Patents by Inventor Grant Travis Patrick Wilson

Grant Travis Patrick Wilson 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: 10402014
    Abstract: Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason David Makuch, Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Joshua Wascom, Vinod Murli Mamtani, Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Matthew Louis Vahlsing, Brian Robbins
  • Publication number: 20170315673
    Abstract: Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jason David Makuch, Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Joshua Wascom, Vinod Murli Mamtani, Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Matthew Louis Vahlsing
  • Patent number: 9710107
    Abstract: Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason David Makuch, Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Joshua Wascom, Vinod Murli Mamtani, Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Matthew Louis Vahlsing
  • Patent number: 9086759
    Abstract: Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason David Makuch, Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Joshua Wascom, Vinod Murli Mamtani, Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Matthew Louis Vahlsing
  • Publication number: 20150177904
    Abstract: Various techniques may be employed for assigning user inputs such as a touch on a touchscreen to various input controls such as buttons or other features provided on a touchscreen. One example input assignment technique is a nearest neighbor technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control that is positioned closest to the touch location. Another example input assignment technique is an angle and distance technique, whereby a touch may, for example, be assigned to an input control based on an angle and a distance of the touch relative to a prior touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jason David Makuch, Pavan Kumar Surishetty, Joshua Wascom, Vinod Murli Mamtani, Jean-Yves Pip Courbois, Gerard Joseph Heinz, II, Kimberly Nicole Hunter, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Matthew Louis Vahlsing
  • Publication number: 20150133214
    Abstract: Content may have associated interest information that indicates various areas of interest within images displayed during presentation of the content. An area of interest is an area for which a different encoding bitrate may be desired relative to another area. When an image is encoded for transmission, instructions may be provided to an encoding component for encoding of the image based on the associated interest information. The encoding component may then determine appropriate bitrates for different portions of the image based on the interest information while also satisfying overall bitrate constraints for the image as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Scott Wright Heath, Grant Travis Patrick Wilson, Mark Kalman, Keith Emery Belovay