Patents by Inventor Ben Bashford

Ben Bashford 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).

  • Hop navigation
    Patent number: 10261602
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to hop navigation on mobile devices are provided. A computing device can generate a first visible display displaying a first screen. The computing device can receive a request to activate movement between screens. After receiving the request to activate movement between screens, the computing device can: generate a second visible display of an expanded screen plane, where the second visible display includes a display of the first screen and at least a portion of a neighboring screen within the expanded screen plane, enable interaction with the expanded screen plane using one or more movements of the computing device to navigate to the neighboring screen, and receive a request to deactivate movement between screens. After receiving the request to deactivate movement between screens, the computing device can generate a third visible display displaying the neighboring screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ben Bashford, Miroslav Bojic, Matt Webb
  • Hop Navigation
    Publication number: 20180253160
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to hop navigation on mobile devices are provided. A computing device can generate a first visible display displaying a first screen. The computing device can receive a request to activate movement between screens. After receiving the request to activate movement between screens, the computing device can: generate a second visible display of an expanded screen plane, where the second visible display includes a display of the first screen and at least a portion of a neighboring screen within the expanded screen plane, enable interaction with the expanded screen plane using one or more movements of the computing device to navigate to the neighboring screen, and receive a request to deactivate movement between screens. After receiving the request to deactivate movement between screens, the computing device can generate a third visible display displaying the neighboring screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ben Bashford, Miroslav Bojic, Matt Webb