Patents by Inventor Frank Ronald Worsley

Frank Ronald Worsley 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).

  • Extensible framework for ereader tools, including named entity information
    Patent number: 10102187
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Frank Ronald Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Phelps Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak
  • Extensible framework for ereader tools
    Patent number: 9678634
    Abstract: The functionality of an ereader module that is displaying an electronic book (“ebook”) is extended. A user identifier specifying a user using a client device executing the ereader module and an ebook identifier specifying the ebook displayed by the ereader module are received from the client device. One or more layers associated with the user are determined. One or more layers associated with the ebook are determined. A list of one or more layers is assembled. The layer list is transmitted to the client device. The client device enables the user to select a layer and use the selected layer to interact with content of the ebook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Abraham Phelps Murray, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Frank Ronald Worsley, Gopal Venu Vemula, C. J. Scott Dougall, Nemanja L. Spasojevic
  • EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR EREADER TOOLS
    Publication number: 20150346930
    Abstract: The functionality of an ereader module that is displaying an electronic book (“ebook”) is extended. A user identifier specifying a user using a client device executing the ereader module and an ebook identifier specifying the ebook displayed by the ereader module are received from the client device. One or more layers associated with the user are determined. One or more layers associated with the ebook are determined. A list of one or more layers is assembled. The layer list is transmitted to the client device. The client device enables the user to select a layer and use the selected layer to interact with content of the ebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Abraham Phelps Murray, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Frank Ronald Worsley, Gopal Venu Vemula, C. J. Scott Dougall, Nemanja L. Spasojevic
  • EXTENSIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR EREADER TOOLS, INCLUDING NAMED ENTITY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20150248380
    Abstract: Information about named entities referenced in an electronic book (ebook) is provided to a client device. An ebook identifier identifying the ebook is received from the client device. A set of layers available for use with the ebook is determined. The layers in the set provide information associated with the ebook and a layer in the set provides information associated with named entities referenced in content of the ebook. A content range identifying a range of content of the ebook for which layer information is requested and an identification of one or more of the layers in the set for which layer information is requested is received from the client device. Layer information associated with the ebook content identified by the content range for the identified layers is transmitted to the client device. The transmitted layer information includes information associated with named entities referenced by ebook content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Ronald Worsley, Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Abraham Phelps Murray, Dana L. Dickinson, Gopal Venu Vemula, Kirill Buryak