On-screen Navigation Control Patents (Class 715/851)
  • Patent number: 11628362
    Abstract: A terminal apparatus, which may include a display unit that displays a game content positioned in a virtual space, a storage unit that stores information related to a predetermined position in the virtual space, a retrieving unit that retrieves instructions for moving including a moving direction given by a player, a calculating unit that calculates a route from a position of the game content in the virtual space to the predetermined position, a determining unit that determines whether or not the calculated route satisfies a predetermined condition related to the moving direction, and a display control unit that controls display of the game content such that the game content moves to the predetermined position along the route when it is determined that the route satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GREE, Inc.
    Inventors: Koji Kakizawa, Shota Shimoda
  • Patent number: 11483415
    Abstract: A user device includes a display screen and one or more processors. The display screen is configured to display content to a user. The one or more processors are configured to pre-load a user application by running at least part of a program code of the user application in a background, including enabling the program code of the user application to pre-render a visual display of the user application in the background, and, in response to the user accessing the user application, to transfer the pre-rendered visual display to a foreground, thereby displaying the visual display to the user on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TENSERA NETWORKS LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Yellin, Roee Peled, David Ben Eli, Shimon Moshavi, Ehud Weinstein, Navot Goren, Eilon Regev, Amit Wix
  • Patent number: 11281354
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for digital navigation menus of swipeable cards with dynamic content. Example methods may include determining a first request from a mobile device for digital content to be presented at a plurality of cards in a digital navigation menu. The plurality of cards may include floating user interface elements that can be swiped in succession. Example methods may include determining a first card of the plurality of cards, and determining a second card of the plurality of cards, the second card having third content on a first side and fourth content on a second side. The third content may include an image-based representation of a first text-based link. Example methods may include sending first data associated with the first card and second data associated with the second card to the mobile device, and causing the first card to be presented at a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Gelfuso, Anna Maria Godfrey, Mintoo Kakati, Timothy Whalin
  • Patent number: 11042283
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a content navigation system that allows a user to search, browse, and otherwise experience a collection of digital content items. For example, the content navigation system can provide a graphical user interface including a scroll element. One or more embodiments of the scroll element can include various navigational functions that provide a user-friendly interface for browsing and experiencing a collection of digital content items. Furthermore, the content navigation system can provide methods and systems for a user to easily configure the way in which the digital content items are organized within the user interface, thereby customizing the user's browsing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: DROPBOX, INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh Balakrishnan, Yi Wei, Joshua Puckett, Brian Smith, Andrew Scheff, Rajeev Nayak
  • Patent number: 11039196
    Abstract: A method for displaying a screen shot, and a display device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yansong Fu, Hu Song, Shanjuan Bao, Youping Fu, Yuqian Li
  • Patent number: 11029173
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can provide a map application providing a representation of a physical structure of venues (e.g., shopping centers, airports) identified by the application. In addition, the application can provide an inside view that includes the physical layout and geometry of the venue's structure as well as the location, structure and layout of points of interest (e.g., stores, security check points, restrooms) within the venue. The views become more detailed as the user zooms into the venue to reveal points of interest and to give the user a feel for traversing the venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan D. Shelby, Ryan W. Apuy, Vincent P. Arroyo, Sunny Chan, Jae Woo Chang, Megan M. Frost, Brett L. Lareau, Sean P. O'Brien, Tadayasu Sasada, Sebastian A. Araya
  • Patent number: 10956026
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for filtering at least one element. The present invention may include receiving a user gesture. The present invention may also include determining a requested action based on the received user gesture. The present invention may then include filtering at least one element associated with a webpage based on the determined requested action. The present invention may further include rendering a modified webpage based on the filtered at least one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shuai Cao, Run Hua Chi, Zhen Hong Ding, Xu Jun Ge, Nan Song, Yi Chen Zhang, Chao Zheng
  • Patent number: 10929592
    Abstract: A design layout recommendation system is disclosed that evaluates layouts of design elements generated based on aspect ratios and relative areas. In an embodiment, the system enumerates possible arrangements of the design elements into columns or rows based on a layout preference. The system can then construct layouts of the design elements for each enumerated arrangement of the design elements based on relative areas of the design elements. The layouts of the design elements are in column-oriented reading order or row-oriented reading order based on the layout preference. The system can then recommend at least one layout of the design elements based on selection criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Paul John Asente
  • Patent number: 10911818
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface that faces in a first direction and a second surface that faces in a second direction which is an opposite direction of the first direction, a touchscreen display disposed between the first surface and the second surface and exposed through the first surface, a pressure sensor disposed between the first surface and the second surface and configured to detect a pressure by an external object on the touchscreen display, an image sensor disposed to be exposed through the second surface, a wireless communication circuit disposed inside the housing, at least one processor electrically connected with the touchscreen display, the pressure sensor, the image sensor, and the wireless communication circuit, and a memory electrically connected with the at least one processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Kun Choi, Doo-Suk Kang, Yong-Joon Jeon, Geon-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10885123
    Abstract: Interactive, electronic guides for an object may include one or more 3D models, and one or more associated tasks, such as how to assemble, operate, or repair an aspect of the object. A user electronic device may scan an encoded tag on the object, and transmit the scan data to an electronic guide distribution server. The server may receive an electronic guide generated by an electronic guide generator having a 3D model repository and a task repository, the guide associated with the encoded tag. Guide managers may add or modify 3D models and/or tasks to broaden the available guides, and tag producers may generate encoded tags using new and/or modified 3D models and tasks and apply tags to objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: THE PARARI GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: James T. Crawford, Andrew Tietz
  • Patent number: 10776562
    Abstract: An information processing method, a terminal, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method includes: rendering a target object in a first state on a terminal user interface; and detecting a first operation triggered in a browsing page containing the target object. The method also includes selecting a resource item displacement strategy matching a movement direction of the browsing page according to the first operation. At least two resource items of target object are obtained, each resource item being placed on one layer among multiple layers of the target object. The method also includes generating a dynamic rendering style according to the resource item displacement strategy; and switching to render the target object in a second state according to the dynamic rendering style. The second state presents a dynamic display effect that the target object follows the first operation on the terminal user interface in a multi-layer unsynchronized manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lieqiang Li, Xubo Zhang
  • Patent number: 10628628
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for arranging a plurality of objects or content into a plurality of regions to obtain a content-aware layout are provided. The method includes receiving region data which specifies properties for a plurality of regions and receiving object data which specifies properties for a plurality of objects. The method further includes processing the object and region data to produce an arrangement of the plurality of objects into the plurality of regions. The step of processing for at least one of the regions includes the steps of: generating a plurality of candidate object layouts, scoring the plurality of candidate object layouts, and selecting a layout from the candidate object layouts for the region based on the scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Collage.com, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin R. Borders
  • Patent number: 10474480
    Abstract: Methods and an electronic device are provided for displaying one or more items. An aspect ratio of each of the items is determined. A full screen is divided into regions. Each of the regions has an aspect ratio that is the same as that of a respective one of the items. The items are simultaneously displayed in the regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk-Jae Lee, Yong-Chae Jung, A-Reum Kim, Jung-Won Lee, Chong-Yoon Chung
  • Patent number: 10310511
    Abstract: An automatic operation control system of a mobile object includes an environment map storage unit configured to store environment map information and an electronic control unit configured to include an impassable region determining unit. The environment map information includes position information indicating a plurality of positions in a space and a state quantity variability of each of the plurality of positions, the state quantity variability is correlated with the corresponding position information, and the state quantity variability indicates a variation tendency of a state quantity of the corresponding position with respect to time. The impassable region determining unit is configured to determine an impassable region which is unsuitable for movement of the mobile object on the basis of the state quantity variability of the environment map information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Urano, Taisuke Sugaiwa, Kunihito Sato, Kentaro Ichikawa, Kohei Otsuka, Bunyo Okumura, Maiko Hirano
  • Patent number: 10168886
    Abstract: A method for providing a User Interface (UI) based on a touch pressure and an electronic device using the same are provided. The UI providing method of the electronic device detects a touch pressure of a single touch input through a touch screen of the electronic device, and controls the electronic device based on the touch pressure. Since various UIs can be provided based on the touch pressure applied by the user in the touch screen, user convenience and entertainment can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Electronics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Kun Nyun Kim, Kwang Bum Park, Won Hyo Kim, Kang Ryeol Lee, Kyeung Hak Seo
  • Patent number: 9483167
    Abstract: A graphical user interface displays a first portion of a data file. Further, a switch indicator is displayed. In addition, a first input that has a first proximity within a range of predetermined first proximities with respect to the switch indicator is received at a processor operably connected to the graphical user interface. In addition, a second portion of the data file based on the first input is displayed at the graphical user interface. Further, a second input that has a second proximity within a range of predetermined second proximities with respect to the switch indicator is received at the processor. The range of predetermined second proximities is distinct from the range of first predetermined proximities. In addition, the graphical user interface displays a subset of the second portion of the data file based on the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Remon Tijssen
  • Patent number: 9405435
    Abstract: Three-dimensional interactive icons and other mechanisms, methods, and systems for easing user selection of information, such as may be presented on screens or other interfaces of devices, such as tablet, telephone and other hand-held devices, and personal computers (PCs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Hendricks Investment Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: John S. Hendricks
  • Patent number: 9367748
    Abstract: An autonomous lock-on target tracking system and method with imaging means for a real space. The imaging means captures and aligns first and second images. A frame-differencing operation produces a resultant image including blobs corresponding to elements in the real space. One of the blobs is analyzed, classified, and tracked as a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventors: Fereydoun Maali, Dilip Swaminathan, Marvin Wade Barnes, Travis A. Woodrow
  • Patent number: 9275479
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for creating collages that visually resemble a particular shape or group of shapes are provided. The method is a computer-implemented method of creating a shape collage and includes receiving a shape specification signal which specifies at least one desired shape. Each desired shape has at least one shape boundary and an area. The method also includes receiving image data which represents a plurality of images and processing the signal and the data to obtain a shape collage of the images which at least partially covers and conforms to the area of the at least one desired shape. The step of processing includes the steps of evaluating whether each image is to be treated as being either within or without the area and removing or hiding any image that is evaluated as being outside the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: COLLAGE.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin R. Borders, Joseph M. Golden
  • Patent number: 9213904
    Abstract: An autonomous lock-on target tracking system and method with geospatial-aware PTZ cameras includes a camera imaging a terrain space. The camera acquires images, and first and second images are aligned. A frame-differencing operation produces a resultant image including blobs corresponding to elements in the terrain space. One of the blobs is classified as an object and tracked as a target. The target is tracked by determining the distance between a centroid of the target and a center of a field of view of the camera, and instructing the camera to move through the distance. The distance is continually updated as the camera and the target move. Disclosed are also methods for deploying the georeferencing enabled version of such PTZ camera on stationary and mobile land, sea and air platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventors: Fereydoun Maali, Dilip Swaminathan, Marvin Wade Barnes, Travis A. Woodrow
  • Patent number: 9032042
    Abstract: Aggregated data associated with a geographic area may be obtained. The aggregated data may be dynamically distilled to obtain a presentation set of data based on a dynamically changing geographic location associated with the geographic area. A transmission of a stream of personalized audio data that is based on the presentation set of data may be initiated, via a device processor, to a receiving device associated with a user that is associated with the dynamically changing geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenn Cartier, Eyal Ofek, Elad Gerson, Avi Bar-Zeev
  • Patent number: 9026947
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided that includes a camera module for capturing an image; a position-location module for obtaining first information regarding a current location of the mobile terminal; a display unit for displaying the captured image and a viewpoint indicator on the captured image, the viewpoint indicator displayed at a point corresponding to the obtained first information and indicating a direction; a user input unit for receiving an input of a shift command signal for shifting the display of the viewpoint indicator; and a controller for controlling the display unit to shift the display of the viewpoint indicator to a point corresponding to the shift command signal and to display second information regarding at least one entity oriented about the mobile terminal along the indicated direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Choonsik Lee, Donghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9021351
    Abstract: Apparatus, method and program product set output characteristics of at least one device of a multifunction image processing system by displaying an initial output image for setting the output image on the display screen; displaying an output setting menu 230 related to a position on the output image according to an operator's indication input made at the position; updating the output image according to operator's setting operations on the setting menu; and displaying the updated output image as the final output image upon completing the setting. The setting menu is displayed in response to the operator's indication input made at the position on the output image and the setting operation input to the position by the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nao Takekawa, Kazuto Yamafuji
  • Patent number: 9009594
    Abstract: Content gestures are described. In implementations, one or more controls are output to control output of content and for display in a user interface by a computing device. An input is recognized, by the computing device, which was detected using a camera as a gesture to interact with a particular one of the controls to control the output of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Schwesinger, John Elsbree, Michael C. Miller, Guillaume Simonnet, Spencer I. A. N. Hurd, Niels van Dongen, Evan J. Lerer
  • Patent number: 8994729
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprises a simulation unit which performs a simulation of operation of an object and a display unit which generates based on a result of the simulation an image in which a virtual object is operating and displays the image. The apparatus further comprises a calculating unit which calculates a position and orientation of a predetermined part of an observer who observes the virtual object being displayed, and a generating unit which generates a parameter for use in the simulation based on the position and orientation of the predetermined part of the observer and the position and orientation of the virtual object. This structure makes it possible to set parameters of simulation in a virtual-reality or mixed-reality space through manipulation performed by the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naohito Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8990730
    Abstract: At step ST2, an assign key changing item is selected from menu items. At step ST3, an assign key to which a function is assigned is selected. At step ST4, a function to be assigned is selected. The selected function is assigned to the selected assign key. At step ST5, a setting result indication screen appears. When one of two paired functions is assigned, a message which prompts a user to assign the other function. After the message has appeared for a predetermined time, the latest assigned states appear. At step ST6, the latest assign key information is stored to a non-volatile memory. To quit an assigning process, a menu button 8 is pressed and the menu is closed (at step ST8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8984434
    Abstract: Disclosed are implementations of methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for rendering information. In some implementations, user interface data including content capable of being displayed on a page is received. A dynamic window including one or more link linked with respective identifiable portions of the content on the page can be generated. The page of content and the dynamic window can be displayed in a user interface on a display of a computing device. The user interface can have a first state in which a first view of the page of content is displayed and a second state in which a second view of the page is displayed, where the second view is different from the first view. The dynamic window is capable of remaining displayed independent of a change of the user interface from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nadia Naderi, Patrick Beyries
  • Patent number: 8972897
    Abstract: A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: David B. McNeill
  • Publication number: 20150058791
    Abstract: The present invention provides a three-dimensional user interface for a computer system that allows a user to combine and store a group of windows as a task. The image of each task can be positioned within a three-dimensional environment such that the user may utilize spatial memory in order remember where a particular task is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Mary P. Czerwinski, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Kirsten C. Risden, Daniel C. Robbins, Maarten R. van Dantzich
  • Patent number: 8966403
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method which, in one embodiment, enables a user to navigate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). The method initially involves uploading a delimited HTS file, and using it to create a wizard which optionally allows the user to navigate a series of options menus, or alternatively, the entire menu hierarchy can be displayed on the same screen. The selections made at every menu is saved for future reference. The method also optionally enables the documentation of Export Control Classification Numbers, which are recorded along with applicable control information for the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Curtis McKelvey, Dan Robert Underwood, Guohua Jiang
  • Patent number: 8957855
    Abstract: A stereoscopic cursor method comprising: generating a virtual plane based on a variable cursor scene depth of a stereoscopic cursor for a stereoscopic user interface, the stereoscopic user interface comprising plural stereoscopic buttons, wherein the virtual plane is positioned between a viewer and the plural stereoscopic buttons; and causing the stereoscopic cursor to move along the virtual plane responsive to viewer input, the movement occurring smoothly and gradually adjacent to the plural stereoscopic buttons and varying in depth as the stereoscopic cursor progresses along the virtual plane from one of the plural stereoscopic buttons to another, the generating and causing performed by a processor in a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cyberlink Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Wei Lee, Yi-Chiun Hong
  • Patent number: 8930830
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system to receive user input at a first functional module, to issue an instruction from the first functional module to change a value of a first context item in response to the user input, to receive the instruction at a context services provider, and to issue, via the context data services provider, a notification of the changed value of the first context item. The notification is received at a second functional module based on an association of the second functional module with the first context item, and first functionality of the second functional module is generated based on the notification of the changed value of the first context item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Ivan Solaja, Qiang Han
  • Patent number: 8913057
    Abstract: There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishige, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Akira Miyashita
  • Patent number: 8907943
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (“3D”) display environment for mobile device is disclosed that uses orientation data from one or more onboard sensors to automatically determine and display a perspective projection of the 3D display environment based on the orientation data without the user physically interacting with (e.g., touching) the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Piemonte
  • Patent number: 8898321
    Abstract: Enabling a user interface (UI) for management of a host device from a client device. A connection is established between the host device and the client device via a web portal. The host device and the client device are without a host management software installed thereon. A content window is displayed on the client device in response to the established connection with the host device. A client status display area is displayed on the client device indicating at least a connection status with the host device. A corresponding host status display area is displayed on the host device indicating a connection status with the client device. The displayed client status display area specifically identifies the client device and defines client parameters for receiving messages during management of the host device. The displayed host status display area specifically identifies the host device and defines host parameters for receiving messages during interaction with the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Noah Benjamin Edelstein, Carl Carter-Schwendler, Todd Ryun Manion, Ryan Yonghee Kim, Jeson Patel
  • Patent number: 8893049
    Abstract: Useful work or services can be automated or otherwise facilitated or solutions to real world events developed by emulation of a real-world environment (which can contain objects representing virtual objects) with a virtual environment and generating a prioritized sequence of locations and associated tasks in accordance with resources related to the event in a virtual universe. Performance of the prioritized tasks at the prioritized locations is facilitated in the virtual universe by locally generating teleportation invitations corresponding to locations in the ordered sequence of locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Dawson, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Clifford A. Pickover, Robert Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 8893055
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile terminal including a plurality of user identification modules and an operating method thereof. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to simultaneously unlock the mobile terminal and at least one of the plurality of user identification modules in response to a touch made on the touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byungkee Chae, Eunjin Kim, Junhee Kim, Kyungjin Moon
  • Patent number: 8881170
    Abstract: A system for sharing a physical display screen among multiple applications on a mobile platform includes an Internet-connected client device and software executing on the client device from a non-transitory physical medium, the software providing a first function assigning dominancy to one of the multiple running applications, a second function mitigating application background transparency among the multiple running applications, a third function establishing a messaging mechanism and protocol between the multiple running applications, and a fourth function enabling the dominant application to intercept digital input directed toward individual ones of the multiple running applications and to dispatch the input to the appropriate application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc
    Inventors: David Beilis, Adrian Lee-Kwen
  • Patent number: 8878779
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatus, systems and computer executable code for providing a multimode touchless human machine interface (TLHMI). The TLHMI may include one or more touchless sensors to sense a position or a movement of a subject portion within a sensing zone of the one or more sensors. Tracking logic may receive an output of the one or more sensors and may track a position or movement of a portion of a computing platform user within the sensing zone. A user input generator may convert an output of the tracking logic into signals indicative of a user input and may provide the user input signals to a functionally associated computing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Extreme Reality Ltd.
    Inventors: Dor Givon, Ilya Kottel
  • Publication number: 20140325456
    Abstract: A user control is provided for use with a multidimensional dataset that allows a user to graphically set the bounds for one or more of the dimensions of data selected from the dataset. The graphical user control includes a wireframe cube representing the extent of data in the dataset and a selector box within the data cube. A user can indicate a selected perspective and orientation of the data by selecting a portion of an edge of the selector box, and a visual indication of the selected perspective and orientation is provided. The user further can select a desired portion of the data by changing a size and/or a position of the selector box within the data cube. The graphical user control further includes a visual indicator representing the fourth dimension of the dataset and one or more navigation buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Marvin W. Roe, Geary J. Layne
  • Patent number: 8869069
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for selecting one or more functions for display is provided. The selection may be performed via an implementation guide that is a hierarchy comprising nodes. A node may represent one function. The method may comprise retrieving a first list of switches in response to selection of a function, extracting one or more switches from the first list such that the extracted switches include function switches and/or conflict switches, determining whether each of the extracted switch is an active conflict switch and, if yes, adding the active conflict switch to a second list of switches. After removing all switches from the first list or having added all of them to the second list, the method processes the second list to determine which functions can be executed on the processor without conflicts and presenting a function GUI element representing a function determined to be executable without conflicts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kemmler, Torsten Kamenz
  • Patent number: 8863023
    Abstract: A system and method displays a compass control with a map or other image. The compass control displays locations that may be displayed on the map, as well as locations that are outside of the map area being displayed, to allow the user to view such locations and interact with them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Ty Lettau
  • Patent number: 8850361
    Abstract: A system for enabling touch and feel over the internet provides a three-dimensional representation of a good being sold, that three-dimensional representation being viewable from a number of different directions. In one embodiment, the good being sold is in a package and the package is displayed from the number of different directions. Another embodiment has the good being a book, and the inside and outside covers of the book are displayed and specified pages of the book can be displayed. The user can read from either the label or the covers just like as if the were actually handling the good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Scott C Harris
  • Patent number: 8843821
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to develop a patent document by generating a user manipulable claim data structure for a claim relationship between at least a descendant and a parent claims; and utilizing an interactive graphical user interface so that when a user selects a claim, a graphical representation of the claim relationship is diagrammed, wherein the interactive graphical user interface allows moving a claim using drag and drop selection and automatically renumbering the claims to show new claim relationship; and wherein the interactive graphical user interface shows one or more elements recited in each claim in respective one or more text boxes for editing and for drag and drop movement of the one or more text boxes to indicate claim element arrangement and relationship to another element in the claim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Inventor: Bao Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 8832599
    Abstract: Navigational data may be collected from experienced users and paths may be extracted from the navigational data. One or more points of interest may be identified in the navigational data and the points of interests may be merged into an interest region. The navigational data may be reviewed for interest paths between the interest regions. The collection of possible interest paths may be reviewed interest paths in view of statistical procedures and criteria to determine if the interest path is a preferred interest path. If the preferred interest path does not satisfy the predefined constraints, additional interest paths may be reviewed by substituting an additional interest path for the interest path and repeating the review the interest path analysis. If the preferred interest path satisfies predefined criteria, a walkthrough of the virtual world may be generated based on the preferred interest path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Soumyajit Deb
  • Publication number: 20140237430
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows creating a first layer and a second layer, in computer memory and substantially overlapping at least a segment of line from said first layer with at least a segment of another line from said second layer. A first non-dimensional attribute is different from said second non-dimensional attribute of the two lines. A user length field enabling a client with said interactive file to override at least one of said length numeric values, where said area operator may automatically recalculate area based on said length field override is shown. Also, providing a visual marker that is moveable on said computer monitor around said aerial imagery region, which may be moved, to more precisely identify the location of the building roof structure is shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventors: Chris T. Thornberry, Mark F. Garringer
  • Patent number: 8799823
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a first display control unit, a title string storing unit, a concatenated string creating unit, a determining unit, a navigation string creating unit, and a second display control unit. The display unit includes a first portion and a second portion. The first display control unit is configured to display one of a plurality of screen images on the first portion. The plurality of screen images includes a base screen image. The first display control unit changes a screen image to display from one to another of the plurality of screen images along a screen navigation path starting from the base screen image. The title string storing unit is configured to store a plurality of title strings. Each title string indicating one of the plurality of screen images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kawashima, Daisuke Kasamatsu
  • Patent number: 8799784
    Abstract: Information may be displayed on a mobile terminal by receiving information of a first Internet page, displaying the information on a first screen of a display, designating a first area of the first Internet page displayed on the first screen, and displaying the designated first area of the first Internet page on a second screen of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunjung Lee, Joowoo Lee, Kyunghye Seo
  • Patent number: 8793619
    Abstract: A user control is provided for use with a multidimensional dataset that allows a user to graphically set the bounds for one or more of the dimensions of data selected from the dataset. The graphical user control includes a wireframe cube representing the extent of data in the dataset and a selector box within the data cube. A user can indicate a selected perspective and orientation of the data by selecting a portion of an edge of the selector box, and a visual indication of the selected perspective and orientation is provided. The user further can select a desired portion of the data by changing a size and/or a position of the selector box within the data cube. The graphical user control further includes a visual indicator representing the fourth dimension of the dataset which allows the user to identify and select a further subset of the data defined by the selector box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Marvin W. Roe, Geary J. Layne
  • Patent number: 8788975
    Abstract: A system and method is provided that identifies one geographic entity based on another geographic entity. In one aspect, a user may select one of plurality of relationships that associates one geographic region with one or more other geographic regions. When the user selects one of the geographic regions, the related geographic region(s) are highlighted based on the selected relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Vijayakrishna Griddaluru