# Michael J. Smith — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Michael J. Smith has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [Google's System for Auto-Searching Text on Your Device](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8990235/bing-image-search) — granted 2015
  Google's 2015 patent describes a system that automatically finds and displays relevant information online based on text it detects on your device, even without you asking it to.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/michael-j-smith

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