Patents by Inventor Florian Niemann

Florian Niemann 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).

  • Notifications and live updates for braille displays
    Patent number: 9240129
    Abstract: Various systems, servers, methods, media, programs, and devices for providing a notification of a live event in an application to a braille display are provided. Content information of the application is transmitted to the braille display and displayed in a first display area of the braille display. The notification is transmitted to the braille display and displayed in a second display area of the braille display in response to detecting the live event for notifying a user of the braille display of the live event. The notification is transmitted independently of the content information without interrupting transmission of the content information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Florian Niemann