Radial Based (e.g., Radial Or Pie Menu) Patents (Class 715/834)
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Patent number: 10564826Abstract: A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the second input by the user on the first user interface object, the computing device performs an action on the first user interface object. The action is associated with the destination object.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: B. Michael Victor
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Patent number: 10554439Abstract: Techniques are described for controlling attributes and/or settings related to operation of devices via a wireless network. An access device can determine a status of a configurable attribute/setting related to operation of a device (e.g., a home automation network device that can control a home appliance) connected to the network. The computing device can execute an application that can generate and display a graphical interface including an interactive area or an interactive element to control the device. The interactive element or the graphical interface can indicate a current value for the setting/attribute. The interactive area or element can be adjustable to adjust the setting/attribute. An adjusted value of the setting/attribute can be communicated to the network which can cause operation of the device to be controlled based on the adjusted value. The computing device can modify the graphical interface to indicate the adjusted value of the setting/attribute.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Belkin International, Inc.Inventors: Jon Robertsen Plummer, Ryan Yong Kim, Venkata Subba Rao Pathuri, Sarah Gallivan Mitchell, Matt Glidden, Douglas Edward McLaughlin
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Patent number: 10534500Abstract: A user interface may be accessed and used to illustrate various user options. One example method of operation may include initiating an application on a user computing device, receiving a selection to initiate a circular menu associated with the application including multiple selection options on a user display interface of the user computing device, identifying a user action associated with the application, and populating the circular menu with menu options linked to the user action identified.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLCInventor: David Gerard Ledet
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Patent number: 10521082Abstract: A search system includes a memory storing application records that each corresponds to an application and includes data related to an attribute of the corresponding application. A processor executes instructions stored in the memory. The instructions include receiving a search query from a user device. The search query is based on a query string and indicates an application category and subcategory selected by a user of the user device via first and second rotational user interface elements. The instructions include identifying a list of application records according to the application category and subcategory. The instructions include ranking the list of application records based on number of downloads and matches between text data of the application record and the query string. The instructions include selecting a subset of the list of application records according to the ranking and transmitting search results to the user device based on the subset.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Paresh Vakhariya, Cheng-Ruei Fan
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Patent number: 10437879Abstract: Provided are mechanisms and processes for performing visual search using multi-view digital media representations, such as surround views. In one example, a process includes receiving a visual search query that includes a surround view of an object to be searched, where the surround view includes spatial information, scale information, and different viewpoint images of the object. The surround view is compared to stored surround views by comparing spatial information and scale information of the surround view to spatial information and scale information of the stored surround views. A correspondence measure is then generated indicating the degree of similarity between the surround view and a possible match. At least one search result is then transmitted with a corresponding image in response to the visual search query.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Fyusion, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Johannes Josef Holzer, Abhishek Kar, Alexander Jay Bruen Trevor, Pantelis Kalogiros, Ioannis Spanos, Radu Bogdan Rusu
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Patent number: 10394382Abstract: An information processing device for receiving user selections inputted using a touch panel includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a touch point on the touch panel touched by the user, a placement unit for placing, in an area surrounding a display reference point on a screen, the display of a plurality of input items capable of being inputted by the user by moving the touch point, a detection unit for detecting the direction of movement by the touch point from the initial touch point of the user, a calculation unit for calculating the angle of deviation between the direction of movement of the touch point by the user and a standard direction, and a correction unit for correcting the placement of the display of the plurality of input items in accordance with the angle of deviation.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Satoshi Innami, Keisuke Kamada
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Patent number: 10331301Abstract: An electronic device and a method of displaying one or more items are provided. The electronic device includes a display, and at least one processor configured to control for displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu on the display, receiving a touch gesture connecting a first point and a second point, wherein the first point is a location corresponding to a first parameter that is one of a plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second point is a location corresponding to a second parameter that is one of a plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu, and controlling a first input of selecting the first parameter and a second input of selecting the second parameter to be performed based on the touch gesture.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tanusri Roy, Ravi Prasad RK, Syam Sidhardhan
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Patent number: 10310705Abstract: According to an example, a position of a pointer may be detected to be positioned over an icon of a plurality of selectable icons. A menu containing a set of sub-icons corresponding to the icon may be displayed and a first location and a second location of the displayed menu may be determined. A first line and a second line may be determined and a plurality of points in a movement of the pointer may be recorded. A third line that crosses the plurality of recorded points may also be determined. In response to a determination that the third line is within an area between the first line and the second line, the menu may continue to be displayed while the pointer passes over another icon of the plurality of selectable icons.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: ENTIT SOFTWARE LLCInventors: Jiang-Bin Xing, Qian Lu, Chun-Qi Lu, Wen-Ying Yang, Bing Zhang
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Patent number: 10296571Abstract: In general, a method, system, apparatus, network entity and computer program product are provided for presenting to a user an editable webpage corresponding to virtually any non-editable webpage that is capable of being accessed by the user. The web browser operating on the user's device may be modified, either directly or through a plug-in, in order to automatically provide an editable webpage for each URI input by the user. When a user inputs a URI associated with a webpage he/she would like to visit, his or her browser may automatically send a request to an indexing web server for an editable page associated with the input URI. The indexing web server may access a mapping of URIs to editable web pages, and provide the browser with the URI for the corresponding editable web page.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OYInventor: Timo Kosonen
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Patent number: 10289269Abstract: An electronic device for displaying an operation panel is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The operation panel displayed on a screen of the electronic device includes multiple levels of menus. The electronic device displays a first menu of the operation panel on the screen. When a second item being a subordinate item of a first item is selected, the electronic device hides the first menu showing the first item, and displays a second menu of the operation panel on the screen. The second menu includes a central section for identifying the second item.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Hewett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Di Yao, Qi-Feng Tang, Xia Meng, Zhen-Ping Zhang
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Patent number: 10282019Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there are provided an electronic device and method for processing gesture inputs. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a touch sensitive display, a processor, and a memory including instructions executable by the processor to detect a first gesture input to the touch sensitive display while an object is displayed on the same, in response to the first gesture input, detected a first function corresponding to the object from among a plurality of functions, and in response to detecting a second gesture input to the touch sensitive display, control the detected first function according to the second gesture input. Other embodiments are also possible.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: In-Ho Baek
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Patent number: 10275031Abstract: A method, an application launcher, an operating system and a portable multifunction device, in which a long touch of a touch-sensitive display causes the portable multifunction device to (a) briefly vibrate, thereby signaling to the user that the continuous touch has been recognized by the portable multifunction device, and (b) perform an action in a GUI of the portable multifunction device, based on a location of the long touch.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: E2C LTD.Inventors: Amir Alon, Yaniv Tzanany
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Patent number: 10275050Abstract: Techniques for ink for a shared interactive space are described. According to various embodiments, a shared interactive space is presented on devices for different users that are participating in a communication session with one another. Ink content applied by a particular user to an instance of the shared interactive space is propagated to other instances of the shared interactive space. According to various implementations, a shared interactive space is invocable in different ways. For instance, different user-initiated invoke events can cause a shared interactive space to be presented, such as while a communication session is in progress.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: William H. Vong
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Patent number: 10269072Abstract: Certain embodiments provide consolidated price level expansion. Data associated with the individual price levels represented by a consolidated price level is expanded and provided through an expanded consolidated price level interface. In certain embodiments, the expanded consolidated price level interface includes a pop-up interface. In certain embodiments, the expanded consolidated price level interface includes an in-line interface. In certain embodiments, an order may be entered using the expanded consolidated price level interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: Adam J. Faier
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Patent number: 10268351Abstract: A process for partitioning graphical charts determines the location of the chart's constituent elements and measures the extent to which those elements are interconnected. The process creates additional charts of a determined size, determines which elements connected to each of the other elements and partitions the elements, creating individual trees of elements and placing them on the created charts with connectors between the trees.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: TURBOPATENT INC.Inventors: Charles A Mirho, Joe Fortunato
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Patent number: 10235028Abstract: Techniques are described for text extraction on graphs. In one example, techniques include receiving a graphical representation of data, the graphical representation of data being a format other than a spreadsheet or table; and receiving user input selecting a portion of the graphical representation of data; and generating one or more text analytics rules based on the selected portion. The graphical representation may be a pie chart or a radial sunburst diagram.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Dimple Bhatia
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Patent number: 10222976Abstract: A system includes receiving a start of a path gesture and determining, via a processor, a decision point along the path gesture. At the decision point, a first command associated with a first dimension is displayed. In addition, at the decision point, a second command associated with a second dimension is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Axel Schroeder, Martin Knechtel
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Patent number: 10204352Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users. The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: ContextLogic Inc.Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
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Patent number: 10176786Abstract: For preventing a display from automatically rotating while receiving input from a user, an apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display device for presenting the user interface, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The processor (by executing the code) monitors for a user input event, prevents rotation of the user interface for a predetermined amount of time responsive to detecting the user input event, and allows rotation of the user interface responsive to expiration of the predetermined amount of time. The processor may initiate a timer to measure the predetermined amount of time. The processor may further detect an additional user input event during the predetermined amount of time and reset that the predetermined amount of time, responsive to detecting the additional user input event.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Jianbang Zhang, Jian Li, Ming Qian, Song Wang
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Patent number: 10120529Abstract: A system may include a touchscreen and a computing device executing an application. The application displays on the touch screen a navigation area including a centrally disposed selection element. There is a first display area in the navigation area, wherein the first display area shows a first menu item from a list of menu items. The application changes the first display area, when a next menu select action is detected based on interactions with the touch screen, to show a second menu item from the list of menu items, where in the information on the touch screen is updated to corresponds to the second menu item.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Michelle Felt
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Patent number: 10061475Abstract: Techniques are described for generating a graphical user interface for presenting a list of objects. The graphical user interface can include a selection zone encompassed by a partial outer ring that is configured to present a portion of the list of objects. Rotational touch gestures detected in the selection zone can cause the list of objects to scroll around the partial outer ring. The scroll rate of the objects can depend on the number of touch inputs detected as part of the touch gesture.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Jens Bombolowsky, Thomas Angermayer, Wilko Dann, Matthias Klauer, Yulia Kosolapova, Ralf Philipp, Carmen Riepp, Bjoern Sanders
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Patent number: 10061477Abstract: A method, in a computer system including an interactive display surface, of controlling the display of a user interface menu, the method comprising: displaying a menu option in each of a plurality of active display positions, each display position being located at one of a respective plurality of active radial positions radiating from a central position; detecting movement of a contact point on the interactive display surface; and changing the menu option displayed in each of the plurality of display positions in response to the detected movement of the contact point being inward or outward of the central position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Promethean LimitedInventor: Nigel Pearce
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Patent number: 10048837Abstract: A method may include identifying, from a set of applications, a subset of the set of applications, each application from the subset of the set of applications being predicted, by a computing device, to be selected by a user. The method may also include outputting a graphical user interface that includes: a plurality of application icons representing the set of applications and positioned around at least a portion of a perimeter of the graphical user interface; and a plurality of prediction icons positioned within an interior of the graphical user interface and representing the subset of the set of applications. The position of a particular prediction icon representing a particular application may be based on a position of a particular application icon representing the particular application. The method may further include executing an action associated with the particular prediction icon or the one of the plurality of application icons.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Hao Lu, Uran Oh, Yang Li
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Patent number: 10037125Abstract: A system and method are provided for a context menu pop-up interface. In one embodiment, the context menu interface may be activated in relation to a second interface, and may include a plurality of selection areas organized around a central selection area. In a preferred embodiment, the sizes of each of the plurality of selection areas increase as a distance to each selection area increases from the central selection area, and the sizes are selected such that the plurality of selection areas can be selected in approximately the same time.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventor: Brian J. Buck
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Patent number: 9986309Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for providing supplemental information and interactive features for content, such as a movie. In one implementation, a content provider builds a package of information and interactive features (“interactive extras”) using a defined structure and API (application programming interface). The content provider gives the package of extras to several distributors (or provides access to some or all of the package through a network resource). Each distributor uses the package in the distributor's content distribution platform or system by conforming to the API for the package. In this way, the content provider can provide the same package of extras to multiple distributors that may have incompatible platforms without having to build custom packages for each platform. This allows the content provider to build the package once and also provides a more consistent experience across the distributor services.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.Inventors: Richard Berger, Ellen Goodridge
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Patent number: 9922356Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable online transactions related to buying/selling an item, such as a vehicle. In an embodiment, one or more installment agreements relating to a user and one or more items may be generated in response to one or more received inputs. In an embodiment, a deal table comprising the one or more installment agreements may be generated, and the deal table may be transmitted to a user device for presentation via the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: CARVANA, LLCInventors: Ernest C. Garcia, III, Nicole Behrens, Adam Swofford, William Adams
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Patent number: 9921718Abstract: A method is provided for adaptation of a menu to a use context. The menu has at least one global list of trigger elements The method includes replacement of a global list of trigger elements, when said menu is reproduced, with a shortened list having predicted trigger elements among the trigger elements of the global list. The predicted trigger elements are trigger elements that have a higher probability of being selected in the use context than a selection threshold. Thus, the shortened list is not fixed but adapts itself to the use context, allowing a different menu to be offered, notably as a function of the user and/or the terminal reproducing said menu and/or agenda, etc. Also provided are an adaptable menu generator and an application having an adaptable menu.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: ORANGEInventors: Christine Kuster, Valentin Millet, Suzanne Lebrun
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Patent number: 9880630Abstract: To enable a user to easily select a selection element, a user interface device includes image capturing means for capturing an image of a user viewing a display screen, recognition means for recognizing the position of a reference part of the user's body appearing in the captured image, which differs from a selection position that is a position for the user to select a selection element displayed on the display screen, display position determination means for determining a display position of the selection element based on the position of the reference part appearing in the image, and display means for displaying the selection element in the determined display position.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: RAKUTEN, INC.Inventors: Soh Masuko, Masato Hagiwara
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Patent number: 9796269Abstract: A rotary actuator with an operating knob which is rotatable about a rotational axis is included in an operating device of a motor vehicle. The rotary actuator generates an actuating signal during rotation of the operating knob, and the operating knob is translationally deflectable transversely with respect to the rotational axis to alternately operate two control modules using the same operating device. A coupling device couples the operating device to a first control module and to a second control module. The coupling device is configured to output the actuating signal exclusively to the first control module in a first switching position and to output the actuating signal exclusively to the second control module in a second switching position and to switch from the first switching position to the second switching position during translational deflection of the operating knob in a predetermined deflection direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: AUDI AGInventor: Tahar Bouaziz
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Patent number: 9760267Abstract: A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Tomi Petri Tarvainen, Janne Pekko Kaasalainen, Tero Tapio Tiittanen, Jung Chen Hung, Shahil Soni, Ari Pekka Liusaari, Marcus Carl Johan Olsson, Juha Heikki Alakarhu, Sami Pekka Laakso
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Patent number: 9733796Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide several novel techniques for manipulating radial menus in graphical user interfaces of an application. In some embodiments, radial menus include multiple selectable items arranged about an internal location (e.g., a center of the radial menu). The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Peter Warner
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Patent number: 9658733Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a user interface. In particular, example embodiments are drawn to a user interface associated with a touch sensitive screen. Example embodiments are also drawn to a computer readable medium configured to generate a selection pattern upon which a pointer may be moved to at least one representation, track a movement of the pointer on the selection pattern, and generate a new selection pattern in response to the pointer being moved to the at least one representation.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Stickshift, LLCInventors: Jon Thompson, Michael David Naughton
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Patent number: 9652136Abstract: A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Tomi Petri Tarvainen, Janne Pekko Kaasalainen, Tero Tapio Tiittanen, Jung Chen Hung, Shahil Soni, Ari Pekka Liusaari, Marcus Carl Johan Olsson, Juha Heikki Alakarhu, Sami Pekka Laakso
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Patent number: 9535593Abstract: The invention provides an electronic device including a display unit, a touch sensing module and a processing unit. The display unit displays a user interface. The user interface includes a function-enabled area and a cursor. The touch sensing module is arranged to sense a touching object corresponding to the touch event of the cursor. The processing unit is arranged to implement the user interface. The processing unit further enables a function of the function-enabled area when the touch event corresponds to an event in which the cursor is dragged into the function-enabled area and remains in the function-enabled area by pressing for a first predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Chien-Hung Li, Yu-Hsuan Shen, Yueh-Yarng Tsai
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Patent number: 9449003Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for presenting entity-related events using radially divided concentric circles. In use, a plurality of events associated with at least one entity is stored. Additionally, a set of the events is retrieved according to a preconfigured time period. Further, each of the events in the set is categorized according to a plurality of predefined categories. Still yet, a plurality of concentric circles each segmented by a radial axis centered on the concentric circles is displayed, where each segment is associated with a different one of the predefined categories and each concentric circle is associated with a different portion of the preconfigured time period. Moreover, each of the events in the set is presented in one of the segments of one of the concentric circles, based on the categorization.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems LimitedInventors: John D'amour, Abhay V. Acharekar
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Patent number: 9383897Abstract: The present invention is generally related to graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and more specifically to displaying items in a radial menu. The radial menu may include a first number of locations for displaying radial menu items. Embodiments of the invention facilitate displaying a second number of radial menu items in the radial menu, the second number being greater than the first number. For example, in some embodiments, performing a radial gesture may allow the second number of radial menu items to spiral through the locations of the radial menu.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Michael J. Fork
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Patent number: 9367198Abstract: A spin control graphical user interface is used to display a currently applied option and to receive options from a user. The spin control is a circular graphical user interface that is positioned near a displayed document to which it applies. For example, the spin control may be positioned on or near a corner of the displayed document. The spin control comprises options that are presented to a user upon rotation of the spin control. An option may be manually selected or automatically selected and applied to the displayed document upon rotating the spin control clockwise or counterclockwise. More than one spin control may be associated with the displayed document. The spin control may be automatically shown and removed from a display in response to whether the document to which the spin control is attached is currently being displayed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Samuel Chow Radakovitz, Brian Scott Ruble
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Patent number: 9354726Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: John Michael Sakalowsky, Benjamin D. Burge, Eric E. Dolecki
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Patent number: 9342235Abstract: According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen including an application icon associated with an application. The controller adds an information icon to the application icon when there is new information with respect to the application.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Shimazu, Katsuaki Oonishi, Kazuya Takemoto
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Patent number: 9230262Abstract: Unevenly spaced data records are received over time. A smoothed graphical visualization has a plurality of discrete rings to allow for detection of periodical patterns in the data records, where the discrete rings correspond to plural time periods and contain pixels representing values of an attribute of the data records. Visual indicators are assigned to the corresponding pixels, where a first of a visual indicators for a first time interval that is missing a data record is based on aggregating values of the attribute of neighboring data records, and where a second of the visual indicators for a second time interval having multiple data records is based on aggregating values of the attribute of the multiple data records.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ming C. Hao, Soma Sundaram Santhiveeran, Sebastian Mittelstädt, Umeshwar Dayal, Daniel Keim
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Patent number: 9223474Abstract: A method, in a computer system including an interactive display surface, of controlling the display of a user interface menu, the method comprising: displaying a menu option in each of a plurality of active display positions, each display position being located at one of a respective plurality of active radial positions radiating from a central position; detecting movement of a contact point on the interactive display surface; and changing the menu option displayed in each of the plurality of display positions in response to the detected movement of the contact point being inward or outward of the central position.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Promethean LimitedInventor: Nigel Pearce
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Patent number: 9207849Abstract: Described herein are techniques to facilitate efficient application navigation by a user. In one embodiment, two or more scrollable surfaces contain application icons. One surface may have a first type of application icon and may be a user-customized surface akin to a desktop. Usually, only one of the surfaces is active and displayed at a given time. The user can swap one surface into view and the other surface out of view. The active surface is independently scrollable; when a given surface is swapped out and then swapped back in, despite any scrolling of the intervening surface, when the given surface is swapped back into view it returns at the same position it had before being swapped out. Another embodiment may provide optimizations to enhance performance and responsiveness by pre-rendering imagery of an off-screen surface. Caching logic may be used to assure that the imagery is correct.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Nazia Zaman, Adrian Garside, Allison Gallant
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Patent number: 9201589Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to interactions with a touch-sensitive device (10), particularly but not exclusively a device having a touch-sensitive display surface (11).Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Inventors: Georges Antoine Nasraoui, Andrew John Burns
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Patent number: 9196248Abstract: Voice-interfaced, in-vehicle assistance includes receiving a voice-based query from a user in the vehicle, and then determining at least one of a user emotional state, user expertise level and speech recognition confidence level associated with the voice-based query. A text-based query may then be derived from the voice-based query, and used to search a help database for answers corresponding to the voice-based query. At least one response is then provided to the user in the form of voice-based assistance in accordance with at least one of the user emotional state, user expertise level and speech recognition confidence level.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Peter Fischer, Ignacio Alvarez
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Patent number: 9182900Abstract: A control method of a user terminal apparatus. The control method includes receiving a first user input for selecting at least one graphical object from among a plurality of graphic objects displayed on a touch display screen of the user terminal apparatus, altering and displaying at least one graphic element which configures the selected graphical object selected, displaying a menu related to the selected graphical object near the displayed graphical object, and receiving a second user input for selecting the displayed menu, using the touch display screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Sun Choi
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Patent number: 9172897Abstract: A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Santiago Carvajal, Eric E. Dolecki, Neil W. Griffiths, John Michael Sakalowsky, Conor Sheehan, Benjamin D. Burge
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Patent number: 9146111Abstract: A method comprising determining a transit timeline indicative of a commute from a start location to a destination location, and causing display of a representation of the transit timeline such that, at least part of, the transit timeline is configured to surround a center point such that time along the transit timeline is represented by an angle from the center point is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: HERE Global B.V.Inventor: Craig Barnes
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Patent number: 9110999Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method of retrieving a plurality of data memory containers from a database. One example method of operation may include displaying the plurality of data memory containers on a graphical user interface, receiving a selection of one or more of the data memory containers, and displaying a moving array of the plurality of data objects included in the selected one or more data memory containers. The objects may be images or other user defined data files that are distributed to a virtual house application.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Inventors: Thana Shagrithaya, Bala Shagrithaya
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Image display method, image display apparatus, image recording apparatus, and image pickup apparatus
Patent number: 9104705Abstract: Data elements are extracted from data elements stored in a storage medium in accordance with two conditions and grouped into first and second groups. The data elements in the first group and those in the second group are displayed in regions distinguished from each other on a screen. In response to user manipulation, the screen is switched to a screen that allows searching data elements in the first or second group displayed in a region corresponding to the manipulation. In searching many diverse data elements stored in a data storage, the user can select a group from groups of data elements extracted by different conditions and search the data elements in the selected group. Accordingly, the user can search data elements more readily even when many diverse data elements are stored in the storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Seiya Fujinaga -
Patent number: 9075471Abstract: A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to receive an input of a first touch gesture and a second touch gesture; a memory configured to store a discrimination value for determining if the first or second touch gesture is by a touch pen; and a controller configured to compare an attribute of the first touch gesture with the discrimination value, receive the first touch gesture as being from the touch pen when the attribute of the first touch gesture is within a predetermined value or range of the discrimination value, and execute an operation corresponding to the touch pen based on the first touch gesture being received as the touch pen.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyundae Choi, Yeongkyu Lim, Youngho Sohn