Context-based search query formation

P Bai, Z Chen, XD Huang, X Ni, JT Sun… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
Searching is assisted by recognizing a selection of text from a document as an indication
that a user wishes to initiate a search based on the selected text. The user is provided with …

Gesture-based search

XD Huang, QA Lu, ZC Jiang, V Rajvanshy - US Patent 10,409,851, 2019 - Google Patents
A search of displayed content may be automatically performed in response to receipt of a
search gesture that defines a scope of the search and initiates the search. The search …

Meosk/Weosk-Based Private and Social Media Management And Communication System Network

TJ Perkowski, RM Targett - US Patent App. 14/590,004, 2016 - Google Patents
An Internet-based private and social media management and communication system
network supporting the creation and deployment of activity-specific meosk structures, and …

Flick-based in situ search from ink, text, or an empty selection region

KP Hinckley - US Patent App. 11/849,469, 2009 - Google Patents
The claimed Subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates in situ
Searching of data. An interface can receive a flick gesture from an input device. An in situ …

Invisible control

X Huang, Z Chen, Z Zhang, JT Sun, P Bai… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2014 - Google Patents
An invisible control may be implemented in a client device or in an application of the client
device. A user may activate the invisible control by applying a gesture on a predetermined …

Apparatuses, methods and systems for a visual query builder

S Mason, A Haggerty, M Harville… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2011 - Google Patents
Abstract The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VISUAL QUERY
BUILDER (“VQB”) take user gesture inputs on displayed objects, and transform them via …

Gesture-based search

XD Huang, SY Shen, HJ Zhang, Y Rui - US Patent 10,444,979, 2019 - Google Patents
Computer-readable media, computer systems, and computing devices for initiating a search
function, such as presentation of a search box or initiation of a search, is provided. In one …

Modifying captured stroke information into an actionable form

N Lee, JK Markiewicz, SG Williams - US Patent 10,387,034, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computer-implemented technique is described herein that receives
captured stroke information when a user enters a handwritten note using an input capture …

Method for inputting command in mobile terminal using drawing pattern and mobile terminal using the same

SH Lee, YS Shon, DW Sang, JW Kim… - US Patent 9,182,905, 2015 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is related to a method of inputting a command in a mobile terminal
comprising; storing a table including at least one drawing pattern and a command on the …

Apparatus and methods of receiving and acting on user-entered information

MB Hirsch, SJ Horodezky, RR Rowe… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2011 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods of capturing user-entered informa tion on a device comprise
receiving a trigger event to invoke a note-taking application, and displaying, in response to …