Hector Gonzalez

US Patent:

7474809, Jan 6, 2009

Filed:

Mar 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/728951

Inventors:

Stewart R. Carl - Palo Alto CA, US
Marek Alboszta - San Francisco CA, US
Michael J. Mandella - Palo Alto CA, US
Hector H Gonzalez - Mountain View CA, US
Timothy Hawks - Menlo Park CA, US

Assignee:

Electronic Scripting Products, inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06K 9/22

US Classification:

382314, 382188, 382291

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a jotting implement that infers hand-jotted information from viewing a jotting surface and environmental landmarks. The hand-jotted information is any information marked on the jotting surface as a result of writing, jotting, drawing, sketching or otherwise operating on the jotting surface as well as hand-generated information produced by moving the implement in the air with respect to the jotting surface. The jotting implement has a nib for jotting and an arrangement for determining when the nib is jotting on the jotting surface. Further, the implement has an optical unit for viewing an environmental landmark and the jotting surface. The implement has a processing unit for receiving optical data of the environmental landmark and the jotting surface from the optical unit and determining from the optical data the physical coordinates of the nib with respect to the jotting surface. The environmental landmark is preferably made up several beacons that emit electromagnetic radiation and are affixed to a host structure.

US Patent:

8244743, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Jun 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/796142

Inventors:

Hector Gonzalez - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jayant Madhavan - San Francisco CA, US
Andrin von Richenberg - Zurich, CH
Anno Langen - Berkeley CA, US
Alon Halevy - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707756, 707793

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention provide a service for data management and integration across a wide range of applications. Clustered computers may be arranged in a cloud-type configuration for storing and handling large amounts of user data under the control of a front-end management server. Communities of distributed users may collaborate on the data across multiple enterprises. Very large tabular data files are uploaded to the storage facilities. The data files are maintained as tables, and a composite table of related information is created and maintained in response to user queries. Different ways of visualizing the data are provided. Depending on the amount of information that can be displayed, features in a spatial index may the thinned for presentation. Spatial and structured queries are processing and results are intersected to obtain information for display.

US Patent:

8538973, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun 4, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/794636

Inventors:

Hector Gonzalez - Sunnyvale CA, US
Petros Venetis - Athens, GR
Christian S. Jensen - Gistrup, DE
Alon Y. Halevy - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 7/00

US Classification:

707758

Abstract:

A system and a method for ranking search results of local search queries. A local search query and a current location of a user are received. Next, two or more places that satisfy the local search query are identified, and for each respective place a corresponding distance from the current location of the user to the respective place is also identified. The two or more places are then ranked in accordance with scores that are based, at least in part, on popularity of the two or more places and the corresponding distances from the current location of the user, to produce a set of ranked places. The ranked set of places is then provided to the user.

US Patent:

8589425, Nov 19, 2013

Filed:

Jul 12, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/547409

Inventors:

Hector Gonzalez - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jayant Madhavan - San Francisco CA, US
Andrin Von Richenberg - Zurich, CH
Anno Langen - Berkeley CA, US
Alon Halevy - Los Altos CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707756, 707793

Abstract:

Aspects of the invention provide a service for data management and integration across a wide range of applications. Clustered computers may be arranged in a cloud-type configuration for storing and handling large amounts of user data under the control of a front-end management server. Communities of distributed users may collaborate on the data across multiple enterprises. Very large tabular data files are uploaded to the storage facilities. The data files are maintained as tables, and a composite table of related information is created and maintained in response to user queries. Different ways of visualizing the data are provided. Depending on the amount of information that can be displayed, features in a spatial index may the thinned for presentation. Spatial and structured queries are processing and results are intersected to obtain information for display.