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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Kristopher T. Frazier, McKinney, TX (US);
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US);
George M. Higa, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Data Services LLC, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
In certain exemplary embodiments, data representative of a proximity heuristic specifying a plurality of levels of an object detection zone associated with a display screen is maintained, an object is detected within the object detection zone, one or more of the levels are selected based on one or more attributes of the object, and an action associated with the selected one or more levels is performed. In certain examples, the action includes modifying a graphical user interface view displayed on the display screen.