Customized guided workflow element arrangement
Granted: November 13, 2018
Patent Number:
10126918
Customized guided workflow element arrangement techniques are described in which user interface elements configured to provide entry points for guided workflows are dynamically arranged based upon usage frequency of application features. In one or more implementations, personalized views of a workflow selection screen are generated and provided to users by arranging UI elements on an individual basis. Workflows related to features of an application that are used are identified based on…
System and method for straightening curved page content
Granted: November 6, 2018
Patent Number:
10121088
The page straightening system includes a word module to determine an enclosing quadrilateral of each connected component of curved page content. Further, a line module in the page straightening system is configured to form text lines by joining enclosing quadrilaterals based on a reading order. Subsequently, a correction module in the page straightening system is configured to generate straightened content from the curved content based on the text lines. As such, the page straightening…
Social capture rules
Granted: November 6, 2018
Patent Number:
10120932
The collection of social data from social networking services for moderation purposes is improved by analyzing social mentions captured using an initial set of capture rules. The text and/or metadata of social mentions previously captured using an initial rule set of capture rules may be analyzed to identify common text and/or common metadata amongst those social mentions. A new rule set may be generated with capture rules having criteria selected based on the identified common text…
User interface facilitating mesh generation
Granted: November 6, 2018
Patent Number:
10120523
A mesh is a collection of multiple shapes referred to as elements, each of which can share an edge with one or more other elements of the mesh. The mesh is presented to the user on a display, and the user identifies a new element to be added to the mesh. User input is received to manipulate the new element (e.g., move the new element around the display). As the new element is manipulated, various conditions are applied to determine edges of elements existing in the mesh that the new…
Photometric stabilization for time-compressed video
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10116897
Photometric stabilization for time-compressed video is described. Initially, video content captured by a video capturing device is time-compressed by selecting a subset of frames from the video content according to a frame sampling technique. Photometric characteristics are then stabilized across the frames of the time-compressed video. This involves determining correspondences of pixels in adjacent frames of the time-compressed video. Photometric transformations are then determined that…
Digital content streaming to loss intolerant streaming clients
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10116718
Digital streaming to loss intolerant clients is described. In one example, a system includes a repair module to repair an error in the stream of digital content having a plurality of packets configured according to a loss tolerant format. The system also includes a segment formation module to form the plurality of packets into a plurality of segments in a media presentation and a manifest module to configure a manifest file mapping time periods to respective segments of the plurality of…
Identifying multiple devices belonging to a single user
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10116536
Techniques are disclosed that provide more accurate clustering of devices by forming clusters of devices and merging or changing clusters based on predetermined criteria. The technique starts with a large number of clusters (e.g., one for each account) and refines the clusters, for example, by merging clusters or determining which cluster a given device should be in when the device is associated with multiple clusters. One technique iteratively adjusts clusters of devices by merging…
Visitor session classification based on clickstreams
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10115121
Example systems and methods of classifying web visitor sessions based on clickstreams are presented. In one example, a plurality of web pages of a website is organized into a plurality of web page categories. A clickstream of each visitor to visit the plurality of web page categories of the website are divided into a plurality of visitor sessions. A mathematical distance between each of the plurality of visitor sessions is determined using a visitation metric based on the web page…
Preview cursor for image editing
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10114520
Methods and systems, including computer program products, implementing a preview cursor for image editing. One method includes displaying an image, receiving user input moving a cursor representing an editing tool to a position on the image, and in response, displaying a cursor icon representing the cursor at the position. The editing tool is operable to have an effect when applied. The cursor icon shows the effect of applying the editing tool at the position while and only while the…
Restoring the appearance of scans of damaged physical documents
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10110781
Systems and methods for restoring the appearances of scans of damaged physical documents. Ink bleed is removed and/or ink added to portions of a scanned image based on determining an ink bleed model by analyzing colors of pixels in the scanned image. Gaps in strokes are reconstructed based on analyzing pixel color at multiple angles around individual pixels in the scanned image to determine whether the individual pixels are part of a stroke. The appearance of the scanned image is also…
Navigation in a hierarchical node structure
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10108313
Techniques are disclosed for navigation in a hierarchical node structure. A first graphical element representing a parent node in a hierarchical node structure is displayed via a graphical user interface (GUI). One or more second graphical elements, each representing a first child node of the parent node, are further displayed via the GUI on a first imaginary curve adjacent to or at least partially surrounding the parent node. In response to a user selection of one of the first child…
Environmental detection of internet of things devices
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10110697
The environment within which IoT devices are operating is determining based on sets of fingerprints collected from the IoT devices. The set of fingerprints for each respective IoT device contains at least one fingerprint corresponding to a sensed IoT device in communication with the respective IoT device. A similarity score is generated for pairs of IoT devices by comparing their respective sets of fingerprints to identify matching fingerprints. The IoT devices are grouped into a common…
Decrypting content samples including distinct encryption chains
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10110613
Embodiments may be configured to receive a protected version of content that includes multiple encrypted content samples. In various embodiments, each encrypted content sample includes multiple encrypted blocks. For a given encrypted content sample, different sets of encrypted blocks in that sample may form different encryption chains. The protected version of the content may further include decryption information for decrypting the encrypted content samples. The decryption information…
Detecting application state using a DNS-controlled proxy
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10110564
Detecting an application state using a DNS-controlled proxy is described. In one or more embodiments, a proxy on a computer establishes a first secure connection with a browser and the proxy establishes a second secure connection with a web server. The proxy forwards a request for a test asset from the browser to the web server. In response to the request, the web server responds with the test asset, which is sent via the proxy to the browser. The browser attempts to load the test asset…
Techniques for associating variable versions of a cluster of devices identified at different times with the same user by assigning cluster identifiers
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10110435
Systems and methods are provided for identifying stable attributes in clusters of devices and naming the clusters of devices using the stable attributes. The stable attribute is selected from data associated with user/household behavior and data associated with each device. Because the stable attribute is associated with the device in the cluster determined to be the most stable, it is a persistent identifier that can be used to identify the user/household over time. Because the stable…
Automatic crop and fill boundary generation
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10109093
A system and method for extending bounds of straightened and enlarged images is described. A user interface of an image editing application exposes an image to a user for editing. The user positions the image in the user interface and the image editing application generates a frame in the user interface to identify boundaries of a final image in the user interface. The image editing application then automatically determines an empty area within the frame, applies a fill operation to the…
Local optimization for curvy brush stroke synthesis
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10109083
Systems and methods provide for on the fly creation of curvy, digital brush strokes using incremental, local optimization. Samples from a user's input stroke are detected and matched with exemplar brush stroke segments as the user proceeds to provide input. For each set of samples, a temporary segment is generated and displayed for the user, and the temporary segment is later replaced by a permanent segment as subsequent samples sets are matched. Additionally, this optimization allows…
Methods and systems for collaborated change point detection in time series
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10108978
Systems and methods disclosed herein use one or more auxiliary time series to more accurately identify change points in a target time series. This involves receiving data for the target time series and one or more auxiliary time series, where the one or more auxiliary time series have a relationship with the target time series. A combined auxiliary time series is generated based on the relationship between the target time series and the one or more auxiliary time series and the change…
Learning user preferences for photo adjustments
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10108884
In example embodiments, systems and methods for learning and using user preferences for image adjustments are presented. In example embodiments, a new image is received. A correction parameter based on previously stored user adjustments for similar images is determined. A user style that is an adjusted version of the new image is generated by applying the correction parameter. The user style is provided on a user interface. A user adjustment is received. Based on determining that a user…
Rendition of a content editor
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10108437
Example embodiments herein include a process executing in a browser that obtains a video editor application over a network. After obtaining the video editor application, a configuration process associated with the video editor application obtains a configuration file over the network. The configuration file identifies operable characteristics of the video editor application to be enabled for use by a corresponding user viewing the browser. The configuration process associated with the…
