Patents by Inventor Michael Eric Van Gorkom

Michael Eric Van Gorkom 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: 10402037
    Abstract: Approaches are described for determining and displaying recommended content on a lock screen of a computing device. For example, a lock screen can include recommended content that can display user-specific offers and/or other information determined to be relevant to the user. One of a full-screen template, a banner template, or a notification template include the recommended content. The recommended content can include selectable elements that, when selected, can cause the computing device to perform an action such as launching an application, providing additional displays, etc. Using display information, the computing device can determine a display schedule, whereby the display schedule can be used to set a frequency at which the recommended content is displayed, a time at which the recommended content is displayed, the type of template used to express the recommended content, placement of the recommended content on a display screen, among other such display options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Eric Van Gorkom, Alexander Gregory Wipf, Aidan Nicholas Low, Enrique de la Garza Villarreal, Timothy Scott Pinkawa, Alexander David Evans
  • Publication number: 20170277361
    Abstract: Approaches are described for determining, updating, and displaying recommended content on a lock screen of a computing device. For example, a lock screen can include recommended content that can display user-specific offers and/or other information determined to be relevant to the user. One of a full-screen template, a banner template, or a notification template can include the recommended content. The recommended content can include selectable elements that, when selected, can cause the computing device to perform an action such as launching an application, providing additional displays, etc. The recommended content can be updated. For example, in response to a lock screen event, such as powering on and off the display screen, recommended content can be updated and provided for display the next time the display screen is powered on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Christopher Schulze, Wilson Lam, Michael Eric Van Gorkom