Patents by Inventor John William Buchanan

John William Buchanan 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).

  • Consistent context-dependent rendering of user interface data
    Patent number: 11262888
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for rendering content for presentation in a portion of a user interface based on context-independent data and a template that is selected based on context information associated with the user interface. The template may be selected from among a number of different templates based at least in part on a template selection data structure that associates each template with one or more combinations of contextual attributes associated with the context of the user interface. The content for inclusion in at least a portion of the user interface may then be rendered using the selected template and at least a portion of the context-independent data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Ferreyra, Stuart Olmstead-Wilcox, Amit Malhotra, Javier Andres Mena Zapata, John William Buchanan
  • Multiple virtual environments
    Patent number: 9588651
    Abstract: Technology is described for generating an electronic book. A 3D (three dimensional) virtual environment may be identified. A scene depicting a 3D virtual sub-environment may be identified. A page object may be generated in the 3D virtual environment. A plurality of page panels may be generated that include the scene depicting the 3D virtual sub-environment and the page panels are associated with the page object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Buchanan, Ryan Anthony Stemen