Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130097546 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CREATING A COMMUNICATIONS LOG AND VISUALISATIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICES - There is described a computer-implemented method comprising creating, in a communications log having a plurality of communication sources associated with the communications log, a database entry for each communication originating from any of the associated communication sources, each database entry comprising data representative of the respective communication. There is also described a computer-implemented method comprising displaying, in an interactive user interface on a display of an end-user electronic device, a visual representation of database entries contained in a communications log having a plurality of communication sources associated with the communications log, each database entry comprising data representative of a communication originating from any of the said associated communications source. Devices and computer-readable media comprising instructions implementing these methods are also described. | 04-18-2013 |
20130147980 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR FACE TRACKING IN VIDEO CONFERENCE AND VIDEO CHAT COMMUNICATIONS - A communication device useful for video chat applications employs face recognition and tracking functionality to display an indication of the near-end user being properly positioned within an image capture area of the communication device without displaying the near-end user's image. | 06-13-2013 |
20130162624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO MODIFICATION OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESENTATION OF A USER-INTERACTION OPPORTUNITY - A control circuit provides a three-dimensional presentation of one or more user-interaction opportunities and then detects a user's likely interaction with that user-interaction opportunity. Upon detecting this likely interaction the control circuit automatically flattens the user-interaction opportunity to facilitate the user's interaction with the user-interaction opportunity. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO THE PRESENTATION OF SCROLLING ICONS - A control circuit applies at least one prioritization metric to select some icons of a plurality of icons to provide selected icons and then scrolls a display of the icons. While scrolling the display of the icons the selected icons are displayed in a highlighted form and the non-selected icons are displayed in a non-highlighted form. By one approach, the displayed highlighted and non-highlighted icons are displayed without regard to a sequential order of presentation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130207992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CARRYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MITIGATING VISUAL ARTEFACTS - The application discloses a method of controlling frame data to be fed to a display device, comprising: controlling one or more processors of an electronic device to produce frame data in which the contrast of a region of the image represented by the frame data is adjusted responsive to: animation of that region of the image; and an indication that the contrast of the region should be adjusted during animation. | 08-15-2013 |
20130214995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for displaying a user interface using multiple electronic devices. The method comprises providing a first user interface framework on a first electronic device having a first display screen; the first user interface framework determining that a second display screen on a second electronic device is available via a connection between the first and second electronic devices; the first user interface framework using application logic from an application on the first mobile device to determine a first user interface portion to be displayed on the first display screen and a second user interface portion to be displayed on the second display screen; and the first user interface framework providing data associated with the second user interface portion to the second electronic device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device by determining a set comprising one or more items, initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the other device, detecting an interaction with the set, and enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219303 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SHARED USER INTERFACE - Providing a shared user interface can be achieved by an application running on a first electronic device and a second electronic device that is detected. A shared user interface can be generated based at least in part on the application and the detected device pairing. The shared user interface can comprise a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be displayed at the first electronic device. Data enabling a display of the second portion at the second electronic device can be transmitted to the second electronic device. Input data from at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device can be received at the first electronic device to yield received input data. In response to the received input data, at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the shared user interface can modified based on the received input data. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device connected to a plurality of other devices. The electronic device comprises a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises receiving a predefined user input at the electronic device, causing the display of information at the plurality of connected devices in response to receiving the predefined user input, and preventing the plurality of connected devices from causing the information to not be displayed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222231 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION MESSAGE VIEWING - Displaying information related to a message on a display screen of a handheld electronic device. In response to a movement of the handheld electronic device from an initial position to a first orientation, displaying on the display screen a first notice related to the message. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222236 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION MESSAGE VIEWING - Displaying information related to a message on a display screen of a handheld electronic device. In response to a movement of the handheld electronic device from an initial position to a first orientation, displaying on the display screen a first notice related to the message. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device comprising a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises maintaining a representation of at least one other electronic device and its position relative to the electronic device and receiving a user input indicative of a direction and associated with a function requiring a target device. In response to said user input, the direction indicated by the user input and the representation of the relative position of the at least one other electronic device are utilised to determine the target device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device having a display and an input device for receiving user input. The device is connected via a first communication channel to a plurality of other electronic devices. The method comprises determining a distance between the electronic device and at least one of the plurality of other electronic devices and establishing a second communication channel between the electronic device and the at least one other electronic device when the determined distance satisfies a threshold condition. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method comprises, at an electronic device having an input interface and a display, receiving information relating to a current relative location of at least one other electronic device, displaying on the display a representation of the at least one other electronic device and its relative location, and receiving at the input interface user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device for communicating with the at least one other electronic device. The electronic device has up-to-date knowledge of the relative position of the at least one other device and displays this visually. Information may be sent to the at least one other electronic device in response to receiving the user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227096 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAUSING AND RESUMING A MEETING SESSION - Presented are systems and methods for presenting, creating, and pausing a meeting session. The systems and methods create meeting-session data based at least in part on one or more applications running on one or more devices connected to a meeting session. The systems and methods store meeting-session data in a database. The systems and methods pause a meeting session such that the one or more devices are disconnected from the meeting session. The systems and methods resume a meeting session by configuring devices to run at least one of the one or more applications using the meeting-session data and joining configured devices to the resumed meeting session. | 08-29-2013 |
20130300764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A GRAPHIC OBJECT ON A DISPLAY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and method of displaying supplementary information on a display based on contact points is provided. Two or more contact points are detected on a presented graphic, such as a map or graph shown on a display on an electronic device. A portion of the presented graphic object that is bounded by the contact points is determined and supplementary information representative of the determined portion of the presented graphic object may be displayed. | 11-14-2013 |
20130335402 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEREOSCOPIC 3-D RENDERING - A method and system for rendering scenes in stereoscopic 3-D comprises identifying, or detecting, that a rate of change, of one or more elements of a scene to be rendered in stereoscopic 3-D, satisfies a criterion. The perceived depth of elements of the scene is then dynamically modified, and the scene is rendered. The method can reduce eye strain of a viewer of the scene, since the perceived difference in depth of objects or elements of the scene is reduced while the object is changing position or visibility dramatically. | 12-19-2013 |
20140009490 | DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEMS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method of navigating content items presented in a graphical user interface of an electronic device is provided. The content items of a content item list are displayed on the electronic device with a navigation list associated with a characteristic defined in each of the content items. The content list is sorted by the characteristics, for example by time, alphabetically or numerically. A navigation element in the navigation list is modified based upon the measure of the displayed content items within the content item list providing a sense of measure relative to the overall navigation list. | 01-09-2014 |
20140026105 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to a Gesture-Controlled Snooze Instruction - A control circuit detects a predetermined event (such as but not limited to a particular time of day) and responsively automatically switches to an alarm state. While in this alarm state the control circuit monitors at least one non-snooze-specific area of a user input (such as but not limited to an area of a touch-sensitive display) for a user's gesture (such as but not limited to a swipe). In response to detecting the user's gesture while in the alarm state the control circuit automatically interprets the user's gesture as a snooze instruction regarding the alarm state. | 01-23-2014 |
20140040747 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEMS ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Content items can be viewed on an electronic device based upon a property defined for each of the content items, allowing the user to navigate through the content list and view or select content items. When navigating portions of the list where a selection has been made where no content items are associated with the properties, the result may be the presentation of no data. In order to re-orient users, the selection is modified to display at least one content item. | 02-06-2014 |
20140071116 | REDUCING LATENCY IN AN AUGMENTED-REALITY DISPLAY - Disclosed are methods and systems for generating display pixel data so as to reduce latency when rendering a representation of a graphic on a display, such as for augmented-reality applications. The method comprises: receiving a set of display pixel coordinate-pairs at the graphics processing unit; applying a transform matrix to the set of display pixel coordinate-pairs to obtain a set of graphic pixel coordinate-pairs, the transform matrix calculated using orientation data received from an external reference; retrieving a set of graphic pixel data associated with the set of graphic pixel coordinate-pairs; and, determining a set of display pixel data based on the retrieved set of graphic pixel data. | 03-13-2014 |
20140071168 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING PRESENTATION SLIDES CONTAINING PICTURE ELEMENTS - A computer-implemented method for intelligently generating presentations, the method comprising the steps of: analysing the variation in colours of pixels in the digital image; and, if the variation is below a predetermined threshold, applying one or more rules to increase visibility of the digital image in the presentation. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078054 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A device, system and method for controlling displays is provided. The device communicates with a plurality of public display systems, the plurality of public display systems being otherwise independent of each other. The device at least temporarily controls at least a portion of the plurality of public display systems to provide respective content independent of respective control instructions associated with each of the plurality of public display systems. | 03-20-2014 |
20140143340 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAUSING AND RESUMING A MEETING SESSION - Presented are systems and methods for presenting, creating, and pausing a meeting session. The systems and methods create meeting-session data based at least in pan on one or more applications running on one or more devices connected to a meeting session. The systems and methods store muting-session data in a database. The systems and methods pause a meeting session such that the one or more devices are disconnected from the meeting session. The systems and methods resume a meeting session by configuring devices to run at least one of the one or more applications using the meeting-session data and joining configured devices to the resumed meeting session. | 05-22-2014 |
20140145966 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT DISPLAY SYSTEM USING HEAD-TRACKING TO REDUCE VISIBLE OFFSET FOR USER INPUT - An electronic device, computer readable storage medium, and method use head tracking to reduce visible offset for user input at a touch input display. Touch coordinates indicate a location on an outer surface of a touch sensitive screen layer of the touch input display at which a contact interaction is detected. Based on image information from at least one camera and the touch coordinates, a direction of a user's perspective field of view of the location on the touch sensitive screen layer is determined. A location on one of the at least one display layer that visibly matches the location corresponding to the touch coordinates on the touch sensitive screen layer along the direction of a user's perspective field of view is determined. One or more display elements are displayed at the determined location on the one of the at least one display layer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140215336 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-TOUCH INPUT - Methods and device for simultaneous multi-touch input on a touchscreen display are described. In one aspect, the present application describes a method implemented by a processor of an electronic device. The electronic device has a touchscreen display. The method includes detecting a first touch gesture on a first portion of the touchscreen display associated with a first control element and, during the first touch gesture, detecting a second touch gesture on a second portion of the touchscreen display associated with a second control element different from the first control element; and while detecting the first touch gesture and detecting the second touch gesture, simultaneously, causing a first event in the first portion of the touchscreen display in response to the first touch gesture, and causing a second event in the second portion of the touchscreen display in response to the second touch gesture. | 07-31-2014 |
20140244739 | Device, System and Method for Generating Application Data - A device is described. The device comprises: a display configured to display first application data; a processor configured to communicate with a further device. The processor is further configured to: detect an event associated with the further device and generate, in response to the detected event, first application data pertaining to a display of second application data associated with applications executable on the further device; and output the first application data to the display. A system and method are also described. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245213 | Methods and Devices for Displaying Content - Methods and devices for navigating lists of items using multiple displays are described. An example method is implemented on an electronic device having a first display. The method includes displaying a list of items on the first display, at least one of the list of items having respective associated content not visible in the displayed list of items; and while displaying the list of items on the first display, sending the associated content for one or more of the at least one item to a second display for display on the second display. | 08-28-2014 |
20140254820 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO GENERATE MULTIPLE-CHANNEL AUDIO RECORDINGS - Methods and devices to generate a multiple-channel audio recording are disclosed. An example method includes initiating a registration of a first device in response to determining that the first device is in a physical location of an event, sending first registration information to register the first device for the event, recording first audio via the first device, and sending the first audio for combination with second audio recorded via a second device. | 09-11-2014 |
20140310611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for displaying a user interface using multiple electronic devices. The method comprises providing a first user interface framework on a first electronic device having a first display screen; the first user interface framework determining that a second display screen on a second electronic device is available via a connection between the first and second electronic devices; the first user interface framework using application logic from an application on the first mobile device to determine a first user interface portion to be displayed on the first display screen and a second user interface portion to be displayed on the second display screen; and the first user interface framework providing data associated with the second user interface portion to the second electronic device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140320387 | Device, System and Method for Generating Display Data - A method for use in a device is described. The method comprising the steps of detecting a gesture at the device; and outputting data, to a remote device, for controlling a display object on a portion of a display generated by the remote device, wherein the display object is controlled in response to the detected gesture performed at the device, and wherein the data pertains to an application executable on the device. A device is also described. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324938 | Device and Method for Generating Data for Generating or Modifying a Display Object - A method is described. The method comprising the steps of detecting an electronic device being positioned at one of a plurality of discrete positions, and generating data pertaining to at least one application associated with the one detected discrete position for generating or modifying a display object on a display generated by a remote device. A device is also described. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325382 | Device, System And Method For Processing Character Data - A method is described. The method comprising: receiving character data from the remote device in response to a user applying the character data to a displayed target; and supplying the character data to one of a plurality of components executable on a processor of a device based on one or more characters in the character data. A device is also described. | 10-30-2014 |
20140325383 | Device, System And Method For Processing Character Data - A method is described. The method comprising the steps of receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto. A device is also described. | 10-30-2014 |
20140351713 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR UPDATING COMMUNICATION REPRESENTATIONS BASED ON ACTIVITY LEVEL - An electronic device outputs on a display a plurality of communication representations. Each of the communication representations is associated with a different communication history between at least two electronic devices. The electronic device updates on the display at least one communication representation of the plurality of communication representations when an activity level associated with the at least one communication representation meets a threshold. | 11-27-2014 |
20140375568 | Keyboard and Touch Screen Gesture System - A method at an electronic device including a touch-sensitive display for receiving touch input and a keyboard comprising a plurality of buttons, the method comprising: detecting actuation of a button on at least one of the plurality of buttons; detecting a touch input at the touch-sensitive display while the button is actuated; responding to the touch input, wherein response to the touch input while the button is actuated is different to response to touch input detected while the button is not actuated. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380187 | Devices and Methods for Establishing a Communicative Coupling in Response to a Gesture - A method and a device are disclosed, whereby the device can be a first electronic device. The first electronic device is adapted to be coupled to a second electronic device. The method comprises outputting, with the first device, a request to communicatively couple with a second device in response to a gesture performed with the first device. The second electronic device and method of operating it are also disclosed. | 12-25-2014 |
20150074600 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DATA - There is provided a method in an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, the method comprising detecting a first user input in a first display area of a display, updating a display of data on a second display area of the display in accordance with the detected first user input, generating a third display area on the display for receiving a second user input, detecting a second user input in the third display area and updating the display of the data in the second display area in accordance with the detected second user input. There is also provided an electronic device comprising processing circuitry which is configured to carry out the method. | 03-12-2015 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130097546 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CREATING A COMMUNICATIONS LOG AND VISUALISATIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE SERVICES - There is described a computer-implemented method comprising creating, in a communications log having a plurality of communication sources associated with the communications log, a database entry for each communication originating from any of the associated communication sources, each database entry comprising data representative of the respective communication. There is also described a computer-implemented method comprising displaying, in an interactive user interface on a display of an end-user electronic device, a visual representation of database entries contained in a communications log having a plurality of communication sources associated with the communications log, each database entry comprising data representative of a communication originating from any of the said associated communications source. Devices and computer-readable media comprising instructions implementing these methods are also described. | 04-18-2013 |
20130147980 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR FACE TRACKING IN VIDEO CONFERENCE AND VIDEO CHAT COMMUNICATIONS - A communication device useful for video chat applications employs face recognition and tracking functionality to display an indication of the near-end user being properly positioned within an image capture area of the communication device without displaying the near-end user's image. | 06-13-2013 |
20130169667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO THE PRESENTATION OF SCROLLING ICONS - A control circuit applies at least one prioritization metric to select some icons of a plurality of icons to provide selected icons and then scrolls a display of the icons. While scrolling the display of the icons the selected icons are displayed in a highlighted form and the non-selected icons are displayed in a non-highlighted form. By one approach, the displayed highlighted and non-highlighted icons are displayed without regard to a sequential order of presentation. | 07-04-2013 |
20130207992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CARRYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MITIGATING VISUAL ARTEFACTS - The application discloses a method of controlling frame data to be fed to a display device, comprising: controlling one or more processors of an electronic device to produce frame data in which the contrast of a region of the image represented by the frame data is adjusted responsive to: animation of that region of the image; and an indication that the contrast of the region should be adjusted during animation. | 08-15-2013 |
20130214995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for displaying a user interface using multiple electronic devices. The method comprises providing a first user interface framework on a first electronic device having a first display screen; the first user interface framework determining that a second display screen on a second electronic device is available via a connection between the first and second electronic devices; the first user interface framework using application logic from an application on the first mobile device to determine a first user interface portion to be displayed on the first display screen and a second user interface portion to be displayed on the second display screen; and the first user interface framework providing data associated with the second user interface portion to the second electronic device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217330 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for transferring data from a first mobile device to another device by determining a set comprising one or more items, initiating a first transfer of at least some data associated with at least one of the one or more items to the other device, detecting an interaction with the set, and enabling a second transfer of additional data associated with the set. | 08-22-2013 |
20130219303 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SHARED USER INTERFACE - Providing a shared user interface can be achieved by an application running on a first electronic device and a second electronic device that is detected. A shared user interface can be generated based at least in part on the application and the detected device pairing. The shared user interface can comprise a first portion and a second portion. The first portion can be displayed at the first electronic device. Data enabling a display of the second portion at the second electronic device can be transmitted to the second electronic device. Input data from at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device can be received at the first electronic device to yield received input data. In response to the received input data, at least one of the first portion and the second portion of the shared user interface can modified based on the received input data. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device connected to a plurality of other devices. The electronic device comprises a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises receiving a predefined user input at the electronic device, causing the display of information at the plurality of connected devices in response to receiving the predefined user input, and preventing the plurality of connected devices from causing the information to not be displayed. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device comprising a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises maintaining a representation of at least one other electronic device and its position relative to the electronic device and receiving a user input indicative of a direction and associated with a function requiring a target device. In response to said user input, the direction indicated by the user input and the representation of the relative position of the at least one other electronic device are utilised to determine the target device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device having a display and an input device for receiving user input. The device is connected via a first communication channel to a plurality of other electronic devices. The method comprises determining a distance between the electronic device and at least one of the plurality of other electronic devices and establishing a second communication channel between the electronic device and the at least one other electronic device when the determined distance satisfies a threshold condition. | 08-29-2013 |
20130226444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method comprises, at an electronic device having an input interface and a display, receiving information relating to a current relative location of at least one other electronic device, displaying on the display a representation of the at least one other electronic device and its relative location, and receiving at the input interface user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device for communicating with the at least one other electronic device. The electronic device has up-to-date knowledge of the relative position of the at least one other device and displays this visually. Information may be sent to the at least one other electronic device in response to receiving the user input associated with the displayed representation of the at least one other electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227096 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PAUSING AND RESUMING A MEETING SESSION - Presented are systems and methods for presenting, creating, and pausing a meeting session. The systems and methods create meeting-session data based at least in part on one or more applications running on one or more devices connected to a meeting session. The systems and methods store meeting-session data in a database. The systems and methods pause a meeting session such that the one or more devices are disconnected from the meeting session. The systems and methods resume a meeting session by configuring devices to run at least one of the one or more applications using the meeting-session data and joining configured devices to the resumed meeting session. | 08-29-2013 |