Patents by Inventor John Musial

John Musial 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).

  • Content-based navigation for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9158840
    Abstract: Content-based navigation of an electronic device includes receiving supplemental content to an electronic book. The supplemental content is created separately from the electronic book. The content-based navigation also includes associating an identifier of the electronic book with the supplemental content, storing the supplemental content with the identifier in a storage device, and creating an index to the supplemental content that is searchable by the identifier of the electronic book. The content-based navigation further includes providing end user devices with access to the supplemental content in the storage device via the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Althea Hookens, John Musial, Sandeep R. Patil
  • Content-based navigation for electronic devices
    Patent number: 9075872
    Abstract: Content-based navigation of an electronic device includes receiving supplemental content to an electronic book. The supplemental content is created separately from the electronic book. The content-based navigation also includes associating an identifier of the electronic book with the supplemental content, storing the supplemental content with the identifier in a storage device, and creating an index to the supplemental content that is searchable by the identifier of the electronic book. The content-based navigation further includes providing end user devices with access to the supplemental content in the storage device via the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Althea Hookens, John Musial, Sandeep R. Patil
  • CONTENT-BASED NAVIGATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130290299
    Abstract: Content-based navigation of an electronic device includes receiving supplemental content to an electronic book. The supplemental content is created separately from the electronic book. The content-based navigation also includes associating an identifier of the electronic book with the supplemental content, storing the supplemental content with the identifier in a storage device, and creating an index to the supplemental content that is searchable by the identifier of the electronic book. The content-based navigation further includes providing end user devices with access to the supplemental content in the storage device via the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Althea Hookens, John Musial, Sandeep R. Patil
  • CONTENT-BASED NAVIGATION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20130290838
    Abstract: Content-based navigation of an electronic device includes receiving supplemental content to an electronic book. The supplemental content is created separately from the electronic book. The content-based navigation also includes associating an identifier of the electronic book with the supplemental content, storing the supplemental content with the identifier in a storage device, and creating an index to the supplemental content that is searchable by the identifier of the electronic book. The content-based navigation further includes providing end user devices with access to the supplemental content in the storage device via the index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guillaume Hoareau, Althea Hookens, John Musial, Sandeep R. Patil