Indexed Book Or Notebook Metaphor Patents (Class 715/776)
  • Patent number: 11941238
    Abstract: A method for visualizing and managing entities and connections between entities based on a graphical user interface (GUI) node editor includes constructing an entity datablock, wherein the entity datablock is a data structure describing an entity and comprises entity descriptive information, an entity category, an entity name, entity relationships, and an entity identifier. The method includes establishing the entity relationships as bi-directional relationships, wherein the bi-directional relationships link two disparate entities. The method further includes representing the entity datablock as a node and the bi-directional relationships as lines connecting two nodes, wherein the node comprises at least one of the entity descriptive information, the entity category, or the entity name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Federico Fala, Nicolae Bogdan Pavel
  • Patent number: 11934807
    Abstract: Computer-implemented design tool functions are described herein for automatically performing edits across different portions of one or more design layouts. According to an example, a method includes causing a display device to display a design interface used to edit a design layout, which includes at least a first frame and a second frame. The method includes receiving first input to initiate a multi-edit mode in the design interface and receiving second input to perform a first operation to edit a first node in the first frame. The method further includes identifying, based at least in part on the second input, a second node in the second frame and corresponding to the first node in the first frame. In this example, the method includes performing, based at least in part on the second input, the first operation to edit the first node in the first frame and a second operation to edit the second node in the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Figma, Inc.
    Inventors: Sho Kuwamoto, Nikolas Klein, Rasmus Mathias Andersson, Bradee Evans
  • Patent number: 11914646
    Abstract: In accordance with some implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, a positional sensor, a rendering system, and a display. The method includes while displaying, on the display, first textual content according to an initial viewing angle, determining an expected viewing angle based on the initial viewing angle and positional data from the positional sensor. The positional data indicates a positional change of the electronic device. The initial viewing angle is different from the expected viewing angle. The method includes, in accordance with a determination that the expected viewing angle satisfies a render criterion, generating, via the rendering system, second textual content based on the expected viewing angle. The method includes displaying, on the display, the second textual content according to the expected viewing angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Geoffrey Stahl
  • Patent number: 11908477
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for generating a conversation summary. The techniques may include processing at least one statement indication of the conversation to determine at least one statement that is a candidate highlight of the conversation. The techniques may further include applying linguistic filtering rules to the candidate highlight to determine the candidate highlight is an actual highlight. The techniques may further include generating the conversation summary including providing the actual highlight as at least a portion of the conversation summary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Varsha Ravikumar Embar, Karthik Raghunathan
  • Patent number: 11889168
    Abstract: A video summary device may generate a textual summary of a transcription of a virtual event. The video summary device may generate a phonemic transcription of the textual summary and generate a text embedding based on the phonemic transcription. The video summary device may generate an audio embedding based on a target voice. The video summary device may generate an audio output of the phonemic transcription uttered by the target voice. The audio output may be generated based on the text embedding and the audio embedding. The video summary device may generate an image embedding based on video data of a target user. The image embedding may include information regarding images of facial movements of the target user. The video summary device may generate a video output of different facial movements of the target user uttering the phonemic transcription, based on the text embedding and the image embedding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Subham Biswas, Saurabh Tahiliani
  • Patent number: 11829403
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a playlist of media content items that are popular with the friends of the first user. A first user taste profile is determined and a user taste profile is determined for each of a plurality of social connections. A similarity score is calculated between the first user taste profile and the user taste profile of each social connection. Media content items consumed by social connections with the highest similarity score are selected and placed in a playlist for the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Mark Kizelshteyn, Paul Lamere, Tracey Churray, Samit Patel, Jessica Aleksandrowicz, Ercan Erden, Juan Rivero, Joseph Levin, Christine Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11829581
    Abstract: A method includes displaying, by a terminal, a first screen on a touchscreen, receiving, by the terminal, a page flip operation from a user on the first screen, playing, by the terminal, a first page flip animation for switching from the first screen to a second screen in response to the page flip operation, where animation play parameters of the first page flip animation are related to first touch parameters generated on the touchscreen by a user finger during the page flip operation, and playing, by the terminal after the page flip operation ends, a second page flip animation for switching from the first screen to the second screen until the terminal displays the complete second screen, where animation play parameters of the second page flip animation are related to second touch parameters generated when the user finger leaves the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lang Song, Quanfei Xu
  • Patent number: 11797164
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying and interacting with multiple open views in a mobile environment. An example method can include displaying content for a first web page in a first pane in a maximized state on a mobile device, receiving a touch input on a navigation control associated with the first pane, and responsive to receiving the touch input, displaying a second web page in a second pane on the mobile device, the second pane being in a minimized state in a dock area. The dock area can overlay the first pane in the maximized state and the minimized state of the second pane can display a smaller version of the second web page than the second pane in a maximized state. In some examples the second web page updates content in parallel with the first web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alan Lee Rogers, Ricardo Escutia, Sun Kyung Park, Michael Oh, Renwei Wu, Min-sang Choi, Stephen Joseph McDonald
  • Patent number: 11768589
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for creating digital flash cards that include links to content from one or more digital content sources, referred to herein as a flash card mode. The mode allows a user to create a digital flash card by selecting a portion of a digital content source and performing a create command. The created flash card includes at least two virtual sides and a first side of the flash card identifies the location of the selected portion of digital content. The location may be identified, for example, by a canonical fragment identifier (CFI). Text can then be entered for a second side of the flash card. Flash cards can be shared with other users, and because the flash cards only identify locations of content within digital content sources, the mode is well-suited to handle sources including digital rights management (DRM) protection, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE BOOKSELLERS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Wilson, Dale J. Brewer
  • Patent number: 11726644
    Abstract: Technologies are disclosed for providing visual feedback during touch-based operations on user interface (“UI”) elements. Through implementations of the disclosed technologies, visual feedback can be provided to users during certain touch-based operations on UI elements presented by touch-enabled computing devices. The visual feedback can provide confirmation to users that certain touch-based operations on UI elements were performed successfully. The visual feedback provided by the disclosed technologies can make it easier for users to select a UI element, to understand that actions taken to select a UI element were successful, and to successfully perform operations on UI elements once they have been selected. These benefits can reduce the number of times users need to attempt certain touch-based operations on UI elements. This, in turn, can reduce the utilization of computing resources, such as memory and processor cycles, by touch-enabled computing devices implementing the disclosed technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Salowitz, Sha Viswanathan, Joseph Spencer King, Albert Peter Yih, Hadley Meryl Griffin
  • Patent number: 11681548
    Abstract: An application processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and a computer device are provided. The method includes: displaying a first child application page of a first child application; and acquiring, by using the first child application, a second child application identifier corresponding to a second child application to be jumped to. The first child application is run by a parent application. The method also includes: the parent application running the second child application when a jump is made from the first child application to the second child application; transferring page data corresponding to the second child application identifier to the second child application; and generating, according to the page data, a second child application page over the first child application page, and displaying the second child application page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haojun Hu, Kai Li, Shangtao Liang
  • Patent number: 11681681
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that controls display of a display image, which is formed of a reduced image of a document by adding an accompanying image. The display controller controls display of the display image in a manner that when a display magnification of the display image is changed, the accompanying image is resized in a first direction in accordance with a magnification identical to the display magnification and resized in a second direction that differs from the first direction in accordance with a magnification that differs from the display magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuya Okamoto, Toshiyuki Komoda, Shinsuke Nakazawa, Yoshihito Suezawa
  • Patent number: 11675873
    Abstract: There are provided methods, devices, and computer program products for similarity determination. In a method, first and second access data are obtained for a first and a second group of users who access a first and a second website, respectively. A first and a second jump path are generated for the first and second groups of users based on the first and second access data, respectively. The first and second jump paths describe access history for the first and second groups of users among webpages in the first and second websites, respectively. A similarity is determined between the first and second websites based on the first and second jump paths. Here, access data are used for similarity determination and unvisited webpages are not considered in the similarity determination. Therefore, the computation workload may be lowered, and the noise caused by the unvisited webpages may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Lemon Inc.
    Inventors: Han Wang, Hongyu Xiong, Zheng Chen, Tianyu Zhang, Yiqi Feng, Yuan Gao, Xiangyu Zeng, Rui Li, Qingyi Lu, Yihan Yang, Yu Zhang, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 11651575
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying a virtual three-dimensional environment, including: displaying at least a portion of the virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, where the head-mounted display includes a retinal tracking device; enabling a user to interact with the virtual three-dimensional environment; displaying a virtual representation of a written work within the virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display; enabling the user to interact with the virtual representation of the written work; tracking the user's reading position in the representation of the written work via the retinal tracking device; determining the content of the representation of the written book at the user's reading position; and modifying the virtual three-dimensional environment based at least in part on the content at the user's reading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: You Map Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Constantinides
  • Patent number: 11627227
    Abstract: The technology of the present disclosure includes: displaying album data including an existing page in which a plurality of images are arranged; adding an additional page to the album data; laying out a plurality of image data for the additional page, the plurality of image data including image data selected by a user; and changing arrangement of a plurality of image data in the existing page, based on a layout result of the plurality of image data for the additional page and a layout result of the plurality of image data in the existing page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Kunieda
  • Patent number: 11599705
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a web user experience improvement for digital magazines. A digital magazine viewing platform is integrated with a digital magazine publishing platform including features that leverage the integration including user interface arrangement based on viewing habits and ripped content that is insertable into draft digital magazine documents. In some embodiments, a machine learning model categorizes magazine styles and present publishing features based on those magazines viewed or subscribed to by a given user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: 21 Entertainment LLC
    Inventor: Mario C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11574113
    Abstract: An information processing method includes displaying a graph on a display screen of a display, in response to a user operation of specifying at least part of the graph, displaying an icon corresponding to a numerical value which is associated with the at least part of the graph on the display screen, in response to a user operation of selecting the icon, as at least part of a mathematical expression to execute calculation using the numerical value which is associated with the icon selected, displaying the numerical value or a variable indicating the numerical value which is associated with the icon on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Manato Ono
  • Patent number: 11575622
    Abstract: At an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, display a message transcript, where the message transcript includes at least one message from at least a first user. Determine, based at least in-part on the at least one message, a plurality of suggested one or more characters. Display, on the touch-sensitive display, the plurality of suggested one or more characters. Detect an input on the touch-sensitive display. Determine whether the input represents user selection of one of the plurality of suggested one or more characters. Display the selected one of the plurality of suggested one or more characters in the message transcript. Send the selected one or more characters to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Y. Yang, Giulia Pagallo, Linden B. Siahaan, Justin Wood, Roberto Garcia, Jerome Rene Bellegarda, Tiffany S. Jon
  • Patent number: 11570129
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a plurality of content items in a messaging conversation. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays user interfaces associated with one or more content items in a messaging conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Xuan Hong, Chia Yang Lin, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Nicole R. Ryan, Graham R. Clarke
  • Patent number: 11562016
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for generating supplemental content for media content. One disclosed technique herein generates for display a page of an electronic book. A noun, and a word contextually related to the noun, are identified from the displayed page of the electronic book. Content structures are searched for a content structure that includes a matching object having an object name matching the noun. The content structure includes objects, where each object has attribute table entries. Upon finding an identified attribute table entry of the matching object that matches the related word, a new content structure is generated. The new content structure includes the matching object and the identified attribute table entry. A content segment is generated for output (e.g., for display on the electronic book) based on the new content structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Sakura Saito, Alan Waterman
  • Patent number: 11538222
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for processing a virtual object, including: acquiring at least one virtual object; determining at least one display layer in a virtual reality space, where the virtual reality space is divided into a plurality of display layers, and a plurality of display layers are arranged in a stacked manner; and displaying the at least one virtual object in the at least one display layer. The present disclosure also provides a virtual object processing system and a virtual reality device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Jie Yin, Xu Zhao, Ge Gao
  • Patent number: 11500506
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel; and a digitizer overlapped by the display panel, wherein the digitizer includes a base layer, a folding area, first circuit patterns disposed on a first surface of the base layer and extending in a first direction, a plurality of first dummy patterns disposed in regions defined by the first circuit patterns, second circuit patterns disposed on a second surface of the base layer and extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a plurality of second dummy patterns disposed in regions defined by the second circuit patterns, the second dummy patterns include a plurality of first lower dummy patterns, which do not overlap the folding area, and a plurality of second lower dummy patterns, which overlap the folding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Kishimoto, Seok Won Jang, Yong Chan Jeon, Hyun Been Hwang
  • Patent number: 11402988
    Abstract: A list of items is shown in a tiling scroll display. A method generates a graphical user interface including a scroll display for a set of items. The method includes determining a number of items. The method includes generating a tile section to include full tiles for each of a first subset of the items, the first subset including up to a display threshold that defines a number of items for the tile section. The method includes when the number of items is greater than the display threshold, generating a stack section to include preview tiles for each of a second subset of the items, the second subset of the items including up to a stack threshold that defines a number of items for the stack section. The method includes generating the scroll display to include the tile section and the stack section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Allysson Lucca
  • Patent number: 11361671
    Abstract: The teachings described herein are generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for separating and mixing tracks within music. The system can have a video that is synchronized with the variations in the musical tempo through a variable timing reference track designed and provided for a user of the preselected performance that was prerecorded, wherein the designing of the variable timing reference track includes creating a tempo map having variable tempos, rhythms, and beats using notes from the preselected performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: JAMMIT, INC.
    Inventor: Scott Humphrey
  • Patent number: 11347793
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided. The method provides display of preference information using depth perception, such as on a three dimensional display or in a virtual reality space. Objects are identified in an image or image sequence and assigned relevance information based on the preference information. Objects that are favored are shown in foreground planes of the display, to varying degrees based on the strength of the preference. Objects that are disfavored are shown in background planes of the display, also to varying degrees based on the strength of the preferences. Unidentified or neutral objects are shown at a base level, neither foreground nor background. An exemplary embodiment is provided for a movie database application with various actors shown pushed in or out. Another embodiment allows a user to adjust the plane of the objects to alter his preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: InterDigital Madison Patent Holdings, SAS
    Inventors: Joel M. Fogelson, Juan M Noguerol, Adam Balest, Guillaume Andre Roger Goussard
  • Patent number: 11188610
    Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes tracking a plurality of pages visited during a browsing session, and receiving a first input to access a previously visited page of the plurality of pages visited during the browsing session. The method further includes identifying a most recently visited anchor page based on the plurality of pages visited in chronological order, and presenting the most recently visited anchor page in response to the first input to access the previously visited page. The method also includes receiving a second input to access another previously visited page during the browsing session, and identifying another page that is second most recently visited anchor page based on the plurality of pages visited in the chronological order. The method also includes presenting the second most recently visited anchor page in response to the second input to access the other previously visited page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Childress
  • Patent number: 11182450
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept enable a user to define exactly what and/or where they would like to set a digital pinpoint bookmark within digital content, and at a later time, engage the use of the digital pinpoint bookmark so that they can jump back to the very spot within the digital content where they left off. The pinpoint bookmark is a visual mark that overlays the digital content and that points directly to the spot (i.e., directly to a punctuation mark, letter, word, paragraph, image, video clip, audio clip, or the like) so that it is easy and quick for the user to get back to the exact position within the digital content. The pinpoint bookmark can be cleared using a button. Multiple pinpoint bookmarks across various different personal computing devices associated with a single user can be centrally stored and managed using a remote pinpoint bookmark database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Enemy Tree LLC
    Inventor: John P. Rokos
  • Patent number: 11164222
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic book display system, an electronic book display method, and a program in which an electronic book, evaluation information of a product and purchase information necessary for purchasing the product can be visually recognized in the same display area, and a computer automatically associates product information with its evaluation information and purchase information. An electronic book display system includes a display module 141 that displays an electronic book on which product information is described, and a search module 121 that searches for evaluation information associated with the product information or purchase information for purchasing a product corresponding to the product information. The display module 141 displays at least one of the searched evaluation information and purchase information in association with the product information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: OPTIM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunji Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11100078
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display controller that controls display of a display image, which is formed of a reduced image of a document by adding an accompanying image. The display controller controls display of the display image in a manner that when a display magnification of the display image is changed, the accompanying image is resized in a first direction in accordance with a magnification identical to the display magnification and resized in a second direction that differs from the first direction in accordance with a magnification that differs from the display magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Takuya Okamoto, Toshiyuki Komoda, Shinsuke Nakazawa, Yoshihito Suezawa
  • Patent number: 11030446
    Abstract: A classification system is provided that separates unclassified pages into unclassified, separated documents and classifies the separated documents. The classification system applies a page-level recognition model to the unclassified pages to recognize the logical boundaries between documents and, based on the logical boundaries, separates the pages into unclassified, separated documents. The classification system further applies a document-level recognition model to classify the separated documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Open Text SA ULC
    Inventors: Sangeetha Yanamandra, Srirama Chandra Akella, Satish Chandra Paled, Newton Isaac Rajkumar
  • Patent number: 10996832
    Abstract: Provided is a method of displaying an object on a device, the method including detecting a thumbnail image of an object corresponding to a selected position on a progress bar providing search information regarding a plurality of objects that are displayed according to an order; obtaining a user input moved from the selected position to a size change area; and displaying the thumbnail image of the object, the thumbnail image having a size determined based on a position of the user input in the size change area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo-han Kim, Bae-eun Jung, Sum Hwang, Jae-jun Lee, Yu-sung Joo
  • Patent number: 10950275
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to the creation of a media effect index for group video conversations. Media effect application (e.g., in the form of graphical overlays, filters, sounds, etc.) may be tracked in a timeline during a chat session. The resulting index may be used to create a highlights reel, which may serve as an index into a live show or may be used to determine the best time to insert materials into a recording of the conversation. The index may be used to automatically detect events in the video feed, to allow viewers to skip ahead to exciting moments (e.g., represented by clusters of applications of particular types of media effects), to determine where each participant spoke in a discussion, or to provide a common “watch together” experience while multiple users watch a common video. An analysis of the index may be used for research or consumer testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Stephane Taine, Brendan Benjamin Aronoff, Jason Clark
  • Patent number: 10831338
    Abstract: A document presentation method and a user terminal are provided. The method includes selecting, by a user terminal from a plurality of documents on a screen according to a first click position of a user, a to-be-presented document that presents content, where all the documents on the screen are shielded and invisible to the user, identifying a selected input of the user, and adjusting a visible proportion of a shielded region of the to-be-presented document according to the identified selected input. In this way, the user terminal presents solely a document that needs to be shared when the user and a person with whom documents are shared watch a same computer screen together. The user terminal can correspondingly present a partial region of the to-be-presented document according to the selected input of the user, thereby avoiding excessive exposure of information when a shared document is browsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tingting Zhang, Fei Yang
  • Patent number: 10831807
    Abstract: As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments herein, content in each of a plurality of electronic magazine issues is communicated as follows. One of the plurality of electronic magazine issues is identified for communication with a magazine reader, such as a user reading magazine issues on an end device (e.g., tablet or other computer). At a user display device, and via a user-communication interface medium, an issue cover having an issue name and a cover image is caused to be displayed for the identified magazine issue, as is a summary or overview of articles for the identified magazine issue. For the latter, the display of the issue cover is autonomously caused to be replaced by a set of successive screen pages respectively corresponding to the articles, with each of the successive screen pages including a feature image and article-characterization text associated with one of the articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James N. Gerlach
  • Patent number: 10783157
    Abstract: An online system provides a continuous feed of content items to a client device. The online system maintains an ordered set of ranked content items for sending to the client device. The online system receives requests from the client device for content items and selects a subset from an ordered set of ranked content items in response to each request. The number of content items in the subset may be based on factors such as the network connection strength of the client device. The client device re-ranks content items received from the online system based on information received during a given session. The session information may indicate the types of content items viewed during the given session, or the speed at which the user is viewing content items during the given session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Meihong Wang, Mahmud Sami Tas, Ansha Yu
  • Patent number: 10775190
    Abstract: An interactive viewing system of the present invention provides a user with a viewing duality in which a user is shown a floor plan, schematic layout, or other diagram on one side of a display and a visual representation, such as a digital image, corresponding to a selected portion of the schematic layout or diagram, on the other side of the same display. The user is presented with a current position marker and a directional indicator as they navigate through the schematic layout. At designated positions within the schematic layout, a corresponding image is concurrently displayed. In this manner, the user maintains a sense of where they are within the entire structure, while at the same time seeing images of the corresponding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Inventors: Pamala Meador, Tony Meador
  • Patent number: 10747416
    Abstract: There is provided a method for displaying of a user terminal device which includes displaying a first screen; and displaying, in response to a user interaction to touch and drag one of corner areas of the first screen being detected, a second screen on a touch location of the corner areas where the user interaction is detected while at least a part of the first screen is being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-kyung Kim, Hyun-jin Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Jae-yeon Rho
  • Patent number: 10739863
    Abstract: A mobile terminal detects a gesture on a touchscreen; when a pressure value of the gesture exceeds a first threshold P1, starts to record change information of the pressure value of the gesture; when the pressure value is lower than a second threshold P2, stops to record the change information of the pressure value; parses the recorded change information of the pressure value; when the parsing of the change information indicates that the gesture includes at least two consecutive effective screen presses, determines that the gesture matches a first instruction; and in response to the first instruction, presents a first graphical user interface on the touchscreen. In this manner, press gesture identifying precision can be improved, and a problem that it is difficult for the touchscreen to distinguish a long press from the press gesture can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongjun Wang, Yingfeng Hu, Jie Xu
  • Patent number: 10732802
    Abstract: Embodiments provide functionality to provide electronic calendar features and functionalities including personal note-taking features on calendar items, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method can be configured to provide a personal note-taking space that enables users to take personal notes on appointment or meeting items with or without sharing the personal notes. Other embodiments are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Hin Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz
  • Patent number: 10691973
    Abstract: An image scanning device including an image sensor, an operation unit, and circuitry. The circuitry acquires reference-image data and comparative-image data output from the image sensor when a predetermined time elapses after acquiring the reference-image data. The circuitry further divides each of the reference-image data and the comparative-image data into a plurality of image areas, extracts a feature point of a given pixel for each of the plurality of image areas of each of the reference-image data and the comparative-image data, compares pixel values of feature points in the same coordinate to determine a difference in pixel value, identifies an image area including at least one feature point having a difference in pixel value, and identifies a direction of flip of pages of the document based on the image area including the at least one feature point having the difference in pixel value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Yabuuchi, Naoki Goh
  • Patent number: 10691300
    Abstract: A method and system for providing information that enables easier and quicker access to an item related to a context of a device, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided. The method includes detecting a context of a device, and displaying at least one virtual space corresponding to the detected context on a screen of the device. The virtual space is a Graphic User Interface (GUI) that is configured to register the detected context and information related to at least one item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-chul Jeon, Jung-ho Kim, Yong-gook Park, Seung-eok Choi
  • Patent number: 10664521
    Abstract: According to principles of the present inventive concepts, a keyboard plug-in for a MMS application permits a user to search a database of lyrical segments to include within a messaging conversation as a message to a recipient. A search bar permits the user to enter a search query. A display area displays search results received from the database containing lyrical segments with lyrical content related to the user-supplied search query. Upon selection of a desired search result, the lyrical segment is copied and pasted into a messaging box of the user's MMS application and is transmitted to a recipient when the user sends the message. Upon receipt of the message containing the lyrical segment, the recipient plays the lyrical segment on their messaging device by clicking the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Strata-G Lyrical Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Currie Gardner, Addie May Gardner
  • Patent number: 10650034
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for performing an operation based on an identification of similar lines of questioning by input question sources. Question information identifying extracted features of an input question and a first source of the input question is obtained. A clustering operation is performed to cluster the input question with one or more other questions of a cluster based on a similarity of the extracted features of the input question to features of the one or more other questions. An operation is performed based on results of the clustering of the input question with the one or more other questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher S. Alkov, Suzanne L. Estrada, Peter F. Haggar, Kevin B. Haverlock
  • Patent number: 10649726
    Abstract: TTS is a well known technology for decades used for various applications from Artificial Call centers attendants to PC software that allows people with visual impairments or reading disabilities to listen to written works on a home computer. However to date TTS is not widely adopted for PC and Mobile users for daily reading tasks such as reading emails, reading pdf and word documents, reading through website content, and for reading books. The present invention offers new user experience for operating TTS for day to day usage. More specifically this invention describes a synchronization technique for following text being read by TTS engines and specific interfaces for touch pads, touch and multi touch screens. Nevertheless this invention also describes usage of other input methods such as touchpad, mouse, and keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: Dror Kalisky, Sharon Carmel
  • Patent number: 10642444
    Abstract: An image display control device includes: a first display control unit which displays, on a screen, page images each including an icon; a receiving unit which receives an operation signal indicating a user operation directed to the icon displayed on the screen; and a second display control unit which displays, on the screen, an in-folder-icon image as well as the page images when the receiving unit receives an operation signal for selecting a folder icon, from among a plurality of the icons displayed on the screen, which is associated with one or more of the icons, the in-folder-icon image presenting the one or more icons associated with the selected folder icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10606346
    Abstract: Different computing methods and systems to at least compose at least a portion of a story are disclosed. In one embodiment, the story can be presented by an electronic device. The device includes a sensor regarding an attribute of the user. The story can depend on the attribute. In one embodiment, the attribute is a behavior of the user. In another embodiment, the attribute can be a location of the user, or a social network of the user. The story can include a story theme and a non-story theme. The story theme can convey a concept, and the non-story theme can include scenes, scripts and/or props. The attribute can affect the story theme, the non-story theme, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: IPLContent, LLC
    Inventors: Chi Fai Ho, Peter P. Tong
  • Patent number: 10534434
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for using a blank area in a screen are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display content and receive an event for moving the content and a processor configured to move the content to a location or in a direction based on the event, configure a blank area based on the movement of content, and display setting information in the blank area. Further, various embodiments can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nagyeom Yoo, Soojin Park, Hyungjin Park, Bohyun Yu, Hyunchul Choi, Hyosun Choi, Sooji Hwang
  • Patent number: 10469791
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate transitioning a current playback of a video in a video application to a video widget when the video application is moved to a background of a multitasking operating system in which the video application is executing. The transition occurs seamlessly at a point of the current playback in the video application when the video application is moved to the background. Furthermore, upon the video application being moved to the foreground of the multitasking operating system, current playback of the video in the video widget is seamlessly transitioned to the video application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Greene, Tim Johnson
  • Patent number: 10460162
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for identifying one or more data elements in an input data stream formed from an input data structure using processing enabled by a processor-executable instruction can be stored on a non-transitory computerized storage medium. This stored method includes identifying a marker sequence set in the input document string, the marker sequence set including a marker sequence; assigning an eligibility value to each marker sequence, the eligibility value being a number calculated using an eligibility calculation, to obtain at least one eligible marker sequence; generating output data comprising data related to the at least one eligible marker sequence; and providing the output data, such as on a human-readable interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Handycontract, LLC
    Inventor: Patrizio Gelosi
  • Patent number: 10346530
    Abstract: Embeddable extensions of the functionality of email and calendaring applications are described herein. An originating email and calendaring application formats meeting items to include extensible content, e.g., within the body field of the meeting item. Recipient email and calendaring applications receive the meeting items and, depending on whether they are configured to provide an extended functionality, will either deploy the extensible content item according to the extended functionality or present the extensible content item according to a standardized functionality. The body field includes the extensible content item according to the standardized functionality that is interpretable by configured clients to provide the extended functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Meyer, Jackson Robert Thompson