Patents by Inventor Ian A. McAllister

Ian A. McAllister 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: 8725571
    Abstract: Activity monitoring and replay techniques monitor and replay user consumption of content. To perform one of the techniques, event data from users that reflects the consumption of content is collected. The collected event data is used to infer one or more features in the content that are consumed by the user. The consumption of the one or more features by the user is replayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Sean W. Blakey, David M. Lifson
  • Patent number: 8700464
    Abstract: Activity monitoring techniques monitor user consumption of content. To perform one of the techniques, event data from users that reflects the consumption of content is collected. The collected event data is analyzed to infer a feature within the content that the users are presumed to have consumed. Based on the analysis, an estimated actual impression measurement that reflects aggregate consumption of the feature within the content by the users is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Sean W. Blakey, David M. Lifson
  • Patent number: 8393530
    Abstract: Relative ranking of items is performed based on a subjective attribute of the items. A user interface that displays the relative ranking of the items includes an axis that corresponds to the subject attribute. The user interface further includes a display section that displays representations of the items along the axis according to rankings relative to the subjective attribute. The display section is also to present one or more additional items in response to customer input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa E. Batten, Sean W. Blakey, Eric F. Gilmour, David M. Lifson, Ian A. McAllister, Scott Allen Mongrain, Clayton A. Williams
  • Patent number: 8285730
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Patent number: 7878390
    Abstract: Relatively ranking items based on subjective attributes of the items, and for discovering these relatively ranked items. A voting server as described may include a voting application that receives an indication of an item of interest to a customer. Based on preferences indicated by customers, the voting application may rank the item and one or more other items for the subjective attribute. The voting application may also send data representing a user interface to a client system, with the user interface including representations of the item and the other item. The user interface may arrange the representations of the items along an axis corresponding to the subjective attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa E. Batten, Sean W. Blakey, Eric F. Gilmour, David M. Lifson, Ian A. McAllister, Scott Allen Mongrain, Clayton A. Williams
  • Patent number: 7818419
    Abstract: An activity monitoring strategy monitors a user's consumption of content at a user device. To perform this operation, the activity monitoring strategy collects layout data that reflects the layout of the content as presented by the user device. The activity monitoring strategy then collects event data that reflects the user's consumption of the content. The activity monitoring strategy can use client-side executable functionality to implement the collecting of layout data and event data. The activity monitoring strategy asynchronously sends the collected data to a data analysis module where it is analyzed to determine features in the content that the user is presumed to have consumed. The activity monitoring strategy can apply the results of its analysis to modify the content, set the price charged for display of the features, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Sean W. Blakey, David M. Lifson
  • Patent number: 7792841
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extraction and summarization of sentiment information related to a particular research subject are disclosed. A method includes accessing sources of information that contain sentiment information that is related to the research subject and extracting the sentiment information from the sources of information as opinions related to the research subject. Opinion categories related to features of the research subject are identified. From this information a summarization of the sentiment information that is related to the particular research subject that includes the identified opinion categories is generated. Subsequently, access is provided to the summarization for graphical presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Ling Bao, Steven J. Hanks
  • Publication number: 20100223270
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: IAN A. MCALLISTER, CHRISTOPH R. PONATH, DELANE R. HEWETT, MACKENZIE STEELE, SRIVATHS B. COPPARAM
  • Patent number: 7739289
    Abstract: Methods and systems for reviewing content items created by users for presentation in association with a website are provided. Automatic scrubbing (followed by manual review, if necessary) of user-created content items that have yet to be presented in association with a website is provided as is manual review of user-created content items that have already been presented in association with a website at the request of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Delane R. Hewett, Mackenzie Steele, Srivaths B. Copparam
  • Publication number: 20070282867
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extraction and summarization of sentiment information related to a particular research subject are disclosed. A method includes accessing sources of information that contain sentiment information that is related to the research subject and extracting the sentiment information from the sources of information as opinions related to the research subject. Opinion categories related to features of the research subject are identified. From this information a summarization of the sentiment information that is related to the particular research subject that includes the identified opinion categories is generated. Subsequently, access is provided to the summarization for graphical presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ian A. McAllister, Christoph R. Ponath, Ling Bao, Steven J. Hanks