Patents by Inventor Adam W. Powell

Adam W. Powell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8589911
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving first user input, the first user input indicating a first intent; searching applications installed on the computing device based on the first intent; determining that none of the installed applications are capable of fulfilling the first intent; transmitting a request to a server system, the request requesting applications capable of fulfilling the first intent; receiving a list of one or more applications, each of the one or more applications being capable of fulfilling the first intent; downloading and installing a first application of the one or more applications; launching the first application; and fulfilling the first intent using the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Sharkey, Adam W. Powell