Patents by Inventor Robert K. Stein

Robert K. Stein 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).

  • Multi-dimensional interface
    Patent number: 9880640
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Robert K. Stein, III, Jeffrey A. White, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
  • MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130091462
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy T. Gray, Robert K. Stein, III, Jeffrey A. White, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Mark R. Privett
  • Icon for a portion of a display screen
    Patent number: D549233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert K. Stein, Russell Scott Randall, Michael A. LaJoie