Patents by Inventor James Joseph Poulin

James Joseph Poulin 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
  • Dynamic color adjustment of electronic content
    Patent number: 10319116
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dynamic color adjustment of electronic content. In one embodiment, a system may determine a first background color corresponding to a color theme for use in presentation of electronic content, the color theme further specifying a first text color for displaying text. The system may convert the first text color to hue-saturation-value (HSV) color space, and modify a brightness component of the first text color to generate a second text color. The system may determine a first contrast ratio between the second text color and the first background color, and determine that the first contrast ratio satisfies a first threshold contrast ratio. The system may display the electronic content using the first background color, the electronic content including text having the second text color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Prannoy Vargis C, James Joseph Poulin, Deepak Manohar, Chad Siegel, Adam Schott Riggs, Surendran Rangasamy, Joseph King, Michael Patrick Bacus, Eric Allen Menninga
  • 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
  • High temperature electromigration stress test system, test socket, and use thereof
    Patent number: 5760595
    Abstract: A test socket is provided as part of a high temperature electromigration test system to allow the prediction of median time to failure to temperatures in excess of 450.degree. C. of VSLI interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Daniel Edwards, Du Binh Nguyen, James Joseph Poulin, Hazara Singh Rathore, Richard George Smith