Brent Eric Wood, 58Phoenix, AZ

8306326, Nov 6, 2012

Aug 30, 2006

11/513444

Bradley Jeffery Behm - Seattle WA, US
Brent Eric Wood - Seattle WA, US

Amazon Technologies, Inc. - Reno NV

G06K 9/34

382176, 382180, 382305, 358 115, 704 9

A system and method are disclosed for automatically classifying images of pages of a source, such as a book, into classifications such as front cover, copyright page, table of contents, text, index, etc. In one embodiment, three phases are provided in the classification process. During a first phase of the classification process, a first classifier may be used to determine a preliminary classification of a page image based on single-page criteria. During a second phase of the classification process, a second classifier may be used to determine a final classification for the page image based on multiple-page and/or global criteria. During an optional third phase of classification, a verifier may be used to verify the final classification of the page image based on verification criteria. If automatic classification fails, the page image may be passed on to a human operator for manual classification.

2008029, Nov 27, 2008

Jun 14, 2007

11/763374

Thomas A. Ryan - Los Gatos CA, US
Gregg Elliott Zehr - Mountain View CA, US
Kenneth P. Kiraly - Menlo Park CA, US
John Lattyak - Los Gatos CA, US
Michael V. Rykov - Seattle WA, US
Girish Bansilal Bajaj - Bellevue WA, US
James C. Slezak - Seattle WA, US
Richard Moore - Seattle WA, US
Kevin R. Cheung - Seattle WA, US
Thomas M. J. Fruchterman - Seattle WA, US
Robert L. Goodwin - Mercer Island WA, US
Beryl Tomay - Newcastle WA, US
Ajay M. Desai - Bellevue WA, US
Tim Tan - Issaquah WA, US
Brandon J. Smith - Seattle WA, US
Bradley Jeffery Behm - Seattle WA, US
Brent Eric Wood - Sammamish WA, US
Xiaotian Guo - Redmond WA, US
Neil C. Roseman - Seattle WA, US
Jon Saxton - Brooklyn NY, US

H04M 1/00

4555562

An item-providing system supplies items to a user device for consumption at the user device via communication infrastructure. In one illustrative implementation, the communication infrastructure may rely, in part, on wireless communication. The device may correspond to a book reader device or other type of device.

2013001, Jan 17, 2013

Sep 15, 2012

13/621054

Bradley Jeffery Behm - Seattle WA, US
Brent Eric Wood - Seattle WA, US

G06F 17/00

715251

Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically classifying images of pages of a source, such as a book, into classifications such as front cover, copyright page, table of contents, text, index, etc. In one embodiment, three phases are provided in the classification process. During a first phase of the classification process, a first classifier may be used to determine a preliminary classification of a page image based on single-page criteria. During a second phase of the classification process, a second classifier may be used to determine a final classification for the page image based on multiple-page and/or global criteria. During an optional third phase of classification, a verifier may be used to verify the final classification of the page image based on verification criteria. If automatic classification fails, the page image may be passed on to a human operator for manual classification.