Patents by Inventor Ian Gunn

Ian Gunn 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).

  • Publication number: 20150193521
    Abstract: A method includes storing, at one or more computing devices, a plurality of activity information items each describing an action taken and including a plurality of parameter values each corresponding to one of a plurality of parameter types. The method also includes identifying a filtering metric that corresponds to a specified value for a first parameter type, and generating a filtered set of activity information items that match the specified value. The method also includes identifying a grouping metric that corresponds to a second parameter type from the plurality of parameter types, identifying one or more groups of the filtered activity information items each corresponding to a unique parameter value for the second parameter type. The method also includes outputting, for display, an activity stream including information that represents each activity information item from the filtered set of activity information items arranged according to the one or more groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Eric Benson Schoeffler, Ian Gunn, George York, Michael Jeffrey Procopio
  • Publication number: 20150113390
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a preview of an editor action related to a suggested edit of an electronic document. A first user provides a suggested edit to the electronic document, and the suggested edit to the electronic document is displayed to a second user of the electronic document. The second user provides a user input that is indicative of a desire to preview a result of the editor action on the suggested edit, such as an acceptance or a rejection of the suggested edit. Then, before the second user performs the editor action, a preview of the result of the editor action is provided to the second user in response to detecting the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Ian Gunn
  • Patent number: 8996985
    Abstract: A plurality of comments associated with a document is received, and a representation of the document and a representation of a comment thread comprising the plurality of comments are displayed simultaneously on a user device. In one embodiment, a first comment is received from a first user and a second comment is received from a second user. The comment thread may be stored. Systems and apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Johnston, Mandy Sladden, Ian Gunn, Nick Cooper
  • Publication number: 20150052427
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. The first edit and the second edit in the electronic document are received, and a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document is identified. The second edit is determined to be privileged relative to the first edit by determining that the first edit is made by a first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by a second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions. When the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, the second edit is incorporated into the first edit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 8812973
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to techniques for text entry/modification using a touch-sensitive device. In one example, the techniques include presenting, by a touch-sensitive device, a graphical keyboard. The graphical keyboard includes at least one character image that represents at least one text character and that is selectable by a user to input the at least one text character. User input may be detected that indicates user selection of at least one formatting option associated with text that is presentable by the touch-sensitive device. A presentation of the at least one character image may be modified to display an indication of the selected formatting option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Cohen, Simon Raess, Ian Gunn
  • Publication number: 20130326323
    Abstract: A user may want to view the revision history of a particular section or context of an electronic document. The user selects a context by selecting a section of the electronic document in a document editing application. Based on the selected context, the application filters and displays only information about revisions associated with the selected section of the electronic document. The application omits information about revisions made to other unselected sections of the electronic document from display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Siwoff, Ian Gunn
  • Publication number: 20130326330
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for integrating collaboratively proposed changes and publishing an electronic document among multiple users, each user having a different level of access and rights to the document. A first suggested edit to the electronic document is received from a reviewer, and a markup version of the electronic document is updated to reflect the first suggested edit. An acceptance or a rejection of the first suggested edit is received from an editor. In response to receiving an acceptance of the first suggested edit, the first suggested edit is converted to an accepted edit, yielding a second updated markup version. The clean version of the electronic document is updated with the accepted edit, and the updated clean version is published.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Harris, Scott M. Johnston, Ian Gunn