Patents by Inventor Mark R. Privett
Mark R. Privett 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).
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Patent number: 11175726Abstract: A user interface (UI) enables a user to access a set of options relating to an element of the UI by contacting a region of a touchscreen, or hovering a feature over the region, associated with that element. Upon contacting or hovering for at least a determined period of time, an arranged set of options is displayed and the user can swipe or move the feature in a specified direction to select a specific option. The options can be the same for each instance of a type of item. When a user learns the direction of one of these options, the user does not have to contact or hover long enough to bring up the menu, but can contact or hover long enough to indicate the element of interest and then perform the appropriate motion, which can cause the action to be performed without first displaying the menu.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
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Publication number: 20200166988Abstract: A user interface (UI) enables a user to access a set of options relating to an element of the UI by contacting a region of a touchscreen, or hovering a feature over the region, associated with that element. Upon contacting or hovering for at least a determined period of time, an arranged set of options is displayed and the user can swipe or move the feature in a specified direction to select a specific option. The options can be the same for each instance of a type of item. When a user learns the direction of one of these options, the user does not have to contact or hover long enough to bring up the menu, but can contact or hover long enough to indicate the element of interest and then perform the appropriate motion, which can cause the action to be performed without first displaying the menu.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
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Patent number: 10564806Abstract: A user interface (UI) enables a user to access a set of options relating to an element of the UI by contacting a region of a touchscreen, or hovering a feature over the region, associated with that element. Upon contacting or hovering for at least a determined period of time, an arranged set of options is displayed and the user can swipe or move the feature in a specified direction to select a specific option. The options can be the same for each instance of a type of item. When a user learns the direction of one of these options, the user does not have to contact or hover long enough to bring up the menu, but can contact or hover long enough to indicate the element of interest and then perform the appropriate motion, which can cause the action to be performed without first displaying the menu.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
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Patent number: 9880640Abstract: A device can display content on a page associated with a dimension. A user can adjust an orientation of the device to adjust a displayed orientation of the page, enabling pages for additional dimensions to be displayed. A user can select one of these dimensions, and adjust an orientation of the device to enable the user to access content for the selected dimension. The change in orientation can be a tilt or flick of the device in a first direction to select a dimension, and then a user could tilt or flick the device in another direction to view pages, sub-dimensions, or other groupings of content among that dimension. Such an approach can enable a user to quickly locate content corresponding to a sub-dimension without having to scroll down a long page of content or otherwise manually navigate to specific content.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Robert K. Stein, III, Jeffrey A. White, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
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Patent number: 9378581Abstract: A graphical user interface can provide a three-dimensional appearance that is consistent for changes in a current location or point of view of a user. The user's point of view can be determined by analyzing images showing a current relative location of the user with respect to the device, and motion sensors operable to provide information about changes in orientation or position of the device. In addition to point of view updates, the interface can render active elements such that the elements appear to be closer to an outer surface of the display element. Such rendering can enable the user to easily determine which elements are active, such as may be used to provide text input to the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Mark R. Privett
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Patent number: 9063563Abstract: A user interface (UI) enables a user to access a set of options relating to an element of the UI by contacting a region of a touchscreen, or hovering a feature over the region, associated with that element. Upon contacting or hovering for at least a determined period of time, an arranged set of options is displayed and the user can swipe or move the feature in a specified direction to select a specific option. The options can be the same for each instance of a type of item. When a user learns the direction of one of these options, the user does not have to contact or hover long enough to bring up the menu, but can contact or hover long enough to indicate the element of interest and then perform the appropriate motion, which can cause the action to be performed without first displaying the menu.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
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Publication number: 20130246954Abstract: A graphical user interface can provide a three-dimensional appearance that is consistent for changes in a current location or point of view of a user. The user's point of view can be determined by analyzing images showing a current relative location of the user with respect to the device, and motion sensors operable to provide information about changes in orientation or position of the device. In addition to point of view updates, the interface can render active elements such that the elements appear to be closer to an outer surface of the display element. Such rendering can enable the user to easily determine which elements are active, such as may be used to provide text input to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Mark R. Privett
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Publication number: 20130091462Abstract: A device can display content on a page associated with a dimension. A user can adjust an orientation of the device to adjust a displayed orientation of the page, enabling pages for additional dimensions to be displayed. A user can select one of these dimensions, and adjust an orientation of the device to enable the user to access content for the selected dimension. The change in orientation can be a tilt or flick of the device in a first direction to select a dimension, and then a user could tilt or flick the device in another direction to view pages, sub-dimensions, or other groupings of content among that dimension. Such an approach can enable a user to quickly locate content corresponding to a sub-dimension without having to scroll down a long page of content or otherwise manually navigate to specific content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Robert K. Stein, III, Jeffrey A. White, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett