Patents by Inventor Ben Watson

Ben Watson 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: 8140963
    Abstract: A system for managing tags on a web page is disclosed. Tags are managed by implementing primary and secondary tags. The secondary tags are aggregated to provide network and tag management efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Ben Watson
  • Patent number: 7920320
    Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices, in particular consumer electronic devices, including an electrophoactive display, as well as to electronic document reading devices, sometimes called e-readers, such as electronic books. We describe an electronic device including an electroactive display and a light to illuminate said display, wherein said display has a viewing surface, and wherein said light is configured to illuminate said display from in front and to one side of an edge of said viewing surface, across said viewing surface and through a front-most surface of said display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Publication number: 20100060563
    Abstract: We describe an electronic document reading device having a front, display surface and a device rear surface, the device including a connector mounted on an edge of the device. The device includes a back panel having an exterior surface to provide the rear surface and an interior surface, wherein the back panel is substantially transparent and the interior surface of the back panel is substantially opaque, and wherein the back panel has a cut-out for the connector such that a rear surface of the connector is substantially flush with the device rear surface provided by the exterior of the transparent back panel, such that the opaque interior surface of the transparent back panel gives the impression of a device thinner than a physical thickness of the device defined by the substantially flush connector rear surface and the device rear surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Carl Hayton, William Reeves, Ben Watson, David Fisher
  • Publication number: 20090164884
    Abstract: A system for managing tags on a web page is disclosed. Tags are managed by implementing primary and secondary tags. The secondary tags are aggregated to provide network and tag management efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventor: Ben Watson
  • Publication number: 20080298083
    Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices, in particular consumer electronic devices, including an electrophoactive display, as well as to electronic document reading devices, sometimes called e-readers, such as electronic books. We describe an electronic device including an electroactive display and a light to illuminate said display, wherein said display has a viewing surface, and wherein said light is configured to illuminate said display from in front and to one side of an edge of said viewing surface, across said viewing surface and through a front-most surface of said display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Publication number: 20080297496
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to an electronic document reading device, that is to a device such as an electronic book which presents a document to a user on a display to enable the user to read the document. A portable flex-tolerant electronic document reading device, the device including a flex-tolerant display coupled to a flex-tolerant layer of pixel driver circuitry, and wherein said device has a physical configuration comprising a planar display surface and a rear surface having a frame around its outer perimeter to stiffen the device, the frame defining a central region of relatively reduced thickness compared with a thickness of said frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Patent number: D585888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Patent number: D603398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Patent number: D606993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anasha Nirmalananthan, David Fisher
  • Patent number: RE41501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
  • Patent number: D622273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Carl Hayton, Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Anusha Nirmalananthan, David Fisher