Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120151416 | CONTROLLING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF SELECTED PORTIONS OF CONTENT - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to presenting a first portion of content and a second portion of content in a two-dimensional view via a graphical user interface and detecting an input associated with one or more of the first portion of the content and the second portion of the content. Some embodiments are further directed to selecting the first portion of the content in response to the detecting of the input, and changing the presenting of the first portion of the content from the two-dimensional view to a three-dimensional view in response to the selecting the first portion of the content. Some embodiments are further directed to continuing to present the second portion of the content in the two-dimensional view while changing the presenting of the first portion of the content to the three-dimensional view. | 06-14-2012 |
20120159351 | MULTIPLE REVIEWS OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - Embodiments includes a method comprising generating a User Interface (UI) application, based on instructions from a developer using a software development tool. The UI application includes an edit layer configured to enable multiple reviewers of the UI application to graphically overlay multiple reviews of the UI application over a display of the UI application, wherein the multiple reviews comprise a markup of at least one of a design, a layout and a wording of text of the UI application. The method also includes receiving the multiple reviews of the UI application from the multiple reviewers. The method includes displaying, for review by the developer, the UI application and the multiple reviews graphically overlaid on the UI application. | 06-21-2012 |
20120174020 | INDICATION OF ACTIVE WINDOW WHEN SWITCHING TASKS IN A MULTI-MONITOR ENVIRONMENT - Exemplary embodiments disclose methods and systems for indicating a location of an active window when switching tasks performed by an application executing on a computer that is coupled to multiple monitors, including a primary monitor and at least one secondary monitor, wherein the primary monitor displays a task switching application showing running tasks. Aspects of the exemplary embodiments include: querying an operating system of the computer for monitor configuration, including a physical arrangement of the multiple monitors; in response to a user bringing to focus a task displayed in the task switching application, determining on which one of the one or more secondary monitors the task is running; and displaying a direction indicator indicating a direction of the one or more secondary monitors on which the in focus task is currently running with respect to the primary monitor. | 07-05-2012 |
20120272166 | SPATIALLY-ORIENTED TRAVERSAL ANIMATIONS FOR NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSITIONS - Embodiments include a method that includes receiving a destination Internet address for a destination web page into a graphical web browser that is displaying a current web page having a current Internet address on a display. The method includes determining a relationship between the destination Internet address and the current Internet address. The method also includes determining a spatially-oriented traversal animation based on the relationship between the destination Internet address and the current Internet address. The method includes animating bringing the destination web page onto the display using the spatially-oriented traversal animation. The method also includes displaying the destination web page after the spatially-oriented traversal animation. | 10-25-2012 |
20120303813 | ENABLING AND MANAGING USER-SPECIFIED ALIASES - Techniques are described for suggesting aliases for a resource within a computing environment based on user-provided aliases for the resource. Embodiments determine a plurality of user-provided aliases for the resource and generate a suggested alias for the resource based on the plurality of user-provided aliases. The suggested resource may be provided to a user of the computing environment. The suggested alias is then associated with the resource, such that the user may refer to the resource using the suggested alias for the resource. | 11-29-2012 |
20130007614 | GUIDE MODE FOR GESTURE SPACES - A gesture system executes actions or commands based on gesture inputs. The system includes a detection subsystem and a gesture processing device. The detection subsystem monitor a plurality of gesture spheres, including a participant gesture sphere and a guide gesture sphere. The participant gesture sphere corresponds to a first user and a participant domain on a display device. The guide gesture sphere corresponds to a second user. The gesture processing device implements a guide mode to execute an action within the participant domain based on a gesture from the guide gesture sphere. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007616 | GUIDE MODE FOR GESTURE SPACES - A gesture system executes actions or commands based on gesture inputs. The system includes a detection subsystem and a gesture processing device. The detection subsystem monitor a plurality of gesture spheres, including a participant gesture sphere and a guide gesture sphere. The participant gesture sphere corresponds to a first user and a participant domain on a display device. The guide gesture sphere corresponds to a second user. The gesture processing device implements a guide mode to execute an action within the participant domain based on a gesture from the guide gesture sphere. | 01-03-2013 |
20130191740 | Content Volume Throttling in Feed Aggregators - Methods and systems of managing feed items may involve receiving a feed item and determining an estimate of an amount of time to read the feed item. In addition, the feed item can be prioritized in a feed aggregator based at least in part on the estimate of the amount of time to read the feed item. | 07-25-2013 |
20140005926 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM EFFICIENTLY UTILIZES POWER BY PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DRIVER FOR ONLY THE DRIVER SELECTED PORTION(S) OF ROUTE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006971 | SELECTIVE SHARING OF WINDOWS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A WEB CONFERENCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140006974 | SELECTIVE SHARING OF WINDOWS AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN A WEB CONFERENCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140013281 | CONTROLLING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWS OF SELECTED PORTIONS OF CONTENT - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to determining that at least a portion of content would be obscured by a border of a graphical user interface if the content were to be presented in a two-dimensional state via the graphical user interface, and presenting the at least the portion of the content in a stereoscopic three-dimensional state in response to the determining that the at least the portion of the content would be obscured by the border of the graphical user interface, wherein a stereoscopic depth effect of the stereoscopic three-dimensional state makes the at least the portion of the content appear to extend beyond the border of the graphical user interface. | 01-09-2014 |
20140018038 | AURAL CUING PATTERN BASED MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY - When visual focus on a mobile device is limited, aural cues can be used to aid in entering a pattern based access code. The mobile device displays a plurality of positions from which an access code for accessing a mobile device can be selected. Indications of a set of positions of the plurality of positions in a sequence are received. The sequence of the set of the positions form an access code. For at least the first of the set of positions, an aural cue associated with the first position is determined, and the aural cue is emitted to indicate the first position based on the aural cue. It is determined whether the access code is correct. Access to the mobile device is allowed if the access code is correct. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020088 | AURAL CUING PATTERN BASED MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY - When visual focus on a mobile device is limited, aural cues can be used to aid in entering a pattern based access code. The mobile device displays a plurality of positions from which an access code for accessing a mobile device can be selected. Indications of a set of positions of the plurality of positions in a sequence are received. The sequence of the set of the positions form an access code. For at least the first of the set of positions, an aural cue associated with the first position is determined, and the aural cue is emitted to indicate the first position based on the aural cue. It is determined whether the access code is correct. Access to the mobile device is allowed if the access code is correct. | 01-16-2014 |
20140039789 | DYNAMIC PROGRESSIVE MAP GRANULARITY FOR NAVIGATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, progressive route granularity for a computed route in a navigation system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, progressive routing granularity for a computed route in a navigation system is provided. The method includes computing a route of turn by turn directives from an origin to a destination in memory of a navigation computing system. The method additionally includes determining one segment of the route from amongst multiple different segments of the route to be a familiar segment. The method yet further includes removing from the familiar segment at least one of the turn by turn directives. Finally, the method includes displaying the route in the navigation computing system without segments that have been removed as part of the familiar segment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140095166 | DEEP TAGGING BACKGROUND NOISES - In a method for deep tagging a recording, a computer records audio comprising speech from one or more people. The computer detects a non-speech sound within the audio. The computer determines that the non-speech sound corresponds to a type of sound, and in response, associates a descriptive term with a time of occurrence of the non-speech sound within the recorded audio to form a searchable tag. The computer stores the searchable tag as metadata of the recorded audio. | 04-03-2014 |
20140208271 | PRESSURE NAVIGATION ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - A menu and application navigation system utilizing pressure includes a display device including a touch sensitive user interface, and a navigation engine coupled to the display device. The navigation engine is configured to generate a measurement of pressure applied by a user as a function of time at the touch sensitive user interface. The navigation engine is further configured to navigate through a three dimensional data set in response to the measurement of pressure. An increase in the pressure navigates in a first direction through the three dimensional data set, and a decrease in the pressure navigates in a second direction through the three dimensional data set. | 07-24-2014 |
20140280534 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING CONTENT - A method, computer program product, and system for performing a dynamic social content selection. According to an embodiment, a method may include determining, via one or more computing devices, a plurality of status indicators available to be associated with social content associated with a first user. The method may also include defining one or more rules for the plurality of status indicators based on, at least in part, a recipient characteristic. The method may further include selecting one of the plurality of status indicators to associate with the content for a second user based on the one or more rules. The method may further include providing the content and the selected one of the plurality of status indicators to the second user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282104 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORKING CONTENT - A method, computer program product, and system for performing a dynamic social content selection. According to an embodiment, a method may include determining, via one or more computing devices, a plurality of status indicators available to be associated with social content associated with a first user. The method may also include defining one or more rules for the plurality of status indicators based on, at least in part, a recipient characteristic. The method may further include selecting one of the plurality of status indicators to associate with the content for a second user based on the one or more rules. The method may further include providing the content and the selected one of the plurality of status indicators to the second user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140303970 | ADAPTING SPEECH RECOGNITION ACOUSTIC MODELS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL CUES - An acoustic model adaptation system includes a memory device and a model selector engine coupled to the memory device. The model selector engine is configured to compile information of environmental conditions to identify a current speech environment for audio input into a speech recognizer on a device. The model selector engine is further configured to compare the information of the environmental conditions with profiles of acoustic models. Each profile associates with an acoustic model. Each acoustic model compensates for background noise or acoustical distortions of the audio input. The model selector engine is further configured to select a first acoustic model for the speech recognizer based on the information of the environmental conditions exclusive of audio input from the user. | 10-09-2014 |
20140357237 | CUMULATIVE VOICEMAIL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT - Configured called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences are obtained that allow a called party to control voicemail message recording by repeat callers that previously recorded an unheard voicemail message within a voice mailbox of the called party. An unanswered call to the called party by a caller is detected. A determination is made as to whether the voice mailbox of the called party includes an existing unheard previously-recorded voicemail message from the caller and that the caller is a repeat caller that is subject to the called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences. The voicemail message recording within the voice mailbox by the repeat caller is controlled using the configured called party-controlled voicemail reception preferences. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358435 | TRAVEL DEPARTURE TIME DETERMINATION USING SOCIAL MEDIA AND REGIONAL EVENT INFORMATION - A request is received from a route traveler for a suggested departure time associated with travel to a destination. Community event and social media information, related to events and activities near a travel route to the destination, is evaluated. The suggested departure time is determined based upon the community event and social media information related to the events and activities near the travel route to the destination. The suggested departure time determined based upon the community event and social media information related to the events and activities near the travel route to the destination is provided. | 12-04-2014 |
20140372446 | EMAIL CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND VISUALIZATION - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product to manage and visualize email content using metadata tags. In an embodiment, the method comprises a computing device receiving an email message that is addressed to a recipient and includes a metadata tag; associating the metadata tag with a predefined category and/or subcategory; transmitting a predefined category and/or subcategory to be displayed using at least a pie chart icon that includes a circular chart divided into sectors that illustrate a numerical portion of the transmitted predefined category and/or subcategory associated with a metadata tag, wherein each sector includes an arc length that is proportional to a quantity of email messages received that have a metadata tag associated with the sector; and generating an object associated with the transmitted predefined category and/or subcategory, wherein in response to a user interacting with the object an action is generated. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035721 | SMART DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS FOR SURFACE COMPUTING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for smart device notifications in surface computing. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for smart device notifications in surface computing includes registering in memory of a surface computing system, a placement of multiple different smart devices upon a surface of the surface computing system. The method also includes detecting a receipt of a notification in one of the smart devices. Finally, the method includes rendering in a visual display of the surface computing system, an indication of a particular one of the smart devices in which the receipt of the notification is detected. | 02-05-2015 |
20150058284 | MEDIA FILE REPLACEMENT - The computer manages media content by receiving, at a first memory storage location, a first file having one or more associated properties. The computer identifies a second file, at a second memory storage location, having one or more associated properties that are substantially similar to the first file. The computer compares the one or more properties of the first file to the one or more properties of the second file. The computer determines whether to replace the first file with the second file, based on the comparison of the one or more properties of the first file to the one or more properties of the second file. Responsive to determining to replace the first file with the second file, the computer stores at the first memory storage location a link to the second memory storage location. | 02-26-2015 |