Patents by Inventor Alan B. Sherr

Alan B. Sherr 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).

  • Publication number: 20110248914
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and products are described for enabling a user to enter data into a device without a keyboard. A virtual keyboard in accordance with the invention may include a sensor to detect actual or intended finger movements or other changes in the user's physiology, an element that generates a sequence of ambiguous pseudo-words based on the physiological changes, and a translator that translates the pseudo-words into words in a natural language and provides the natural language words to the device or to a data storage unit. The device typically may be a computer, electronic notepad, personal digital assistant, telephone, or other electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventor: Alan B. Sherr
  • Publication number: 20040073527
    Abstract: Computer systems, methods, and products use adaptive systems, such as neural networks, to classify protein domains according to their hydropathic, steric, electrostatic, and other properties, and to predict the characteristics of domains with which they will bind based on these properties. Optionally, the systems, methods, and products also predict protein function based on the physical/chemical properties of one or more domains of the protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Alan B. Sherr