Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Douglas Andrew Hungarter

Adam Carlson

Jeromey Russell Goetz

Matthew Christopher Smith

Jeff Ladwig

Zebrick B Roach

Darryl I Jensen

Howie Ho Wai Lau

Peter A Larsen

Jason Garfield

Charles Guest Tritschler

Allan Poon Hui

Barton Jenson

Korwin Jon Smith

Prithviraj Banerjee

Danny Ryan Stephens

Rajeev Ranjan

Alexandria Way-Wun Kravis

Brandon Scott Love

Nichole Stockman

Joshua Adam Cowan

Jared Corso

Carolin Jessel

Steven Matthew Pyke

This disclosure describes techniques for providing instructions when receiving biometric data associated with a user. For instance, a device may detect a portion of a user, such as a hand. The device may then display a first graphical element indicating a target location for placing the portion of the user above the user-recognition device. Additionally, the device may determine locations of the portion of the user above the device. The device may then display a second graphical element indicating the locations, such as when the locations are not proximate to the target location. Additionally, the device may display instructions for moving the portion of the user to the target location. Based on detecting that the location of the portion of the user is proximate to the target location, the device may send data representing the portion of the user to a remote system.

Electronic device for automated user identification

User recognition device

The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A quantity of extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature is determined based at least in part on viewing history of a user. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display.

Unobtrusively enhancing video content with extrinsic data

Relationships and descriptions are inferred for entities that appear in media content, such as movies and television programs. In one embodiment, media content is analyzed to infer relationships among entities that appear in the media content over an entirety of the media content. Relationships between two or more entities may change over time in the media content. A request is received from a client device for entity information regarding one or more entities relative to a particular time in the media content. Relationships that have been inferred via this analysis are then identified based at least in part on the particular time. The entity information presenting the identified relationships is sent to the client device.

Inferring entity information in media content

The playback of video content upon a display is enhanced through the unobtrusive presentation of extrinsic data upon the same display. A video content feature is rendered on a display. It is determined whether to present extrinsic data relevant to a current time in the video content feature based at least in part on appearance control metadata. A graphical element presenting at least a portion of the extrinsic data is rendered on the display while the video content feature is also being rendered on the display in response to determining to present the extrinsic data.

Disclosed are various embodiments for an application wrapper. Content obtained by an application can be monitored to determine conformation with a content policy for a content rating. Communications can be monitored to determine violations of a privacy agreement. Processes, files, and communications are analyzed to detect malicious activity. The application wrapper may take remedial actions with respect to distribution of the application by an application distribution system.

Intelligent application wrapper

Disclosed are various embodiments for an interface optimization application. A user interface layout is matched with a known pattern. Based on the pattern, a template is selected. The template may be modified by a user. Transformations are applied to the layout such that the resulting layout embodies the template and any modifications.

Interface optimization application

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Douglas Andrew Hungarter