Patents by Inventor Andrew Russell Turner

Andrew Russell Turner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10871893
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations. After a user designates a content item, a flick gesture is detected, where the flick gesture has a point of origin and crosses a trip line surrounding the point of origin. A destination associated with the flick gesture is identified from a plurality of predefined destinations. Each predefined destination is associated with a region in a predefined plurality of display regions. The content item is delivered to the determined destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Russell Turner
  • Patent number: 9507512
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations. After a user designates a content item, a flick gesture is detected, where the flick gesture has a point of origin and crosses a trip line surrounding the point of origin. A destination associated with the flick gesture is identified from a plurality of predefined destinations. Each predefined destination is associated with a region in a predefined plurality of display regions. The content item is delivered to the determined destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Russell Turner
  • Patent number: 9406091
    Abstract: Location data may be obtained through devices associated with one or more users. The actual locations and places that correspond to the location data may be inferred. Location patterns that represent when and where each user spends their time may also be determined. One or more personas that represent categories corresponding to types of behavior or location patterns that users may exhibit may be created and maintained. One or more of the personas may be assigned to or associated with each of the users based on the location patterns associated with each user and the type of behavior that is expected to be exhibited for each persona. One or more recommendations may be provided to the users based at least partly on the personas that have been assigned to the users, which may cause the users to receive recommendations that are likely to be of particular interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustavo Eduardo Lopez, Michael M. George, Bhushan H. Shah, Andrew Russell Turner
  • Publication number: 20160216862
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for using gestures to deliver content to predefined destinations. After a user designates a content item, a flick gesture is detected, where the flick gesture has a point of origin and crosses a trip line surrounding the point of origin. A destination associated with the flick gesture is identified from a plurality of predefined destinations. Each predefined destination is associated with a region in a predefined plurality of display regions. The content item is delivered to the determined destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew Russell Turner
  • Patent number: 9367211
    Abstract: Technology is described for generating an interface tab in an application. The method may include receiving an instruction to create an interface tab in the application. Another operation may be defining computing resources that are to be applied to loading of the interface tab and page content. The interface tab and the page content may be loaded using the computing resources defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Russell Turner
  • Patent number: 8855681
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing location information to a location server by a plurality of applications are described. The plurality of applications of a computing device determines location information associated with the computing device, such as by querying location hardware of the computing device. The applications cause transmission of the location information to a location service via a communication network. The location service utilizes the location information in various ways to target communications to users associated with the computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. George, Dana C. LoPiccolo-Giles, Gustavo Eduardo Lopez, Simoina D. Vasen, Andrew Russell Turner