Patents by Inventor Michael P. Touloumtzis

Michael P. Touloumtzis 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).

  • Patent number: 10366399
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for identifying items that may achieve success and/or popularity. An approval user interface element can be associated with an item in a content page. Approval indications that correspond to user interactions with the approval user interface elements are obtained. An item score is maintained and adjusted based at least upon the approval indications received. The adjustment to the item score is based upon a number of received approval indications and/or a reputation score of users to which the approval indications correspond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rouhollah Rahmani, Srikanth Thirumalai, Elmore Eugene Pope, Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Patent number: 10031586
    Abstract: Approaches to enable a computing device, such as a phone or tablet computer, to use sensor information obtained from sensors of the computing device to interpret one or more gestures and/or other input provided by the user. In particular, the computing device may use information about the movement of the device gathered from an accelerometer or gyroscope in combination with input data detected by the touch screen or cameras of the device in order to disambiguate between several different types of gestures for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Patent number: 9860204
    Abstract: Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Patent number: 9600840
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing proximity-based product recommendations. A computing device detects an interaction between a product and a user. The computing device provides to the user a recommendation of another product, based at least in part on proximity between the another product and the location of the product in the detected product interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elmore Eugene Pope, Michael P. Touloumtzis, Rouhollah Rahmani
  • Publication number: 20160366085
    Abstract: Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Patent number: 9368021
    Abstract: Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Publication number: 20140368333
    Abstract: Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Publication number: 20140368441
    Abstract: Approaches to enable a computing device, such as a phone or tablet computer, to use sensor information obtained from sensors of the computing device to interpret one or more gestures and/or other input provided by the user. In particular, the computing device may use information about the movement of the device gathered from an accelerometer or gyroscope in combination with input data detected by the touch screen or cameras of the device in order to disambiguate between several different types of gestures for the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis
  • Patent number: 8823507
    Abstract: Approaches in accordance with various embodiments attempt to provide a user with less disruptive event notifications by being aware of a user's context. Before a notification is sent to multiple computing devices associated with the notifying account, contextual information for each device is determined. The contextual information can be determined by querying each device for information. The information can include how close each device is relative to other devices associated with the same user, if at least one of the devices is moving, whether the user's attention is focused on a particular device, whether the user is engaging multiple devices simultaneously, and the like. Once contextual information associated with each device is determined, an appropriate type of alert associated with the notification is determined for each device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Touloumtzis