Scroll Tool (e.g., Scroll Bar) Patents (Class 715/786)
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Patent number: 10564798Abstract: A navigation system for navigating a three-dimensional (3D) scene that includes a model or object with which a user can interact. The system accommodates and helps both novice and advanced users. To do this, the system allows a user to move up and down within a scene relative to an up axis of the scene without the user being displaced horizontally. A scale is provided that shows the user the relative position of the current view in the vertical bounding box of the scene.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.Inventors: George Fitzmaurice, Justin Matejka, Igor Mordatch, Gord Kurtenbach
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Patent number: 10540075Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium provide a gesture-based graphical user interface to determine allocation information to instruct an allocation. A gesture-based I/O device displays a graphical user interface having: an amount region configured to define an allocation amount; a plurality of source regions each configured to define an allocation source; and a plurality of destination regions each configured to define an allocation destination. Input is received via the gesture-based I/O device as a swipe gesture having at least two directions, the swipe gesture interacting with the amount region to define the allocation amount and interacting with at least one of a source region of the plurality of source regions and a destination region of the plurality of destination regions to define an allocation source and an allocation destination for the allocation amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANKInventors: Paul Mon-Wah Chan, John Jong Suk Lee, Perry Aaron Jones Haldenby
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Patent number: 10521103Abstract: A display control device includes a touch panel and a controller. The controller includes a display section and a receiving section. The display section displays at least one object on the touch panel. The receiving section receives a slide operation on one of the at least one object. When the slide operation is received by the receiving section, the display section determines based on the slide operation a display range to be displayed on a transition-target screen corresponding to the one object and displays the display range on the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Naoto Hanada
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Patent number: 10466888Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for a scrollbar for dynamic content are described herein. In one or more implementations, a portion of initial content is displayed in a user interface along with a scrollbar configured for selection to navigate to other portions of the initial content. While the scrollbar is selected, dynamic content for display in the user interface is detected. In response, a dynamic scroll mode for the scrollbar is activated to enable navigation to the initial content and the dynamic content. The dynamic scroll mode dynamically adjusts one or more scroll ratios of the scrollbar without changing a visual position of the scrollbar's thumb.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Henry Gabryjelski
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Patent number: 10459622Abstract: Video content may be presented on a touchscreen display. A viewing window for the video content may define an extent of the video content presented on the touchscreen display. Reception of an automatic movement input by the touchscreen display during the presentation of the video content may be determined. The automatic movement input may include user engagement with the touchscreen display that moves along the touchscreen display to an edge of the touchscreen display during an input period. The movement along the touchscreen display may cause a movement of the viewing window during the input period. Based on the automatic movement input, the movement of the viewing window may be continued after the input period. The movement of the viewing window after the input period may be continuous with the movement of the viewing window during the input period.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Inventor: Jakub Uradnik
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Patent number: 10430906Abstract: One aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for filtering medical findings. Another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for displaying filtered medical findings. Yet another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for generating user interfaces for setting parameters for filtering medical findings. Another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for displaying medical findings that passed through a filter. Other aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for filtering and displaying medical information related to medical findings.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: MEDICOMP SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Peter S. Goltra, Edmund M. Herrold, Daniel A. Gainer
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Patent number: 10409472Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body, a display coupled to the body, a user input unit, a sensing unit configured to sense inclination of the main body relative to reference plane and to sense direction of the inclination, and a controller configured to cause the display to display a first area of a page, to screen-capture the first area when an input is received at the user input unit, and to screen-capture a second area of the page consecutive to the screen-capture of the first area when the page is scrolled in a first direction determined according to the sensed direction of the inclination and while the input is being received at the user input unit, wherein the second area is different from the first area of the page.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Juhyun Lee, Eunsoo Jung, Nayeoung Kim, Jieun Lee
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Patent number: 10409468Abstract: A responsive interface control system includes a display device and a control modification engine. The display device displays an interface control in a section of a user interface on the display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine displays the interface control in a section of a user interface on a display device. The interface control is an interactive interface element configured to set an interface value. The control modification engine also displays both a slider and a spinner to implement a spin-slider mode. The interface control is configured to perform a spin function in response to an interaction with the slider to alter the interface value in the spin-slider mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Scott H Isensee, James L Lentz, Andree Proulx
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Patent number: 10386941Abstract: Methods and systems may provide for a gyratory sensing system (GSS) for extending the human machine interface (HMI) of an electronic device, particularly small form factor, wearable devices. The gyratory sensing system may include a gyratory sensor and a rotatable element to engage the gyratory sensor. The rotatable element may be sized and configured to be easily manipulated by hand to extend the HMI of the electronic device such that the functions of the HMI may be more accessible. The rotatable element may include one or more rotatable components, such as a body, edge or face of a smart watch, that each may be configured to perform a function upon rotation, such as resetting, selecting, and/or activating a menu item.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Khang Choong Yong, Wil Choon Song, Howard L. Heck, Su Sin Florence Phun
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Patent number: 10372299Abstract: Variety of approaches to preserve an input focus in a virtualized dataset is described. An application initiates operations to preserve an input focus in a virtualized dataset by presenting an initial page of items from a large dataset in a visible area. A spacer associated with a non-rendered page of items from the large dataset is rendered in a virtual area of the application. Next, an initial focus position is assigned to the initial page of items. Furthermore, the initial page of items is stored in a focus page index in an association with the initial focus position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: David Zearing
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Patent number: 10359891Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The present invention displays information associated with a first image and a second image on a touchscreen when sliding from the first image to the second image satisfies a predetermined condition while a plurality of images is displayed in a sliding manner by executing a gallery application.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sooyon Chung, Sujin Kim, Sunghye Yoon
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Patent number: 10331317Abstract: A widget area adjustment method and apparatus which are related to the field of Internet application technologies, and which can solve a problem of low user operation accuracy. The method includes entering a widget edit mode according to a startup instruction triggered by a user; acquiring a sliding track triggered by the user in a widget that has entered the edit mode, where the sliding track is used to adjust a widget area; and determining the widget area according to an end position of the widget and a position of a screen border, where the end position of the widget is determined by an offset of the sliding track. The method and apparatus may be applied to a process of electronic device usage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Rong Xue
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Patent number: 10331984Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for identifying objects depicted in videos. An image repository stores image frames of a video. Respective ones of the image frames are accessed from the image repository by a reverse image search engine in communication with the image repository via a network. A screen capturer captures screenshots of search results pages returned via the network from the reverse image search engine, thereby converting dynamic data included in respective ones of the search results pages into corresponding static data included in respective ones of the screenshots. The search results pages correspond to the respective ones of the image frames. A text identifier identifies textual information presented in the respective ones of the screenshots. An object identifier identifies an object depicted in the video based on at least one criteria applied to records generated from portions of the textual information determined to be associated with a search term.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLCInventor: Jan Besehanic
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Patent number: 10318605Abstract: A method for relocating an input box to a target position in a mobile terminal browser comprises: when a user clicks an input box in a browsed web page and an input method interface pops up, calculating a position of the input box relative to the input method interface and determining whether the input box is partially or completely covered by the input method interface; designating a target position of the input box according to a position of the input method interface, when the input box is partially or completely covered by the input method interface; and rendering the input box at the target position by scrolling the browsed web page and/or canvas. By the invention, when a user clicks an input box and an input method interface pops up, the input box can be relocated and displayed at a reasonable position and be completely visible to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yuqiang Shu, Libin Ren
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Patent number: 10298657Abstract: An information processing apparatus that receives a link source page file including a plurality of links from a Web server, and displays the link source page file, the information processing apparatus comprising, a communication unit configured to communicate with the Web server, a display unit configured to display the link source page file received from the Web server, a detection unit configured to detect an operation from a user of the information processing apparatus with respect to the link source page file displayed by the display unit, and a processing unit configured to execute a script described in the link source page file.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: MARS FLAG CorporationInventors: Shinya Takei, Toshiaki Nakatsu, Umihito Kusama, Takahide Ohtake, Kaoru Ashihara
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Patent number: 10296169Abstract: A method for interactive delivery of cloud-based content to a user viewing a display comprises displaying a main interface screen on the display. The main interface screen comprises a background, presenting selected streamed content; a foreground overlay, comprising a timeline-based cross information bar; and a header presenting a plurality of control icons. In one aspect, the background reaches the boundaries of the display, the cross information bar comprises a vertical bar, comprising a scrollable listing of content categories, and a horizontal bar, comprising a listing of representations of cloud-based content the user is authorized to access, such that when the user selects one of the content categories, the horizontal bar extends to the right from the selected category listing, and is populated with representations of content corresponding to the selected category.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Amit Nag, Daniel Myers, Benjamin Ackerman, Mathieu Verbeeck, Carsten Schwesig
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Patent number: 10289296Abstract: Method and systems for displaying content items on an information resource include identifying a supplemental content item to append to a DOM tree of the information resource and identifying a first content item displayed in a first container of the information resource. The methods also includes monitoring a position of a predetermined portion of the first content item relative to a viewport of the application and determining, responsive to monitoring the position of the predetermined portion of the first content item, that the first content item is visible within the viewport of the application. The method also includes appending the supplemental content item in a second container at a first position between the first container and an end of the information resource and displaying the supplemental content item within the viewport of the application responsive to detecting a scroll action towards the end of the information resource.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Kun Zhang, Willa Angel Chen, Yingwei Cui, William Martin Halpin, Jr., Bahman Rabii, Tobias Maurer
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Patent number: 10254932Abstract: An item selection method and an item selection apparatus of a portable terminal are provided. The item selection method in the portable terminal includes displaying one or more items in an arrangement according to a prescribed rule; receiving a start item setting input that sets a first item as a start item; receiving an end item setting input that sets a second item as an end item; and setting items included between the first item and the second item as selected items.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Junho Hyun, Youngkyoo Kim, Dongho Jang
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Patent number: 10237292Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are disclosed that enable network security analysts and other users to efficiently conduct network security investigations and to produce useful representations of investigation results. As used herein, a network security investigation generally refers to an analysis by an analyst (or team of analysts) of one or more detected network events that may pose internal and/or external threats to a computer network under management. A network security application provides various interfaces that enable users to create investigation timelines, where the investigation timelines display a collection of events related to a particular network security investigation. A network security application further provides functionality to monitor and log user interactions with the network security application, where particular logged user interactions may also be added to one or more investigation timelines.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Splunk Inc.Inventors: Vijay Chauhan, Cary Noel, Wenhui Yu
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Patent number: 10206618Abstract: A sleep application running on a computing platform such as a server utilizes sleep data from a remote system that monitors a user's sleep behaviors and transforms the data to populate graphs of sleep sessions over various calendar periods (e.g., by week, by month) and render them on a user interface (UI) that is exposed to remote devices such as personal computers (PCs), tablets, multimedia consoles, and smartphones over a network. The sleep sessions are optimized for visibility on the remote devices by dynamically adjusting the range of the time axis of a graph so that a maximum number of sleep sessions over a calendar period may be graphed continuously over the range without breaks (which can impair visibility and reduce comprehension).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Victor Vuong, Sarthak Datt, Katherine W. Osborne, Maria Isabel Ancona, Nazia Zaman
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Patent number: 10180780Abstract: A method of selecting information on a touch-sensitive display includes displaying the information on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a first touch at a first location on the touch-sensitive display, and identifying delimiters in the information displayed on the touch-sensitive display and displaying a graphical selection element including control delimiters that correspond to the delimiters identified in the information displayed. The method also includes, in response to detecting a second touch that begins at a second location associated with the graphical selection element and moves generally along the graphical selection element, identifying a nearest one of the control delimiters displayed in the graphical selection element to the second touch, and selecting information from the first location to one of the delimiters identified in the information displayed that corresponds to the identified nearest one of the control delimiters displayed in the graphical selection element.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Mikael Ainalem
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Patent number: 10168811Abstract: A reflective multi-layer structure forms an external surface of an electronic device and includes a light-emitting display separated from the external surface by a dielectric polarizing film and a diffuser. Light emitted by the light-emitting display is transmitted sequentially through the dielectric polarizing film and the diffuser to present information on the external surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Timothy A. Large
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Patent number: 10139983Abstract: A user terminal comprising: a display having an available display area; a processor configured to run a client application having a user interface capable of operating in a full screen mode whereby a single layer of content is displayed in the available display area or in a split-view mode; wherein the client application is configured to: detect, while controlling the user interface to operate in the full screen mode, a user selection that the user interface operates in the split-view mode, and in response display a first layer of content in a predetermined position to partially overlap a second layer of content such that a portion of the second layer of content is displayed in the available display area and a remaining portion of the second layer of content is not displayed; and display an indicator providing an indication of how content displayed on the two layers is related.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Stuart A. Bayston, Guilherme Schneider, Daniel Winston, Richard James West, Daniele Pizziconi
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Patent number: 10108740Abstract: A method for providing a search sample without a search being triggered is disclosed. The method includes receiving at least one partial search term in a search box. Probable search terms are determined by comparing the at least one partial search term to a database of common search terms. The probable search terms are displayed in a format that include a link to a sample search of each probable search term and a backslide button. When the link to a sample search of a probable search term is selected in the probable search terms, the sample search is displayed in a format that includes a close link. When the close link is selected in the sample search, the probable search terms are displayed again. When the backslide button is selected, the right most word from the search term is deleted.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Inventor: Charles J. Reed
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Patent number: 10108327Abstract: A method for determining an interval via a graphical user interface includes displaying a navigation bar. The navigation bar has a scale and a slider. The slider is configured to be movable along the scale. The scale has two handles on end faces of the slider opposite to each other longitudinally to the scale. The method further includes retaining opposite handle and adjusting the slider on the side of the dragged handle if one of the handles is dragged. The method further includes dividing the navigation bar into a core area having the slider and two edge areas if the slider falls below a predefined minimum length. The edge areas extend to both sides of the core area longitudinally to the scale and expand the scale and the slider within the core area and compressing the scale in the edge areas.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Matthias Gekeler, Boris Ruoff, Jochen Knoedler
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Patent number: 10101792Abstract: Embodiments of a capacitive sensor configuration for proximity detection by a playback device are provided. A example playback device includes a capacitive proximity sensor and a radio frequency (RF) antenna. While a grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor is decoupled from a grounding plane of the RF antenna, the playback device determines that the playback device will be rendering audio, and responsively causes the grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor to be coupled to the grounding plane of the RF antenna while the playback device is rendering audio.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Calatayud, Carlo Van Niekerk
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Patent number: 10055507Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device may receive a structured document that includes a list of markers and place-marker elements corresponding to data objects of the structured document. Each marker in the list of markers corresponds to a subset of the place-marker elements. Without loading all the data objects, the device may determine a size of a scroll bar for a GUI based on size information associated with the place-marker elements. In response to detecting a scroll or resize event, an event handler may identify at least one marker in the list of markers whose corresponding subset of place-maker elements is within a portion of the structured document that is viewable through the graphical user interface. The handler may load the data objects corresponding to the subset of the place-marker elements corresponding to the identified marker. The identified marker may then be removed from the list of markers.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Parker, Samuel Odio, Adam Mosseri
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Patent number: 10048756Abstract: Provided are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal in which various operations performed by the mobile terminal can be controlled based on a vibration-indicator image representing the intensity, pattern and frequency of vibration generated by the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible for a user to identify the vibration generated by the mobile terminal not only with his or her sense of touch but also with his or her sense of touch. In addition, it is possible to display a vibration-indicator image representing vibration generated upon the detection of an entity near and approaching the mobile terminal and change the vibration-indicator image according to the distance between the entity and the mobile terminal. Thus, it is possible to easily determine the state of the entity.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seon Hwi Cho, Jong Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 10042537Abstract: Video frame loupes are presented that provide a frame-by-frame video navigation tool. A video frame loupe is a graphical user interface (UI) element that may be displayed over a portion of a display screen, and which may be used by a user to navigate frames of a video clip. For example, a user may provider a user input to activate the video frame loupe to be displayed as a preview window that presents a continuum of frames available at the time corresponding to a point at which the video frame loupe UI was invoked. The user may then navigate forward/backward with frame-level accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gary Flint, Stefan Hafeneger, Craig H. Yeh
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Patent number: 10042438Abstract: A system for text entry for a computing device is described as including a sensor device and a computing device. The sensor device includes a motion sensor. The computing device is in wireless communication with the sensor device. The computing device includes a display and a processor configured to present a user input screen on the display, to receive motion data from the sensor device, to select a key based on the motion data and to present the selected key on the display.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Hong Jin
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Patent number: 10043200Abstract: A system and process provides consumers with product or services virtual recommendations from a list of contacts. In response to the consumer searching for or browsing a product or service, the system searches through stored contacts that have also interacted with the searched/browsed product or service. A virtual recommendation may be provided to the consumer based on the contacts' interaction with the product or service. In some embodiments, the virtual recommendation is displayed as a list of the contacts that had a previous consumer interaction with the product or service.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Inventor: John Andrew Garcia
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Patent number: 10042829Abstract: Systems and methods of measuring the visibility of overlay content in a display of a computing device are provided. A page renderer can identify a position of a video block with respect to a web page rendered on the client device, identify a portion of the web page visible in a viewport of the client device, identify a portion of the video block visible in the viewport, and pass data identifying the portion of the video block visible in the viewport to an element renderer. The element renderer can receive the data, identify a position of overlay content with respect to the video block, compare the position of the overlay content to the portion of the video block visible in the viewport to determine visibility of the overlay content in the viewport, determine whether the visibility meets a visibility threshold, and provide visibility data to a records server.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Robert Durbin, Justin Lewis
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Patent number: 9990264Abstract: A Graphic Performance Index (GPI) for increasing performance of graphics in a process control system graphical user interface (GUI). A GUI is built from GUI elements for use on a device. Determining an element load time for each GUI element based a hardware profile of the device permits calculating a total load time of all the element load times of the GUI elements. And the load time is mapped to a GPI scale. Based on the GPI, the GUI elements of the GUI are altered to improve the performance of the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Schneider Electric Software, LLCInventors: Robert Hunter, James McIntyre, R. Christopher Coble
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Patent number: 9953617Abstract: A flexible display device that includes a display unit to display content information on a screen, wherein the screen can be expandable or reducible; a sensing unit to detect a size of the screen; and a control unit to display at least one of a first indicator for indicating a degree to which the screen of the display unit is expandable and a second indicator for indicating an amount of remaining content information.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sanghyun Eim, Jumin Chi
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Patent number: 9934201Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system are provided for displaying a graphical representation of at least a portion of a file by interfacing with a graphical interface relating to the file. A request for viewing a file content is received. A window for viewing a graphical representation of at least a portion of the content of a file is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Gene Z. Ragan
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Patent number: 9892098Abstract: Various systems and methods for navigating paginated items results are described herein. A web browser receives, from a server, a markup language document including a subset of a plurality of item listings. The web browser detects a paging tag in the markup language document tags that identifies attributes identifying a current page number of the plurality of item listings, a total page count of the plurality of item listings, and a number of item listings on the current page. Pagination navigation information is updated in accordance with the attributes in the paging tag. The page markup language document with the subset of the plurality of item listings may be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Tomer Rider, Aviv Ron, Yevgeniy Kiveisha, Yair Giwnewer
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Patent number: 9836204Abstract: A system for scrolling comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is for: receiving a scrolling command; receiving a trigger to start precise scrolling; providing an indication to display a precise scrolling control; receiving a precise scrolling gesture; and providing an indication to display an output. The processor is for determining the output based at least in part on the scrolling command and the precise scrolling gesture.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: VisualOn, Inc.Inventors: Jiafa Huang, Chin-Yee Lin
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Patent number: 9830066Abstract: A method for controlling display of graphical information in a display window is presented. A scroll region, i.e. a scroll bar, is provided with a “memory” that indicates to the user where to return after scrolling away from a current position within, e.g., a large document. This is advantageous in that it relieves the user from having to be very attentive to the scrolling content of the window, which means that the scrolling can be performed more quickly when compared to prior art solutions.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.Inventor: Mikko A. Nurmi
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Patent number: 9817555Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing device for displaying contents formed by a plurality of pages according to user operation. The information processing device includes: an operation receiving section receiving an operation of changing a page as an object of display; and a display image control section displaying a slide bar displaying a handle indicating a position of the displayed page on a bar representing the pages of a whole of the contents as a GUI on a display device with an image of the page being displayed. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation of sliding the handle, the display image control section changes display to a page corresponding to a handle reached position. When the operation receiving section receives a user operation on predetermined operating means of an input device, the display image control section changes display to a page serving as a predetermined break.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Takayuki Shinohara, Hidehiko Morisada, Tomo Matayoshi
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Patent number: 9791997Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a processor configured to perform the functions of displaying a cursor configured to select a range of a list screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged, and changing an icon or icons to be selected using the cursor based on an operation of a user while keeping unchanged the number of icons selectable using the cursor.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Suzuki, Fumihiko Tanuma
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Patent number: 9766795Abstract: A system and method for displaying a scroll-bar or toggle-button-set to control a display of data of an individual column and/or row. A table of intersecting columns and rows is displayed, each intersection forming a cell, and a scroll-bar or toggle-button-set is displayed for an individual column and/or row if a cell of the column and/or row contains data, the display settings of the data requiring for a display of the data an area that is larger than an area allotted to the cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Volker Sauermann
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Patent number: 9747016Abstract: An information processing device includes an operating unit, and a control unit for switching, when dragging is performed which is an operation to change a predetermined value via the operating unit, between changing the value by an amount equivalent to the amount of dragging, and setting a change speed of the value according to the dragging and continue to change the value at the change speed, according to the position of an ending point as to a starting point of the dragging.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: LINE CORPORATIONInventor: Reiko Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9710146Abstract: Provided is a technology that supports a user in easily selecting an image of interest from among a large quantity of continuous images while making the best use of characteristics of a scroll function. The technology prepares a first scroll area that receives an indication for sequentially scrolling images to be displayed on a display screen among the large quantity of continuous images by a predetermined first amount of a scroll; and a second scroll area that receives an indication for sequentially scrolling the images by the amount of a scroll smaller than the first amount of a scroll, in a case where the number of the continuous images is greater than the maximum number of designatable positions of the first scroll area.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tokunaga, Hiroki Taniguchi
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Patent number: 9710938Abstract: A graphical representation of a service model provides a full view of a portion of the graphical representation. A sub graph view may be displayed for nodes of the graphical representation of the service model that are associated with a selected node, including nodes that may not be visible in the full view. The sub graph view may be interactive, providing additional information regarding the nodes displayed in the sub graph view, and allowing making nodes in the sub graph view visible or invisible in the full view. Information may be displayed in the sub graph view about the status of the components being modeled by the service model corresponding to nodes displayed in the sub graph view.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.Inventor: Ricky L Poston
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Patent number: 9678659Abstract: A device includes a memory to store multiple instructions, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The processor executes instructions in the memory to present, on the touch-sensitive display, an application display window; detect a touch on the application display window; display a handwriting input window based on the touch on the application display window, where the handwriting input window includes a magnified view of a portion of the application display window and where the handwriting input window is substantially centered at the location of the touch; detect a touch path input within the handwriting input window; display the touch path input within the handwriting input window; recognize that the touch path input has been removed from the handwriting input window; and present, on the touch-sensitive display, the application display window including the displayed touch path input, after the handwriting input window has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Heath Stallings, Sok Y. Hwang
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Patent number: 9671924Abstract: An electronic device includes an integrated scrollbar options menu, a display screen, and a graphical user interface for navigating the display screen. The graphical user interface includes a scrollbar that is operable to scroll display content in a first direction corresponding to an axis of the scrollbar in response to a first navigational movement of the scrollbar in the first direction corresponding to the axis. The scrollbar includes the integrated scrollbar options menu. The integrated scrollbar options menu is configured to be accessed by expanding the scrollbar using a second navigational movement of the scrollbar that is different from the first navigational movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventor: Fredrik Johansson
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Patent number: 9658760Abstract: There are provided methods for searching at least one desired digital file on a user interface. The user interface may include a first section showing a first sorted listing of digital files and a second section showing a second sorted listing of groupings by which the digital files in the first sorted listing are grouped. The user interface may be on either a touch-screen display or a non touch-screen display.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd.Inventors: Hock Guan Tee, Aik Tat Tan
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Patent number: 9652140Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a page search function, and provides a page search method and electronic device supporting the same. The page search method for an electronic device includes: identifying information elements contained in a page to be output on a display unit of the electronic device; assigning indexes to the information elements for distinction in consideration of types of the information elements; arranging the indexes on a scroll bar region corresponding to the page; and outputting a composite scroll bar containing the scroll bar region on which the indexes are arranged.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sejun Song, Boyeon Na, Yohan Lee
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Patent number: 9613469Abstract: A graphical user interface is provided that can be used on a diagnostic tool. The graphical user interface allows a technician to operate various functions of the diagnostic tool including searching for additional information on the Internet, receiving weather information that is relevant to certain diagnostic tests, and displaying in certain formats the retrieved vehicle data and when certain vehicles were last scanned or diagnosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: James Fish, David Richard Moulton, Kevin Gray
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Patent number: 9612735Abstract: Methods and systems for providing status and progress information on a scrollbar are described. A user opens a software application to perform operations or view items. The application includes a scrollbar in its graphical user interface. The user may perform a plurality of operations. The application determines a position on the scrollbar corresponding to a location of the operation or item. The application determines a status representation corresponding to a status of the operation or item. The application determines a height of a scrollbar segment corresponding to a length of the operation or item. The application displays the status representation in the scrollbar segment at the position. The application may also display changes in the status representation to provide progress information.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: SNOWFLAKE COMPUTING, INC.Inventor: Egan Schulz