Patents by Inventor KEVIN DAVID HITE

KEVIN DAVID HITE 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: 11327646
    Abstract: A method for modifying visual aspects of a keyboard in response to a user typing on the keyboard. The method includes one or more computer processors receiving a first character input to an input device. The method further includes determining a plurality of words that begin with the first received character. The method further includes ranking the determined plurality of words. The method further includes selecting a word from among the ranked plurality of words based on a first set of criteria. The method further includes determining a sequence of one or more characters after the received first character that correspond to the selected word. The method further includes modifying one or more respective characteristics of input elements of the input device that correspond to the sequence of characters of the selected word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Kevin David Hite
  • Publication number: 20210096716
    Abstract: A method for modifying visual aspects of a keyboard in response to a user typing on the keyboard. The method includes one or more computer processors receiving a first character input to an input device. The method further includes determining a plurality of words that begin with the first received character. The method further includes ranking the determined plurality of words. The method further includes selecting a word from among the ranked plurality of words based on a first set of criteria. The method further includes determining a sequence of one or more characters after the received first character that correspond to the selected word. The method further includes modifying one or more respective characteristics of input elements of the input device that correspond to the sequence of characters of the selected word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Heidi Legares-Greenblatt, Kevin David Hite
  • Patent number: 10881965
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer products for identifying improper online player accounts are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment, accessing a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile includes historical online gaming data of a user, analyzing the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account, analyzing the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account, and comparing the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard V. Tran, Kevin David Hite
  • Publication number: 20200155945
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer products for identifying improper online player accounts are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a processor, online gaming data associated with a user account of an online gaming environment, accessing a player profile associated with the user account, wherein the player profile includes historical online gaming data of a user, analyzing the historical online gaming data of the user to determine a historical play style of the user account, analyzing the online gaming data to determine a current play style of the user account, and comparing the historical play style of the user to the current play style of the user account to determine one or more deviations between the current play style and the historical play style of the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: RICHARD V. TRAN, KEVIN DAVID HITE