ROLAND EMLYN WILLIAMS
Pilots at Arlington Way, Pacheco, CA

2013019, Aug 1, 2013

Feb 20, 2013

13/772139

Zi Corporation Of Canada, Inc. - Calgary, CA
Roland Emlyn WILLIAMS - Martinez CA, US
William James TEMPLETON-STEADMAN - Herts, GB

ZI CORPORATION OF CANADA, INC. - Calgary

G06F 17/27

704 10

A system and method for automated dictionary population is provided to facilitate the entry of textual material in dictionaries for enhancing word prediction. The automated dictionary population system is useful in association with a mobile device including at least one dictionary which includes entries. The device receives a communication which is parsed and textual data extracted. The text is compared to the entries of the dictionaries to identify new words. Statistical information for the parsed words, including word usage frequency, recency, or likelihood of use, is generated. Profanities may be processed by identifying profanities, modifying the profanities, and asking the user to provide feedback. Phrases are identified by phrase markers. Lastly, the new words are stored in a supplementary word list as single words or by linking the words of the identified phrases to preserve any phrase relationships. Likewise, the statistical information may be stored.

2012028, Nov 15, 2012

Apr 9, 2012

13/442380

Deda Mampuya Diatezua - WELLINGTON FL, US
Rainer Schmitt - PALM BEACH GARDENS FL, US
Roland Williams - MARTINEZ CA, US

H01L 41/24, B05D 3/06, B05D 5/12

427555, 118696, 427100

A system having a print head for depositing material on a piezoelectric array, where the print head and array are moveable with respect to each other, and a computer for controlling movement of the print head and array with respect to each other to locations along the array, and controlling the print head to dispense the material onto the array at such locations. The print head deposits a pre-determined amount of material in one of dots, or in a line with movement of the print head and array with respect to each other. The system enables deposit of conductive material for electrical connections to array elements. Non-conductive polymer material may be deposited on the array before depositing conductive material to create barriers avoiding unintended connection of array elements by the conductive material. The system may also be used for fabricating a piezoelectric array by depositing electro-ceramic material.

2007020, Aug 30, 2007

Nov 21, 2006

11/562054

William Templeton-Steadman - Hemel Hempstead, GB
Roland Williams - Martinez CA, US

G06F 17/30

707001000

Information delivery systems and methods are disclosed. In a system according to the invention, there is a database system, a user appliance, a first communication channel and a second communication channel. The database system may have records that are alterable by a service provider. The user appliance may have an input device with polysemous keys. Further, the user appliance may also have a monitor, which is able to provide the user with information corresponding to records of the database system.

8166418, Apr 24, 2012

May 23, 2007

11/752669

Roland E. Williams - Martinez CA, US

ZI Corporation of Canada, Inc. - Calgary, Alberta

G06F 3/048

715825, 715752, 715866, 715977

Methods of and devices for inserting a pictorial artifact into a text document are described. A relational database is used to link possible text-entries with pictorial artifacts. A pictorial artifact has a meaning that corresponds to its linked possible text-entry. When text is entered, the database is searched to determine whether a match exists between the entered text and one of the possible text-entries in the database. If a match is found, the linked pictorial artifact is provided to the user for selection and entry into the text document. The pictorial artifacts may be modified, and modified artifacts may be used in a search of the database to locate linked text-entries, in order to permit the user to select alternate text.

8018439, Sep 13, 2011

Mar 21, 2007

11/689198

Jacques LaPointe - Calgary, CA
Roland E. Williams - Martinez CA, US

Zi Corporation of Canada, Inc. - Calgary, Alberta

G09G 5/00

345168, 345169, 345172

A mobile appliance and a method of using a mobile appliance are disclosed. The mobile appliance may include a microprocessor, a data entry device, a monitor, a candidate selection device, and software having instructions for controlling the microprocessor. A series of characters are provided to the appliance, and the series of characters is used to both indicate a function and indicate information for that function.

7974979, Jul 5, 2011

Oct 3, 2008

12/245696

Weigen Qiu - Calgary, CA
Roland E. Williams - Martinez CA, US
William J. Templeton-Steadman - Hemel Hempstead, GB

ZI Corporation of Canada, Inc. - Calgary, Alberta

G06F 17/30

707748, 707741, 707752

User input from a reduced keypad is disambiguated and compared with a first dynamic lexicon, and predicted matches (e. g. either a single word or phrase) are offered. If a user continues to type beyond a boundary condition, then input is no longer predicted from the first lexicon, but instead is interpreted as a request for matches from a second, quasi-static lexicon allowing words or phrases to be entered. When the entry is accepted, data is transmitted to a remote receiver and may be parsed as an inquiry for subsequent operation. Following acceptance, the apparatus invokes a program suitable for interacting with the response generated to the inquiry.

2014007, Mar 13, 2014

Nov 7, 2013

14/074634

- Calgary, CA
Roland E. WILLIAMS - Martinez CA, US
William J. TEMPLETON-STEADMAN - Hemel Hempstead, GB

G06F 17/30

707770

User input from a reduced keypad is disambiguated and compared with a first dynamic lexicon, and predicted matches (e.g. either a single word or phrase) are offered. If a user continues to type beyond a boundary condition, then input is no longer predicted from the first lexicon, but instead is interpreted as a request for matches from a second, quasi-static lexicon allowing words or phrases to be entered. When the entry is accepted, data is transmitted to a remote receiver and may be parsed as an inquiry for subsequent operation. Following acceptance, the apparatus invokes a program suitable for interacting with the response generated to the inquiry.

2013022, Aug 29, 2013

Mar 29, 2013

13/853847

Nuance Communications, Inc. - , US
Roland E. Williams - Martinez CA, US
Robert B. O'Dell - Oakland CA, US

Nuance Communications, Inc. - Burlington MA

G06F 17/30

707769

Presentation of results of a predictive analysis of text is delayed until entry of the text by a user is paused by a particular amount of time. The results are available for selection by the user for another particular amount of time. After the other particular amount of time is expired, the results are no longer available to for selection. If a particular result is selected, the selected result either replaces or supplements the entered text.

8589417, Nov 19, 2013

Apr 27, 2011

13/095752

Weigen Qiu - Calgary, CA
Roland E. Williams - Martinez CA, US
William J. Templeton-Steadman - Hemel Hempstead, GB

ZI Corporation of Canada, Inc. - Calgary, Alberta

G06F 17/30

707749, 707748, 707752

User input from a reduced keypad is disambiguated and compared with a first dynamic lexicon, and predicted matches (e. g. either a single word or phrase) are offered. If a user continues to type beyond a boundary condition, then input is no longer predicted from the first lexicon, but instead is interpreted as a request for matches from a second, quasi-static lexicon allowing words or phrases to be entered. When the entry is accepted, data is transmitted to a remote receiver and may be parsed as an inquiry for subsequent operation. Following acceptance, the apparatus invokes a program suitable for interacting with the response generated to the inquiry.

2006015, Jul 13, 2006

Dec 19, 2005

11/312000

Roland Williams - Martinez CA, US
Jacques LaPointe - Calgary, CA

G10L 15/26

704235000

Devices and methods of displaying a telephone number are disclosed. The telephone number may be displayed in a manner that is likely to be helpful to the user of an appliance, such as a cell phone or personal digital assistant.