Patents by Inventor David Eric Staff

David Eric Staff 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: 9123053
    Abstract: Data reports are received from a plurality of clients including action reports and timing reports. Action reports describe actions performed by users of the clients at location within an eBook. Timing reports describe reading speeds of users of the clients. The data reports are analyzed to identify an action that is performed by the users of the clients at a location within the eBook frequently relative to other actions. Action information is generated for automatically performing the identified action at the location within the eBook. The action information is transmitted to a client. The client is configured to automatically perform the action at the location within the eBook. The reading location of a user of the client is determined based on the timing reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Phelps Murray, David Eric Staff, Jeremy Faller, Michael Salomon Morton
  • Publication number: 20140164593
    Abstract: Data reports are received from a plurality of clients including action reports and timing reports. Action reports describe actions performed by users of the clients at location within an eBook. Timing reports describe reading speeds of users of the clients. The data reports are analyzed to identify an action that is performed by the users of the clients at a location within the eBook frequently relative to other actions. Action information is generated for automatically performing the identified action at the location within the eBook. The action information is transmitted to a client. The client is configured to automatically perform the action at the location within the eBook. The reading location of a user of the client is determined based on the timing reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Abraham Phelps Murray, David Eric Staff, Jeremy Faller, Michael Salomon Morton