Patents by Inventor Nickolas Jay Sears

Nickolas Jay Sears 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).

  • Search initiation
    Patent number: 9015616
    Abstract: A computer-implemented user input method includes sensing a user manipulation of a mobile device to present a keyboard, automatically presenting, in response to the sensed manipulation, a search entry area on a display of the user device, and activating the keyboard to provide input into the search entry area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Nickolas Jay Sears
  • Constrained keyboard organization
    Patent number: 8462123
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for generating a keypad layout. The method may include determining a frequency distribution of characters for a text sample and generating character groupings using the frequency distribution. The method may further comprise assigning the character groupings to keys on the keypad so that characters that appear most frequently in the text sample can be selected with a single keystroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Nickolas Jay Sears
  • Constrained keyboard organization
    Patent number: 8384686
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method for generating a keypad layout. The method may include determining a frequency distribution of characters for a text sample and generating character groupings using the frequency distribution. The method may further comprise assigning the character groupings to keys on the keypad so that characters that appear most frequently in the text sample can be selected with a single keystroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Nickolas Jay Sears
  • Search Initiation
    Publication number: 20100100839
    Abstract: A computer-implemented user input method includes sensing a user manipulation of a mobile device to present a keyboard, automatically presenting, in response to the sensed manipulation, a search entry area on a display of the user device, and activating the keyboard to provide input into the search entry area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Erick Tseng, Nickolas Jay Sears