Ideographic Generator Patents (Class 715/262)
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Patent number: 12067195Abstract: A control method includes determining an application (APP) running front-end on an electronic device, in response to a first APP running front-end on the electronic device, obtaining a first operation mode of an operating member, and at least displaying an operation window of the first APP on a screen interface of the electronic device at a first target position matching the first operation mode. The first operation mode includes a left-hand mode or a right-hand mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Ke Wang, Zhaohui Jia
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Patent number: 11714499Abstract: A flexible mat (2), optionally to be used for, but not limited to, a pointing device (1) arranged to control the movement of a pointer/cursor on a monitor/display at, for example, a computer or similar electronic device, can include a plurality of links (11a-z) arranged side by side and where these links are substantially rigid in their axial direction and mutually rotatable at a limited angle. The the links (11a-z) can include, or are made of, a substantially disc-shaped material or a foil, that at least one link (11a-z) is provided with a base portion (16a) extending in the longitudinal/axial direction of the link (11a-z), that the link the base portion (16a) of the link (11a-z), and that the coupling elements (15a-z) are integrated with or in the base portion of the link (16a).Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: TRAPPER HOLDING ABInventor: Rolf Eric Ragnar Strömberg
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Patent number: 11134042Abstract: A greeting system for sending a let's meet greeting to another user. A computer, such as a cell phone, runs an application that creates a map of a room showing people in the room, and allows identifying another user in the room to whom a user of the application wants to send a greeting by selecting the another user from the map of the room. The user can then send an image of a body part communicating body language to the other user from the application. The body part images, can be a kiss or a wave.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Inventor: Scott C Harris
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Patent number: 11010420Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for displaying a picture search result page, a device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a search term input by a user; determining a timeliness event corresponding to the search term; displaying a search result page corresponding to the search term, and increasing a display effect corresponding to the timeliness event on the search result page. The solution of the present disclosure may be applied to enhance the display effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Yongbo Yan, Yingwen Li, Xiaoli Gu, Xiaohui Liu
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Patent number: 10311106Abstract: Systems and methods for visualizing trust scores in a social graph are described herein. The trust scores may be determined within or between individuals, groups, and/or entities connected in a network. A user may initiate the visualization of connections between themselves and others in the network. Contacts are selected for the visualization of the social graph, and a spatial distribution of the nodes is calculated. Nodes in the visualization of the social graph are rendered based on the calculated spatial distribution. Connections between the nodes may be rendered based on connectivity statistics calculated between the rendered nodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: WWW.TRUSTSCIENCE.COM INC.Inventors: Evan V Chrapko, Leo M. Chan
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Patent number: 10209849Abstract: Aspects of a system for automatically managing a pane in a user interface on a small form factor computing device include an adaptive pane module for determining when an event that affects the canvas size occurs, such as changing the display configuration or reorienting the display, which in turn affects pane management, or the opening or closing of a pane. The adaptive pane module manages the pane. After managing the pane, the system resizes the canvas and reflows the content as appropriate for a small form factor computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jonathan S. Kaufthal, Charles Scott Walker, Travis Spomer, Edward Augustus Layne, Jr., Taili Feng, Julie Christa Seto
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Patent number: 10089006Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a display, an input unit configured to receive a handwriting trace, in response to a user handwriting being performed at a remote control apparatus; a detector configured to determine text corresponding to the handwriting trace; and a controller configured to search for an item corresponding to the text, classify the item into a plurality of categories, and control the display to display the item on the display.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myoung-jun Lee, Hyun-kyu Yun, Kwan-young Kim, Kun-ho Keum, Min-sup Kim, Sang-jin Kim, Moon-sung Na
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Patent number: 10025812Abstract: A computer-implemented method for taking a corrective action upon determination of an existence of a corrupted text segment within a set of web pages. Determination includes: determining a language affinity indicator corresponding to text segments within the set of web pages; generating an indexing repository based on a set of text artefacts within the text segments; creating an occurrence table for the set of text artefacts; and determining compliance of the text artefacts and text segments based on the single language grouping on which the set of text segments are based.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chao Yuan Huang, Yi-Lin Tsai, Der-Joung Wang, Yen-Min Wu
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Patent number: 9996506Abstract: A method for identifying a font displayed within an electronic document. In one embodiment, the method includes a computer processor identifying a string of two or more characters that correspond to a custom ligature within an electronic document, wherein the custom ligature is associated with at least one character of the electronic document. The method further includes accessing a font library associated with the electronic document. The method further includes identifying a font file within the font library that corresponds to the at least one character of the electronic document that is associated with the custom ligature. The method further includes identifying a glyph within the identified font file that corresponds to the custom ligature. The method further includes substituting the identified glyph into the electronic document to replace at least the custom ligature. The method further includes displaying the substituted glyph within the electronic document.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ying Cao, Zhi Chen, Sheng Liang Han, Yin Xia
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Patent number: 9715328Abstract: A mission system, able to be fixed in a carrier, comprises at least a display device displaying at least mission data, a processing device allowing the execution of applications, and an interfacing with said display device and with inputting device, the mission system furthermore comprising a handle disposed in proximity to the display device so that an operator can via at least one of his hands employ the inputting means while clasping the mission system via said gripping means.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: THALESInventors: Olivier Grisvard, Marc Dauplait, Christophe Huntzinger, Michel Kermarrec, Pierre Laborde, Michel Lilette
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Printing device, control method of a printing device, and storage medium for managing font printouts
Patent number: 9704071Abstract: Based on characteristics of the font type, the results of printing by a previous printer and the results of printing by a replacement printer are made the same or nearly the same. The control unit 15 of the printer 10 receives control data including font type information specifying a font type, and character identification information specifying a character or string. When the font type specified by the font type information is a specific type of font, the control unit 15 adjusts the size of the font data of the character specified by the character identification information based on an adjustment value read from adjustment information data KY stored by a storage unit 16, and controls a print unit 17 to print the character based on the adjusted font data.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Akimasa Takagi -
Patent number: 9619726Abstract: An information input device includes a first detection device, a second detection device, a coupling member, a connecting line, and a protective member. The coupling member includes a fixing portion and a holding portion, and a folding portion. The connecting line includes an intermediate portion connecting the first detection device and the second detection device that detect a position of the writing tool. At least a part of the intermediate portion extends between the first detection device and the second detection device and is arranged to face the folding portion. The protective member includes an arrangement portion whose length is longer than a length of the intermediate portion. An end portion of the protective member is fixed to at least one of the fixing portion and the holding portion. The arrangement portion is disposed between the folding portion and the intermediate portion of the connecting line.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takehiko Inaba, Atsushi Kasugai
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Patent number: 9032290Abstract: A social networking system includes a mechanism for integrating user actions on objects outside of the social networking system in the social graph. External system operators include widgets that, when executed by user devices, record user interactions that correspond to a defined structure of actions and objects. Third party operators utilize a tool provided by the social networking system to define the structure of actions and objects. External actions are recorded by the social networking system for publishing to the social graph.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brynn Shepherd, Carl Philip Sjogreen, Vladimir Fedorov, Naitik Shah, Edward Kenneth O'Neil, Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen, Paul Tarjan, Michael Steven Vernal, Arthur George Rudolph
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Patent number: 9026426Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor receives graphemes in a first writing system and identifies lexical items in a second writing system based on the graphemes in the first writing system. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a first grapheme in a first writing system; using a grapheme graph of graphemes in the first writing system to identify a first n-gram representation in the first writing system of a first morpheme in a second writing system; using the first n-gram representation to locate one or more first nodes in a morpheme graph; selecting a first lexical item from the one or more first lexical items based on a first score associated with each of the one or more first lexical items; and providing the first lexical item for display on a user device.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Genqing Wu, Xiaotao Duan, Tai-Yi Huang
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Patent number: 9003284Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information search apparatus includes a generation unit, a selection unit, a search unit and a display unit. The generation unit generates recognition candidate character strings based on shapes of strokes and combinations of the shapes. The selection unit calculates reliability values for the recognition candidate character strings and selects search keys from the recognition candidate character strings. The search unit searches a database for second character strings including the search keys, and obtains one or more result character strings indicating search results of each of the search keys. The display displays the one or more result character strings corresponding to each of the search keys distinctively.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hidetaka Ohira, Toshihiko Manabe, Yojiro Tonouchi, Ryuzo Okada, Mieko Asano, Tsukasa Ike
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Patent number: 8976118Abstract: A computer program product is provided and includes a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes enabling retrieval of a keyboard pressed sequence of characters of a first type, permitting a re-selection of characters of a second type, which are associated with the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type and permitting modification of the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type to initiate a search for and retrieval of characters of the second type.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lei Chen, Jenny S. Li, Wen Hao Wang
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Patent number: 8875055Abstract: A first statement of a rule and a first icon associated with the first statement are displayed. A user's selection of the first icon is received, and the selection of a Boolean operator is received in association with the selection. A second statement is displayed, and a link between the first statement and the second statement is displayed to form a compound statement including the first and second statements. The link includes an indication of the Boolean operator selected by the user. A second icon is displayed in association with the second statement, where the second icon is selectable by the user to allow selection of Boolean operators with which the user may link the second statement to a third statement. A third icon is displayed in association with the compound statement, where the icon is selectable by the user to allow selection of a Boolean operator to link the compound statement to a third statement.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Roni F. Zeiger, Arthur E. Blume
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Patent number: 8862988Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer readable medium are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a keyboard including keys, a plurality of the keys each being associated with a polysemous symbol relating to a concept represented by a Chinese radical; and a processor, to determine whether or not a plurality of symbols, associated with a plurality of selected keys, form a sequence of symbols associated with at least one Chinese character, and, in response to determining that the plurality of selected symbols form a sequence of symbols associated with at least one Chinese character, to instruct output of the at least one Chinese character. A plurality of the keys may include each of a polysemous symbol, a Chinese radical, a Chinese measure word character and a Pinyin/Bopomofo letter, each associated with one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Semantic Compaction Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bruce R. Baker, Tianxue Yao, Paul Andres, Jutta Hermann, Sarah Miriam Yong, Zen Koh, Eric Nyberg, Katharine J. Hill, Mark A. Zucco
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Patent number: 8862989Abstract: An extensible reading system is described that provides a method of extending the readings supported by an IME application without updating the entire application. The extensible reading system separates the IME reading dictionary from the IME application, so that the user can update or supplement the dictionary with new readings without modifying the IME application. The extensible reading system receives custom readings from a user that include a sequence of keyboard characters and a selection of a language character that is to be inserted into a document when a user inputs the sequence of keyboard characters. Thus, the extensible reading system allows the user to update the readings for mapping keyboard characters to language characters much more frequently.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yun-Chiang-Jordan Kung, Yu-Li Huang, Chin-Nan Lee, Hsiang-Fu Liu
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Patent number: 8745478Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically generating an inspiration board. The system and method involves inputting at least one term into a computer system. Based on the inputted term, at least one image is selected from a database of images stored in the computer system and at least one pattern from a database of patterns stored in the computer system. The inspiration board is assembled by the computer system using the image and the pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Karen Braun, Patricia Swenton-Wall, Mary Ann Sprague
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Patent number: 8694888Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for presenting computer-generated characters. The method defines several frames for a character and sequentially presents the frames. Each frame depicts a particular representation of the character. Also, at least two of the frames provide different representations of the character. Some embodiments provide a method for applying effects to computer-generated characters. This method applies an effect to the computer-generated characters by first generating an effect script. It then selects the generated effect script to apply to the computer-generated characters.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tom Langmacher, Mary E. Massey, David Howell
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Patent number: 8510648Abstract: A facility for managing a document conversion environment is described. In various embodiments, the facility includes a native application associated with a native document type and an isolation service. The isolation service determines whether a native application associated with the native document type has started and when it has not started, starts the native application and causes the started native application to load and convert a native document to a common document format, wherein the isolation service starts a single instance of the native application and monitors the single instance of the native application so that it complies with specified a parameter, condition, or setting of operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Open Text S.A.Inventors: William R. Harman, Jonathan Isabelle, Michael Riedel
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Patent number: 8504349Abstract: A computing system may predict a word based on received user input that selects a part of the word (e.g., the first characters, the first root, etc.). Specifically, a program, when run on the computing system, may perform a method including creating a candidate list of words based on received user input. These words may be then organized into a hierarchy, or tree structure, in which each word is associated with a parent and each parent is a partial match for its associated words. The top-tier partial matches may be presented, and user input corresponding to a selected partial match may be received. A set of candidates related to the selected partial match may then be presented for user selection.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2007Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mitica Manu, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Bradley A. Music, Brian D. Haslam
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Patent number: 8502856Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for modifying a composite display of a first mobile device that is engaged in a video conference with a second device. The method presents, on the first device, the composite display having a first video captured by the first device and a second video captured by the second device. The method receives, at the first device, an input for modifying the composite display during the video conference. The method modifies the composite display based on the received input.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth C. Cranfill, Stephen O. Lemay, Hsi-Jung Wu, Xiaosong Zhou, Joe S. Abuan, Hyeonkuk Jeong, Roberto Garcia, Jr.
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Patent number: 8496391Abstract: A method of forming words utilizing a character actuator unit in which the character actuators are segregated into certain categories. First and second categories are employed and activated simultaneously to generate the beginning and ending of a word. First and second actuating categories may be combined with third and fourth categories of actuators to further form and modify words in any languages.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Inventor: Sherrie L. Benson
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Patent number: 8495491Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for locale and operating platform independent font selection. In an operating platform having an operating platform configuration and an associated locale, a locale and operating platform independent font selection method can include parsing a pre-established font properties file to identify whether a desired font referenced in the font properties file supports at least one of the operating platform configuration and the associated locale. Consequently, if it is indicated within the font properties file that the desired font supports either or both of the operating platform configuration and the associated locale, the desired font can be utilized in the operating platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Emad Muhanna
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Patent number: 8473280Abstract: A method for facilitating texting in a non-Latin-based language includes storing mapping between a non-Latin-based language and a Latin-based language in a computer storage. The characters in the non-Latin-based language are mapped to a first group of characters in the Latin-based language. The diacritics in the non-Latin-based language are mapped to a second group of characters in the Latin-based language. The characters in the non-Latin-based language in a texting message are converted into in the coded text comprising characters in the Latin-based language according to the mapping. The texting message having the coded text is transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device. The characters of the Latin-based language in the coded text are converted back into the characters in the non-Latin-based language according to the mapping to allow a user to read the text message in the non-Latin-based language on the second communication device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: King Abdulaziz City for Science & TechnologyInventors: Hussein K. Al-Omari, Mohammad S. Khorsheed
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Patent number: 8407589Abstract: A method for grouping writing regions of digital ink receives processed digital ink that comprises writing regions. A relationship can be generated between a plurality of the writing regions. A feature set can be determined that is associated with the plurality of the writing regions. The plurality of the writing regions can be grouped based on the feature set.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ming Ye, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy
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Patent number: 8374846Abstract: The present invention relates to a text input device and a method for inputting text, and a computer program for performing the method. A text input device (200) is provided that comprises: a text prediction component for predicting candidate words in accordance with a current text context; a display screen (210) for displaying the predicted candidate words; a data entry device (220) having a navigation means (240) for selecting a direction to move a cursor on the display screen (210); and a processor receiving data from the data entry device (220) upon actuation of the navigation means (240). The processor arranges the candidate words on the display screen (210) in a spatial arrangement that reflects the selectable directions of the navigation means (240). The processor maps the currently displayed candidate words to the corresponding directions and selects a candidate word upon selection of a direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Inventor: Ramin O Assadollahi
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Patent number: 8365071Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and associated method enable the phonetic inputting of text using a reduced keyboard and transformation algorithm. The handheld electronic device and method advantageously enable the inputting of languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and the like without limitation. The transformation algorithm subjects each of a number of linguistic element permutations to an algorithm such as the Maximum Matching Algorithm or other algorithm to generate a string of words and selects one string of words as a default textual output. The character interpretation and variations thereof are output in a lookup component along with a pin and variants thereof to enable the user to select among various character interpretations of an input as well as various alternative pins that correspond with the input.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Vadim Fux, Sergey V. Kolomiets, Alexander Kornilovsky
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Patent number: 8326595Abstract: A mechanism for identifying invalid syllables in Devanagari script is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes receiving Devanagari text from an application of a computing device for parsing, determining a character type for a character of the Devanagari text, determining a new state associated with the character by referencing a Devanagari state machine with the determined character type and a current state of the Devanagari text, and transmitting an invalid syllable signal to the application for display on a display device to an end user of the application if the determined new state is invalid.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.Inventors: Rahul Pandit Bhalerao, Pravin Dinkar Satpute
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Patent number: 8307281Abstract: This invention easily realizes a process of changing the display order of the candidates according to various input states. In a character input device of a mobile telephone, a wide variety of attributes representing an input state are set, and a conversion dictionary in which the attributes are registered in dictionary data of a corresponding word is set. An adjustment value setting unit determines the input state at a relative time point according to the start of input of the read character or the confirmation of the candidate, and sets an adjustment value to each attribute according to the determination content. A priority adjustment unit adjusts the priority with the adjustment value set to the attribute of the candidate for the candidate set with an attribute of each candidate extracted from the conversion dictionary by the read character string.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Masaharu Ueda, Takuya Nakayama
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Patent number: 8300250Abstract: Print jobs received at a printer are assigned a reference which is incorporated as a visible representation of the reference in the printed print job. When the user recovers the print job, the reusable print job addendum. is fed back into the printer, for reuse in later print jobs.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Alexandre Chabrol, Benoit Granier, Aurelien Jarry, Arnaud Mante
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Patent number: 8122353Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for composing a message in an online textbox using a non-Latin script. In one example, the method includes receiving a selection of a target language for composing the message in the online textbox, loading a hash table and an integer n that are associated with the target language, adding to a queue a character inputted from a QWERTY keyboard, and applying appropriate parsing and mapping techniques to the queue using the hash table and the integer n to display an appropriate script of the target language.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventor: Brian Bouta
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Patent number: 8108772Abstract: Methods and systems for romanizing Chinese ideograms allow a user to create a personalized spelling dictionary that converts a user's desired roman-alphabet spelling to an equivalent Chinese character. A phonetic combination from a standard Chinese dialect is selected. The user defines a roman alphabet equivalent of the selected phonetic combination that fits the way the user pronounces the phonetic combination in the user's own dialect or idiolect.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Joseph Becker
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Patent number: 8103499Abstract: To enter Chinese text, a user enters the corresponding phonetic spelling via telephone style keypad. Some or all keys represent multiple phonetic letters. In disambiguating entered key presses to yield a valid phonetic spelling, a computer divides the key presses into segments, while still preserving key press order. Each segment must correspond to an entry in a dictionary of Chinese characters, character phrases, and/or character components such as radicals or other predetermined stroke groupings. Upon arrival of a new key press that cannot form a valid entry when appended to the current segment, key presses are incrementally reallocated from the previous segment. As for already-resolved segments occurring prior to the previous and current segments, these are left intact. After each shifting attempt, the computer reinterprets key presses of the last two segments, and accepts the new segmentation if the segments form valid dictionary entries.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Tegic Communications, Inc.Inventors: Jenny Huang-Yu Lai, Jianchao Wu
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Patent number: 8091023Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and associated method enable spell checking in a reduced keyboard and disambiguation environment. The improved spell checking routine converts a misspelled word into a canonical version thereof and receives from a dictionary 42 proposed letter for possible acceptance by the spell checking routine. The spell checking routine advantageously maintains states of various spell check algorithms in order to ensure that no letter is accepted that would require an edit distance of more than one from the misspelled word. The improved spell checking routine advantageously reduces unnecessary processor operation by reducing the extent to which certain portions of the dictionary 42 are searched multiple times during a spell checking operation.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Shannon Ralph Normand White, Vadim Fux
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Publication number: 20110078564Abstract: To generate graphical image strings that graphically represent the full meaning of the content of text messages, a text message containing at least one sentence to be converted into graphical format is first analyzed to identify, for each sentence: the subject; the at least one verb associated with the subject, if any; and the substantives not referring to a person, if any. A graphical representation of the subject is then obtained for each sentence. Likewise a first graphic database is accessed to obtain a graphical representation of the substantives not referring to a person included in each sentence. A modified graphical representation of the subject is then obtained showing the subject performing the action indicated by the at least one associated verb. Finally, these graphical representations are combined into a graphical image string.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Daniel ALMODÓVAR HERRÁIZ, Francisco Javier RUBIO ANDRES, Miguel Angel TOUSET RIOS
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Patent number: 7912697Abstract: When an input section is actuated by a user, a character is inputted, and a storage section stores therein the inputted character. On this occasion, when the inputted character is a vowel character, a control section causes the storage section to store therein the inputted vowel character and an intonation associated therewith. In a case where a vowel character identical to the inputted vowel character is successively inputted by the input section, the control section causes the storage section to store therein the vowel character and the initial intonation in association with each other, for a first input. At second and subsequent inputs, the control section does not cause the storage section to store therein the identical vowel character anew, but it alters only the intonation associated with the vowel character which has been already stored in the storage section.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kaoru Tomishige, Yoshihiro Okuda, Chiaki Yasumura
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Patent number: 7840073Abstract: To make searching for pictographic characters, such as Chinese characters, easier for novice learners of languages using pictographic characters, a subset of pictographic character parts of the pictographic character is generated. Then, the subset of the pictographic character parts is used to generate the pictographic character based on the subset of the pictographic character parts.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Sunrise Group LLCInventor: Roger Dunn
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Patent number: 7823065Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the occurrence of new ideas in documents or communications. The method is comprised of three processes. The first process lexiconizes all words or symbols in a set of documents. The second process compares all words in a second set of documents to the words in the lexicon. Words not already in the lexicon are presented to a user who takes one of two courses of action, 1) lexiconizes the word, or, 2) declares it a “fad” indicating that the word is to be further analyzed. The third process measures the spatial and temporal spread of said fad by searching a third set of documents and computing metrics based on additional occurrences of said fad, said metrics being used to determine when a fad has achieved a level of interest denoted as a category. When a category is detected, a user is notified.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Inventor: Kenneth James Hintz
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Publication number: 20100146386Abstract: The present invention provides a numeric coded Pinyin and Zhuyin multi-character input method on a reduced keypad, in which each Chinese phrase is mapped to corresponding numeric sequences based on full syllable or initial consonant of a syllable inputting rule and the keypad mapping relation, accordingly, phrases of different phonetic pronunciation may be mapped to a same numeric sequence; in the case of consecutively receiving a numeric keystroke sequence which represents of several desired Chinese characters but pronunciation still undetermined, a processor immediately searches the phrases' numeric sequences which are matched with keystroke sequence and present these mixed phrase candidates to user even though these candidates may have different pronunciation; further, an initial syllable grouping and cycling rule is specially defined, along with a key for switching between character candidate priority and phrase candidate priority, additionally, define an equal-length candidate filtering code keystroke, aType: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Xianliang Ma, Yifang Zhang, Wen Ke
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Patent number: 7721203Abstract: A method and system for checking the validity of a sequence of input characters according to the syntactical rules of a selected language is provided. If an input character may not begin a valid sequence of characters, or if the input character may not be appended to a previously input sequence of characters according to the rules of the selected language, the newly input character may be prohibited from being displayed singularly or appended to the previous sequence and displayed on the user's computer. Previously input character sequences may be edited by determining the sequence validity context of previously input sequences of characters.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benoit J. Jurion, Chakrapani Appalabattula, Steven Chai
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Patent number: 7669122Abstract: As either regular entry or as an assist to the user of existing computer text entry systems, the invention makes possible an alternative method of Chinese character entry by entering a Chinese character assumed by the user to be a rhyme of the character the user desires to enter. Entry methods for such rhyme alternative entry include phonetic and non-phonetic entry of Chinese characters, including keyboard stroke-category input, and handwritten entry using an electronic surface. The invention is not only helpful for entry of difficult Chinese characters but provides an approach to the use of supplementing input methods for most if not all written languages.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Inventor: Robert Barry O'Dell
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Patent number: 7536638Abstract: A user affixes one or more action stickers to a collection coversheet to identify, by location on the coversheet, target documents within a previously stored collection of documents. The action stickers also specify actions to be performed on the target documents. The coversheet is scanned and the affixed stickers are located and read. The specified actions are then performed on the target documents. If the specified actions change the organization or architecture of the document collection, an updated version of the collection may be generated and stored, and a new coversheet may be printed. The action stickers may be removable, self-adhesive labels.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Ricoh Co., Ltd.Inventors: John W. Barrus, Stephen R. Savitzky, Kurt Wesley Piersol
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Patent number: 7492366Abstract: A method and system for optimizing the horizontal spacing of superscripts and subscripts in open type font designs is disclosed. The system includes a module for vertically aligning and spacing characters and a module for horizontally aligning characters having differing baselines in accordance with cut-in information stored in font tables corresponding to each individual character in the font. This additional horizontal spacing adjustment capability provides for optimum placement of character glyphs having differing baselines, e.g., superscript or subscript. The method includes placing a first/next character on a baseline, retrieving a next adjacent character, determining whether a cut-in associated with one or both of the characters can be applied between the two characters, and then applying the appropriate cut-in. Ascertaining whether a cut-in may apply may be accomplished by evaluating relative positions of adjacent glyph bounding boxes.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrei Burago, Jennifer P. Michelstein, Sergey Genkin, Victor E. Kozyrev, Sergey Malkin
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Patent number: 7424675Abstract: A language input architecture converts input strings of phonetic text to an output string of language text. The language input architecture has a search engine, one or more typing models, a language model, and one or more lexicons for different languages. The typing model is configured to generate a list of probable typing candidates that may be substituted for the input string based on probabilities of how likely each of the candidate strings was incorrectly entered as the input string. The language model provides probable conversion strings for each of the typing candidates based on probabilities of how likely a probable conversion output string represents the candidate string. The search engine combines the probabilities of the typing and language models to find the most probable conversion string that represents a converted form of the input string.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2004Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kai-Fu Lee, Zheng Chen, Jian Han
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Publication number: 20080109718Abstract: A method for displaying a calendar event on an electronic map includes steps of: receiving a request to generate a map view of a selected timeline of calendar events, wherein the calendar events are associated with event locations; converting event locations to geographic locations; generating a map view showing the geographic locations of the calendar events and legends representing the calendar events; and displaying the map view with the legends shown in close proximity to the locations of the calendar events. A user can elect to switch between a display of the map view and a display of a view of the selected timeline. A user can also select to create a calendar event on an electronic map by selecting a location associated with the calendar event on the map; receive a graphical user interface display, enter information about the calendar event on the graphical user interface display, and view the electronic map.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Chandrasekhar Narayanaswami