5 picks in Software & AI came off patent this week
Out of 3,852 patents the USPTO marked expired for unpaid fees, these are the strongest leads in software & ai, ranked by our opportunity score.
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Context-aware usage tips that learn from failed feature attempts
The patent describes monitoring a user’s interactions with an application on one device, detecting unsuccessful attempts to use a feature, and automatically creating usage tips for that...
81score / 100 -
2
Interactive troubleshooting tree that skips questions answered in device logs
A system that asks diagnostic questions from a stored decision tree to identify a device defect or countermeasure, but first checks device operation history and omits any questions...
77score / 100 -
3
Point-and-tap camera recognition for plated food items in a cafeteria
A camera-based checkout aid that shows a live image of a tray of multiple food items, lets an operator tap a location to place a fixed-size selection frame around the assumed item, runs...
76score / 100 -
4
3D scatter of emails grouped by thread, navigable by hand gestures
A system that plots email records as points in a 3‑axis (time, frequency, recipient count) 3D space, groups those points by subject/thread, links each thread's points with a curved line...
74score / 100 -
5
Per‑key touch gestures on a physical or virtual keyboard
The patent describes using position sensors on individual keys (or key images on a touchscreen) to detect where on a key a finger contacts and then interpreting small directional motions...
66score / 100