Patents by Inventor Wayne Claus Heaney

Wayne Claus Heaney 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).

  • Synchronizing hybrid print media with electronic devices
    Patent number: 10086636
    Abstract: A user may often be reading the same content on multiple different electronic devices, and this user may also wish to read the same content on printed pages of a physical book. In this case, described is a hybrid print medium that includes both printed pages and a computer system allowing a user to synchronize a current reading location in the hybrid print medium with the same content being read on one or more electronic devices. In different cases, this synchronization may include a synchronization service or the synchronization may occur directly between a hybrid print medium and an electronic device storing an electronic version of the content within the hybrid print medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian David Vielma Diaz, Dirk Tomio Cummings, Timothy Albert Laferriere, Troy Franklin Thacker, Trent Edward Thacker, Wayne Claus Heaney
  • Techniques for modifying the complexity of literary content
    Patent number: 9336204
    Abstract: Techniques are described for delivering electronic literary content in a way that adjusts the reading level of the content for the reader while maintaining the overall story context. The adjustment may be made in response to a request by a user or automatically without any user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristin Ann Amundsen, Timothy Albert Laferriere, Troy Franklin Thacker, Nathaniel John Reid, Erick Craig Pierce, Wayne Claus Heaney, Quan Gan, Tommy Lee Bennett