Patents by Inventor Atif Choudhry Rafiq

Atif Choudhry Rafiq 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).

  • Story development and sharing architecture
    Patent number: 9705966
    Abstract: A community of authors, readers and contributors interact with each other through a communication framework. The authors share creative works, such as fictional stories, for consumption by the readers and for commenting by the contributors. The readers may see successive drafts of the work as an author completes and revises the work. The contributors may provide comments or other contributions to assist the author. For example, the contributors may make suggestions about how to change the work or provide supplemental content, such as cover artwork, to the author. The author may recognize publicly contributors who provide helpful comments. The likelihood of an author completing a final draft of a work may be determined based on the author's activities regarding the work. The likelihood of a completed work being popular with readers may also be determined based on user interaction with a draft of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ram Cherukuri, Daniel Lee Phelps, Ram Gole, Anthony James Wilson, Karl Clifford Bell, Daniel James Hermanson, Atif Choudhry Rafiq, Chad Howard Young, John Alexander DiSanti
  • Story development and sharing architecture: predictive data
    Patent number: 9553902
    Abstract: A community of authors, readers and contributors interact with each other through a communication framework. The authors share creative works, such as fictional stories, for consumption by the readers and for commenting by the contributors. The readers may see successive drafts of the work as an author completes and revises the work. The contributors may provide comments or other contributions to assist the author. For example, the contributors may make suggestions about how to change the work or provide supplemental content, such as cover artwork, to the author. The author may recognize publicly contributors who provide helpful comments. The likelihood of an author completing a final draft of a work may be determined based on the author's activities regarding the work. The likelihood of a completed work being popular with readers may also be determined based on user interaction with a draft of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ram Cherukuri, Daniel Lee Phelps, Ram Gole, Anthony James Wilson, Karl Clifford Bell, Daniel James Hermanson, Atif Choudhry Rafiq, Chad Howard Young, John Alexander DiSanti