Patents by Inventor Stephen John Tapper

Stephen John Tapper 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).

  • Dismissing displayed elements
    Patent number: 10496273
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dismissing displayed elements. In some implementations, a device with a touchscreen is operated using a first touch input threshold value, which may correspond to a minimum distance of input to the touchscreen to identify a gesture. An automobile mode event is detected that initiates an automobile mode for the device. A user input to the touchscreen of the device is received while the device is in the automobile mode. Using a second touch input threshold value corresponding to the automobile mode, the device determines that the user input to the touchscreen of the device represents a gesture corresponding to a user interface element displayed on the device. The device dismisses the user interface element so that the user interface element is no longer displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yuan Hang Li, Michael Alexander Digman, Jia Wei Tam, Gyeong Sik Choi, Relly Brandman, Angela Park, Stephen John Tapper, Aurora Marian Adkins, Dylan Thomas Casano
  • DISMISSING DISPLAYED ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20180275863
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for dismissing displayed elements. In some implementations, a device with a touchscreen is operated using a first touch input threshold value, which may correspond to a minimum distance of input to the touchscreen to identify a gesture. An automobile mode event is detected that initiates an automobile mode for the device. A user input to the touchscreen of the device is received while the device is in the automobile mode. Using a second touch input threshold value corresponding to the automobile mode, the device determines that the user input to the touchscreen of the device represents a gesture corresponding to a user interface element displayed on the device. The device dismisses the user interface element so that the user interface element is no longer displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yuan Hang Li, Michael Alexander Digman, Jia Wei Tam, Gyeong Sik Choi, Relly Brandman, Angela Park, Stephen John Tapper, Aurora Marian Adkins, Dylan Thomas Casano