ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,381, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyperkey Inc..
"Advanced keyboard based search" was invented by Nikita Gnedin (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual keyboard includes shortcut keys configured to execute a plurality of third-party applications from within the keyboard. These third-party applications are optionally executed via calls to a remote Application User Interface (API). The virtual keyboard optionally includes a text entry field configured for entry of search terms, and execution of the third-party applications include requesting search results from the (optionally remote) third-party applications usin...