Patents by Inventor Romain P. Guy
Romain P. Guy 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).
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Patent number: 8839413Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P. Guy
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Patent number: 8667562Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael J LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P Guy
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Publication number: 20130219346Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P. Guy
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Patent number: 8418225Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael J LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P Guy
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Patent number: 8407502Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is presented. The technique can include determining, at a computing device including one or more processors, a power remaining in a battery of the computing device. The technique can include determining, at the computing device, a selected operating mode from a plurality of operating modes for the computing device based on the power remaining in the battery. Each of the plurality of operating modes can correspond to a different range of power remaining in the battery of the computing device. The technique can also include adjusting, at the computing device, operation of the computing device based on the selected operating mode. The selected operating mode can be associated with one or more display functions of the computing device, and adjusting operation of the computing device can include adjusting operation of the one or more display functions to adjust power usage of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Romain P. Guy, Mathias Marc Agopian
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Patent number: 8402533Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael J LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P Guy
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Patent number: 8266550Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes displaying on a mobile device desktop a background image and one or more foreground items over the background image, receiving a user input to pan across the desktop, and panning the background images and one or more foreground images in a parallax manner relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michael A. Cleron, Romain P. Guy, Martin Chakirov
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Publication number: 20120124644Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P. Guy
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Publication number: 20120036556Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Michael J. LeBeau, John Nicholas Jitkoff, Romain P. Guy
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Publication number: 20120023425Abstract: Display of on-screen elements is coordinated, which includes generating a graphical wallpaper representation in a first process on a first visual layer on a display of a computing device, generating one or more graphical objects in a second process on a second visual layer of the display, wherein the second visual layer is positioned visually on top of the first visual layer, receiving user interactions with the one or more graphical objects and generating information that reflects the user interactions, and communicating the generated information to the first process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Dianne K. Hackborn, Michael A. Cleron, Romain P. Guy, Joseph M. Onorato
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Publication number: 20110119610Abstract: Display of on-screen elements is coordinated, which includes generating a graphical wallpaper representation in a first process on a first visual layer on a display of a computing device, generating one or more graphical objects in a second process on a second visual layer of the display, wherein the second visual layer is positioned visually on top of the first visual layer, receiving user interactions with the one or more graphical objects and generating information that reflects the user interactions, and communicating the generated information to the first process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Dianne K. Hackborn, Michael A. Cleron, Romain P. Guy, Joseph M. Onorato