Patents by Inventor Scott William Kyle

Scott William Kyle 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).

  • Object oriented interactions
    Patent number: 10860187
    Abstract: A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. The system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Peter S Cho, Chatree Campiranon, Aaron Haney, Kevin Ballard, Scott William Kyle, Anne K Halsall, Jonathan Wight
  • Object oriented interactions
    Patent number: 10042530
    Abstract: A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. the system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Peter S Cho, Chatree Campiranon, Aaron Haney, Kevin Ballard, Scott William Kyle, Anne K Halsall, Jonathan Wight
  • System and methods for cross platform interactive electronic books
    Patent number: 9632985
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples is a system for electronic learning support, the system having a content-ingestion module to generate a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Joshua John Forman, Robert Cromwell, Kevin Ballard, Peter S. Cho, Anne K. Halsall, Scott William Kyle
  • Media outline
    Patent number: 9280905
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method including presenting media section descriptions with a selectable time code and a description; presenting a media controller and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points; upon playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chatree Campiranon, Joshua John Forman, Aaron Eliezer Golden, Aaron Haney, Andrew C. Hoyer, Scott William Kyle, Marie Dalby Szuts
  • Systems for sharing annotations and location references for same for displaying the annotations in context with an electronic document
    Patent number: 8799765
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user of a first portable digital computing device creates an annotation associated with a particular reading location within a reference document. The annotation and the reading location are shared with a second portable digital computing device storing a copy of the reference document. Using the shared information, the second device displays the reference document with the annotation shown at the reading location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. MacInnis, Joshua John Forman, Anne K Halsall, Scott William Kyle, Robert Cromwell, Kevin Ballard, Peter S. Cho
  • Object oriented interactions
    Patent number: 8799493
    Abstract: A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. the system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. MacInnis, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Peter S. Cho, Chatree Campiranon, Aaron Haney, Kevin Ballard, Scott William Kyle, Anne K. Halsall, Jonathan Wight
  • MEDIA OUTLINE
    Publication number: 20130150990
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for presenting an interactive media presentation, the method including presenting media section descriptions with a selectable time code and a description; presenting a media controller and including a displayed time line with one or more selectable time points; upon playing a media item, advancing a time indicator along the time line in accordance with a playback position of the media item and featuring the media section description corresponding to the playback position in the media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chatree Campiranon, Joshua John Forman, Aaron Eliezer Golden, Aaron Haney, Andrew C. Hoyer, Scott William Kyle, Marie Dalby Szuts