Patents by Inventor Ben Shand Farber

Ben Shand Farber 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).

  • GENERATION OF AUDIO STORIES FROM TEXT-BASED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20200302933
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to creating an audio story based on text-based media. An audio story can include an audio representation of the text-based media. The audio representation of the text-based media can be modified to incorporate supplemental media content at a series of time positions of the audio representation to generate the audio file. The audio story can be played back on a client device. The audio story can output along with the text-based media on an application executing on the client device. Authors of text-based media and audio stories can create/edit/publish text-based media and/or audio stories on an authoring interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Arciero, Ben Shand Farber, Richard Luong Foreman
  • Apparatus to manipulate colloidal particles in a bistable medium
    Patent number: 9235102
    Abstract: A device for manipulating colloidal particles in a bistable medium, the device includes a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for a bistable medium, and a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: IDEA ZOO, INC.
    Inventors: Pieter Stroeve, Ben Shand Farber, M. Saif Islam, Edmond Edward Routhier
  • APPARATUS TO MANIPULATE COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN A BISTABLE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130222889
    Abstract: A device for manipulating colloidal particles in a bistable medium, the device includes a microcontroller, which stores a color and/or design scheme for a bistable medium, and a mechanism for changing the bistable medium from a first state to a second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: IDEA ZOO, INC.
    Inventors: Pieter Stroeve, Ben Shand Farber, M. Saif Islam, Edmond Edward Routhier