Patents by Inventor Jack Cobb

Jack Cobb 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: 12416977
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein include displaying a keyboard on a display. The virtual keyboard is split into a first keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a first group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the first keyboard portion; and into a second keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a second group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the second keyboard portion. The methods and systems described herein include respectively generate first and second signals pertaining to selection of a letter on the first and second keyboard portion in response to a user interacting with one or more control inputs in a first of second group of control inputs on a handheld controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Francis Wu, Sakib Chowdhury, Jack Cobb, Michael Kazman, Sidhartha Singh, Qinghe Tian, Mathew Snyder
  • Publication number: 20250284382
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein include displaying a keyboard on a display, wherein the keyboard is split into a first keyboard portion and a second keyboard portion; generating first signals pertaining to selection of a character on the first keyboard portion in response to a user interacting with one or more control inputs in a first group of control inputs on a handheld controller; and generating second signals pertaining to selection of a character on the second keyboard portion in response to the user interacting with one or more control inputs in a second group of control inputs on the handheld controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Kazman, Jack Cobb, Sakib Chowdhury, Francis Wu
  • Publication number: 20250284346
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein include displaying a keyboard on a display. The virtual keyboard is split into a first keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a first group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the first keyboard portion; and into a second keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a second group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the second keyboard portion. The methods and systems described herein include respectively generate first and second signals pertaining to selection of a letter on the first and second keyboard portion in response to a user interacting with one or more control inputs in a first of second group of control inputs on a handheld controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Francis Wu, Sakib Chowdhury, Jack Cobb, Michael Kazman, Sidhartha Singh, Qinghe Tian, Mathew Snyder