Patents by Inventor Asif Zahir

Asif Zahir 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).

  • Patent number: 8863041
    Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes receiving a first user selection at a first location on a graphically-displayed object on a graphical user interface, receiving a subsequent user selection, separate from the first user selection, at a second location on the graphically-displayed object, determining a relative orientation between the first location and the second location, and zooming on the graphically-displayed object centered on a point that is along a line between the first location and the second location. A direction of the zooming is determined from the relative orientation of the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Indika Charles Mendis, Asif Zahir
  • Patent number: 8560236
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes identifying one or more previous locations for a mobile electronic device; identifying a plurality of possible travel routes for the mobile electronic device; determining possible locations for the mobile electronic device along the possible travel routes based on determined travel speed information for areas near the previous locations; and providing information for one or more indications of the possible locations to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Asif Zahir, Daniel S. Rice
  • Patent number: 8468469
    Abstract: A computer-implemented user interface method includes receiving a first user selection at a first location on a graphically-displayed object on a graphical user interface, receiving a subsequent user selection, separate from the first user selection, at a second location on the graphically-displayed object, determining a relative orientation between the first location and the second location, and zooming on the graphically-displayed object centered on a point that is along a line between the first location and the second location. A direction of the zooming is determined from the relative orientation of the first location to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Indika C. Mendis, Asif Zahir