Preselection Emphasis Patents (Class 715/822)
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Patent number: 12189841Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for fetching graphics data for rendering a scene presented on a display device. The method includes receiving gaze information for eyes of a user while the user is interacting with the scene. The method includes tracking gestures of the user while the user is interacting with the scene. The method includes identifying a content item in the scene as being a potential focus of interactivity by the user. The method includes processing the gaze information and the gestures of the user to generate a prediction of interaction with the content item by the user. The method includes processing a pre-fetching operation to access and load the graphics data into system memory in anticipation of the user interacting with the content item. In this way, when a prediction of interaction with a content item in the scene is determined based on the game actions (e.g., eye gaze, gestures, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLCInventors: Ben Honda Rottler, Steven Trombetta
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Patent number: 12175228Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory that stores a registry with a multiple fields for applications executed in the information handling system. A processor receives an update for a monitored application of the applications. In response to the update being received, the processor updates one of the fields of the registry to indicate that the update is available for the first application. Based on the one of the fields being updated, the processor determines an idle time of the information handling system. During the idle time, the processor provides an update request to a trusted device and determines whether an update request confirmation has been received from the trusted device. In response to the update request confirmation being received, the processor performs the update for each application that requires an update.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Joshua Robbins, Karthik Vinnakota, Jonathan Yanez, Nagesh Maddala
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Patent number: 11977866Abstract: There is provided an application screen display program implementation method for executing application software to display a screen using an information processing apparatus. Each record of a master table for controlling the display of each display element for display elements configuring a screen and transaction data input and output from the display element has a field for holding an index of an array, and association with an index of an array in a source code of an execution program is performed. Therefore, in application development, the required man-hours with respect to the change of the display screen are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventor: Kiyoko Koizumi
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Patent number: 11978152Abstract: Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for computer-assisted graphical development. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes providing a GUI that includes at least one manipulable graphical object having one or more edges or vertices and a virtual pivot point, providing a dragger handle at a first position in the GUI, the dragger handle operable via user input to alter one or more of: a size, location, scale, or characteristic of the at least one manipulable graphical object based on the virtual pivot point, wherein the dragger handle is at least initially displayed on at least one of the one or more edges or vertices, receiving a request to summon the dragger handle, and, in response to the request, moving positioning the dragger handle to a different position in the GUI separate from the at least one manipulable graphical object.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Roblox CorporationInventors: Josh Anon, Mark Hilger Langen, Jiaxin Wen
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Patent number: 11934648Abstract: A permission setting method and apparatus and an electronic device belong to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: displaying a first control on a desktop; receiving a first input to the first control and a first icon by a user; and setting a first function permission for a first application program in response to the first input, where the first application program is an application program indicated by the first icon, and the first function permission is a function permission in a plurality of function permissions associated with the first control. The method may be applied to a scenario of performing quick management on a function permission of an application program.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Meng Gao
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Patent number: 11921969Abstract: At an electronic device with a touch screen display, display a user interface, where the user interface includes at least two windows of an application, a first icon displayed in association with a first window of the at least two windows, and a second icon at a location different from the at least two windows. While displaying the at least two windows, detect a gesture on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with detecting the gesture on the first icon associated with the first window on the touch screen display, remove from the display the first window of the at least two displayed windows corresponding to the gesture; and in accordance with detecting the gesture on the second icon at the location different from the at least two windows of the application, display a new window of the application on the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Scott Forstall, Chris Blumenberg, Andre M. J. Boule, Imran Chaudhri, Gregory N. Christie, Stephen O. Lemay, Marcel Van Os, Richard J. Williamson
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Patent number: 11893210Abstract: Provided are systems and methods which generate and display a control overlay for user interface elements such as checkboxes and the like. The control overlay provides a larger selection area than an underlying user interface element. In one example, the method may include receiving a request associated with a user interface element from among a plurality of user interface elements displayed within a user interface, the user interface element comprising a selectable area, displaying a control overlay for the user interface element via the user interface, the control overlay being partially translucent and comprising a selectable area that is larger than and encompasses the selectable area of the user interface element, detecting an input command via the selectable area of the control overlay, and in response to the detection of the input command, selecting the user interface element displayed via the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Patrick Simon
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Patent number: 11860960Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include: providing an extension for a web browser, the extension having a user interface configured to occupy a portion of a user interface associated with the web browser; intercepting content fetched by the web browser for a web page being a company page, a social media page, or a professional page; processing the fetched content for the web page to extract information including: a company name, a candidate name, a job title, and/or an industry name; querying a database for contextual information based on the extracted information, the contextual information being a summary of information obtained from one or more sources other than the web page; and presenting, via the user interface, the contextual information including: company information based on the company name, candidate information based on the candidate name, job title information based on the job title, and/or industry information based on the industry name.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Entelo, Inc.Inventors: Chin Keong Ling, Ryan Booth, Max Schultz, Haroon Rasheed Paul Mohamed, Yangxu Mao, Gaurav Kataria
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Patent number: 11843715Abstract: A terminal includes a camera and a sensor, where the sensor is configured to detect a status of holding the terminal by a user; the terminal displays a first interface, and displays a first photographing control on the first interface in response to detecting that a current status of holding the terminal by the user undergoes a change satisfying a preset condition, where the first interface is not a viewfinder interface of the terminal; and the terminal displays a second interface in response to an operation of the user on the first photographing control, where the second interface is a viewfinder interface of the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Jie Xu
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Patent number: 11768739Abstract: Scalable architectures, systems, and services are provided herein for creating manifest-based snapshots in distributed computing environments. In some embodiments, responsive to receiving a request to create a snapshot of a data object, a master node identifies multiple slave nodes on which a data object is stored in the cloud-computing platform and creates a snapshot manifest representing the snapshot of the data object. The snapshot manifest comprises a file including a listing of multiple file names in the snapshot manifest and reference information for locating the multiple files in the distributed database system. The snapshot can be created without disrupting I/O operations, e.g., in an online mode by various region servers as directed by the master node. Additionally, a log roll approach to creating the snapshot is also disclosed in which log files are marked. The replaying of log entries can reduce the probability of causal consistency in the snapshot.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Cloudera, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Ming-Cyn Hsieh, Matteo Bertozzi
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Patent number: 11537789Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to provide, through an adapted user interface of an application/service, seamless application of autocorrection for an electronic document and provision of review insights into the autocorrections. In addition to applying autocorrections, processing described herein selectively determines when to apply an autocorrection (e.g., while a user is entering an input or after) and further highlights autocorrections, through a user interface, in a manner that instantly lets a user know that an autocorrection has occurred and/or what type of autocorrection is being applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Hany Grees Gerges, Olivier Gauthier, Kaushik Ramaiah Narayanan
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Patent number: 11533465Abstract: A system for visualizing a three-dimensional target area of an object with a measuring device which determines a distance of a surgical instrument in a target area with respect to a predetermined structure in the target area, a display unit for representing the views, and a control unit. The control unit controls the display unit such that the display unit is in a first display mode when a determined distance is greater than a predetermined first limit value, and switches from the first display mode into a second display mode when the determined distance changes from being greater than a predetermined second limit value, which is smaller than or equal to the predetermined first limit value, to smaller than the predetermined second limit value.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Christoph Hauger, Alois Regensburger
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Patent number: 11531037Abstract: The present invention facilitates comprehension of the actual positions of constituent units of a sample measurement system regardless of a direction in which a user faces. The present invention provides a display device (6, 60) for displaying information about a sample measurement system (1) for measuring a sample, a display unit (509), a display control unit (101) that displays an image indicating an arrangement of a predetermined part of the sample measurement system on the display unit, and a receiving unit (102, 105) for receiving information on a display direction when displaying the arrangement of the predetermined part, wherein the display control unit (101) changes a display direction of the arrangement of the predetermined part according to the information.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SYSMEX CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Kumagai, Yuji Wakamiya
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Patent number: 11093110Abstract: Offered is a system and devices that can provide additional functionality to device-to-device messaging. The system may translate message content from one language into other languages depending on the language preferences of the operating users. The system can also enable a user to respond to a message using a graphical user interface (GUI) element and, in response to the selection of that element, enable additional functionality. The additional functionality may include, for example, offering an originator of the message menu options to select different message content (such as different text corresponding to alternate speech recognition results if the message was originally spoken), the option to select a different translation of the original message content (through a back translation operation) or other options.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Lee Michael Bossio, Matthew Darren Choate, Kartik Suchindra Babu, Logan Gray Chittenden, John Thomas Beck
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Patent number: 11017153Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for optimizing the loading of a web page. The server receives indications (e.g., Document Object Model (DOM) elements) of web page elements of interest of a web page from multiple client devices. The server updates a list of web page elements for the requested web page that is sorted in terms of popularity based on these received indications of web page elements of interest. The server may then appropriately respond to a request to retrieve that web page by accessing such a list and transmitting to the browser of the requesting client device the data to populate the content of the web page elements for the requested web page in an order based on the sorted list. In this manner, the browser will be able to optimize the loading of the web page.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook, David M. Stecher
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Patent number: 11017152Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for optimizing the loading of a web page. The server receives indications (e.g., Document Object Model (DOM) elements) of web page elements of interest of a web page from multiple client devices. The server updates a list of web page elements for the requested web page that is sorted in terms of popularity based on these received indications of web page elements of interest. The server may then appropriately respond to a request to retrieve that web page by accessing such a list and transmitting to the browser of the requesting client device the data to populate the content of the web page elements for the requested web page in an order based on the sorted list. In this manner, the browser will be able to optimize the loading of the web page.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew J. Ivory, Todd E. Kaplinger, Aaron K. Shook, David M. Stecher
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Patent number: 10444958Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing a visual example-based user interface for adjusting images is provided. In example embodiments, a new image to be adjusted is received. A plurality of basis styles is generated by applying adjustment parameters to the new image. Each of the plurality of basis styles comprises an adjusted version of the new image with an adjustment of at least one image control. A user interface is provided that positions a version of the new image in a center portion and positions the plurality of basis styles on the user interface based on the adjustment parameters applied to the new image. A control mechanism is provided over the version of the new image whereby movement of the control mechanism to a new position on the user interface causes the version of the new image to adjust accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Sylvain Paris, Durga Ganesh Grandhi, Srinivasa Madhava Phaneendra Angara, Robert Land Gager, Sharad Baliyan
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Patent number: 10013140Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing updated content in a user interface are disclosed. An example method for providing a user interface includes receiving at a portable electronic device an icon configuration file, installing an icon associated with the configuration file in an icon repository on a portable electronic device, displaying the icon with first content in a user interface on the portable electronic device, receiving second content based on the configuration file, and displaying the icon with the second content in the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Suzanne Abellera, Li Chen, Ankur Aggarwal, Cipson Jose Chiriyankandath
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Patent number: 9646404Abstract: An information processing method for causing a computer to process an image, wherein the image processing method causes the computer to execute an acquisition step of acquiring the image, and an output step of outputting an output image by separating between an editing area that is a predetermined area where the image is editable on the image and a changing area other than the predetermined area on the image, wherein, in a case where an operation is done on the changing area, the editing area is moved, and in a case where an operation is done on the editing area, the editing area is not moved.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Irie, Toshiyuki Terashita, Tomohiko Sasaki
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Patent number: 9563344Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are described where the method includes obtaining first data, displaying and outputting the first data through the display device to make a first display output region of a top end face of a frame body to present a first display effect and obtaining second data and displaying and outputting the second data through the display device to make a second display output region on the top end face of the frame body to present a second display effect.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Lingsong Jin, Zhijun Gao, Wei Su
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Patent number: 9436353Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a dynamic application menu are provided herein. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a first arrangement of application icons, determining usage data regarding an application that is associated with the application icons, and determining a plurality of different criteria for arranging the application icons based on the usage data. Some embodiments include determining a preferred criterion from the plurality of different criteria, providing a second arrangement of the application icons for a dynamic application menu based on the usage data and the preferred criterion, and providing an option to send a signal to rearrange the application icons on a mobile device to substantially match the second arrangement of the application icons.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Katsumi Nagata
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Patent number: 9275025Abstract: A special paste feature presents a variety of options to a user for choosing the appearance of the pasted object or objects. When the user selects to specially paste the object, an interface is presented for the user to select from a variety of styles and format codes or predefined groups thereof to keep in the pasted object. Once the user selects the level of structure and formatting that he or she desires to import into the target document, the object will be copied into the target document or application using only the structure and formatting selected to remain by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Victor Mitnick, Jay London
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Patent number: 9239663Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for hover activation based on movement by an input device pointer. A network page associated with a network site for display by a client is rendered for display, where the network page includes a first panel. A trajectory path of an input device pointer is determined based on movement of an input device pointer. A second panel in the network page is displayed according to the input device pointer hovering over an element in the first panel. The network page is modified according to a predetermined delay and according to a current position of the input device pointer.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason E. Dishlip, Miles Hunter, Drew M. Stamps
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Publication number: 20150143293Abstract: According to the invention, a method for selecting a program from a list of programs is disclosed. The method may include receiving an indication that a first non-gaze input has been received. The method may also include causing a list of programs to be shown on a display. The method may further include receiving information identifying a location of the gaze point of the user on the display. The method may additionally include receiving an indication that a second non-gaze input has been received. The method may moreover include, based at least in part on the location of the gaze point, causing a program from the list to be shown on the display upon receipt of the second non-gaze input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Erland George-Svahn, Rebecka Lannsjö, Aron Yu
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Patent number: 9032328Abstract: A method for customizing a graphical user interface (GUI). The method includes identifying an event associated with the GUI and a user; matching the event to a trigger of a GUI pattern; identifying, within the GUI pattern, an expected interaction between the GUI and the user in response to the event; and modifying the GUI to improve user access to a graphical element involved in the expected interaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Kyle G. Kilat, Christoper W. Andrew, Joseph W. Lasee
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Publication number: 20150082244Abstract: The present invention relates to a character input device using an event-related potential (ERP) and a control method thereof, and more specifically, to a character input device using a sub-block paradigm (SBP), which is a novel stimulus presentation paradigm capable of solving adjacency-distraction errors and double-flash problems while using a 6×6 character matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Jin-Hun Sohn, Jin-Sup Eom
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Publication number: 20150067600Abstract: Techniques for identifying a person in a target image are described. According to one of the techniques, identifying a person in a target image involves displaying, within a graphical user interface, an image that depicts one or more faces. One or more faces are automatically detected within the image. A user provides input that selects a face of the one or more faces to be a currently-selected face. A set of images are selected from a collection of images, where the set of images includes images that closely match the currently-selected face. Concurrently with display of the currently-selected face, each image in the set of images is displayed. Within the graphical user interface, a control is provided. The control enables a user to select a target image from the set of images. In response to detecting that the user has selected a target image using the control, the currently-selected face is associated with a person to which the target image corresponds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Eran Steinberg, Peter Corcoran, Yury Prilutsky, Petronel Bigioi, Mihai Ciuc, Stefanita Ciurel, Constantin Verlan
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Patent number: 8972240Abstract: An “Interactive Word Lattice” provides a user interface for interacting with and selecting user-modifiable paths through a lattice-based representation of alternative suggested text segments in response to a user's text segment input, such as phrases, sentences, paragraphs, entire documents, etc. More specifically, the user input is provided to a trained paraphrase generation model that returns a plurality of alternative text segments having the same or similar meaning as the original user input. An interactive graphical lattice-based representation of the alternative text segments is then presented to the user. One or more words of each alternative text segment represents a “node” of the lattice, while each connection between nodes represents a lattice “edge. Both nodes and edges are user modifiable. Each possible path through the lattice corresponds to a different alternative text segment. Users select a path through the lattice to select an alternative text to the original input.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher John Brockett, William Brennan Dolan
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Publication number: 20150052465Abstract: Visual feedback indicating that a graphical element is included in a selection boundary prior to a commitment of a selection is provided. Visual feedback may be displayed indicating which graphical element(s) may be selected once a lasso selection operation is completed. That is, the visual feedback is provided while the selection is being made. Accordingly, a user may be able to see, prior to commitment of the selection, which graphical elements may be selected. The visual feedback may include various visual indications, such as providing a border or highlighting around selected graphical elements, shading or coloring selected graphical elements, animating selected graphical elements, providing an indication of a number of selected graphical elements, providing an indication of progressive disclosure of selection of a graphical element, or providing an indication of a graphical element's bounding box.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Daniel John Altin, Sarah Morgan Ferraro
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Patent number: 8959446Abstract: When a plurality of overlapping windows are displayed on a display screen, each window is displayed in a convenient state for a user operation, thereby reducing the load of the user operation. Upon detecting an object drag operation, an information processing apparatus displays the window of a predetermined application, which is displayed behind another window, as the topmost window. At this time, the window of the predetermined application reduces its size or changes the display position so as not to interfere with the other window displayed in front of it.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Igeta
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Publication number: 20150046873Abstract: An information display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying information on a display unit of the mobile terminal, generating a scrolling start signal, and scrolling the information with a positive acceleration based on the generated scrolling start signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Hyun Ho KIM, Yung Hee KIM
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Publication number: 20150033187Abstract: An electronic device including a processor communicably coupled to a display component wherein the processor is configured to generate and display an interactive icon on the display component. The interactive icon includes a primary item and at least one alternative item, and the processor is configured to visually prioritize the presentation of the primary item on the display component relative to the presentation of the alternative item.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Shuang Xu, Changxue Ma
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Patent number: 8943438Abstract: For each smartphone application included in a smartphone, an identifier, such as a name of the smartphone application, and information on whether the smartphone application operates in cooperation with a vehicle-mounted device, are registered in a smartphone application management table. From the smartphone applications included in the connected smartphone, higher priority is given to the smartphone applications that are registered in the smartphone application management table as applications that operate in cooperation with the vehicle-mounted device. A lower priority is given to other smartphone applications. Icons of the high priority smartphone applications are arranged on a first page of a smartphone application menu, whereas icons of the low priority smartphone applications are sequentially arranged on second and following pages.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Nobuo Matsumoto, Masahito Kazuno
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Patent number: 8935634Abstract: Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface control groups and provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a set of user interface controls with dynamic content in a GUI. In one embodiment, the invention can include a data processing system including a set of user interface controls and control data including a set of cumulative selection metrics for each user interface control in the set. Each user interface control in the set, in turn, can include a label and an indicator of cumulative metrics for the user interface control. For instance, the set of user interface controls can include a set of radio buttons in a radio button control group. As another example, the set of user interface controls can include a set of check boxes in a check box control group.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer
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Patent number: 8928821Abstract: A television (TV) includes an audio signal processing unit which processes a audio signal, a display unit which displays an audio quality setting state, a determination unit which determines if an event for checking audio quality has occurred, and a control unit which controls the display unit to display an audio quality setting state showing improved audio quality if the event has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-hong Seo
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Patent number: 8898583Abstract: A method for providing contextual information regarding semantic entities included in a page of content, includes the steps of: displaying to a user a page of content including one or more semantic entities; identifying the included one or more semantic entities; and receiving input from the user indicating a desire to receive contextual information regarding a specific one of the identified semantic entities.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Kikin Inc.Inventors: Carlos Bhola, Ludovic Cabre, Gerald Kropitz, Brian Rogers
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Patent number: 8898595Abstract: An apparatus and method helps a user to determine parts of an electronic document that are of interest by allowing the user to define preferences for processing an electronic document, and by automatically highlighting one or more portions of the document according to the user preferences. Highlighting includes any way to enhance or alter the appearance of text, including bold, italics, underlining, change in font style, change in font size, change in color, change in background color, etc. The automatic highlighting of portions of the document attract the user's eyes to that portion of the document, which helps the user to discern whether or not the highlighted portion is relevant or interesting. The preferred embodiments also include a document generator that takes an input document and generates therefrom an output document that has one or more highlighted portions that are hard-coded into the document according to the user preferences.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian John Cragun, Paul Reuben Day
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Patent number: 8893038Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to task bar management and provide a method, system and computer program product for graphical association of task bar entries. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for graphically associating a window with a task bar entry in a windowing operating system GUI can be provided. The method can include rendering multiple windows in a z-space sequence in a desktop of the windowing operating system graphical user interface and detecting a proximity event for an entry in a task bar for the windowing operating system graphical user interface. In response to detecting the proximity event, a corresponding one of the windows in the desktop can be highlighted without re-ordering the z-space sequence.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Albert D. Bennah, William G. Pagan
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Patent number: 8893051Abstract: A method for selecting at least one element of a user interface on an electronic unit, including a step during which an action of an initialisation tool, positioned into an initialisation position on the user interface on the unit, triggers a display of a virtual magnifier encompassing the initialization position; and then a step during which an action of a validation tool triggers a display in the magnifier of a cursor centered on the initialization position; and then a step during which any movement of the validation tool causes an identical movement of the cursor and the virtual magnifier on the interface and which depends on the movement of the validation tool; and then a step during which at least one element of the interface is selected when the validation tool is picked up from the interface or that a selection tool is put onto the interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: LSI CorporationInventors: Henri Crohas, Raul Mallart
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Patent number: 8866844Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, a process display unit displays on the display a plurality of candidate image processes to be performed on the image data. The plurality of candidate image processes includes a sepia image process. A process receiving unit receives an instruction indicating the sepia image process selected from among the plurality of candidate image processes. A process storing unit stores the selected sepia image process. An image display unit displays a display image corresponding to the image data on the display. An image designating unit designates a display image. The image display unit displays a processed display image that represents a result of the selected sepia image process performed on the image data corresponding to the designated display image before performing the selected sepia image process on the image data corresponding to the designated display image.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiko Watari, Tatsuya Sato
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Publication number: 20140282162Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out detecting a first action of a user at a location in a real world field of view of an augmented reality device; displaying an augmented reality representation in response to at least one of a user input or detecting a first action of a user at a location in a real world field of view of an augmented reality device; moving the displayed augmented reality representation on a display of the augmented reality device according to at least one detected second action of the user; and registering the displayed augmented reality representation at a location in the display of the augmented reality device in response to at least one of a user input or moving a displayed augmented reality representation on a display of the augmented reality device according to at least one detected second action of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: Elwha LLC
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Patent number: 8769432Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a method for capturing information from a web site. The method includes accessing the web site using a browser with a browser module, where the web site comprises a number of web pages having information in a first format, and obtaining a profile corresponding to the web site, where the profile defines a manner to capture information in a first format from the web site. The method further includes capturing information, by the browser module, from at least one of the number of web pages based on the profile and sending the information captured by the browser module to a destination application, where the destination application is external to the browser and where the destination application is configured to use the information in a second format.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Clifford L. Rhyne, Larry John Raab, Gang Wang
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Patent number: 8756525Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a plurality of display information items, each corresponding to a content item, and an indicator for indicating one of the display information items, an operation unit, and a control unit. The control unit receives an instruction for updating the display position of the indicator. When the indicator indicates and selects one of the display information items on the display unit, the control unit determines a relationship between the display information item indicated and selected by the indicator and the display information items other than the display information item selected by the indicator and displays the relationship between the display information item selected by the indicator and the display information item determined to have a relationship with the display information item selected by the indicator among the display information items other than the display information item selected by the indicator.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Toru Sasaki
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Patent number: 8745725Abstract: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining that a computing device that was presenting an item has been transferred from a first user to a second user; and presenting, via the computing device, one or more highlighted portions of the item, the one or more highlighted portions being highlighted in response, at least in part, to said determining. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T. Tegreene
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Patent number: 8743411Abstract: Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for manipulating media. In one aspect, a first set of media item images is displayed in a first region of a display screen. The media item images are moved about a predetermined path within the first region in response to a received input. A second set of media item images is displayed in a second region of the display screen where the second set of media item images are associated with an indicated media item image displayed in the first region. At least one of the media item images in the second set of media item images displayed in the second region is different from the indicated media item image.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: William Martin Bachman, Timothy B. Martin, Rachel Patricia Max, Brian Frick, Michael Neuman
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Patent number: 8732608Abstract: A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Eric M. Wilcox, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Paul B. Moody
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Patent number: 8726367Abstract: A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining that a computing device that was presenting an item has been transferred from a first user to a second user; and presenting, via the computing device, one or more highlighted portions of the item, the one or more highlighted portions being highlighted in response, at least in part, to said determining. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Elwha LLCInventors: Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T. Tegreene
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Patent number: 8707205Abstract: A method and apparatus for presenting information is provided. In an embodiment, an electronic device with wireless telephony features is provided. An embodiment includes a flexible dialog box tailored to the resources limitations of electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
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Patent number: 8694917Abstract: In menu structure, information is separately displayed on a menu item-by-menu item basis. Therefore, the adoption of menu structure involves inconvenience. (For example, pieces of information under different menu items cannot be viewed at the same time.) A portable information communication terminal eliminates this inconvenience. Information is configured in list structure wherein items (A1, . . . , A5, B1, . . . , B4, B5, B6, C1, . . . , C5, D1, . . . (A to D represent groups.)) are arranged in succession. List information (B5 to C5) which is within a predetermined range (the second precedent line through the fourth subsequent line) from a specific item C1 of a predetermined serial number (top number) in a selected group (group C) is displayed. Since the top item in group C is the specific item, items corresponding to group B are also displayed. Thus, items corresponding to different groups (group B and group C) can be displayed at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications, Inc.Inventors: Shigeya Yasui, Kayo Sasaki, Emi Arakawa, Mayu Irimajiri
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Patent number: 8683389Abstract: A method for organizing, visualizing, and navigating data objects within a dataset is presented, including network visualization alongside a detailed information display. The method includes interactivity with the visualization through network panning, zooming, and node clicking. The network nodes represent the data objects. Node proximity and links represent similarity or other relatedness measures between respective data objects. The network can be displayed in full to illustrate large scale properties. Clicking the nodes provides further data object information of the highlighted node, which is displayed alongside the network.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: The New England Complex Systems Institute, Inc.Inventors: Yaneer Bar-Yam, Dion Harmon, Kawandeep Virdee, Vedant Misra, Marco Lagi