Patents by Inventor Gregory Mason Neiswander

Gregory Mason Neiswander 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: 11893227
    Abstract: In one example, a computing device includes one or more user input detection components, and one or more processors configured to receive an indication of a first user input detected by the one or more user input detection components, responsive to receiving the indication of the first user input, adjust a level of an attention buffer at a defined rate; responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a first threshold, prevent further interaction with a user interface of the computing device, responsive to determining that an indication of a second user input has not been received within a time period, adjust a level of the attention buffer, and responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a second threshold, allow further interaction with the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuan Hang Li, Daniel Holle, Yan Yan, Jorge Taketoshi Furuya Mariche, Jia Wei Tam, Stefan Day Dierauf, Rasekh Rifaat, Ian Douglas Barlow
  • Publication number: 20220206650
    Abstract: In one example, a computing device includes one or more user input detection components, and one or more processors configured to receive an indication of a first user input detected by the one or more user input detection components, responsive to receiving the indication of the first user input, adjust a level of an attention buffer at a defined rate; responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a first threshold, prevent further interaction with a user interface of the computing device, responsive to determining that an indication of a second user input has not been received within a time period, adjust a level of the attention buffer, and responsive to determining that the level of the attention buffer satisfies a second threshold, allow further interaction with the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Sabrina Silk Billinghurst, Yuan Hang Li, Daniel Holle, Yan Yan, Jorge Taketoshi Furuya Mariche, Jia Wei Tam, Stefan Day Dierauf, Rasekh Rifaat, Ian Douglas Barlow
  • Patent number: 10739912
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a contact by a user detected at a touch-sensitive device. Variations in the contact over time are analyzed, and an anchor confidence score that is indicative of whether the contact represents a user input made using the touch-sensitive device is determined based at least on the analysis of the variations in the contact over time. The contact is classified as an anchor based at least on the anchor confidence score. Based on classifying the contact as an anchor, the contact is not processed as a user input to the touch-sensitive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Evan Malahy
  • Publication number: 20180335890
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a contact by a user detected at a touch-sensitive device. Variations in the contact over time are analyzed, and an anchor confidence score that is indicative of whether the contact represents a user input made using the touch-sensitive device is determined based at least on the analysis of the variations in the contact over time. The contact is classified as an anchor based at least on the anchor confidence score. Based on classifying the contact as an anchor, the contact is not processed as a user input to the touch-sensitive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Evan Malahy
  • Patent number: 10019109
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a contact by a user detected at a touch-sensitive device. Variations in the contact over time are analyzed, and an anchor confidence score that is indicative of whether the contact represents a user input made using the touch-sensitive device is determined based at least on the analysis of the variations in the contact over time. The contact is classified as an anchor based at least on the anchor confidence score. Based on classifying the contact as an anchor, the contact is not processed as a user input to the touch-sensitive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Evan Malahy
  • Publication number: 20170371486
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a contact by a user detected at a touch-sensitive device. Variations in the contact over time are analyzed, and an anchor confidence score that is indicative of whether the contact represents a user input made using the touch-sensitive device is determined based at least on the analysis of the variations in the contact over time. The contact is classified as an anchor based at least on the anchor confidence score. Based on classifying the contact as an anchor, the contact is not processed as a user input to the touch-sensitive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Mason Neiswander, Evan Malahy
  • Publication number: 20170286537
    Abstract: In some implementations, user input specifying a character to be included in a search query is received and a determination is made (i) that all identified search results responsive to the search query can be simultaneously provided on a display, (ii) that adding one or more additional characters to the search query up to a maximum number of characters will not reduce the number of search results responsive to the search query to a number greater than zero, or (iii) that the search query includes the maximum number of characters. Search results are provided on the display in response to the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Evan Malahy, Donald Geoffrey Schuller, German W. Bauer, Gregory Mason Neiswander, Andrew Scott Brenner