Patents by Inventor Kartik Swaminadan Santhanakrishnan

Kartik Swaminadan Santhanakrishnan 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).

  • Consuming content items collaboratively
    Patent number: 10476976
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating collaborative consumption of content items, such as electronic books, movies, videos, songs, and the like. Multiple users may consume a content item over a substantially common period of time, such as over a day, week, month, etc. Each user may utilize one or more electronic devices (e.g., electronic book reader devices, tablet devices, laptop computers, etc.) to consume the item, and each user may share his or her thoughts and may otherwise provide progress updates to the other users over the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Otis Yeager Chandler, Jessica Kathleen Quinn Donaghy, Seth Gershom Goldstein, Peter Thomas Killalea, Brian Mitchell Percival, Kartik Swaminadan Santhanakrishnan, Brian David Rosenblat
  • Consuming content items collaboratively
    Patent number: 9692841
    Abstract: Techniques for facilitating collaborative consumption of content items, such as electronic books, movies, videos, songs, and the like. Multiple users may consume a content item over a substantially common period of time, such as over a day, week, month, etc. Each user may utilize one or more electronic devices (e.g., electronic book reader devices, tablet devices, laptop computers, etc.) to consume the item, and each user may share his or her thoughts and may otherwise provide progress updates to the other users over the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Otis Yeager Chandler, Jessica Kathleen Quinn Donaghy, Seth Gershom Goldstein, Peter Thomas Killalea, Brian Mitchell Percival, Kartik Swaminadan Santhanakrishnan