual capacitance mode, updating no reference in the mutual capacitance mode if the touch exists, and updating the reference in the mutual capacitance mode if no touch exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Dai, Zhenyu Zhong, Jinchun Ye, Haolei Wang, Xiaoxiang Chen
  • Patent number: 10241633
    Abstract: An intelligent sensing touch display device, including a first electrode group, a display material layer or a display and touch sensing material layer, an active array unit and a touch and display driving unit to provide at least one AC path touch sensing unit, and a plurality of the AC path touch sensing units being able to be connected to form a combined AC path touch sensing unit, so that the touch and display driving unit can be responsive to an application program to perform a first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, or perform a second touch detection procedure on the active array unit, or perform the first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, and then perform the second touch detection procedure on at least one area of the active array unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: IC ARRAY (GUANG ZHOU) SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, RICH IP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Chia, Han-Chang Chen, Jen-Chieh Chang, Yen-Hung Tu
  • Patent number: 10241634
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for processing an email in an electronic device The method includes displaying an email screen; displaying at least one recipient i in a recipient area of the email screen based on the input order of the at lease one recipient; detecting a gesture in the recipient area; and setting and displaying a recipient type of the at least one recipient, based on the detected gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kyuho Jo
  • Patent number: 10241635
    Abstract: Some embodiments implement a linear switching application that provides functionality for switching between different windows based on an x-axis ordering of the windows instead of the z-axis or other ordering of prior art. The linear switching application identifies an array of currently open windows and sorts the array based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of the windows in the array. Optionally, the linear switching application modifies the GUI to display window identifiers based on the leftmost x-coordinate position of each window to orient the user to the x-coordinate position of each of the windows on-screen. The application determines an index in the current x-sorted array for the window that is currently frontmost and changes the frontmost window based on the current frontmost window and a directional input provided by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Intellitact LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Laubach
  • Patent number: 10241636
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of identifying data delivery parameters relating to delivery of data accessible from a network location via a communications service provider. Embodiments of the invention are particularly well suited to identifying delivery parameters when the delivery of data is metered, such as when data are delivered to terminals connected to mobile networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Janne Aaltonen, Timo Ahopelto, Ismo Antikainen
  • Patent number: 10241637
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for delaying screen-on notification broadcasting. In one embodiment, a method for delaying screen-on notification broadcasting in a device comprises: detecting a display screen wakeup event for a display screen of the device, when the display screen wakeup event is detected and a current interface is a lock screen interface, intercepting a screen-on notification information broadcasted by an operating system of the device to applications running on the device, and when switching of the display screen from the lock screen interface into an unlocked interface after unlocking by a user is detected, sending the intercepted notification information to the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Ren Liu, Hao Yan, Jianchun Zhang
  • Patent number: 10241638
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for interacting with a three dimensional interface. In the method, a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object is generated. An interaction zone is defined and generated, enclosing some or all of the object. A stimulus of the interaction zone, e.g. approach/contact with a finger/stylus is defined, and a response to the stimulus is defined, e.g. changes to the object, system actions, feedback, etc. When the stimulus is sensed the response is executed. The apparatus includes a processor that generates a three dimensional interface with at least one virtual object, defines an interaction zone for the object, and defines a stimulus and a response. A display outputs the interface and object. A camera or other sensor detects stimulus of the interaction zone, whereupon the processor generates a response signal. The apparatus may be part of a head mounted display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Atheer, Inc.
    Inventors: Iryna Issayeva, Sleiman Itani, Allen Yang Yang, Mohamed Nabil Hajj Chehade
  • Patent number: 10241639
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to distinguishing meaningful gestures from proximate non-meaningful gestures in a three-dimensional (3D) sensory space. In particular, it relates to calculating spatial trajectories of different gestures and determining a dominant gesture based on magnitudes of the spatial trajectories. The technology disclosed also relates to uniformly responding to gestural inputs from a user irrespective of a position of the user. In particular, it relates to automatically adapting a responsiveness scale between gestures in a physical space and resulting responses in a gestural interface by automatically proportioning on-screen responsiveness to scaled movement distances of gestures in the physical space, user spacing with the 3D sensory space, or virtual object density in the gestural interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LEAP MOTION, INC.
    Inventor: David Holz
  • Patent number: 10241640
    Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing the history of events are provided. Some methods can include displaying, on a user interface device, a BIM of a secured area, displaying, on the BIM on the user interface device, a respective representation of each of a plurality of sensors within the secured area, the respective representation being displayed on the BIM at a respective location corresponding to respective geographic coordinates of a respective one of the plurality of sensors in the secured area, receiving first user input indicative of a specified time, and displaying, on the BIM on the user interface device, a respective geographic indicator of at least one of the plurality of sensors that was active at the specified time, the respective geographic indicator being displayed at or connected to the respective location on the BIM of the respective representation of the at least one of the plurality of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Malayappan Gurudoss, Vinoth Dharmalingam, Kalpana Janapati, Viswanathan Chatapuram Krishnan, Vinay Venkatesh, Paul M. Popowski
  • Patent number: 10241641
    Abstract: A wireless communication device may be operated to facilitate directing user applications to use WLAN data connections. One of the user applications generates an application request for a URI, and a browser application requests a translation of the URI into an IP address. An LTE transceiver exchanges wireless data with an LTE network to translate the URI into the IP address. A WLAN transceiver detects a WLAN data connection. The browser application identifies that the LTE transceiver is exchanging wireless data with the LTE network and that the WLAN data connection is detected, and responsively processes a WLAN identifier for the WLAN data connection and an application identifier for the user application to determine if a user WLAN notice should be presented. If the WLAN notice should be presented, the browser application generates the user WLAN notice. The user WLAN notice is displayed to the user on a graphical display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Anurag Thantharate, Hannah Jo Sifuentes, John Eric Belser, Do Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10241642
    Abstract: Improved techniques for facilitating emergency access to one or more contacts stored on a portable electronic device are disclosed. One or more contacts on the portable electronic device are designated as emergency contacts. While the portable electronic device is password-locked, a request to display the one or more emergency contacts on the password-locked portable electronic device is received. Without requiring a password, the one or more emergency contacts are displayed on the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Charles Michalske
  • Patent number: 10241643
    Abstract: Navigation of multiple information item hierarchies within a same application display pane or view is provided. Information items may be displayed in a customized collection of information items, for example, a “favorites” collection, that may be assembled from a variety of content sources and that may be persisted across a variety of information item views.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Mark Eugene Pearson, Vignesh Sachidanandam, Doreen Grieb, Patrick Malatack
  • Patent number: 10241644
    Abstract: Techniques for processing task items are provided. A task item is electronic data that represents a task to be performed, whether manually or automatically. A task item includes one or more details about its corresponding task, such as a description of the task and a location of the task. Specifically, techniques for generating task items, organizing task items, triggering notifications of task items, and consuming task items are described. In one approach, a task item is generated based on input from a user and context of the input. In another approach, different attributes of task items are used to organize the task items intelligently into multiple lists. In another approach, actions other than the generation of notification are enabled or automatically performed, actions such as emailing, calling, texting, and searching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Gruber, Alessandro F. Sabatelli, Alexandre A. Aybes, Donald W. Pitschel, Edward D. Voas, Freddy A. Anzures, Paul D. Marcos
  • Patent number: 10241645
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information associated with interactions of one or more first users with one or more applications; identifying one or more interactive elements associated with the applications based at least in part on the received information; and providing for display on a user interface (UI), one or more of the identified interactive elements. The displayed interactive elements are dynamically adjusted based on receiving updated information of interactions associated with one or more of the interactive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Luke St. Clair
  • Patent number: 10241646
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for navigating a file directory on a touch screen user interface (UI) of a multi-function device (MFD) are disclosed. For example, the method includes receiving an input via the touch screen UI of the MFD, wherein the touch screen UI displays a modified UI of a plurality of different cloud applications, wherein each one of the plurality of different cloud applications is associated a different function, determining a cloud application of the plurality of different cloud applications associated with a particular function is currently selected in the MFD, translating the input based upon the particular function of the cloud application that is selected and executing the input in accordance with the particular function of the cloud application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Evangeline C Dejoras, Gary D. Reece, Nisha Pan
  • Patent number: 10241647
    Abstract: Systems and methods of interacting with a building security system are provided. Some methods can include displaying a BIM diagram of a secured area on a user interface device, receiving first user input, via the user interface device, indicative of a change to an operating parameter of a security system monitoring the secured area, correlating the user input with at least one security device of the security system, and transmitting a signal to a control panel of the security system instructive of the change to the operating parameter associated with the at least one security device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Viswanathan Chatapuram Krishnan, Sakkaravarthy Muniyasamy, Vinoth Dharmalingam
  • Patent number: 10241648
    Abstract: Media, method and device for providing multiple, context-aware suggestion contexts to a user entering text data. To see the multiple suggestion contexts, the user can use a long-press gesture (or other gesture) to bring up a context-aware suggestion menu. This menu can include various suggestion contexts appropriate to the current text-entry field together with an indication of an additional gesture for each suggestion context. Each of these suggestion contexts can draw autocompletions (or other ways of inputting text) from a different source of completions, such as previous entries, common entries by other users, stored values, automatically determined values, and other sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HRB Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Houseworth
  • Patent number: 10241649
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and device configurations. In one embodiment, a process for providing application discovery and trial includes presenting a widget element on a display of the device, wherein the widget element includes graphical elements for a plurality of trial applications, and detecting a selection of one of the trial applications in the widget element. The process also includes updating the display to present a selected trial application based on the selection, wherein presentation of the selected trial application includes display of an overlay element, detecting a selection of the overlay element, and presenting a trial application control window based on the selection of the overlay element, the trial application control window including graphical elements for one or more of terminating, continuing and conversion of the selected trial application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Qingdao Hisense Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sanjiv Sirpal
  • Patent number: 10241650
    Abstract: A method for message selection, including: receiving a request for unviewed messages, the request identifying a context account, ranking the set of unviewed messages according to ranking criteria, where the ranking criteria is used to rank each of the set of unviewed messages based on an engagement history between the context account and an authoring account of the unviewed messages; generating, based on ranking the set of unviewed messages, a result set identifying a subset of the set of unviewed messages, and providing the result set in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Mircea-Bogdan Pasoi, Cristian-George Strat, Mihai Claudiu Toader
  • Patent number: 10241651
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for a grid-based rendering of nodes and relationships between nodes. One example method includes identifying model information that identifies nodes and relationships between nodes. The identified nodes are rendered, in a grid layout in a graphical model. Each cell of the grid includes at most one node, and the cells are separated by lane areas in which connections can be rendered. Connections between the nodes are rendered in the lane areas. The connections correspond to the relationships between the related nodes. One or more portions of the connections are overlapped when two or more connections are drawn in a same lane area. The connections, the nodes, the lane areas are selectable. A user selection of a selectable item is received. In response to the user selection, the connections and nodes that are associated with the selectable item are highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Bertram Beyer, Julia Heinrich, Michael te Uhle, Hans-Peter Schaerges
  • Patent number: 10241652
    Abstract: A method for searching and displaying child objects of a parent object based on a drag event. The child objects are associated with the parent object. A computer displays a parent object, in response to that a user selects the parent object. The computer further receives from the user a drag event on the parent object. The computer further search child objects, based on a direction of a dragging movement in the drag event, wherein a search rule is predetermined for the direction of the dragging movement. The computer further displays the child objects, wherein how many of the child objects are displayed is based on a distance of the dragging movement in the drag event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eisuke Kanzaki, Akira Sudoh
  • Patent number: 10241653
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for deleting messages and a related terminal. The method includes: A: recording a sliding path of a user on a terminal and mapping the sliding path as a message deleting command; B: defining a margin of error based on the sliding path; C: popping up a message prompt box when a new message is detected and must be displayed, whether the screen is locked or the terminal is being used; D: examining the sliding path of users on the screen and deciding whether it is in line with the pre-defined deleting path; and E: deleting the message directly when the sliding path is in line with the pre-defined deleting path. As such, users can immediately delete spam messages when a message is received, even if the screen is locked. The method is easy to use and provide significant convenience to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventors: Feifei Chai, Jianqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 10241654
    Abstract: A computer based scheduling and rescheduling method, apparatus and system for an electronic calendar. The electronic calendar illustrates a time progression of scheduled tasks in a horizontally or vertically oriented view of time. The electronic calendar and its graphical user interface (GUI) provide a viewing pattern for the user. Direction in the viewing pattern is synonymous with increasing/decreasing dates-times in the time progression of scheduled tasks. A scheduling-rescheduling engine schedules into the calendar user requested tasks and automatically reschedules impacted previously scheduled tasks. The scheduling-rescheduling engine also schedules user selected resources (e.g., people, robots, tools, etc.) per scheduled task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dassault Systemes Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Paul R. Meyer, Curtis A. Gravatt, Steven Conrad
  • Patent number: 10241655
    Abstract: Multiple letters, characters, numbers, strokes and symbols to be assigned to a given physical key on a physical keypad residing on a physical keypad integrated into, or attached to, an electronic device used for electronic financial transactions such as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) or Point of Sale (POS) terminal, that is used for data entry on the display screen of an electronic device and the methodology of automatically displaying and inserting the characters assigned to that physical key on the display screen of said electronic device. As the user continues to touch/press said physical key on the electronic devices keypad, the first software module will display and bring into focus the characters assigned to the appropriate time duration of the continued touch/press of said physical key in a visual manner on the display screen of said electronic device and will continue rotating thru the assigned characters as long as the physical key touch/press continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Invysta Technology Group
    Inventors: Gary Streuter, William Pat Price
  • Patent number: 10241656
    Abstract: Provided is a batch processing method and a terminal. The batch processing method comprises: according to a trigger action of a user, selecting a first operation target area on an operation interface, a remaining area on the operation interface and/or another operation interface being a second operation target area; moving the first operation target area to cover the second operation target area; executing a predetermined operation on an operation target covered in the second operation target area. Via the technical solution of the present disclosure, an operation target area is selected on an operation interface, the selected operation target area is moved and a batch operation is performed on an operation target in a remaining area, thereby significantly simplifying cumbersome operations of existing batch operations, and saving operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jingen Sheng
  • Patent number: 10241657
    Abstract: An extensibility model is used to provide active and interactive functionality in communication items, but the embodiments are not so limited. A computer system of an embodiment includes components configured to identify one or more activation triggers that operate to activate gadget code using an isolated code execution environment as part of injecting content into an email communication. A method of one embodiment provides an extensibility framework for using defined gadget triggers and associated gadget functionality as part of automatically injecting content inline with a mail message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Warren Randall Byrne, Justin Bradley Mahood, Ryan Edward Gregg, Jason Todd Henderson, Andrew Salamatov, David Claux, Oleg Ouliankine
  • Patent number: 10241658
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display section, a storage section, and a control unit. When accepting a predetermined gesture under a gesture acceptance control, the control unit allows the storage section to store window information indicating a size and a position of a window being displayed on the display section, creates an icon associated with a file being displayed in the window, and allows the display section to display the icon. When accepting a launch gesture on the icon under the gesture acceptance control, the control unit retrieves the window information from the storage section and allows the display section to display a window for displaying the file associated with the icon in the size and position indicated by the window information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Isaac Judd, Yoshihisa Tanaka, Tetsuya Nishino
  • Patent number: 10241659
    Abstract: A method and a computing device for adjusting the display of an image, where the method includes: obtaining, during a process of playing an image, a finger gesture for processing the image; determining whether the finger gesture is a finger gesture for adjusting the image, the adjusting including rotating or flipping; and adjusting the image according to the finger gesture if the finger gesture is a finger gesture for adjusting the image. After it is determined that a finger gesture for processing an image is a finger gesture for adjusting the image, the image is adjusted according to the finger gesture, and during this process, a touch screen device body does not need to be moved, which is a convenient implementing manner; moreover, the image can be rotated or flipped, supporting different operations on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Fang Hou, Yuan Huang
  • Patent number: 10241660
    Abstract: A display control apparatus performs, when an image is switched to another image while remaining enlarged, display not giving an uncomfortable feeling to a user, and performs control, when a first image enlarged and displayed on a display unit is switched into a second image, to zoom and display, out of a display magnification of the second image based on magnification information used in the first image before the switching and stored, and of a fit magnification for making the second image have a size falling within a display area in the display unit to match the display area, the second image at a magnification that is the fit magnification or more when the display magnification based on the magnification information is smaller, and the second image at the display magnification based on the magnification information when the display magnification based on the magnification information is larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sayaka Harada
  • Patent number: 10241661
    Abstract: Probabilistic determination of selected image portions is described. In one or more implementations, a selection input is received for selecting a portion of an image. For pixels of the image that correspond to the selection input, probabilities are determined that the pixels are intended to be included as part of a selected portion of the image. In particular, the probability that a given pixel is intended to be included as part of the selected portion of the image is determined as a function of position relative to center pixels of the selection input as well as a difference in one or more visual characteristics with the center pixels. The determined probabilities can then be used to segment the selected portion of the image from a remainder of the image. Based on the segmentation of the selected portion from the remainder of the image, selected portion data can be generated that defines the selected portion of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Brian L. Price, Ian D. Sachs
  • Patent number: 10241662
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided with a control portion that controls display of a predetermined display portion and an operation input portion (touch operation portion, mouse operation portion) that receives operation input by a user. The control portion displays a plurality of windows on the display portion and performs display control of the windows according to the operation input for the operation input portion. The control portion moves a specific window displayed on the display portion according to the operation input for the operation input portion, and when the window which is moved is superimposed on a different window and a predetermined condition is satisfied, displays the different window at a position of the window which is moved occupied before start of movement and displays the window which is being moved at a position of the different window to exchange the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shoji Koarai
  • Patent number: 10241663
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus capable of easily adjusting parameter values of operation elements by multi-touch operation. Operation elements are displayed on a touch panel. A CPU detects a touch on a first operation element, like a first fader, as a first touch. When detecting a touch on a second element, like a second fader, as a second touch while the first touch is maintained, the CPU reflects a parameter value set on the first operation element onto a parameter value of the second operation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TEAC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaname Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 10241664
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of missing a market opportunity by sending orders or managing them, the cursor moves in association with the market information such that the cursor appears fixed to the market information until a user moves the pointer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jens-Uwe Schluetter, Robert A. West
  • Patent number: 10241665
    Abstract: The method according to the invention deals with controlling of graphical elements of a display having a plurality of pixels with one or more processors, the method including defining by said one or more processors a graphical main shape on the display representing a total volume of a root node, defining by said one or more processors within the graphical main shape a number of graphical node shapes on the display, the number of node shapes being at least one and each node shape representing a volume of a parent node, wherein the volumes of all parent nodes sum up to the total volume, controlling by said one or more processors the pixels of the graphical main shape to visually present the graphical main shape on the display, redefining the graphical node shapes in response to receiving an input signal from an input device indicating a selection of a parent node, indicating a manipulating of a volume of a selected node shape or indicating an opening of a particular parent node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: TRUE WEALTH AG
    Inventor: Felix Niederer
  • Patent number: 10241666
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes circuitry that displays a user interface screen including device information that identifies a plurality of output device groups and a plurality of input device groups to control connection between one of the output device groups and one of the input device groups; and receives an input that designates a combination of said one of the output device groups and said one of the input device groups, the user interface screen includes a matrix comprising a plurality of cells in a row direction and a column direction, the input designates the combination by designating one of grouped cells corresponding to the combination of said one of the output device groups and said one of the input device groups in the matrix, and the grouped cells are grouped such that the input designates the combination as a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuo Okumura, Hirofumi Hibi
  • Patent number: 10241667
    Abstract: A method consistent with certain implementation involves presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a display, where the GUI presents a visual representation of a room that is adapted to be adjusted in size and shape by user manipulation of a controller; the GUI has a drop and drag menu adapted to selection of an object from a plurality of objects for placement at any selected position within the room; at least one of the objects comprising a loudspeaker; and where the GUI provides for input of data characterizing the loudspeaker. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Djung Nguyen, Ted Dunn, Andy Nguyen, Nobukazu Sugiyama, Lobrenzo Wingo
  • Patent number: 10241668
    Abstract: Implementations provide an improved drag-and-drop operation on a mobile device. For example, a method includes identifying a drag area in a user interface of a first mobile application in response to a drag command and receiving a drop location in a second mobile application that differs from the first mobile application. The method may also include determining that a drop location is a text input control and the drag area is not text-based, performing a search for a text description of the drag area, and pasting the text description into the text input control. The method may also include determining that a drop location is an image input control and that the drag area is text based, performing a search using the drag area for a responsive image, and pasting the responsive image into the image input control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, David Petrou
  • Patent number: 10241669
    Abstract: A method is provided which includes displaying an output of an application on a touchscreen, receiving a user input for the application on the touchscreen, and determining the location of the received user input on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes generating an additional pop-up window for display on the touchscreen, and selecting a location for the additional pop-up window, where the selected location for the additional pop-up window does not coincide with the determined location of the user input for application. Further, the method includes displaying the additional pop-up window at the selected location for the additional pop-up window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sophie D. Green, Grace Jansen, Joe Pavitt, Antony Protonotarios, James Russell, Alexandros E. Vlissidis