Patents by Inventor William McMichael

William McMichael 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).

  • Publication number: 20240256594
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing searches and displaying results within a messaging application. A computing apparatus, which may include a touch-sensitive display, displays a user interface which includes a messaging application interface and a compact search applet interface encompassing a portion of a messaging application interface. A search applet is executed within the memory allocated to the messaging application or parent application. The search applet accepts user input and displays a set of media elements based on a search query run on the user input. The search results are then displayed by the search applet interface, allowing the user to quickly review the search results and, if desired, integrate media content into a message of the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Patent number: 11775575
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing searches and displaying results within a messaging application. A computing apparatus, which may include a touch-sensitive display, displays a user interface which includes a messaging application interface and a compact search applet interface encompassing a portion of a messaging application interface. A search applet is executed within the memory allocated to the messaging application or parent application. The search applet accepts user input and displays a set of media elements based on a search query run on the user input. The search results are then displayed by the search applet interface, allowing the user to quickly review the search results and, if desired, integrate media content into a message of the messaging application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20200167380
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing searches and displaying results within a messaging application. A computing apparatus, which may include a touch-sensitive display, displays a user interface which includes a messaging application interface and a compact search applet interface encompassing a portion of a messaging application interface. A search applet is executed within the memory allocated to the messaging application or parent application. The search applet accepts user input and displays a set of media elements based on a search query run on the user input. The search results are then displayed by the search applet interface, allowing the user to quickly review the search results and, if desired, integrate media content into a message of the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20200112536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting and displaying private messages securely using a mobile device. The mobile device provides a user interface which is displayed on a mobile device while a messaging application is displayed on the mobile device's display. A private messaging applet runs within the keyboard region of a mobile device display, and receives and displays private messages from within the keyboard region of the mobile device display. The private message is displayed by initially obfuscating the entire message, and, based on detecting a user's contact with the display, displaying a smaller portion of the private message in relation to the location of the user's contact with the display. The private message is automatically deleted from the mobile device after the user removes contact with the display. The private messaging applet allows a user to remove a sent private message from a private messaging server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20200090221
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for displaying situationally appropriate data in response to receiving input on a mobile device. The methods may include receiving a first input in an application executed on a mobile device at a directed message server, analyzing the first input for generating a search query, generating the search query based on the first input, transmitting the search query to at least one content server, receiving situationally relevant data from the at least one content server, and transmitting the situationally appropriate data to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Patent number: 10482504
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for displaying situationally appropriate data in response to receiving input on a mobile device. The methods may include receiving a first input in an application executed on a mobile device at a directed message server, analyzing the first input for generating a search query, generating the search query based on the first input, transmitting the search query to at least one content server, receiving situationally relevant data from the at least one content server, and transmitting the situationally appropriate data to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20190066156
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for displaying situationally appropriate data in response to receiving input on a mobile device. The methods may include receiving a first input in an application executed on a mobile device at a directed message server, analyzing the first input for generating a search query, generating the search query based on the first input, transmitting the search query to at least one content server, receiving situationally relevant data from the at least one content server, and transmitting the situationally appropriate data to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: William McMichael, William J. Gerneglia
  • Patent number: 10091157
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting and displaying private messages securely using a mobile device. The mobile device provides a user interface which is displayed on a mobile device while a messaging application is displayed on the mobile device's display. A private messaging applet runs within the keyboard region of a mobile device display, and receives and displays private messages from within the keyboard region of the mobile device display. The private message is displayed by initially obfuscating the entire message, and, based on detecting a user's contact with the display, displaying a smaller portion of the private message in relation to the location of the user's contact with the display. The private message is automatically deleted from the mobile device after the user removes contact with the display. The private messaging applet allows a user to remove a sent private message from a private messaging server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20170310633
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting and displaying private messages securely using a mobile device. The mobile device provides a user interface which is displayed on a mobile device while a messaging application is displayed on the mobile device's display. A private messaging applet runs within the keyboard region of a mobile device display, and receives and displays private messages from within the keyboard region of the mobile device display. The private message is displayed by initially obfuscating the entire message, and, based on detecting a user's contact with the display, displaying a smaller portion of the private message in relation to the location of the user's contact with the display. The private message is automatically deleted from the mobile device after the user removes contact with the display. The private messaging applet allows a user to remove a sent private message from a private messaging server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20170308530
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing searches and displaying results within a messaging application. A computing apparatus, which may include a touch-sensitive display, displays a user interface which includes a messaging application interface and a compact search applet interface encompassing a portion of a messaging application interface. A search applet is executed within the memory allocated to the messaging application or parent application. The search applet accepts user input and displays a set of media elements based on a search query run on the user input. The search results are then displayed by the search applet interface, allowing the user to quickly review the search results and, if desired, integrate media content into a message of the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20170220573
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing searches and displaying results within a messaging application. A computing apparatus, which may include a touch-sensitive display, displays a user interface which includes a messaging application interface and a compact search applet interface encompassing a portion of a messaging application interface. A search applet is executed within the memory allocated to the messaging application or parent application. The search applet accepts user input and displays a set of media elements based on a search query run on the user input. The search results are then displayed by the search applet interface, allowing the user to quickly review the search results and, if desired, integrate media content into a message of the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Publication number: 20170214651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for transmitting and displaying private messages securely using a mobile device. The mobile device provides a user interface which is displayed on a mobile device while a messaging application is displayed on the mobile device's display. A private messaging applet runs within the keyboard region of a mobile device display, and receives and displays private messages from within the keyboard region of the mobile device display. The private message is displayed by initially obfuscating the entire message, and, based on detecting a user's contact with the display, displaying a smaller portion of the private message in relation to the location of the user's contact with the display. The private message is automatically deleted from the mobile device after the user removes contact with the display. The private messaging applet allows a user to remove a sent private message from a private messaging server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: William McMichael
  • Patent number: D250348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: American Hospital Supply Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Frangiosa, William McMichael