Patents by Inventor Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong

Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong 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: 10664157
    Abstract: A computing device is described that includes at least one processor and a memory including instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, and determine, based on an indication of a selection of one or more keys from the plurality of keys, text of an electronic communication. The instructions, when executed, further cause the at least one processor to generate, based at least in part on the text, an image based search query, and output, for display, within the graphical keyboard, a graphical indication to indicate that the computing device generated the image based search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Sebastian Millius, Alexa Greenberg
  • Patent number: 9996209
    Abstract: An approach is provided for sending pre-defined workflows to a display device of a user device. In one example, the approach includes receiving a request for steps to complete a task associated with a software application. In response to receiving the request for steps, the system obtains at least a first workflow and a second workflow, each workflow including one or more steps that the user device can execute to complete the task. The system receives a request to format the first workflow and the second workflow into one or more view formats. The system generates a summary of the first workflow and a summary of the second workflow. Each summary includes one or more salient attributes of the each workflow. The system sends to the display device at least the first workflow and the second workflow in the one or more view formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Tovi Grossman, Maneesh Agrawala, Nicholas Chi-yuen Kong, George Fitzmaurice
  • Publication number: 20180039406
    Abstract: A computing device is described that includes at least one processor and a memory including instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, and determine, based on an indication of a selection of one or more keys from the plurality of keys, text of an electronic communication. The instructions, when executed, further cause the at least one processor to generate, based at least in part on the text, an image based search query, and output, for display, within the graphical keyboard, a graphical indication to indicate that the computing device generated the image based search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Sebastian Millius, Alexa Greenberg
  • Patent number: 8656286
    Abstract: A system and method for providing mixed-initiative curation of information within a shared repository is provided. Static content is retrieved from a shared storage associated with a shared information management client. Dynamic content including one or more information items satisfying a similarity threshold with the static content is identified as similar dynamic content. An interactive visualization is generated within the shared information management client from information extracted from the static content and the similar dynamic content. The interactive visualization of the information is linked with the static content and the similar dynamic content. A selection of the information of the similar dynamic content is received from within the visualization. The static content in the shared storage is updated with the similar dynamic content linked with the selected information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gregorio Convertino, Ed H. Chi, Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Guillaume Bouchard, Cedric Philippe C. J. G. Archambeau
  • Patent number: 8380743
    Abstract: A system and method for supporting targeted sharing and early curation of information is provided. A digital data item selection by a user within a personal information management client is identified. One or more documents in a shared information repository similar to the digital data item are recommended including selecting recommendation criteria. The recommendation criteria are applied to the digital data item and the one or more documents. The one or more documents satisfying the recommendation criteria are identified as the similar documents. The similar documents are displayed visually proximate to the digital data item in the personal information client. A selection of one of the similar documents is received and the selected similar document in the shared information repository is updated with the digital data item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gregorio Convertino, Ed H. Chi, Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Guillaume Bouchard, Cedric Philippe C. J. G. Archambeau
  • Publication number: 20120117115
    Abstract: A system and method for supporting targeted sharing and early curation of information is provided. A digital data item selection by a user within a personal information management client is identified. One or more documents in a shared information repository similar to the digital data item are recommended including selecting recommendation criteria. The recommendation criteria are applied to the digital data item and the one or more documents. The one or more documents satisfying the recommendation criteria are identified as the similar documents. The similar documents are displayed visually proximate to the digital data item in the personal information client. A selection of one of the similar documents is received and the selected similar document in the shared information repository is updated with the digital data item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: XEROX CORPORATION, PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregorio Convertino, Ed H. Chi, Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Guillaume Bouchard, Cedric Philippe C. J. G. Archambeau
  • Publication number: 20120117484
    Abstract: A system and method for providing mixed-initiative curation of information within a shared repository is provided. Static content is retrieved from a shared storage associated with a shared information management client. Dynamic content including one or more information items satisfying a similarity threshold with the static content is identified as similar dynamic content. An interactive visualization is generated within the shared information management client from information extracted from the static content and the similar dynamic content. The interactive visualization of the information is linked with the static content and the similar dynamic content. A selection of the information of the similar dynamic content is received from within the visualization. The static content in the shared storage is updated with the similar dynamic content linked with the selected information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: XEROX CORPORATION, PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Gregorio Convertino, Ed H. Chi, Nicholas Chi-Yuen Kong, Benjamin Vincent Hanrahan, Guillaume Bouchard, Cedric Philippe C. J. G. Archambeau