Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715867000 | SCREEN SAVER DISPLAY | 26 |
20080229257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING SCREENSAVERS - A system and method for presenting screensavers is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller element that presents at a media device one or more screensavers contextually associated with a paused media program. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229258 | Navigable screensaver and method for implementing same - There is provided a method for use by a computer for implementing a navigable screensaver. In one embodiment, the navigable screensaver is activated. A user command entered through a user interface of the computer is detected. The navigable screensaver is then maintained to allow a user to navigate the navigable screensaver. The user command is executed by requesting content from a server through a network. Thereafter, the content is received for display in the navigable screensaver. The content is then displayed in the navigable screensaver. Content specified by the user is automatically requested and received by the navigable screensaver. Then, a web browser displaying a web page associated with the content selected by the user in the navigable screensaver is initiated. | 09-18-2008 |
20080276204 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SCREEN SAVER IN A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for providing a screen saver for a display panel in a mobile electronic device are provided. After a time period of inactivity has been sensed, a screen saver image is retrieved from memory and transmitted to a display panel. The method and system also preferably provide means for controlling the colour of the screen saver image to balance the aging of the primary colours within the display panel. | 11-06-2008 |
20090150833 | Screen saver with customized content, time of activation capture and reporting for the purpose of providing a usage incentive - A screen saver utilizing screen content that is provided from a remote server and optionally selected based on the end-user's inferred interest in previous content. Further functionality in the screen saver that would monitor the level of usage (such as time that the screen saver is active) and report this to a central server where a “lottery like” selection of a winner(s) would be made. The winner(s) would then be provided a prize and optionally featured in subsequent screen saver content. The purpose of the above scheme being to create an incentive for usage of the screen saver which would include content that has advertising or other value to a sponsoring entity. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158221 | DEVICE FEATURE MANIPULATION BASED ON PRESENTED CONTENT - A method including automatically determining one or more characteristics of displayed content and dynamically adjusting a timeout period in dependence on the one or more characteristics. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158222 | Interactive and dynamic screen saver for use in a media system - An electronic device associated with a remote wand controlling the operations of the electronic device is provided. The wand may include a motion detection component operative to provide an output reflecting the motion of the wand to the electronic device, such that the movements of a cursor displayed by the electronic device may be related to the output of the motion detection component. The wand may also include an input mechanism operative to receive user inputs. Using the input mechanism, the wand may detect a user's inputs and direct the electronic device to zoom or scroll displayed objects. The electronic device may display a screen saver by which the user may select particular media items for playback while remaining in the screen saver mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device may display video with a scroll bar that includes a preview window of the video. | 06-18-2009 |
20090172607 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN SAVER OPERATIONS THEREOF - An exemplary electronic device is provided for reproducing video information and controlling screen saver operation during reproduction of the video information. The electronic device includes a content reproducing module, an input detecting module, a screen saver module, and a control module. When the control module judges that the content reproducing module is active, the screen saver module is disabled. When the control module judges that the content reproducing module is inactive and the recorded time duration has achieved the predetermined time duration, the screen saver is enabled. | 07-02-2009 |
20090217212 | Extraction of video picture screen saver function - The apparatus and method for extracting a single picture image from a video file saved in a storage device ( | 08-27-2009 |
20090282372 | Method and System for Providing a Screen Saver for Interactive Media Services - Systems and methods of providing a screen saver utility are disclosed. One such method includes providing selectable interactive media services in a client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method further includes configuring a screen saver operation for the client device, and receiving, in the client device, information that corresponds to the configured screen saver operation. The method further includes configuring the client device to activate a screen saver according to the configured screen saver operation. The method further includes providing, in the client device, non-changing visual information that corresponds to a first one of the selectable interactive media services. The method further includes providing, in the client device, the configured screen saver. The activation of the screen saver in the client device is configured to follow the providing of the non-changing visual information. | 11-12-2009 |
20100107128 | DISPLAYING AVAILABLE CONTENT VIA A SCREEN SAVER - In a device, multiple content descriptions are obtained. Each of the content descriptions identifies content that is available to the device, such as video on demand (VOD) programs, previously recorded programs, live programs, applications that can be run, and so forth. A screen saver is generated to concurrently display each of the multiple content descriptions as at least part of a screen saver for the device. | 04-29-2010 |
20100125819 | SIMULTANEOUS SCREEN SAVER OPERATIONS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to execute a plurality of screen saver program instances to display a plurality of separately visible screen saver images using a single display device at substantially the same time. In some embodiments, some or all of the screen saver images are displayed in a plurality of non-overlapping display compartments. The images may be selectively assigned a dominant color, or color scheme. The compartments may have boundaries that can be selectively revised. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 05-20-2010 |
20100162183 | System and Method for Displaying Images and Videos Found on the Internet as a Result of a Search Engine - In response to entering a screensaver mode of operation, a search criteria identifying requested subject matter is transmitted to a search engine. A set of uniform resource locators are returned based upon the search criteria. A display image at a display device is updated periodically to display information referenced by the uniform resource locator. | 06-24-2010 |
20100313172 | VIDEO DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, VIDEO DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND VIDEO DEVICE - In a video display control method of the embodiment, a background image of a moving picture or a still picture is provided on an image display screen, and an on-screen display image is displayed on the screen including the background image. Then, when a first predetermined time period or more has elapsed without any apparatus operation since the on-screen display image is displayed, the on-screen display image is cleared. | 12-09-2010 |
20110022993 | SCREEN SAVER CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A computer-based device for operating a virtual machine, the computer apparatus including: a determination unit for determining, based on operation information of a terminal apparatus operating the virtual machine, whether the virtual machine has activated a screen saver or has stopped the screen saver; and a screen saver control information transmission unit for outputting control information to the terminal apparatus operating the virtual machine, on the basis of a determination result generated by the determination unit, the control information indicating that the terminal apparatus operating the virtual machine has activated the screen saver or has stopped the screen saver. | 01-27-2011 |
20110041103 | Poetry Screen Saver - A computer poetry screen saver including loading an author analysis model, randomly selecting a seed word from the author analysis model, completing a poem following the seed word and displaying the poem on an output device. | 02-17-2011 |
20110154269 | HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SCREENSAVER - A computer screensaver program runs a home energy manager application. The screensaver program is activated after a predetermined time and automatically runs a web browser by detecting the URL of the home energy manager application. The home energy manager interface is then displayed on the computer screen or a remote monitor. Preferably, the screensaver cycles through one or more various screens and remains active until a key is pressed or the mouse is activated. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154270 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To prevent activation of a screen saver function during reproduction in an image display device, of a movie content of a HDD recorder. The HDD recorder includes a content server that stores content information including a program that is in a script format and that controls a generation timing of a screen saver screen, and video stream information. The image display device includes a script processing unit that acquires the content information from the content server and executes the program in script format and a stream processing unit that acquires the video stream information from the content server and decodes the video stream information. The script processing unit executes the program in script format, does not have a screen saver processing unit perform rendering of a screen saver screen during decoding of the video stream, and generates and displays a screen saver after completion of decoding. | 06-23-2011 |
20120060130 | SCREENSAVER DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A screensaver display system of an electronic device includes a timer, an event monitor, a timer controller, a first determining unit, a screensaver generator, and a display module. The timer controller instructs the timer to restart timing when the event monitor detects the occurrence of a predetermined event. The first determining unit determines whether the timer reaches a first threshold. The screensaver generator generates a screensaver, and the display module displays the screensaver to overlay a screen of a display unit of the electronic device. | 03-08-2012 |
20120192122 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ON A VIDEO SCREEN - A system and method for displaying video images on a video screen of equipment including a function for displaying video images on said screen and an internal clock. The system includes a folder containing a plurality of video images; and an application for calculating a correspondence rule associating the time supplied by said internal clock with a video image of said folder, and for displaying on said screen successive video images of the folder starting from the video image that is associated by said correspondence rule with the time at which the video image display function was activated. | 07-26-2012 |
20130227497 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STANDBY SCREEN - An apparatus and method for generating a standby screen in a mobile terminal generates a standby screen which includes more than one image and may periodically replace or alter the displayed image. The method determines a grid layout of an output area of a screen and may configure each image to match a base cell or a random cell in size. The screen may include multiple layers and each layer may have a different image displayed thereon. | 08-29-2013 |
20130298086 | DISPLAY DEVICE DETECTION OF AND RESPONSE TO AN IDLE MODE OF A REMOTE SENDER DEVICE - A method, system and apparatus provide for detection by a display device of an idle mode of a remote sender device. Information received from a remote sender device by a display device is monitored during a normal operating mode of operation of the display device to determine whether the remote sender device is not providing primary content for display by the display device, such as might occur during a sleep or idle mode of the remote sender device. If the display device determines that primary content is not being provided by the remote sender device, then the display device acquires alternate content that may be displayed. This abstract is not to be considered limiting. | 11-07-2013 |
20140033142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNLOCKING SCREEN SAVER - A method for unlocking a screen saver includes: when a screen is in a screen saver state, receiving a motion track input by a user on the screen; and when the motion track crosses boundaries of a first area and a second area of the screen at least two times, enabling the screen to exit the screen saver state. With the above technical solutions, characteristics of the motion track on the screen are detected, for example, the number of times of crossing the boundaries of the first area and second area of the screen; therefore, the screen saver can be unlocked based on the flexibly input motion track, so that the screen saver can be unlocked more flexibly. | 01-30-2014 |
20140157211 | TASK EXECUTING METHOD AND TASK SETTING METHOD ADAPTED FOR SCREEN SAVER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A task executing method adapted for a screen saver includes steps of opening a screen saver setting window; displaying a task setting region in the screen saver setting window, wherein the task setting region includes N first tasks and N is a positive integer; if P of the N first tasks are selected, automatically executing the P first tasks while a screen saver image starts, wherein P is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N. | 06-05-2014 |
20140317579 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR APPLICATION INTERACTION - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling an application view, such as a current application view that contains personal or otherwise sensitive information to be protected with a screensaver in an instance in which a current application view is relegated to the background, minimized or the like, relegated to the background and/or the like. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving a deactivation notification for an application being displayed in a foreground of a device visible view. The method of this embodiment may also include determining that at least a portion of the current view of the application comprises sensitive information. The method of this embodiment may also include adding a screensaver view to an application view stack top, wherein the screensaver view is operable to at least partially obscure the sensitive information in at least a portion of the current view. | 10-23-2014 |
20150052488 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ACTIVE SCREENSAVER - The present disclosure describes personalized active screensavers which are actionable and react to user preferences and user details. A presence of an individual is detected. The individual is analyzed to determine information related to the individual. Content is displayed on a display based on the determined information related to the individual. A screensaver mode is initiated on the display in response to the individual moving out of a predetermined range. | 02-19-2015 |
20160189686 | System And Method For Computing An Image - Disclosed are a system and method for computing a picture. Instead of loading a file that contains the image from memory, the present invention provides for a system and method for opening and retaining a procedural recipe and a small set of instructions that can be executed to compute a picture. The picture can be computed very quickly using a GPU (graphics processing unit), and can be made to move on demand. When a part of the image is needed to composite, that part is computed using a fragment program on the GPU using the procedural recipe and a specially written fragment program into a temporary VRAM buffer. After it is computed and composited, the buffer containing the result of the fragment program may be discarded. | 06-30-2016 |