Customizing Multiple Diverse Workspace Objects Patents (Class 715/765)
  • Patent number: 11614903
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires print data of a plurality of pages, generates quality requirement data including information indicating a quality requirement for a print product based on the print data in a data-by-data basis or in a page-by-page basis, and information for specifying whether the quality requirement is defined in the data-by-data basis or defined in the page-by-page basis, and transmits the print data and the quality requirement data to a printing service for a print request. The quality requirement data is a file in a PRX format, and the file in the PRX format stores, as CustomerItem, the quality requirement in the data-by-data basis or in the page-by-page basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shou Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 11615116
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer implemented method for determining and conforming the position of finishing materials within a building, comprising: accessing, by at least one processor, a model; identifying, by at least one processor, sheathing materials and frame members; detecting, by at least one processor, at least one instance where the sheathing material interfaces with at least one of the frame members; calculating, by at least one processor, an actual location of the sheathing material relative to the frame members; comparing, by at least one processor, the actual location of the sheathing material relative to the frame members to a required location; and generating, by at least one processor, a list of interfaces which the actual location is outside the predetermined range of the required locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11599686
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for accessing a model of a building; selecting a foundation; isolating a plurality of wall panels, wherein the wall panels are comprised of a set of members; selecting a group of the set of members which interface with the foundation, wherein the interface is identified as a connection between a wall member and the foundation; detecting an interface type between the foundation and the wall member, wherein each interface has a predetermined set of requirements; calculating a set of actual values associated with the interface type; comparing the set of actual values with a set of required values and determining the delta of the actual values and the required values; and identifying each interface where the delta is outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11601562
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of display objects for giving an instruction to execute processing on an operation screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether to change a display order of the plurality of display objects based on a state of the information processing apparatus, and a change unit configured to change the display order of the plurality of display objects displayed on the operation screen based on the numbers of uses of the respective display objects in a case where the determination unit determines to change the display order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Seiya Omori
  • Patent number: 11595505
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a control method therefor are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body to vary a display region viewed from a front of the body according to switching between an enlarged display mode and a reduced display mode, an input unit configured to sense user input, and a controller. The controller controls switching of the display to the enlarged display mode according to first input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kensin Noh, Dongwan Kang, Seungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11580505
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating a disbursement of funds to a payee are provided. The methods include receiving a payment request from a payor; generating a code, such as barcode, a Quick Response (QR) code, a Near Field Communication (NFC) code, or a textual string, that corresponds to the received payment request; transmitting the generated code to the payee; validating the code when the code is entered into a payment disbursement machine, such as an automated teller machine; and disbursing at least one of the funds and a payment voucher via the payment disbursement machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
    Inventor: Johnathan Welch
  • Patent number: 11574085
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for accessing a model of a building; selecting a set of floor joists, wherein the floor joists are comprised of a first set of members; isolating plurality of wall panels, wherein the wall panels are comprised of a second set of members; selecting a group of interfacing members between a floor joist and a wall panel; detecting an interface type between the floor joist and the wall panel, wherein each interface has a predetermined set of requirements; calculating a set of actual values associated with the interface type; comparing the set of actual values with a set of required values and determining the delta of the actual values and the required values; and identifying each interface where the delta is outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11568869
    Abstract: Implementations include identifying, from a database of entries reflecting past automated assistant commands submitted within a threshold amount of time relative to a current time, particular entries that each reflect corresponding features of a corresponding user submission of a particular command. Further, those implementations include determining that the particular command is a golden command, for a particular automated assistant function, responsive to determining that: at least a threshold percentage of the user submissions of the particular command triggered the particular automated assistant function, and a quantity of the user submission of the particular command satisfies a threshold quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Aakash Goel, Tayfun Elmas, Keith Brady, Akshay Jaggi, Ester Lopez Berga, Arne Vansteenkiste, Robin Martinjak, Mahesh Palekar, Krish Narang, Nitin Khandelwal, Pravir Gupta
  • Patent number: 11561807
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for providing a user customized card in a launcher. A card list is presented in the launcher. One or more customizable cards are provided in response to a user input. A user selection of one of the one or more cards is received. Customization of the selected card is executed based on user inputs. The customized card is presented in the card list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Gang Lin, Jing Guan, Jiewei Xu, Wenfeng Zeng
  • Patent number: 11558500
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a gesture interaction method, applied to a terminal configured with a curved screen, where the curved screen includes a main screen region and a side screen region. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: obtaining, by the terminal, a touch operation input from the side screen region; detecting, by the terminal, a pressing force of the touch operation; and performing, by the terminal, a first function corresponding to the touch operation if the pressing force is greater than a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaokang Sun
  • Patent number: 11537558
    Abstract: Example file management systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a system detects a user entry in a document. The system then retrieves knowledge relevant to the user entry. The system also presents the knowledge to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dokkio, Inc.
    Inventors: James R Groff, Allen S. L. Chen, Brian Kirchoff
  • Patent number: 11526634
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for accessing a model of a building; selecting a set of wall panels; isolating a plurality of the wall panels, wherein the wall panels interface with another wall panels in a horizontal type interface; selecting members of the wall panels involved in the interface, wherein the interface is identified as a connection between the wall panels; detecting the member type and the interface type; calculating a set of actual values associated with the interface type; comparing the set of actual values with a set of required values and determining the delta of the actual values and the required values; and identifying each interface where the delta is outside a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla
  • Patent number: 11520949
    Abstract: Digital design of an area is provided by obtaining input parameters for designing the area, comparing the input parameters to a design profile for the user, in which the design profile indicates user preferences regarding design elements, identifying design element(s) to be included in digital design(s) for the area based on correlating the input parameters with design element(s) from the design profile, generating the digital design(s), each of which incorporates at least one of the identified design elements, and displaying a digital design for potential selection to guide designing the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Spencer Thomas Reynolds, Raden Tonev, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Patent number: 11513942
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for debug session management. For example, methods may include receiving a request from a client device and, in response, identifying a set of instructions to be executed, wherein the set of instructions is associated with at least one breakpoint. The methods may include initiating execution of the set of instructions. The methods may include determining, based on a marker, that pausing execution of the set of instructions using a data structure is permitted, and responsive to this determination: pausing execution of the set of instructions before executing an instruction associated with a breakpoint, and updating the marker to indicate that execution of the set of instructions has paused using the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Tucker, Qian Zhang, Carl David Solis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11481085
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to one embodiment comprises a display, a processor operatively connected to the display, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more applications and additional information related to the application, and the memory can store instructions for allowing, when executed, the processor to determine one or more categories to which a plurality of applications belong respectively, on the basis of at least some additional information of the plurality of applications installed in the electronic device, to determine an image corresponding to the one or more categories on the basis of at least some information related to icons of applications belonging to the same category from among the one or more categories, and to display, on the screen of the display, folders by category according to the determined image, including icons of the applications belonging to the same category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmin Lim, Soeun Kwon, Seongmin Je
  • Patent number: 11474657
    Abstract: A screen casting method, applied to a terminal, includes: displaying a user interface of a first application; when a screen casting instruction with respect to the first application is received, casting the user interface of the first application on a screen of another terminal for display; and displaying a homepage user interface, and shrinking the user interface of the first application and displaying the shrunk user interface of the first application through a floating window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yijing Liao, Kaipeng Fu, Jianjiang Qu, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 11474677
    Abstract: A computer readable medium for sizing a product includes instructions, that when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to: retrieve from a webpage information on a product including product dimensions; present on a display of a client device a graphical button that upon access by a user activates a camera for capturing an image of an object positioned at a focal distance from the camera, the object having a surface; prompt the user to enter boundary information of an imaginary housing to be placed on the surface; generate the imaginary housing dimensions in two dimensions (2D) based on the boundary information and the focal distance; and determine whether the product fits within the imaginary housing by comparing the product dimensions against the imaginary housing dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Gourav Singhal, Sourabh Gupta, Mrinal Kumar Sharma
  • Patent number: 11461732
    Abstract: A logistics apparatus for a user to assist delivery of items to recipients situated at different recipient locations. The logistics apparatus has access to an overall schedule of deliveries for agents acting as parent and delivery agents, with each item represented as a record, wherein each parent agent has a parent cluster of records allocated to it for a first transport stage along a route to a hub position, and the records in each parent cluster are further clustered according to recipient location into one or more child clusters for a second transport stage, each child cluster being allocated to a delivery agent which operates along a route from the hub position of the parent agent and delivers at recipient locations. The overall schedule includes an individual schedule for each agent with events and locations and timings for the events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tom Robert George Thompson, Angela Fessler, Phil Danne, Ruth Tilsley, Gabor Bakler-Kugler, Ahmad Jasim
  • Patent number: 11442592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for driving personal input device. The method is executed by a display. The display is connected with a personal input device. A first processing unit of the display drives the personal input device. The display receives a first event message from the personal input device. The first processing unit processes the event message to give a first event parameter, and updates the status of a cursor in a display picture according to the first event parameter. In addition, the first processing unit processes the first event message to generate a second event message, and transmits the second event message to an electronic device via a display data channel/command interface (DDC/CI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Amtran Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Che Chia Ho, Chia Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11422679
    Abstract: Systems and methods navigating a digital map are provided herein. A method includes displaying a plurality of clusters. Each cluster includes a plurality of page icons and each page icon linking to a page. The method includes receiving a control input to move a page icon from a first one of the clusters to a second one of the clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shan Chy Chueh, Yifan Chen, Hao Howard Yang, John Vincent
  • Patent number: 11413094
    Abstract: Methods and related systems and devices are described for performing various AR medical applications, including a method of guiding augmented reality (AR) intervention. In one aspect, a primary client device: receives model sets, an intervention plan having an intervention field, and session information about a session related to the AR intervention from a server; receives first real-time input data from a first input device; generates metrics by evaluating an execution of the intervention plan by comparing the intervention plan to the first real-time input data; displays real-time graphics, based at least in part on the metrics, spatially over the intervention field; receives real-time status data, from the server, about a replicate client device that joins the session; sends the first real-time input data, the metrics and the evaluation computed from the intervention plan, through the server, to the replicate client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: University Health Network
    Inventors: Zigang Jimmy Qiu, Stefan Hofer, Blake Murphy, Tomas J. Saun, Lukasz Brzozowski, Trinette Wright, Xun Lin
  • Patent number: 11403653
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to administration of an electronic survey via third-party content. For example, an electronic survey system receives a request to provide an electronic survey within a survey placeholder of a third-party webpage provided to a client device associated with a respondent. The survey system determines characteristics of the webpage or the respondent. The survey system then selects an electronic survey by comparing the characteristics of available electronic surveys to the characteristics of the webpage or the respondent. Additionally, the survey system provides electronic questions from the selected electronic survey for display within the survey placeholder of the webpage. The survey system also administers the electronic survey within the survey placeholder without redirecting the respondent client device away from the third-party webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Qualtrics, LLC
    Inventor: Ali BaderEddin
  • Patent number: 11397527
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a technique capable of performing user estimation without making the user aware of it. The appliance has a first sensor input unit that inputs a plurality of control commands for controlling an operation, and estimates the user based on the control command input to the first sensor input unit and an operation feature amount at the time of inputting the control command. The first sensor input unit includes a touch panel. The operation feature amount includes an operation position of the touch panel, an electrostatic capacitance value corresponding to a pressing of the touch panel, and a time-dependent change pattern thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wataru Kurihara, Takehiro Mikami
  • Patent number: 11395089
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method are disclosed for utilizing a sensed pose of a user to dynamically control the mixing of audio tracks to provide a user with a more realistic, informative, and/or immersive audio experience with a virtual environment, such as a video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Luca Prasso
  • Patent number: 11388117
    Abstract: An operating method of an instant messenger application includes providing a first view including types of data sent and received through a chatroom, receiving a selection with respect to one of the types, and providing a second view integrating and displaying data corresponding to the selected type, among data sent and received in a plurality of chatrooms in which a user participates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KAKAO CORP.
    Inventors: Gui Yeoun Kim, Min Il Park, Young Woo Nam, Sun Joo Oh, Min Gyoo Jung, Hyo Jung Sung
  • Patent number: 11379110
    Abstract: Enabling drag and drop operations between disparate file formats is provided. An indication that a user dragged and dropped a source information item having a particular file format into a local application of a data processing system is received by an operating system of the data processing system. The local application utilizes a different file format from the particular file format of the source information item. Relevant content that corresponds to the local application is identified by the operating system in the source information item. The relevant content corresponding to the local application is extracted by the operating system from the source information item. The relevant content extracted from the source information item having the particular file format is incorporated by the operating system into the local application that utilizes the different file format from the particular file format of the source information item for use by the local application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kapish Kumar, Praveen R. Sogalad, Prabhu S. Padashetty, Shobhit Shukla
  • Patent number: 11373740
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring arid for improving eye health of a user of a device, the method comprising receiving m indication that an event occurred associated with rise of the device; updating data on the device according to the data included in a user profile associated with a user; generating a personalized user interface and displaying said interface on the device; detecting a distance of the user from the device; and providing an indication once the distance exceeds a predefined threshold for a predefined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: PLANO PTE LTD
    Inventors: Mohamed Dirani, Tien Yin Wong, Dan Belkin, Xiaoqin Fang
  • Patent number: 11360638
    Abstract: A method for processing icons and a mobile terminal are provided. The method for processing icons includes: obtaining, in response to detecting a pinching operation by a user on multiple icons, attribute information about each of the multiple icons; and performing a classification operation on the multiple icons based on the attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11354509
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a system includes a language encoder model that is configured to receive a text string in a particular natural language, and process the text string to generate a text embedding of the text string. The system includes an observation encoder neural network that is configured to receive an observation characterizing a state of the environment, and process the observation to generate an observation embedding of the observation. The system includes a subsystem that is configured to obtain a current text embedding of a current text string and a current observation embedding of a current observation. The subsystem is configured to select an action to be performed by the agent in response to the current observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DeepMind Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Karl Moritz Hermann, Philip Blunsom, Felix George Hill
  • Patent number: 11356568
    Abstract: A method for ordering a print product comprises displaying a video that includes an exhibited physical product; comparing a feature or attribute associated with the exhibited product with a feature or attribute associated with the available product; displaying a digital overlay in the video and in association with the displayed exhibited product if the displayed exhibited product corresponds to the digital representation of the available product; allowing for the selection of the digital overlay and then a digital image; establishing a print order including an identification of the displayed exhibited product associated with the selected digital overlay and the selected digital image; and allowing for the fulfillment of the print order to produce a print product using a printing device, wherein the print product includes the selected digital image disposed on a selected physical product representative of the displayed exhibited product associated with the selected digital overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM North America Corporation
    Inventors: James Dolce, Jonathan Nick
  • Patent number: 11334304
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to, in a case where a print attribute is set for each of multiple groups each having a single page or multiple pages, display the groups and the print attribute on an identical display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Yohei Uchiumi
  • Patent number: 11326897
    Abstract: A cellular telephony device operatives to receive map data via a cellular network map data, and causes a region of a map having one or more selectable map elements to be displayed in a display in accordance with the map data. The cellular telephony device then causes selectable map element information to be displayed in the display in response to detecting a selection of one of the selectable map elements. In response to detecting a selection of the selectable map element information, the cellular telephony device sends, to a private network file server via the cellular network, a request for an electronic file document associated with the selectable map element information. The cellular telephony device then receives, via the cellular network, the file contents information corresponding to the request for the electronic file document, and causes at least a portion of the electronic file document to be displayed in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Ronald Anthony Dicke, Eric Johnson
  • Patent number: 11327965
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems comprising receiving a plurality of data tables, wherein each data table comprises at least one row, generating a first handle for a first value in a table of the plurality of tables, wherein the first handle comprises an indication of whether a row in each of the plurality of tables is associated or not associated with the first value, and performing one or more operations on the first handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: QLIKTECH INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Charles M. Potter, Jose Diaz Lopez
  • Patent number: 11321500
    Abstract: A method includes accessing a three-dimensional architectural file of a building. The method further includes extracting architectural data from the three-dimensional architectural file and rendering, from the architectural data, a two-dimensional construction floorplan. Additionally, the method includes filtering the architectural data to generate a set of filtered data and storing the set of filtered data in high-availability storage. Further, the method includes overlaying a set of shapes corresponding to a set of assemblies on the two-dimensional drawing. Furthermore, the method includes assigning a set of measurements identified in the set of filtered data to the set of assemblies, where assigning a measurement to an assembly includes modifying a color of a shape corresponding to the assembly to identify the assembly being assigned the measurement. The method also includes compiling values associated with the measurements of the set of assemblies to generate a bid value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: The Estimating Edge LLC
    Inventors: Adam P. Oaks, Bassam Saidi, Nathan M. Good
  • Patent number: 11314497
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to customizing deployment of an application to a user interface of a client device. An exemplary method generally includes training a model based on historical context information of a plurality of users by identifying correlations between the historical context information and a plurality of widgets and storing the correlations in the model. The method further includes receiving context information from the client device. The method further includes determining a user intent based on the context information using the model. The method further includes selecting one or more widgets to include in a custom user interface definition based, at least in part, on the user intent. The method further includes transmitting, to the user interface of the client device, the custom user interface definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Intuit, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Yu, Amit Arya, Alexey Povkh, Jeffery Brewer, Elangovan Shanmugam, Gaurav V. Chaubal, Yamit P. Mody
  • Patent number: 11310176
    Abstract: A content suggestion system to generate and cause display of a set of chat suggestions based on messages received at a client device. The content suggestions system is configured to display messages that include message content at a client device, and identify content selected by a user of the client device to be included in a response to the messages received at the client device. The content suggestion system tracks and stores a number of times in which a particular pair of content appear in succession in a chat context, and calculates a ranking of the content among a set of available content. When subsequent messages that include the content of the content pair are displayed at the client device, the content suggestion system retrieves and presents a set of content as suggestions, based on the corresponding ranks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Carlos Dos Santos Marujo, Maria Pavlovskaia, William Brendel, Robert Cornelius Murphy
  • Patent number: 11308957
    Abstract: Systems and methods for account data association with voice interface devices are disclosed. For example, when a host user/primary user and guest user have consented for account data to be associated with the primary user's devices, a request to associate the account data may be received. Voice and device-based authentication may be performed to confirm the identity of the guest user and the guest user's account data may be associated with the primary user's devices. During a guest session, voice recognition may be utilized to determine if a given user utterance is from the guest user or the primary user, and actions may be performed by the voice interface device accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Szymon Grzegorz Trapp, Martin Patrick Butler, Manikanta Babu Karanam, Nicholas Jeffrey Anderson, Boya Hu, Zhengyang Wu, Fnu Palak, James Marlotte
  • Patent number: 11310376
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor changes darkness of an image presented in mid-air in response to a sensor detecting a user performing a mid-air gesture on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Kengo Tokuchi
  • Patent number: 11308131
    Abstract: In an approach to combining visualizations in a business analytic application, responsive to receiving a plurality of original visualizations from a user, one or more visualization groups are created. A strength score is calculated for each visualization group of the one or more visualization groups. Responsive to the strength score for each visualization group of the one or more visualization groups meeting a minimum threshold score, one or more recommended visualizations are generated, wherein the one or more recommended visualizations are combinations of the plurality of original visualizations. The one or more recommended visualizations are sent to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Firas Kazem, Linda Hillis, Anthony Nicola Tasca, Gongjin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11299270
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial system (UAS) may comprise an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to search and recover persons and things, collect and produce data of an emergency situation for display on a vehicle navigation system, or explore for natural resources. The UAS may include a landing pad, and/or a sensor such as a ground penetrating sensor configured to search for a person trapped underground. The UAS may be configured to receive data from the one or more sensors. An analyzer may be used to assess surrounding environment and the status of the person or thing, and send a signal to the UAV. The components attached to the UAV may include connectors, a robotic arm, a sensor, and/or a portable power source. The UAS may be configured to, for example, detect an emergency situation and determine the nature and location of the emergency situation. The UAS may be configured to explore for oil, gas, and mineral sources, and/or excavate location using a robotic arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Matthew Culver
  • Patent number: 11275533
    Abstract: A printed matter processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires image data of an environment in which a printed matter is set, a processor, and a display unit, in which the processor configured to, by executing a program, input the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, display how the printed matter is seen in a case where the printed matter is set in the environment on the display unit, by compositing the printed matter in the image data in accordance with a printing condition of the printed matter, and decide the printing condition of the printed matter by changing the printing condition of the printed matter in accordance with a user operation and displaying the printed matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Maiko Kabu, Hideki Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11263253
    Abstract: An example method involves receiving a playlist defining a sequence of media content items including a first media content item and a second media content item; retrieving, from one or more server devices, first data representing the media content items of the received playlist, and using the retrieved first data to play out the media content items in accordance with the sequence defined by the playlist; making a determination of whether a condition has been satisfied, wherein the condition corresponds to a content category type; and responsive to the determination being that the condition has been satisfied, (i) retrieving second data representing a media content item of the content category type, and (ii) using the retrieved second data to play out the media content item of the content category type in between playing out the first and second media content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Gracenote Digital Ventures, LLC
    Inventor: Venkatarama Anilkumar Panguluri
  • Patent number: 11243627
    Abstract: An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, one or more first sensors to detect proximity of an input object above the touch-sensitive surface and one or more second sensors to detect intensity of contact displays a user interface object at a first location. While displaying the user interface object, the device detects a first portion of an input at the first location of the user interface object while the input object meets hover criteria. In response, the device dynamically changes an appearance of the user interface object in accordance with a current hover proximity parameter of the input object. Afterwards, the device detects a second portion of the input at an initial contact location that corresponds to the first location; and, in response, dynamically changes the appearance of the user interface object in accordance with a current intensity of a contact by the input object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mark K. Hauenstein, Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Julian Missig, Marek A. Bereza
  • Patent number: 11243653
    Abstract: A method for display control and a mobile terminal are provided. The method for display control includes: receiving a first operation inputted by a user; displaying, in a third screen region, an icon corresponding to a notification message, content of a notification message, or an application icon of at least one target application, in response to the first operation; where a display screen of the mobile terminal includes a first screen region, a second screen region, and the third screen region which is between the first screen region and the second screen region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Han Sun
  • Patent number: 11238489
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying a summary of a performance of an advertising campaign are described. A system identifies advertising campaign goals of an advertising campaign. The system identifies, based on the identified goal, metrics that drive a performance of the campaign. The system identifies, for each metric, dimensions corresponding to the metric that influence a performance of the metric. The system determines, for a subset of the dimensions, that a predetermined number of criteria corresponding to the dimension contribute at least a predetermined threshold percentage of the metric. The system generates, for each metric, cards corresponding to the subset of the identified dimensions. Each card corresponds to a respective dimension and includes a graphic that identifies, for each of the predetermined number of criteria, a contribution provided by the criteria towards the performance of the metric. The system displays a subset of the cards in response to a request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ashwinder Ahluwalia, Dawn Chamberlain, Pendar Yousefi, Bernard Yen
  • Patent number: 11232139
    Abstract: In an example, a method to interact with a visualization of data may include mapping at least some data of a data source to a contract such that the contract is satisfied. The method may also include displaying a visualization of the at least some data of the data source based on the contract. The displayed visualization includes multiple graphical objects that graphically represent the at least some data of the data source. The method may also include receiving input effective to alter a first graphical object of the graphical objects. The method may also include determining that the alteration to the first graphical object implicates a change to a first data object of the at least some data of the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LUCID SOFTWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin N. Dilts, Anthony T. Morelli, James A. Hart, Tyler J. Davis, Sean P. McKenna, Ryan J. Stringham, Paul D. Draper, Laura G. Luttmer
  • Patent number: 11226836
    Abstract: Techniques for rendering information for display in a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application may include: navigating to a point in a workflow of the application; and responsive to navigating to the point in the workflow of the application, performing processing to render a component in the GUI of the application. The component may include user interface elements for actions. The processing may include: receiving priorities for the actions of the component, wherein each of the priorities denotes a priority of one of the actions relative to remaining ones of the actions and wherein the priorities are determined in accordance with frequencies of usage of the GUI of the application to perform the plurality of actions; organizing user interface elements for the actions in an arrangement in accordance with the priorities; and rendering the component using the arrangement of the user interface elements for the actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Elaine Holland, Paul J. McSweeney
  • Patent number: 11227105
    Abstract: Methods and systems for organizing information in a grid. Aspects of this grid may be easily manipulated via user interface operations. This grid may be easily manipulated to create or edit a hierarchy. Grid elements may be expanded or collapsed alternatively to show or hide hidden elements. A block of textual information may contain elements that may be expanded or collapsed alternatively to show or hide hidden elements. Aspects of this block of text may be easily manipulated via user interface operations. This block of text may be easily manipulated to create or edit a hierarchy. A canvas may contain objects that may be easily moved and/or repositioned via user interface operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Mehrdad Samadani
  • Patent number: 11221753
    Abstract: A mobile communication terminal includes an image capturing device obtaining image contents, an image content storage device storing the image contents obtained by the image capturing device, a display device including a touch panel through which a user input is received, and displaying the image contents, and an image contents viewer controller. The image contents viewer controller is configured to generate and display a first image content viewer interface listing thumbnails and/or information of the image contents based on an acquisition time of each of the image contents, receive an interface switching user touch gesture input from an user on the first image content viewer interface, and in response to the interface switching user touch gesture, switch the first image content viewer interface to a period-specific image content viewer interface in which the plurality of image contents are grouped and provided according to a grouping period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Han Na Lee, Yeon Seong Chae
  • Patent number: 11222387
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer-implemented method comprising: receiving at least one architectural drawing; analyzing each of the at least one architectural drawing, wherein non-structural elements are removed from each of the at least one architectural drawing; generating structural drawings for each of the at least one architectural drawing; marking each element within the structural drawings; generating a 3D model based on the structural drawings; analyzing the 3D model, wherein the 3D model is tested for predetermined characteristics; and generating a report based on the analyzed results of the predetermined characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Consulting Engineers, Corp.
    Inventor: Maharaj Jalla