Patents by Inventor Gregory Nicholas Hullender

Gregory Nicholas Hullender 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).

  • Selective display of comprehension guides
    Patent number: 10417933
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selectively and dynamically determining one or more words of an electronic book to present with comprehension guides. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no words of the book with comprehension guides for words within the electronic book based on word difficulty, contextual importance or aspects of the user. Techniques are also provided for determining the content of comprehension guides to be presented with the words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wainwright Gregory Siady Yu, Joon Hao Chuah, Gregory Nicholas Hullender, James Joseph Poulin, Mohammad Kanso, Manigandan Natarajan, Brandon LaBranche Watson, Robert Wayne Roth, Joseph King, Nikunj Aggarwal, Ramya Dass, Sridhar Sampath, Santosh Kumar Asokan
  • Selective display of comprehension guides
    Patent number: 9524298
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selectively and dynamically determining one or more words of an electronic book to present with comprehension guides. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no words of the book with comprehension guides for words within the electronic book based on word difficulty, contextual importance or aspects of the user. Techniques are also provided for determining the content of comprehension guides to be presented with the words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wainwright Gregory Siady Yu, Joon Hao Chuah, Gregory Nicholas Hullender, James Joseph Poulin, Mohammed Kanso, Manigandan Natarajan, Brandon LaBranche Watson, Robert Wayne Roth, Joseph King, Nikunj Aggarwal, Ramya Dass, Sridhar Sampath, Santosh Kumar Asokan
  • Selective Display of Comprehension Guides
    Publication number: 20150310002
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for selectively and dynamically determining one or more words of an electronic book to present with comprehension guides. For instance, an electronic device rendering an electronic book may determine whether to display some, all, or no words of the book with comprehension guides for words within the electronic book based on word difficulty, contextual importance or aspects of the user. Techniques are also provided for determining the content of comprehension guides to be presented with the words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wainwright Gregory Siady Yu, Joon Hao Chuah, Gregory Nicholas Hullender, James Joseph Poulin, Mohammed Kanso, Manigandan Natarajan, Brandon LaBranche Watson, Robert Wayne Roth, Joseph King
  • Transform table for ink sizing and compression
    Patent number: 7346230
    Abstract: Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Rudolph Balaz, Gregory Nicholas Hullender
  • Transform table for ink sizing and compression
    Patent number: 7346229
    Abstract: Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Rudolph Balaz, Gregory Nicholas Hullender
  • Transform table for ink sizing and compression
    Patent number: 7343053
    Abstract: Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Rudolph Balaz, Gregory Nicholas Hullender
  • Transform table for ink sizing and compression
    Patent number: 7006711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to storing information including electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Rudolph Balaz, Gregory Nicholas Hullender
  • Transform table for ink sizing and compression
    Publication number: 20020049796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to storing information including electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that includes a mapping of the ink's coordinates from one space to another. The responsibility of transforming the ink into desired coordinates occurs after the capture of the ink and at least based on the mapping in the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Rudolph Balaz, Gregory Nicholas Hullender