Patents by Inventor Steven Dzik

Steven Dzik 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: 9436741
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more stories and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of stories based at least in part on a number of associations between the given story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the stories may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik
  • Publication number: 20150127639
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more stories and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of stories based at least in part on a number of associations between the given story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the stories may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, JR., Steven Dzik
  • Patent number: 8972420
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enabling a user to associate a story with one or more referents. In some embodiments, information representing a first version of a story may be caused to be displayed, and in the display of information representing the first version of the story, a user may be enabled to associate a referent with a first point in the first version of the story, where the referent is at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a place and a person. In some embodiments, the referent may be automatically associated with a second point in a second version of the story based at least in part on a point map associated with the first version of the story and the second version of the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik
  • Patent number: 8914386
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying relationships between stories. In some embodiments, a plurality of referents that are each related to a first story may be caused to be displayed, where a referent is at least one of an event, a character, an object, a subject, a time, a place and a person. A user may be enabled to select one of the plurality of referents in order to view identification information identifying at least one other story, where the other story is also associated with the selected referent. In response to user selection of one of the plurality of referents, identification information identifying the at least one other story that is associated with the selected referent may be caused to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik
  • Patent number: 8615513
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more points in a story and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of points in a story based at least in part on a number of associations between the given point in the story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the points in the story may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given point in the story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given point in the story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik
  • Patent number: 8606775
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more stories and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of stories based at least in part on a number of associations between the given story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the stories may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Audible, Inc.
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, Jr., Steven Dzik
  • Publication number: 20120158706
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more stories and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of stories based at least in part on a number of associations between the given story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the stories may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, JR., Steven Dzik
  • Publication number: 20120158707
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically representing associations between one or more points in a story and one or more referents of interest. In some embodiments, a score may be determined for each of a set of points in a story based at least in part on a number of associations between the given point in the story and one or more referents of interest. A graphical representation of the points in the story may then be presented for display. The graphical representation may include indicia, where each indicium graphically indicates the strength of association between a given point in the story and the one or more referents of interest. The strength of association for a given point in the story may be determined, for example, based at least in part on the determined score for the point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Guy A. Story, JR., Steven Dzik