Patents by Inventor John D. Rodgers

John D. Rodgers 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: 11965714
    Abstract: Video sources and inertial sensors are attached to a weapon and to goggles. A computer receives video images from the weapon- and goggles-mounted sources and inertial data from the sensors. The computer calculates a location for an image from the weapon-mounted source within an image from the goggles-mounted source using the inertial sensor data. The sensor-based location is checked (and possibly adjusted) based on a comparison of the images. A database contains information about real-world objects in a field of view of the goggles-mounted source, and is used to generate icons or other graphics concerning such objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Science Applications International Corporation
    Inventors: John Richard Scales, Michael Harris Rodgers, Mark D. Hose
  • Patent number: 9916593
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to determining and displaying item preferences associated with geographic areas. Each of a plurality of item selections is associated with a respective geographic location. Item selections associated with a geographic area are identified. A preference for an item from among a group of items is determined based on the identified ones of the item selections. The preference is sent to a client for rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christel C. Berg, Thomas L. Nissley, John D. Rodgers, Tobias J. Roseman, Jana A. Kleitsch, Ruchica Behl
  • Patent number: 8489445
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to determining and displaying item preferences associated with geographic areas. Each of a plurality of item selections is associated with a respective geographic location. Item selections associated with a geographic area are identified. A preference for an item from among a group of items is determined based on the identified ones of the item selections. The preference is sent to a client for rendering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christel C. Berg, Thomas L. Nissley, John D. Rodgers, Tobias J. Roseman, Jana A. Kleitsch, Ruchica Behl
  • Patent number: 8280783
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing multiple level text cloud navigation are described, where various categories are displayed in a first text cloud and, when a category is selected, a second text cloud is displayed having child nodes of the selected category and selected lower level nodes. The categories, child nodes, and selected other nodes are displayed using an importance identifier indicative of the number of results in that category or node, a relative importance thereof, a similarities metric, a recommendations metric, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Brownell, John D. Rodgers, Christel C. Berg
  • Patent number: 8019650
    Abstract: A method and system for producing an item comparison may initially include obtaining data based on user activity that is indicative of an item and other items likely to be comparable to the item, and recording the data for later access. An item comparison may thereafter present an item of interest to the user along with other items identified based on the recorded data. Prior to producing the item comparison, the user may be provided at least one list of potentially comparable items that can be selected for the item comparison, the list including items in the recorded data that are likely to be comparable to the item of interest. The recorded data may be specific to the user or may include data obtained from other users. Data reflecting user activity with an item comparison may be recorded as additional data indicative of comparable items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Donsbach, Jeffrey T. Brownell, Randal M. Henne, Jeffrey Alan Holden, John D. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 7539632
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for identifying the product pages of an interactive catalog receiving at least one click-through originating from a commentary page and generating a list of products corresponding to the product pages. The method including determining a total number of click-throughs to each of the product pages from the commentary pages during a predetermined period of time and ordering the list in descending order based on the total number of click-throughs. Additionally, the method includes causing the display of the list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kushal Chakrabarti, John D. Rodgers, Christel C. Berg