Patents by Inventor Vincent Ngo Bao Khoi

Vincent Ngo Bao Khoi 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).

  • Techniques for inserting diacritical marks to text input via a user device
    Patent number: 8812302
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assisting a user to input Vietnamese text to a user device lacking a subset of characters in a Vietnamese alphabet includes receiving a character input by a user, determining three words previously input by the user, the three words having already had diacritical marks inserted, transmitting the three words and the character to a server via a network, receiving first and second information corresponding to the character from the server via the network, the first and second information generated at the server based on a context of the three words, the context determined at the server using a language model, the first and second information indicating whether the character requires a diacritical mark and a specific diacritical mark, respectively, generating a modified character comprising a character in the Vietnamese alphabet based on the character and the first and second information, and displaying the modified character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangye Xiao, Yuanbo Zhang, Vincent Ngo Bao Khoi, Fan Yang, Baohua Liao, Hanping Feng
  • TECHNIQUES FOR INSERTING DIACRITICAL MARKS TO TEXT INPUT VIA A USER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130185054
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for assisting a user to input Vietnamese text to a user device lacking a subset of characters in a Vietnamese alphabet includes receiving a character input by a user, determining three words previously input by the user, the three words having already had diacritical marks inserted, transmitting the three words and the character to a server via a network, receiving first and second information corresponding to the character from the server via the network, the first and second information generated at the server based on a context of the three words, the context determined at the server using a language model, the first and second information indicating whether the character requires a diacritical mark and a specific diacritical mark, respectively, generating a modified character comprising a character in the Vietnamese alphabet based on the character and the first and second information, and displaying the modified character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangye Xiao, Yuanbo Zhang, Vincent Ngo Bao Khoi, Fan Yang, Baohua Liao, Hanping Feng