Patents by Inventor Duncan Joseph Reynolds

Duncan Joseph Reynolds 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: 9659052
    Abstract: A system and method to recognize and resolve when a source data object is the same or similar to an existing data object in a database using structured information and facts about each object. The system and method compare relations of the source data object and relations of the existing data object in the database and determine how similar the source data object is to the data object in the database based on scores of the comparisons. The system and method may provide outputs, such as whether the data objects match, the data objects are distinct, the source data object is a strong match to multiple data objects in the database, and the data objects conflict one another. The system and method may then resolve the database entries based on the potential matching outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Dean Glennon, David Spike Palfrey, William Tunstall-Pedoe, Duncan Joseph Reynolds, Petra Elisabeth Holmes, Gregory Christopher Doran
  • Patent number: 9286910
    Abstract: A system for resolving a user's question regarding media at the user's location where the question includes ambiguity as to the context of the question. Context information is acquired from a device or devices at the user's location, and if multiple possible contexts are identified, the system may attempt to resolve the question for more than one of the possible contexts. The system for answering questions and the source of the media may be different and independent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Meng Li, Duncan Joseph Reynolds, William Tunstall-Pedoe, Petra Elisabeth Holmes, Robert Peter Stacey, David Spike Palfrey, Andrew Graham Fenn, Mark Rafn, Graham John French