Patents by Inventor Peter A. Larsen

Peter A. Larsen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240264176
    Abstract: This document provides methods and materials for detecting misfolded poly peptides. For example, devices (e.g., feeding devices) designed to collect samples from one or more mammals (e.g., one or more cervids) are provided. In some cases, methods and materials that can be used to detect one or more prion diseases (e.g., chronic wasting disease (CWD)) in a population of mammals (e.g., a herd of cervids) based, at least in part, on the presence or absence of misfolded polypeptides in a sample from one or more mammals that was obtained from a feeding device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Peter A. Larsen, Tiffany M. Wolf, Marc D. Schwabenlander, Jason C. Bartz, Qi Yuan
  • Publication number: 20240192229
    Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for detecting the presence or absence of misfolded polypeptides in a sample. For example, methods and materials for amplifying a sample (e.g., a biological sample or an environmental sample) such that misfolded polypeptides present in the sample can aggregate to form fibrils and/or globular polypeptide aggregates and contacting the amplified sample with a solution containing metal nanoparticles (e.g., gold nanoparticles) or one or more organic dyes (e.g., Congo Red) to detect the presence or absence of fibrils and/or globular polypeptide aggregates are provided. In some cases, methods and materials for determining if a mammal (e.g., a human) has a proteinopathy based, at least in part, in the presence or absence of misfolded polypeptides in a sample obtained from the mammal are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Peter C. Christenson, Gage Rowden, Sang-Hyun Oh, Peter A. Larsen, Manci Li
  • Patent number: 11109117
    Abstract: The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A quantity of extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature is determined based at least in part on viewing history of a user. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Carlson, Jeromey Russell Goetz, Douglas Andrew Hungarter, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20180007449
    Abstract: The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A quantity of extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature is determined based at least in part on viewing history of a user. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Carlson, Jeromey Russell Goetz, Douglas Andrew Hungarter, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20170347143
    Abstract: A user viewing a presentation of media content can obtain related supplemental content through the same or a different interface, on the same or a different device. A listener or other such component can attempt to detect information about the media, such as tags present in the media, the occurrence of songs or people in the media, and other such information. The detected information can be analyzed to attempt to identify one or more aspects of the media. The identified aspects can be used to attempt to locate supplemental content that is related to the media content and potentially of interest to the user. The interest of the user can be based upon historical user data, preferences, or other such information. The user can be notified of supplemental content on a primary display, and can access the supplemental content on a secondary display, on the same or a separate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: David A. Limp, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9800951
    Abstract: The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. It is determined whether to present extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature based at least in part on appearance control metadata. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display in response to determining to present the extrinsic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Carlson, Jeromey Russell Goetz, Douglas Andrew Hungarter, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9563264
    Abstract: A cover may be used in conjunction with a handheld device for physical protection of the handheld device. The cover may have an indicator that is responsive to a signal provided by the handheld device to display different colors or other visual states depending on conditions of the handheld device such as security modes, user modes, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Limp, Nathan Brent Glissmeyer, Peter A. Larsen, Peter John Thomas Johnson, Jason John Marine, Jeffrey Robinson Wood
  • Patent number: 9183172
    Abstract: Communications from digital content consumers may be entered on reader devices as social media posts. Rather than specifying a particular recipient, a consumer may enter a reserved keyword, such as @author, as the recipient. Upon submission, this keyword is automatically replaced with the recipient identifier, such as with the user identifier of the actual author of the currently rendered content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Emily Margaret Anderson, Kevin M. Anderson, Tom Killalea, Daniel Leng, Peter A. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9165318
    Abstract: Described are methods and systems of providing an augmented experience on a user device to facilitate user interaction with one or more virtual items. An augmented image comprising an actual object and a virtual item is generated and presented in a user interface. The user interface allows the user to lock a relative position of the virtual item as presented, such that the user may appear to “move” the virtual item. The user interface may also provide sizing information of the virtual item relative item to the actual object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin Bertrum Pauley, Connor Spencer Blue Worley, Edward Albert Liljegren, Peter A. Larsen, Jung Sik Yang, Thomas Bruno Mader
  • Publication number: 20130347018
    Abstract: A user viewing a presentation of media content can obtain related supplemental content through the same or a different interface, on the same or a different device. A listener or other such component can attempt to detect information about the media, such as tags present in the media, the occurrence of songs or people in the media, and other such information. The detected information can be analyzed to attempt to identify one or more aspects of the media. The identified aspects can be used to attempt to locate supplemental content that is related to the media content and potentially of interest to the user. The interest of the user can be based upon historical user data, preferences, or other such information. The user can be notified of supplemental content on a primary display, and can access the supplemental content on a secondary display, on the same or a separate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Limp, Charles G. Tritschler, Peter A. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20130080968
    Abstract: Some implementations include displaying media content items on a home screen of a computing device. A display order for a list of media content items may be determined based, at least in part, on a predicted likelihood that an individual one of the plurality of media content items will be selected. A home screen of a user interface may be displayed, according to the determined display order, with a list of a plurality of media content items that are available to the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew J. Hanson, Timothy A. Gilman, Gerald A. Hamrock, Anil Kumar Kalagatla, Peter A. Larsen, David A. Limp, Joseph J. Muhm, Nanyan Nicholls, Amir Pelleg, Charles P. Vaughn, Srinivas Visvanathan