Patents by Inventor Bjorn E. Bringert

Bjorn E. Bringert 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).

  • Using information from a user device and a server to suggest an input
    Patent number: 9767188
    Abstract: Systems may include receiving, from the user device, data representing input to a virtual keyboard on the user device, where the virtual keyboard includes keys, and the data represents least one of: locations at which the keys were selected and durations for which the keys were selected. The systems may include using the data to identify character strings; and performing a spellcheck on the character strings to identify candidates for the character strings. The systems may also include determining popularities of the candidates; selecting one or more of the candidates based on popularity and ranking of the one or more candidates; and outputting the selected one or more candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn E. Bringert, Nicholas B. Weininger
  • Requesting search results by user interface gesture combining display objects
    Patent number: 9195720
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from a user device, data indicating a user performed a user input gesture combining a first display object in a plurality of display objects with a second display object in the plurality of display objects; identifying attributes that are associated with both the first display object and the second display object; and performing a search based on the attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Henrique Dias Penha, Mark Brophy, Mathew Inwood, Mikkel Crone Koser, Thomas Jenkins, Adam Skory, Bjorn E. Bringert, Hugo B. Barra, Andrew Anderson Stewart, Robert W. Hamilton
  • Using information from a user device and a server to suggest an input
    Patent number: 9047012
    Abstract: Systems may include receiving, from the user device, data representing input to a virtual keyboard on the user device, where the virtual keyboard includes keys, and the data represents least one of: locations at which the keys were selected and durations for which the keys were selected. The systems may include using the data to identify character strings; and performing a spellcheck on the character strings to identify candidates for the character strings. The systems may also include determining popularities of the candidates; selecting one or more of the candidates based on popularity and ranking of the one or more candidates; and outputting the selected one or more candidates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn E. Bringert, Nicholas B. Weininger
  • REQUESTING SEARCH RESULTS BY USER INTERFACE GESTURE COMBINING DISPLAY OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20140280049
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from a user device, data indicating a user performed a user input gesture combining a first display object in a plurality of display objects with a second display object in the plurality of display objects; identifying attributes that are associated with both the first display object and the second display object; and performing a search based on the attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Henrique Dias Penha, Mark Brophy, Mathew Inwood, Mikkel Crone Koser, Thomas Jenkins, Adam Skory, Bjorn E. Bringert, Hugo B. Barra, Andrew Anderson Stewart, Robert W. Hamilton