Patents by Inventor Ryan Hunter Burnett

Ryan Hunter Burnett 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: 11659234
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for modifying content playback between user devices (e.g., moving the content playback from one device to another). State information may be obtained by a content management engine, the state information describing aspects of historical content streaming corresponding to a plurality of user devices associated with a user profile. A streaming request can be received from a user device. The content to be streamed can be selected by the content management engine based at least in part on the state information. In some embodiments, the playback device is also selected based on the state information. A streaming request is transmitted from the content management engine to a service provider to effectuate the content being streamed to the selected playback device. These techniques enable a user to push or pull content to or from one device to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Du Pont-Thibodeau, Ryan Hunter Burnett, Bala Sahitya Vadlamani