Patents by Inventor Brad Alex Seiler

Brad Alex Seiler 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).

  • Detecting document text that is hard to read
    Patent number: 8990224
    Abstract: A computer system is configured to determine portions of text extracted from a corresponding group of documents; process a particular portion of text by a set of filters, where the particular portion of text may correspond to a particular document, and where each of the filters may generate a respective score based on processing the particular portion of text; calculate a readability score based on the respective scores generated by the filters; determine that the readability score satisfies a threshold score; and generate or select a new portion of text, for the particular document, based on determining that the readability score satisfies the threshold score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren Ouellette, Gunes Erkan, Brad Alex Seiler, Xichen Yu