Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Simon Bula

Geoffrey Simon Bula 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).

  • Handwriting preview window
    Patent number: 10671795
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, in an overlay input application, one or more ink strokes provided to an input field overlay area; and providing, in the overlay input application, a preview area that displays a typeset preview for the one or more ink strokes; wherein the preview area is displayed in a location determined by an area associated with current ink stroke input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Sarah Jane E Cox, Geoffrey Simon Bula, Rajesh Krishna Daivajna
  • QUERY INPUT RECEIVED AT MORE THAN ONE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190065608
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from at least one user, query input, wherein the query input is received at more than one information handling device; identifying an information handling device, from the more than one information handling device, for performing a function associated with the query input; and directing, to the identified information handling device, an output responsive to the query input. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Rod D. Waltermann, Geoffrey Simon Bula, Ya Zhang
  • East Asian character assist
    Patent number: 9733825
    Abstract: A method can include identifying at least one radical of a plurality of East Asian characters based at least in part on stroke information received via a touch-sensitive display; ranking individual East Asian characters of the plurality of East Asian characters according to their individual frequencies in a corpus; and rendering at least a portion of the ranked individual East Asian characters to the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Jian Li, Jianbang Zhang, Song Wang, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • CONTROLLING A WEARABLE DEVICE USING GESTURES
    Publication number: 20160282947
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method including: receiving, at a wearable device, non-image data from at least one sensor operatively coupled to the wearable device, wherein the non-image data is based upon a gesture performed by a user; identifying, using a processor, the gesture performed by a user using the non-image data; and performing an action based upon the gesture identified. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: David Alexander Schwarz, Ming Qian, Geoffrey Simon Bula, John Weldon Nicholson
  • HANDWRITING PREVIEW WINDOW
    Publication number: 20160179758
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: detecting, in an overlay input application, one or more ink strokes provided to an input field overlay area; and providing, in the overlay input application, a preview area that displays a typeset preview for the one or more ink strokes; wherein the preview area is displayed in a location determined by an area associated with current ink stroke input. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Richard Perrin, Jianbang Zhang, Russell Speight VanBlon, Joshua Neil Novak, Aaron Michael Stewart, Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Sarah Jane E Cox, Geoffrey Simon Bula, Rajesh Krishna Daivajna
  • EAST ASIAN CHARACTER ASSIST
    Publication number: 20160124630
    Abstract: A method can include identifying at least one radical of a plurality of East Asian characters based at least in part on stroke information received via a touch-sensitive display; ranking individual East Asian characters of the plurality of East Asian characters according to their individual frequencies in a corpus; and rendering at least a portion of the ranked individual East Asian characters to the touch-sensitive display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Jian Li, Jianbang Zhang, Song Wang, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • PEN BASED LOCKING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160098162
    Abstract: A method includes tracking pointing device interaction with a multi-user page via a pointing device, identifying a portion of the multi-user page via the interaction, and establishing an exclusive access zone corresponding to the identified portion for the user as a function of the tracked pointing device interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ming Qian, Jian Li, Bradley Park Strazisar, Song Erin Wang, Geoffrey Simon Bula, Antoine Roland Raux
  • Off-screen input capture for mobile device
    Patent number: 9304612
    Abstract: A method includes capturing stylus input via a background task running on a mobile device, wherein the stylus input is from user interactions with the stylus separate from the mobile device, suppressing display of stylus input on a display screen of the mobile device while capturing stylus input via the background task, and storing the stylus input on a computer readable storage device accessible by the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • OFF-SCREEN INPUT CAPTURE FOR MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150253877
    Abstract: A method includes capturing stylus input via a background task running on a mobile device, wherein the stylus input is from user interactions with the stylus separate from the mobile device, suppressing display of stylus input on a display screen of the mobile device while capturing stylus input via the background task, and storing the stylus input on a computer readable storage device accessible by the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew Price Roper, Jian Li, Scott Edwards Kelso, Geoffrey Simon Bula
  • GRAPHICAL INPUT-FRIENDLY FUNCTION SELECTION
    Publication number: 20150169214
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: ascertaining, via an input component of an information handling device, a graphical input; determining, using a processor, two or more functions associated with the graphical input; and providing, using the processor, an indication co-displayed with a rendering of the graphical input and associated with the two or more functions. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Edwards Kelso, Howard Locker, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Geoffrey Simon Bula