Patents by Inventor Lindsey Christina Fowler

Lindsey Christina Fowler 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).

  • Reading material suggestions based on reading behavior
    Patent number: 10216825
    Abstract: A user device displays portions of an electronic publication for a user to read. The user device tracks the user's reading behavior of the portions of the electronic publication. The user device then suggests additional reading material for the user based on the user's reading behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George M. Ionkov, Dennis H. Harding, Aaron James Dykstra, Laura Ellen Grit, James C. Petts, Samuel A. Minter, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Yong Xi
  • Categorization based on user questionnaire
    Patent number: 10013492
    Abstract: A customized questionnaire is generated for a content item, such as an eBook, audio file, video file, and so on. Upon an occurrence of predetermined event, the user is presented with the customized questionnaire soliciting responses to questions and/or rating evaluations relating to the content item. The responses may include reviews, ratings, recommendations of similar items, discussion topics, and other things. Information from the responses may be collected and associated with the content item to build a user-driven index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Petts, Yong Xi, Laura Ellen Grit, Samuel A. Minter, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Dennis Harding, Aaron James Dykstra, George Ionkov
  • NAVIGATING AN ELECTRONIC ITEM DATABASE VIA USER INTENTION
    Publication number: 20170357698
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for navigating an electronic item database by way of a user intention. A user interface is generated that presents a first result set of items from an electronic item database. The user interface includes one or more user interface components configured to elicit a user selection from multiple user intentions. A particular user intention is determined, then a set of refinement attributes corresponding to the particular user intention is identified. An updated result set of items that matches the set of refinement attributes is determined. The user interface is then updated to present the updated result set of items in place of the result set of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Joy Yuzi Chang, Karthik Gopal Anbalagan, Brian Joseph Collins, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Eric Vincent Hansen, Jennifer Marie Lin, Joshua Kenneth Pschorr
  • Annotations for content creation feedback
    Patent number: 9769008
    Abstract: Content is distributed electronically to a plurality of users. As the users consume the content, they may annotate the content to indicate corrections, comments, or other information. Annotations are collected at a server and reported back to content creators, such as authors, publishers, translators, editors, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Petts, Aaron James Dykstra, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Laura Ellen Grit, Dennis Harding, George Ionkov, Samuel A. Minter, Yong Xi
  • eBook citation enhancement
    Patent number: 9639877
    Abstract: Electronic content items such as electronic books are enhanced by identifying citations within the content items, identifying sources of the objects of the citations, and associating the citations with such sources so that readers of the content items can easily purchase or otherwise obtain the citation objects. The citations may be updated as new products become available or information related to the products changes over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Petts, Aaron James Dykstra, Laura Ellen Grit, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Dennis H. Harding, George M. Ionkov, Samuel A. Minter
  • READING MATERIAL SUGGESTIONS BASED ON READING BEHAVIOR
    Publication number: 20140324832
    Abstract: A user device displays portions of an electronic publication for a user to read. The user device tracks the user's reading behavior of the portions of the electronic publication. The user device then suggests additional reading material for the user based on the user's reading behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: George M. Ionkov, Dennis H. Harding, Aaron James Dykstra, Laura Ellen Grit, James C. Petts, Samuel A. Minter, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Yong Xi
  • User device providing electronic publications with dynamic exercises
    Patent number: 8834166
    Abstract: A user device displays portions of an electronic publication for a user to read. The user device tracks the user's reading behavior of the portions of the electronic publication. The user device then selects a problem from a group of pre-generated problems for the user based on the user's reading behavior and provides the selected problem to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: George M. Ionkov, Dennis H. Harding, Aaron James Dykstra, Laura Ellen Grit, James C. Petts, Samuel A. Minter, Lindsey Christina Fowler, Yong Xi