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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2012
Sherif M. Yacoub, Seattle, WA (US);
Dongmei Jia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bernhard Wolkerstorfer, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Alan Tostenrude, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen Kang, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald J. Strode, Seattle, WA (US);
Sherif M. Yacoub, Seattle, WA (US);
Dongmei Jia, Bellevue, WA (US);
Bernhard Wolkerstorfer, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Alan Tostenrude, Bellevue, WA (US);
Stephen Kang, Seattle, WA (US);
Gerald J. Strode, Seattle, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for identifying potentially interesting portions of a content item to be provided as a preview of the content item for prospective purchasers, based on previously collected data associated with the content item. Portions of a content item may be identified as potentially interesting based on a number of annotations (e.g., highlights, bookmarks, notes, and shares) previously made by viewers of a digital version of the content item. Potentially interesting portions may also include portions which prior viewers spent more time viewing, portions related to identified interests of the potential buyer, portions that are identified as separable for particular categories of content, and/or portions that have been previously identified as associated with elements of the content such as character, plot, and/or keywords.