Patents by Inventor Sarah FLAWN

Sarah FLAWN 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: 9939892
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a customizable multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the customizable multi-sensory indicator, providing a user customized multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Rakuten Kobo Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Flawn, Benjamin Landau
  • Patent number: 9916064
    Abstract: A method for providing a toggle interface on an electronic personal display is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to enter a toggle mode from a user, determining a first e-book content associated with the user, determining a second e-book content associated with the first e-book content; and directing the electronic personal display to open said second e-book content when initiating the toggle mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: RAKUTEN KOBO, INC.
    Inventor: Sarah Flawn
  • Publication number: 20160216859
    Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a list of items from selections of content within an e-Book are provided. A portion of content of an e-Book presented on the e-reading device is selected. The portion of content is imported into a designated list category. A user accessible list interface is provided for each designated list category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Kobo Incorporated
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160171277
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing visual enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a pre-defined visual indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the pre-defined visual indicator, displaying an image which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sarah FLAWN, Benjamin LANDAU
  • Publication number: 20160170483
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a pre-defined multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the pre-defined multi-sensory indicator, providing a multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Benjamin LANDAU, Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160170484
    Abstract: A method of synchronizing multi-sensory enhancement with e-reading content is provided. The method includes tracking eye movement of a user of an e-reader, providing a customizable multi-sensory indicator embedded within a portion of a story presented on the e-reader and responsive to the eye movement of the user being correlated with the customizable multi-sensory indicator, providing a user customized multi-sensory enhancement which is associated with the portion of the story presented on the e-reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sarah FLAWN, Benjamin LANDAU
  • Publication number: 20160173565
    Abstract: A method and system for time-release-based gifting of an e-book including an interface for presentation at a recipient display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160147298
    Abstract: A method and system for page continuity bookmark indicium and invocation on an e-reading device is disclosed. The system utilizes a camera that tracks an eye movement of a user of the e-reading device. In addition a gaze to page portion correlation logic correlates a gaze of the user with a portion of a page presented on the e-reading device. An operation implementation responsive to gaze logic implements a marking of the portion of the page presented on the e-reading device in response to the gaze being removed from the page for a pre-defined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160149864
    Abstract: A method and system for implementing an e-reading collective progress indicator interface is provided. One embodiment, utilizes a share progress selection to share reading progress between members in a trusted e-reading community reading the same e-book. In addition, an indicator bar is provided to indicate the reading progress of each of the members in the trusted e-reading community, such that any member can view the reading progress of any other member in the trusted e-reading community that has selected to share reading progress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Kobo Incorporated
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160139751
    Abstract: A method for providing a toggle interface on an electronic personal display is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to enter a toggle mode from a user, determining a first e-book content associated with the user, determining a second e-book content associated with the first e-book content; and directing the electronic personal display to open said second e-book content when initiating the toggle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Kobo Incorporated
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN
  • Publication number: 20160140249
    Abstract: Displaying e-book reading progress in a non-intrusive manner based on an exit action of a user. The exit action is received with regard to a last-read page of e-book content displayed, the e-book content being paginated in accordance with a series of digitally constructed pages including a start page and an end page. The last-read page is interposed between the start and end pages. An indicium of the e-book pages is displayed, with demarcation of a finished portion from an unfinished portion of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: KOBO INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sarah FLAWN