Patents by Inventor Richard Carl Gossweiler, III
Richard Carl Gossweiler, III 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).
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Patent number: 8621396Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include presenting to a user an image, receiving a manipulated image by the user and providing access to a computing service based on a comparison of the manipulated image to a predefined arrangement of the image. In one exemplary implementation, presenting to the user the image may include presenting to the user a figure, receiving the manipulated image may include receiving a manipulated figure by the user and providing access to the computing service may include providing access to the computing service based on a comparison of the manipulated figure to a predefined arrangement of the figure.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III
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Patent number: 8612767Abstract: The present disclosure presents techniques for determining when to obscure an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer of a mobile device. The techniques include determining whether a user has been prompted to provide sensitive input data to the mobile device using an input device of the mobile device. When the user has been prompted to provide sensitive input data, the technique includes obscuring a portion of an accelerometer signal outputted from an accelerometer, and receiving the sensitive input data from the user at the input device while the accelerometer signal is obscured. In some embodiments, the accelerometer signal can be obscured by (i) switching the accelerometer 216 off, (ii) inserting a random noise signal into the accelerometer signal, (iii) masking the low-order bits of the accelerometer signal, (iv) passing the accelerometer signal through a filter, (v) actuating a vibrator of the mobile device, and/or (vi) otherwise degrading the accelerometer signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Patent number: 8606933Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for receiving, by a first computing device, information from a second computing device communicated using short-range wireless communication functionality. Responsive to receiving the information, activating, by the first computing device, a secondary communication functionality that is different from the short-range wireless communication functionality. A communication session may be established between the first computing device and the second computing device using the secondary communication functionality.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Colin Albright McDonough
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Patent number: 8542251Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include presenting to a user one or more images, receiving a rotational reorientation of the one or more images by the user, and providing access to a computing service based on a comparison of the orientations of the one or more images after reorientation by the user to a standard for each image.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Shumeet Baluja, Maryam Kamvar
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Patent number: 8544040Abstract: A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Marisa Bauer, John Wayne Blackburn, David A. Brown, Neha Gupta, Timothy Dharma Heilman, Manish Gordhan Patel, David Scott Reiss, Mehran Sahami, Maricia Scott, Thomas H. Taylor, Alice Tull, Mark Wagner, Lucy Congyun Zhang, Daniel John Zigmond
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Patent number: 8504008Abstract: In general, techniques and systems for controlling a parameter of a target device are described. In one example, a method includes obtaining, by a computing device, control information from an identification device located remote from a target device, wherein the control information is associated with the target device, and, responsive to obtaining the control information, displaying a control panel at a display of the computing device, wherein the control panel comprises at least one parameter that at least partially defines operation of the target device. The method may also include receiving, by the computing device, an adjustment to the at least one parameter of the control panel, and responsive to receiving the adjustment, transmitting adjustment information to a receiver associated with the target device, wherein the adjustment information is representative of the adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Colin Albright McDonough, Roy Want
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Patent number: 8488912Abstract: Systems and methods for socially-based correction of tilted images. In an embodiment, the present invention levels tilted images by (1) receiving an image; (2) rotating the image by a random angle; (3) requesting at least one user rotate the image to level the image; (4) determining a collective user-suggested angle based on the rotations of each user; and (5) transmitting, over a communication network, a correction angle, where the correction angle is based on the random angle and the collective user-suggested angle.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Maryam Kamvar, Shumeet Baluja
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Publication number: 20130163390Abstract: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, a wireless transceiver, and a tactile user interface. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The tactile user interface can be configured to provide interaction between a user and the smart-watch. The flip up portion can be displaceable between an open position exposing the base and a closed position concealing the base. Further, the flip up portion can include: a top display exposed when the flip up portion is in the closed position, and an inside display opposite the top display. The inside display can be concealed when the flip up portion is in the closed position and be exposed when the flip up portion is in the open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Patent number: 8467270Abstract: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, a battery and a first auxiliary component. The wristband can include a voltage line. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, and a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The battery can be coupled to the housing and be in communication with the processor and the voltage line. The first auxiliary component can be coupled to the wristband in communication with the voltage line and be powered by the battery.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Publication number: 20130113760Abstract: A user device is presented. The user device includes an interactive substrate configured to receive touch input from a user of the user device. The user device also includes a plurality of acoustic transducers, each of the plurality of acoustic transducers being configured to generate an acoustic wave along the interactive substrate in response to a control signal. The user device also includes a first circuit configured to sense a position of the touch input from the user with respect to the interactive substrate. The user device further includes a second circuit configured to generate the control signal for each of the plurality of acoustic transducers to generate a desired vibration at the position of the touch input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Roy Want
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Publication number: 20130107674Abstract: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, a battery and a first auxiliary component. The wristband can include a voltage line. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, and a wireless transceiver in communication with the processor. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The battery can be coupled to the housing and be in communication with the processor and the voltage line. The first auxiliary component can be coupled to the wristband in communication with the voltage line and be powered by the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Publication number: 20130111597Abstract: The present disclosure presents techniques for determining when to obscure an accelerometer signal from an accelerometer of a mobile device. The techniques include determining whether a user has been prompted to provide sensitive input data to the mobile device using an input device of the mobile device. When the user has been prompted to provide sensitive input data, the technique includes obscuring a portion of an accelerometer signal outputted from an accelerometer, and receiving the sensitive input data from the user at the input device while the accelerometer signal is obscured. In some embodiments, the accelerometer signal can be obscured by (i) switching the accelerometer 216 off, (ii) inserting a random noise signal into the accelerometer signal, (iii) masking the low-order bits of the accelerometer signal, (iv) passing the accelerometer signal through a filter, (v) actuating a vibrator of the mobile device, and/or (vi) otherwise degrading the accelerometer signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Patent number: 8405572Abstract: A display device can include a housing, a processor, and a display assembly. The processor can be arranged within the housing. The display assembly can be operably coupled to the processor and arranged within the housing. The display assembly can include a first display, a privacy filter, and a second display. The first display can output a first portion of the display. The second display can output a second portion of the display. The privacy filter and the first and second displays can be arranged such that the first portion of the display assembly is filtered by the privacy filter to be viewable in a first viewable arc. The second portion of the display assembly can be viewable in a second viewable arc that is different than the first viewable arc. The first and second displays can be LCD's.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Roy Want, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Colin Albright McDonough
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Patent number: 8392986Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include presenting to multiple users a test text string each time an access text string is presented to the users, receiving input related to the test text string from the users and using by an evaluation processor the input related to the test text string to validate the test text string as a candidate to use as a future access text string.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III
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Patent number: 8379488Abstract: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, a wireless transceiver, and a tactile user interface. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The tactile user interface can be configured to provide interaction between a user and the smart-watch. The flip up portion can be displaceable between an open position exposing the base and a closed position concealing the base. Further, the flip up portion can include: a top display exposed when the flip up portion is in the closed position, and an inside display opposite the top display. The inside display can be concealed when the flip up portion is in the closed position and be exposed when the flip up portion is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2012Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Publication number: 20130033366Abstract: A device includes an actuator that provides haptic feedback in response to a control signal and a controller that outputs the control signal to the actuator. The actuator is in an ON condition when the control signal is at a first voltage and is in an OFF condition when the control signal is at a second voltage. The control signal includes a first time, during which the control signal switches between the first voltage and the second voltage, and a second time, during which the control signal is at the second voltage. During the first time the control signal switches between the first voltage and the second voltage such that the user does not perceive the actuator switching between the ON condition and the OFF condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: COLIN ALBRIGHT MCDONOUGH, RICHARD CARL GOSSWEILER, III
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Patent number: 8291454Abstract: A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Marisa Bauer, John Wayne Blackburn, David A. Brown, Neha Gupta, Timothy Dharma Heilman, Manish Gordhan Patel, David Scott Reiss, Mehran Sahami, Maricia Scott, Thomas H. Taylor, Alice Tull, Mark Wagner, Lucy Congyun Zhang, Daniel John Zigmond
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Publication number: 20120254159Abstract: A system for displaying information may include memory, one or more processors, and one or more modules stored in memory. The one or more modules are configured for execution by the one or more processors and may include instructions for: presenting a subset of a collection of data on a first grid having a first axis corresponding to units of time and a second axis, the collection of data comprising data representing time-bounded events; presenting a second grid having, first and second axes corresponding to the first and second axes of the first grid, the second grid corresponding to a larger portion of the collection of data than the subset presented on the first grid; and presenting a user moveable window for selecting a portion of the second grid, and selecting the subset presented on the first grid in accordance with a current position of the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler III, Marisa Bauer, John Wayne Blackburn, David A. Brown, Neha Gupta, Timothy Dharma Heilman, Manish Gordhan Patel, David Scott Reiss, Mehran Sahami, Maricia Scott, Thomas H. Taylor, Alice Tull, Mark Wagner, Lucy Congyun Zhang, Daniel John Zigmond
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Patent number: 8279716Abstract: A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, a wireless transceiver, and a tactile user interface. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The tactile user interface can be configured to provide interaction between a user and the smart-watch. The flip up portion can be displaceable between an open position exposing the base and a closed position concealing the base. Further, the flip up portion can include: a top display exposed when the flip up portion is in the closed position, and an inside display opposite the top display. The inside display can be concealed when the flip up portion is in the closed position and be exposed when the flip up portion is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, James Brooks Miller
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Patent number: 8271662Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for receiving, by a first computing device, information from a second computing device communicated using short-range wireless communication functionality. Responsive to receiving the information, activating, by the first computing device, a secondary communication functionality that is different from the short-range wireless communication functionality. A communication session may be established between the first computing device and the second computing device using the secondary communication functionality.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Colin Albright McDonough