Patents by Inventor Michael Allen Swift

Michael Allen Swift 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).

  • Package similarity prediction system
    Patent number: 11934995
    Abstract: Techniques for predicting a manufacturer and/or contents of a received package are described herein. Images of a package may be received from cameras. A visual vector for the package in a vector space of package attributes may be generated using the images. Physical attributes of the package may be received. A subset of candidate packages may be determined by comparing the physical attributes of a plurality of historically received packages to the physical attributes of the package. A ranking of the subset of candidate packages may be determined by identifying a distance in the vector space of the package attributes between a vector for the subset of candidate packages and the visual vector for the package. An identifier associated with a particular package of the ranked subset of candidate packages may be obtained. Data for the particular package may be retrieved from a database using the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Huinan Ren, Nicole Yoshino, Kristin Quel Lien, Abhishek Shrivastava, Vinit Dinesh Jain, Brian Gleadle, Ruslan Khmeliuk, Michael Allen Swift, Pushkar Naik
  • Tracking user affinity through interactions with media files
    Patent number: 9203917
    Abstract: A user's interactions with a media player during the playing of a media file may provide a variety of information regarding the user's interests in the media file, or in any objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes expressed or described therein. A media player or the software operating thereon may be modified to receive interactions from the user and/or to analyze such interactions in order to associate the user with such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes. The user's interactions may also be analyzed by a media service, an online marketplace or any external location in order to identify any items related to such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes, or for any other purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Allen Swift
  • Tracking user affinity through interactions with media files
    Patent number: 8930977
    Abstract: A user's interactions with a media player during the playing of a media file may provide a variety of information regarding the user's interests in the media file, or in any objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes expressed or described therein. A media player or the software operating thereon may be modified to receive interactions from the user and/or to analyze such interactions in order to associate the user with such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes. The user's interactions may also be analyzed by a media service, an online marketplace or any external location in order to identify any items related to such objects, images, sounds, individuals, things or themes, or for any other purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Allen Swift