Patents by Inventor Andrew Scott Craft
Andrew Scott Craft 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).
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Patent number: 11074397Abstract: Described herein are techniques for adding adaptive annotations to an electronic content item. For example, a user may insert an annotation by hand drawing the annotation over the content of the content item, in white space around the content, or within an annotation window. The user may also anchor, associate, or link annotations to particular portion of the content item, such that when the content is displayed or rendered on a display of an electronic device, the annotation appears in-line with the content and adjacent to the associated portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Lu, Allison Bhang, Andrew Scott Craft, Andrew Olcott
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Patent number: 10514830Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Patent number: 10474330Abstract: Some implementations include identifying conflicts between multiple layers of supplementary content associated with a digital work (e.g., an electronic book). For individual conflicts between layers of supplementary content at one or more locations within the digital work, conflicts between layers may be resolved in favor of a higher priority layer. Upon resolution of the conflict, information associated with the higher priority layer for supplementing content at a particular location in the digital work may be determined. A visual identifier of the higher priority layer may be displayed along with content associated with the digital work at the particular location.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Craig R. Brookes, Joseph King, Wainwright Gregory Siady Yu, Charles Conroy Moore, Andrew Olcott, Eric Allen Menninga, Brandon LaBranche Watson, Andrew Scott Craft
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Publication number: 20170364221Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Patent number: 9778824Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Patent number: 9747876Abstract: A device is configured to display electronic sheet music. The device may display electronic sheet music that can be magnified and displayed in sequence by reflowing electronic musical symbols between pages. In addition, the device may adaptively determine a layout based on user preferences, such as a desired magnification, an orientation of a device or the like, and may display a current location in the electronic sheet music based on user input, a remote trigger, a desired playback speed or by monitoring an audio input from a microphone and determining a current location in the electronic sheet music. For example, the device may detect a series of pitches and display the electronic sheet music based on a most recent pitch in the series of pitches.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Frederick Hughes Clarke, Andrew Scott Craft, Wendy Kathryn Paskoff
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Patent number: 9430141Abstract: Described herein are techniques for adding adaptive annotations to an electronic content item. For example, a user may insert an annotation by hand drawing the annotation over the content of the content item, in white space around the content, or within an annotation window. The user may also anchor, associate, or link annotations to particular portion of the content item, such that when the content is displayed or rendered on a display of an electronic device, the annotation appears in-line with the content and adjacent to the associated portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Lu, Allison Bhang, Andrew Scott Craft, Andrew Olcott