The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2011
Yonggang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Xiangye Xiao, Beijing, CN;
Junyu Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jian Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Pan Jie, Beijing, CN;
George Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Annie Chang, Shanghai, CN;
Hanping Feng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Henry Ou, Beijing, CN;
Yonggang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Xiangye Xiao, Beijing, CN;
Junyu Wang, Beijing, CN;
Jian Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Pan Jie, Beijing, CN;
George Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Annie Chang, Shanghai, CN;
Hanping Feng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Henry Ou, Beijing, CN;
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for facilitating text input is disclosed. The method comprises: invoking an input assistant from within an application in an operating environment at a client, the input assistant being a standalone input service within the same operating environment as the application, receiving a text string from a user in an input field of the application, providing, by the input assistant, input prediction for completing the text string, selecting an input text of at least one word in the input field of the application, retrieving, by the input assistant, text content related to the input text from one or more text assistance services in communication with the input assistant, presenting the received text content to the user for assistance in the user's text input.