Patents by Inventor Xuejin Zhou

Xuejin Zhou 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).

  • Sharing media items with pass phrases
    Patent number: 9485286
    Abstract: A sharing service receives a request to store a media item stored on an electronic book reader device for sharing with one or more other content rendering devices. In response, the sharing service associates a pass phrase with the request. The sharing service then provides the media item to those devices (e.g., eBook reader devices) that provide the pass phrase to the sharing service within a predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent E. Sellier, Edward James Gayles, Lawrence Arnold Lynch-Freshner, Sailesh Rachabathuni, David Berbessou, Xuejin Zhou
  • Sharing media items with pass phrases
    Patent number: 8799658
    Abstract: A sharing service receives a request to store a media item stored on an electronic book reader device for sharing with one or more other content rendering devices. In response, the sharing service associates a pass phrase with the request. The sharing service then provides the media item to those devices (e.g., eBook reader devices) that provide the pass phrase to the sharing service within a predetermined amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent E. Sellier, David Berbessou, Edward J. Gayles, Lawrence Arnold Lynch-Freshner, Sailesh Rachabathuni, Xuejin Zhou