Patents by Inventor Tim Pritchard

Tim Pritchard 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: 12189800
    Abstract: Described herein are approaches for generating a new queue based on an existing queue. This may include receiving a request to transfer the existing queue from a first device to a second device. A set of move criteria may be evaluated using a playback context, a user profile, a configuration associated with the second device, and/or a level of access constraints. Depending on the results of the evaluation, the existing queue may be completely reformulated to define the new queue. The second device may then be instructed to play the new queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin La Schiazza, Christopher McGilliard, David Lawrence Webb, Tim Pritchard, Catherine Du Pont-Thibodeau
  • Patent number: 11838342
    Abstract: Synergistic queue management techniques are disclosed. The techniques can include receiving, by a server, a first queue action message, the first queue action message indicating a first queue action for a content queue associated with a client device, determining, based on the first queue action, a second queue action for the content queue, the second queue action comprising a supplemental queue action for the first queue action, and sending a second queue action message to the client device, the second queue action message indicating the second queue action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lawrence Webb, II, Caleb Patrick Gross, Stephen Mardin, Tim Pritchard, Ramon Wilkinson