Patents by Inventor Roma Shah

Roma Shah 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: 20120266104
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a scroll operation are disclosed. A method may include displaying a first page of a portable document format (pdf) document on a browser window, associating respective thumbnails with each of the pages in the pdf document, and displaying two or more of the respective thumbnails overlaid on the first page. The method may also include receiving an indication to scroll the pdf document in a first direction, scrolling the pages of the pdf document at a first rate in the first direction, and scrolling the respective thumbnails of each of the pages at a second rate, different than the first rate, in the first direction. The varying scroll rate of the document and its corresponding thumbnails provides the user with different viewing options to view the document when performing a scrolling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Roma SHAH
  • Publication number: 20120266101
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying content on a webpage are disclosed. The method may include receiving an application indication to open a first application on a touch device. The method may further include displaying the first application on the touch device as a panel overlaid on a portion of a viewable area of a webpage that is currently displayed on the touch device, and displaying a first icon on the touch device relative to the panel and the webpage, the icon representative of the first application. The content of the webpage may be viewable and accessible on a single display window for ease of convenience when navigating from the first application to the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Roma SHAH
  • Publication number: 20120266089
    Abstract: Methods and systems for displaying content on a webpage are disclosed. The method may include receiving an application indication to open a first application on a touch device. The method may further include displaying the first application on the touch device as a panel overlaid on a portion of a viewable area of a webpage that is currently displayed on the touch device, and displaying a first icon on the touch device relative to the panel and the webpage, the icon representative of the first application. The content of the webpage may be viewable and accessible on a single display window for ease of convenience when navigating from the first application to the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Roma SHAH
  • Publication number: 20120266103
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a scroll operation are disclosed. A method may include displaying a first page of a portable document format (pdf) document on a browser window, associating respective thumbnails with each of the pages in the pdf document, and displaying two or more of the respective thumbnails overlaid on the first page. The method may also include receiving an indication to scroll the pdf document in a first direction, scrolling the pages of the pdf document at a first rate in the first direction, and scrolling the respective thumbnails of each of the pages at a second rate, different than the first rate, in the first direction. The varying scroll rate of the document and its corresponding thumbnails provides the user with different viewing options to view the document when performing a scrolling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Roma Shah
  • Patent number: 8237972
    Abstract: Methods and systems for printing of a document using tabs. An indication of a print command is received to print a first instance of a document displayed in a first tab on a browser. A second tab is displayed with a second instance of the document upon receiving the indication of the print command, wherein the second tab with the second instance of the document is visible, and the first instance of the document displayed in the first tab is hidden by the second tab displaying the second instance of the document. A print option area is displayed relative to the second instance of the document in the second tab. A final print indication is received from the print option area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Roma Shah, Glen Murphy
  • Publication number: 20120143904
    Abstract: Methods and systems for setting application settings using instant search are provided. A method for setting application settings using instant search may include receiving a first portion of user search input associated with an application setting and determining application settings from applications based on the first portion of the user search input. The method may also include displaying the application settings corresponding to the user search input in a results section. The method may further include receiving an update to the user search input and dynamically updating the results section based at least in part on the update. The method may also include setting application settings based on user setting input entered into the results section to adjust the application settings. A system for setting application settings using an instant search page may include an application setting determiner, a display manager and an application setting manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alex AINSLIE, Nicholas Jitkoff, Roma Shah
  • Publication number: 20120143900
    Abstract: Methods and systems for setting application settings using instant search are provided. A method for setting application settings using instant search may include receiving a first portion of user search input associated with an application setting and determining application settings from applications based on the first portion of the user search input. The method may also include displaying the application settings corresponding to the user search input in a results section. The method may further include receiving an update to the user search input and dynamically updating the results section based at least in part on the update. The method may also include setting application settings based on user setting input entered into the results section to adjust the application settings. A system for setting application settings using an instant search page may include an application setting determiner, a display manager and an application setting manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Ainslie, Nicholas Jitkoff, Roma Shah
  • Patent number: 8176435
    Abstract: Methods and systems for resizing a display area of a display device are disclosed. An example method may include receiving an on-screen pinch gesture associated with a first location and a second location, the second location being different from the first location on a multi-touch input device. The method may also include for each of a plurality of predefined content areas: adjusting a respective size of each predefined content area based on the on-screen pinch gesture, determining a respective amount of the content to display in the predefined content area based on the respective adjusted size of the predefined content area, and displaying the respective adjusted amount of content within the respective predefined content area associated with the adjusted size on the multi-touch input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jitkoff, Roma Shah