Patents by Inventor Sean F. Bruno

Sean F. Bruno 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).

  • Messaging application with in-application search functionality
    Patent number: 9930167
    Abstract: The disclosure provides examples of a messaging application search service in which a search is performed from a messaging application for content to be incorporated into a message being composed using the messaging application. The messaging application responds to a search function indicator to provide a search function without leaving the messaging application. The search function indicator is interpreted by the messaging application as a request for a search to be performed by a search application. Upon receipt of the search request, the messaging application allows search terms to be entered in a messaging application user interface for subsequent search by the search application. Returned search results are presented to the user within the messaging application to allow the user to incorporate a search result into a message being composed via the messaging application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Sean F. Bruno
  • MESSAGING APPLICATION WITH IN-APPLICATION SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20160006856
    Abstract: The disclosure provides examples of a messaging application search service in which a search is performed from a messaging application for content to be incorporated into a message being composed using the messaging application. The messaging application responds to a search function indicator to provide a search function without leaving the messaging application. The search function indicator is interpreted by the messaging application as a request for a search to be performed by a search application. Upon receipt of the search request, the messaging application allows search terms to be entered in a messaging application user interface for subsequent search by the search application. Returned search results are presented to the user within the messaging application to allow the user to incorporate a search result into a message being composed via the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Sean F. Bruno