Patents by Inventor Peter Thomas Killalea

Peter Thomas Killalea 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).

  • Recognition of characters and their significance within written works
    Patent number: 8897486
    Abstract: Character identity recognition is applied to identify text strings corresponding to character identities in a written work. The textual strings are grouped according to character identity and, from each group, a primary name is selected. A significance value may be calculated for each of the character identities. The character identities including the primary names are presented in a catalog based on the calculated significance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Thomas Killalea, Janna S. Hamaker, Eugene Kalenkovich
  • Recommendation of media content items based on geolocation and venue
    Patent number: 8886584
    Abstract: Content items, such as e-books, audio files, video files, etc., may be recommended to a user based on the user's presence at a geolocation or venue. Geolocation is the geospatial location of the user, while a venue is a designated area for an activity, such as a concert hall, aircraft, waiting room, etc. The recommendations may be of content items relating to the geolocation or venue, or they may be content items being accessed by others who are, or have been, in approximately the same geolocation or venue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis J. Kane, Jr., Peter Thomas Killalea, Llewellyn J. Mason