Patents by Inventor Dana L. Dickinson

Dana L. Dickinson 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).

  • Extensible framework for ereader tools, including named entity information
    Patent number: 10102187
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Frank Ronald Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Phelps Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak
  • EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR EREADER TOOLS, INCLUDING NAMED ENTITY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150248380
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Ronald Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Phelps Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak
  • Extensible framework for ereader tools, including named entity information
    Patent number: 9069744
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Frank R. Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak
  • Automated cleanup of digital volumes
    Patent number: 8995795
    Abstract: Textual errors in digital volumes in a corpus are corrected by comparing a set of similar digital volumes, the set including a basis volume and a plurality of comparison volumes. The basis volume is compared with the comparison volumes to identify sequences of text that are identical across all of the candidate volumes and mismatched sequences of text that contain different text in at least one of the candidate volumes. The correct text for at least some of the mismatched sequences is resolved by comparing the different text in the different candidate volumes. The mismatched sequences are replaced by the resolved correct text, thereby correcting errors in the candidate volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Dana L. Dickinson
  • EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR EREADER TOOLS, INCLUDING NAMED ENTITY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20130311870
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Frank R. Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak