Motorola Mobility LLC

Google Inc.

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Satyabrata Rout

Amit Kumar Agrawal

Himanshu Chug

Vishal S Patil

Pankaj Kushwaha

Amarnath J

J Amarnath

Rachid M Alameh

Olivier David Meirhaeghe

Raymond Brooke Essick, Iv

Andre Luiz Silva Bazante

Jayashree M Yabannavar

John Hamilton O'Leary

Sanjeev Kumar P V

Sanjeev Kumar Pv

Kushwaha Pankaj

Gokula Ramanan

An electronic device, method, and computer program product support automatically modifying a virtual gamepad presented on a mobile electronic device based on frequency of use of particular controls for a game. The electronic device executes a game application to present, via an external display, a game screen. The electronic device identifies a virtual gamepad configuration having virtual controls including at least first and second virtual controls. The electronic device presents the virtual gamepad configuration on a touch screen display. The electronic device monitors frequency of input to each of the virtual controls. The electronic device defines a second virtual gamepad configuration associated with the game application that spatially adjusts at least one of the first and the second virtual controls in relation to a respective frequency of input to facilitate use of the touch screen display as a game controller to control the game application.

Touch screen display game controller customized per game application in response to control usage

Techniques for media control interface for a mobile device are described and are implementable to generate a media control interface for display by a first device to control an application displayed by a second device. For instance, a mobile device executes a media application that supports playback of digital video content, and communicates the digital video content to a display device for display. The mobile device generates a media control interface that is configurable with a variety of selectable indicia based on the digital video content. For instance, the media control interface includes a seekbar to control a temporal location of the digital video content, one or more video control buttons, and a touchpad that maps to actuatable areas of the media application. The media control interface receives an input and controls various functionality of the media application based on the input.

Media control interface for a mobile device

A network system, method, and computer program product support automatically distributing virtual gamepads customized based on frequency of use of particular controls for a game. The network system connects, via a communication subsystem of a network system, to a communication network. The network system associates a game application with a first virtual gamepad configuration including virtual controls. The network system stores, in network memory, customized versions of the first virtual gamepad configuration including a second virtual gamepad configuration having modified virtual controls that are adjusted in size relative and/or spatially repositioned based on frequency of use of the virtual controls during detected interactions with the game application by user device(s). The network system transmits the first and/or the second virtual gamepad configurations to an electronic device for presenting on a touch screen display while executing the game application and presenting a game screen on an external display.

Network shared customization of touch screen display game controller customized based on tracking user inputs

Techniques for guidance image generation for a mobile device are described and are implementable to generate a guidance image for display by a first device based on digital content displayed by a second device. For instance, a mobile device executes and controls a gaming application, and communicates digital content from the application to a display device. A screenshot of the digital content displayed by the remote display device is captured, and based on the screenshot the mobile device generates a guidance image. The guidance image depicts one or more touchpoints of the application, and is displayed by the mobile device. The mobile device is further operable to terminate display of the guidance image, such as based on receipt of an instance proximity-based input. The mobile device recalls the guidance image subsequent to termination of display, such as based on a user request to recall the guidance image.

Guidance image generation for a mobile device

Techniques for controller graphical user interface based on interaction data are described and are implementable to generate a controller graphical user interface for display by a first device to control digital content displayed on a second device. For instance, an application such as a mobile gaming application is displayed on a mobile device and digital content from the application is communicated for display by a display device as part of a content connectivity session. One or more control regions of the application are determined based on a monitored interaction with a user interface of the mobile device. One or more control graphics are identified that correlate to the one or more control regions. A controller graphical user interface is generated that displays the one or more control graphics and filters out extraneous digital content. The controller graphical user interface is then displayed by the mobile device.

Controller graphical user interface based on interaction data

Generally, a computing device displays, on a display device of the computing device, a barcode to be read by a scanning device. When a barcode is displayed on the display device a determination is made as to whether the barcode is not fully displayed on the display device due to hardware of the computing device such as a punch hole in the display device for a camera, speaker, or microphone. If the barcode is not fully displayed due to the hardware of the computing device, the display of the barcode is modified so that the barcode is fully displayed on the display device despite the hardware of the computing device. Additionally or alternatively, if the scanning device has not completed the scan within a threshold amount of time, the display of the barcode on the display device is modified, such as by increasing or decreasing the resolution of the barcode.

Modifying a barcode display to facilitate barcode scanning

For responding to a notification displayed in an Always on Display ('AoD') mode with a voice command, a method displays notifications in at least one of a full power mode or an AoD mode, parses a notification to determine a notification type. The method also determines, while in the AoD mode, if the notification supports voice responses. If the notification supports voice response, the method receives a voice command from a user and authorizes the user based on the voice command, bypasses a screen lock, in response to the user being authorized, and executes the voice command.

Method and apparatus for enabling context-based voice responses to always-on-display notifications

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enabling screen-specific user interfacing with elements of viewable screens presented by an electronic device are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of identifying a character sequence representing a first input that is received while displaying a viewable screen having at least one selectable viewable element. The actions further include accessing an electronic file that provides a text representation of one or more of the at least one selectable viewable element. The actions further include comparing the character sequence to the text representation. The actions further include selecting, within the viewable screen, a selectable viewable element whose text representation matches the character sequence. The actions further include triggering any action linked to the selecting the selectable viewable element.

System and method for speech-based navigation and interaction with a device's visible screen elements using a corresponding view hierarchy

A method and apparatus for managing multiple voice operation trigger phrases includes an electronic computing device enabling a first voice operation trigger phrase and a second voice operation trigger phrase on the electronic computing device. The method further includes determining whether a context applies to the electronic computing device, loading the first voice operation trigger phrase upon determining that a first context applies to the electronic computing device, and loading the second voice operation trigger phrase upon determining that a second context applies to the electronic computing device.

Method and apparatus for managing multiple voice operation trigger phrases

Disclosed are systems and methods for managing data use by a user device. In an embodiment, the resolution of media generation, media presentation, or both are altered to optimize the device's usage of data under a data allotment. In a further embodiment, the device may serve as a data conduit to a second device for reasons of improved resolution, improved battery life, or to optimize data allotment.

Methods and apparatus for managing data use

For managing audio readouts and visual notifications, a method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes audio output device, a display device, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to: present, via the audio output device, an audio readout to the user of the apparatus, determine a user attention state, and present, via the display device, a visual cue in a visual notification that corresponds to the audio readout, in response to the user attention state being a state of user interest. The visual cue may indicate a location in the visual notification that corresponds to a current position of the audio readout. Determining the user attention state to be a state of user interest may include receiving sensor data and determining whether a user is holding the apparatus based on the sensor data.

Method and apparatus for managing audio readouts

A method and apparatus for voice enrolling an electronic computing device includes a networked server configured to receive voice data over a first communication connection from a first electronic computing device, wherein the voice data comprises a user-specific launch phrase spoken by a user. The networked server is further configured to receive an indication of a second electronic computing device to voice enroll and to initiate voice enrollment of the second electronic computing device over a second communication connection using the voice data.

Method and apparatus for voice enrolling an electronic computing device

In an electronic device, a method includes analyzing help information associated with a software application to identify a sequence of manipulations of viewable elements associated with an instance of an operation by the software application. The method further includes generating a voice command set based on the sequence of manipulations of viewable elements and storing the voice command set. The method further includes receiving voice input from a user, determining the voice input represents a voice command of the voice command set, and performing an emulated manipulation sequence of viewable elements based on the voice command to actuate an instance of the operation by the software application, the emulated manipulation sequence based on the sequence of manipulations of viewable elements.

Dynamic inference of voice command for software operation from help information

A method includes receiving an incoming call from a caller's device in a called device. A locale preference associated with the caller's device is determined. A voice engine in the called device is configured using locale settings associated with the determined locale preference. A query message is sent to the caller's device. A response to the query message is parsed using the voice engine. The incoming call is processed in the called device based on the response.

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Satyabrata Rout