Patents by Inventor Vincent G. Uttley

Vincent G. Uttley 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).

  • User interface for access of content
    Patent number: 9542060
    Abstract: User interfaces for selecting content for presentation or other actions is described in this disclosure. Using a small number of input controls a user may quickly and easily navigate content available for presentation from one or more content providers. Additional information may be presented to the user to facilitate selection of the content. Users may select content using one or more of a graphical user interface, or voice input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew S. Brenner, Jared T. Benson, Eric A. Breitbard, Michael Patrick Bauerly, Vincent G. Uttley, Panos Vassiliadis, Lowell W. Goss, Nathan Daniel Cox
  • Content provider selection system
    Patent number: 9325761
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for automatically selecting a content provider for delivery of content for consumption by a user. Various selection data such as cost, subscription plan, and so forth are gathered and a weighting profile is applied to generate a total weight by content provider. The total weight by content provider may be used to select one content provider from another for delivery of a particular piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr., Parag Kumar Garg, Charles Guest Tritschler, Vincent G. Uttley, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, James Allan Poore, Andrew Scott Brenner, Cody Bryce Meyer, Quais Taraki
  • Automated selection of a content provider
    Patent number: 8959177
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for automatically selecting a content provider for delivery of content for consumption by a user. Various selection data such as cost, historical delivery bitrate, and so forth are gathered and a weighting profile is applied to generate a total weight by content provider. The total weight by content provider may be used to select one content provider from another for delivery of a particular piece of content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Weston, Jr., Parag Kumar Garg, Charles Guest Tritschler, Vincent G. Uttley, Samuel Scott Gigliotti, James Allan Poore, Andrew Scott Brenner, Cody Bryce Meyer, Quais Taraki