{
  "patent_number": "US 8990235",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Google's System for Auto-Searching Text on Your Device",
  "original_title": "Automatically providing content associated with captured information, such as information captured in real-time",
  "summary": "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.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent details a method where a device, like your phone, can automatically select a piece of text it receives or captures. It then uses that text to create a search query, choosing the best place (index) to look for answers. The device sends this query to other devices, gets back relevant information, and shows it to you. For example, if you capture text from a printed document using your phone's camera, the system can automatically identify the document and search for related content online, displaying it without you needing to manually copy, paste, or type anything into a search bar. Claim 1 outlines this core process of receiving text, selecting a portion without user interaction, forming a query, selecting an index, transmitting the query, and displaying results.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Methods that require a user to actively select the text portion for searching.",
    "Systems that do not automatically select an index to search from multiple options.",
    "Processes where the device does not transmit the query to a second computing device.",
    "Functionality that does not display information relevant to the query.",
    "Searching only static, pre-defined content sources without dynamic or user-generated content."
  ],
  "filed": "2010-03-12",
  "granted": "2015-03-24",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Google LLC",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/google-llc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Redwood Stephens",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/redwood-stephens"
    },
    {
      "name": "Claes-Fredrik Mannby",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/claes-fredrik-mannby"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jesse Peterson",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/jesse-peterson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Martin T. King",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/martin-t-king"
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael J. Smith",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/michael-j-smith"
    },
    {
      "name": "Christopher J. Daley-Watson",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/christopher-j-daley-watson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mark Sanvitale",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/mark-sanvitale"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 189,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ai_ml"
  ],
  "abstract": "A system and method for automatically providing content associated with captured information is described. In some examples, the system receives input by a user, and automatically provides content or links to content associated with the input. In some examples, the system receives input via text entry or by capturing text from a rendered document, such as a printed document, an object, an audio stream, and so on.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8990235/bing-image-search",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8990235/bing-image-search/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8990235",
  "relatedPatents": []
}