Patents by Inventor Gerald Ken Sun

Gerald Ken Sun 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: 10846473
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing content being rendered on an electronic device are described herein. In some instances, the techniques include monitoring interactions between a user and a content item that the user consumes on an electronic device. The content items may include electronic books, songs, videos, documents, or the like. In response to detecting an interaction between the user and the content item, the techniques may publish an event indicative of the interaction to an application platform that hosts one or more applications. The applications may be designed to enhance the content that the user consumes in one or more specified ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Ward, Donald Ryan Willhoit, Lars C. Ulness, Gerald Ken Sun, Sherif M. Yacoub, Colin Bodell
  • Patent number: 9477637
    Abstract: Techniques for enhancing content being rendered on an electronic device are described herein. In some instances, the techniques include monitoring interactions between a user and a content item that the user consumes on an electronic device. The content items may include electronic books, songs, videos, documents, or the like. In response to detecting an interaction between the user and the content item, the techniques may publish an event indicative of the interaction to an application platform that hosts one or more applications. The applications may be designed to enhance the content that the user consumes in one or more specified ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles L. Ward, Donald Ryan Willhoit, Lars C. Ulness, Gerald Ken Sun, Sherif M. Yacoub, Colin Bodell