Patents by Inventor Steven Henry Bills

Steven Henry Bills 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: 10320723
    Abstract: Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ariel Lauren Rideout, Steven Henry Bills, Maria Khomenko, Andrew James Palay, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Mark Striebeck, Paul Morell McDonald, Zohair Hyder, Richard James Treitel, Jamison Richard Gray
  • Publication number: 20150341291
    Abstract: Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Ariel Lauren RIDEOUT, Steven Henry BILLS, Maria KHOMENKO, Andrew James PALAY, Jason Briggs CORNWELL, Mark STRIEBECK, Paul Morell MCDONALD, Zohair HYDER, Richard James TREITEL, Jamison Richard GRAY
  • Patent number: 9070117
    Abstract: Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Ariel Lauren Rideout, Steven Henry Bills, Maria Khomenko, Andrew James Palay, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Mark Striebeck, Paul Morell McDonald, Zohair Hyder, Richard James Treitel, Jamison Richard Gray
  • Publication number: 20150081800
    Abstract: Configurations of the subject technology integrate with an online social networking service in order to manage membership of contacts within one or more social circles provided by the online social networking service. In one example, a button or other similar graphical element is provided to provide this functionality in a widget displayed in a user's e-mail application. The widget in one example is displayed in a conversation thread view of a conversation including one or more different e-mails from one or more participants. For a selected participant of the conversation thread, the aforementioned button is initially rendered to provide an indication of the participant's inclusion in one or more of the user's social circles. Selecting or hovering over the aforementioned button further allows the user to add the conversation participant to the user's social circles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Henry Bills, Zohair Hyder, Griffith Buckley Hazen, Thompson Alexander Ivor Gawley, Jason Cornwell, Matthew Frederick Hillman, Bella Kazwell
  • Publication number: 20120304079
    Abstract: Configurations for providing a widget that displays participants involved in the conversation thread and provides different graphical elements (e.g., buttons) to initiate one click actions to start a group chat, create a meeting on each participant's calendar, or start a new conversation thread. In the case of the group chat, the subject technology can include the contents of the group chat session as an additional electronic message in the conversation thread. In one example, the widget is implemented as a floating toolbar that can be positioned in the user interface while in the conversation thread view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Lauren Rideout, Steven Henry Bills, Maria Khomenko, Andrew James Palay, Jason Briggs Cornwell, Mark Striebeck, Paul Morell McDonald, Zohair Hyder, Richard James Treitel, Jamison Richard Gray