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Baoquan Huang, Bothell, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090137772	NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHROMOPHORES WITH STABILIZING SUBSTITUENT AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES - According to an embodiment, a nonlinear optical chromophore includes the structure D-π-A, wherein D is a donor, π is a π-bridge, and A is an acceptor, and wherein at least one of D, π, or A is covalently attached to a substituent group including a substituent center that is directly bonded to at least three aryl groups.	05-28-2009

Brigette Huang, Woodinville, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090063045	GPS BASED FUEL EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZER - Routing options for fuel efficient use of a motor vehicle employing a GPS-based navigation system are computed based on travel information and external data. A navigation device receives route input from a driver or by recording a travelled route. External data such as traffic conditions, weather conditions, actual fuel consumption, road blockages, traffic light configurations, and the like is received from one or more networked information sources. A fuel efficient route based on the original route and the received external data is computed for the whole route or individual sections between stops on the route for display to the driver. Fuel efficient route(s) may be recomputed with up-to-date external data upon driver request, predefined intervals, or updates to external data.	03-05-2009

Chih-Jen Huang, Kirkland, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090248543	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGE-BASED PURCHASING - Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.	10-01-2009
20090249459	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING REQUESTS FOR TASKS FROM UNREGISTERED DEVICES - Embodiments of a system and method for receiving task requests from unregistered devices are described. Embodiments may include a communication interface service configured to receive from a communication device a message indicative of a request to perform a task. The communication interface service may determine that the communication device is not registered with an existing account that provides information for performing said task. The communication interface service may obtain identification and authentication information for an existing account via a communication channel. The existing account may be an account for that is accessible via a network-based interface. The communication channel through which the identification and authentication information is received by the communication interface service may be any communication channel that does not include the network-based interface of the existing account. Additionally, the communication interface service may use the identification and authentication information for performance of the task using the existing account.	10-01-2009

Chu-Yu Huang, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110299089	COMPACT LIQUID CRYSTAL BASED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER SYSTEM - Systems and methods for a compact Fourier transform spectrometer. A cell having two transparent walls and containing a liquid crystal medium is placed in a light beam. Applying a voltage across the cell causes the liquid crystal molecules to orient at a certain angle, wherein the angle is a function of the voltage applied. The refractive index if the cell is dependent upon the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules, and from the refractive index of the cell an optical path difference between ordinary and extraordinary waves can be calculated. Accordingly, any suitable optical path difference can be achieved by varying the voltage across the cell for a Fourier transform analysis.	12-08-2011

Danwen Huang, Sammamish, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080275067	Quinazolinones as Inhibitors of Human Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Delta - Compounds that inhibit PI3Kδ activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3Kδ) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3Kδ plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.	11-06-2008
20120015964	QUINAZOLINONES AS INHIBITORS OF HUMAN PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE DELTA - Compounds that inhibit PI3Kδ activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ activity, are disclosed. Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3Kδ) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation in which PI3Kδ plays a role in leukocyte function, using the compounds also are disclosed.	01-19-2012

David Charles Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110183655	Content Sharing for Mobile Devices - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to content sharing for mobile devices. In aspects, images that are created using mobile devices may be automatically uploaded to one or more targets. In addition, images created on the one or more targets may be automatically downloaded to the mobile device based on one or more criteria. A service facilitates transfer of images in both directions and includes a pluggable architecture in which forwarders for new targets may be added.	07-28-2011

Diyun Huang, Bothell, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090137772	NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHROMOPHORES WITH STABILIZING SUBSTITUENT AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES - According to an embodiment, a nonlinear optical chromophore includes the structure D-π-A, wherein D is a donor, π is a π-bridge, and A is an acceptor, and wherein at least one of D, π, or A is covalently attached to a substituent group including a substituent center that is directly bonded to at least three aryl groups.	05-28-2009
20090231678	ELECTRO-OPTIC CHROMOPHORE HAVING AN EDOT STRUCTURE, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSES - In various embodiments, chromophores are described that include novel election acceptors, novel electron donors, and/or novel conjugated bridges that are useful in nonlinear optical applications. In some embodiments, the present invention provides chromophore architectures wherein a chromophore contains more than one electron acceptor in electronic communication with a single election donor, and/or more than one electron donor in electronic communication with a single electron acceptor. Also described is processes for providing materials comprising the novel chromophores and polymer matrices containing the novel chromophores. Electro-optic devices described herein contain one or more of the described electron acceptors, electron donors, conjugated bridges, or chromophores.	09-17-2009

Dylan Hai Huang, Redmond, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100293449	METHOD FOR EXPANDING AND COLLAPSING DATA CELLS IN A SPREADSHEET REPORT - Data cells in a spreadsheet report are collapsed and expanded without disrupting other spreadsheet data. A user may want to drill down on data corresponding to a parent member of the report to display more detailed information about the parent member. Likewise, a user may want to drill up the displayed information corresponding to the parent member to hide detailed information associated with the parent member. Before expanding or collapsing a report, the spreadsheet is scanned for information to determine whether the display of other data in the spreadsheet would be disrupted by the expansion/collapse. The information may include cross-join information associated with the parent member, the number of child members associated with the parent member, the dimension of the report created by the parent member and the associated child members, and other reports that may be linked to the report that includes the parent member.	11-18-2010

Edmund T.k. Huang, Naches, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090253578	Ethylene Biosynthesis Inhibitor Compositions Suitable for Thermal Fogging Applications - The present invention generally relates to liquid compositions comprising an ethylene synthesis inhibitor for the treatment of crops suitable for thermal fogging applications. A preferred ethylene synthesis inhibitor is aminoethoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (AVG HCl).	10-08-2009
20090253579	Methods of Applying Ethylene Biosynthesis Inhibitor Compositions by Thermal Fogging - The present invention generally relates to methods of thermal fogging ethylene synthesis inhibitor compositions for post-harvest treatment of crops. A preferred ethylene synthesis inhibitor is aminoethyoxyvinylglycine hydrochloride (AVG HCl). In a preferred embodiment, a method comprises producing a thermal fogging mist from said composition, wherein said thermal fogging mist contains particles of the ethylene synthesis inhibitor and applying an effective amount of said thermal fogging mist to said crops.	10-08-2009

Flynn X. Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080312976	ENHANCED TRAVEL RESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An enhanced travel reservation system and method allows for contribution to reservation offer and selection of a travel reservation provider by a traveler while also allowing for negotiation to occur between the traveler and the travel reservation provider. Before a final booking both the traveler and the travel reservation provider can negotiate over unsettled issues directly with each other. In implementations, the system deducts a fee from an account of the travel reservation provider to enter a final negotiation phase. Depending upon the result of the final negotiation, the traveler will either book a reservation directly or decline. In this manner the traveler is involved with travel reservation offer definition while retaining control over the reservation process so that the traveler can avoid unsatisfactory results.	12-18-2008

Heng Huang, Sammamish, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090160833	Laser Projection White Balance Tracking - The radiance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded radiance, and also includes photodetectors to provide a measured radiance. The commanded radiance and measured radiance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to provide luminance and color balance tracking.	06-25-2009
20090161707	Method and Apparatus for Laser Diode Compensation - The luminance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The luminance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded luminance, and also includes photodiodes to provide a measured luminance. The commanded luminance and measured luminance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to compensate for changes in laser diode characteristics.	06-25-2009
20110181574	Controlled Light Source Startup in a Display - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a display is powered on to display a projected image, and the operation of one or more display elements are ramped up until a stabilized state is reached. During said ramping up, a light source of the display is powered display at less than full power until the stabilized state is reached. While the light source is operating at less than full power, a splash screen may be displayed. After the stabilized state is reached, the light source can then be operated at or near full power. By providing a light output that is less than full power during ramp up, the display does not need to wait until the stabilized state is reached before the light source is powered on. As a result, the projector provides an output earlier in time to cue to the user that the projector is operating.	07-28-2011
20110181791	Method and Apparatus for Laser Diode Compensation - The luminance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The luminance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded luminance, and also includes photodiodes to provide a measured luminance. The commanded luminance and measured luminance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to compensate for changes in laser diode characteristics.	07-28-2011
20110205498	Laser Projection White Balance Tracking - The radiance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The radiance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded radiance, and also includes photodetectors to provide a measured radiance. The commanded radiance and measured radiance are compared, and drive currents for the laser diodes are adjusted to provide luminance and color balance tracking.	08-25-2011

Hui Huang, Redmond, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110252242	MULTI-PHASE STORAGE VOLUME TRANSFORMATION - In accordance with one or more aspects, a storage volume is transformed into an encrypted storage volume or an unencrypted storage volume using a multi-phase process. One or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed are identified, and one or more parts of the storage volume that are allocated for use are identified. In a first phase of the multi-phase process, one or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed and that are allocated for use are transformed. In a second phase of the multi-phase process, after the first phase is finished, one or more parts of the storage volume that have not yet been transformed and are not allocated for use are transformed.	10-13-2011

Jeff Huang, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100131517	System and method for ranking and grouping results of code searches - A method of sorting search results associated with a function search performed on a source code repository comprises receiving the search results, wherein each search result is either a function definition or a function usage, grouping the search results into groups according to a grouping function, ranking the groups according to a ranking function, and displaying the grouped and ranked search results.	05-27-2010
20110264673	ESTABLISHING SEARCH RESULTS AND DEEPLINKS USING TRAILS - Search and browse trails are temporally-ordered sequences of web pages visited by a user during post-search query navigation beginning with a page associated with one of the search results. The trails can provide useful information for a number of search-related purposes. For example, these trails can be used to leverage the post-query behavior of other users to help the current user search more effectively and allow them to make more informed search interaction decisions. The trails can also be used to establish search results and refine search result rankings, select and evaluate deeplinks, and recommend multi-step trails as an alternative to or enhancement for existing search result presentation techniques.	10-27-2011

Jiayuan Huang, Sammamish, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100312608	CONTENT ADVERTISEMENTS FOR VIDEO - Described herein are techniques and components for displaying a text advertisement in an online video being viewed by a user. The advertisement is selected based on keywords associated with the online video or the user, and the selected advertisement is presented as an overlay on the rendered video over regions of frames determined to be less important in the video. To determine importance, every frame of the online video is divided into grids, and parameters of the visual data in each grid are analyzed. Based on the analysis of each grid, regions in successive frames are identified to display the selected advertisement.	12-09-2010
20110191142	USING NETWORKING SITE INTERACTIONS TO GENERATE A TARGET LIST OF POTENTIAL CONSUMERS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-storage media for providing a method of presenting advertisements to a target group of potential consumers generated from a group of seed consumers. In one embodiment, a target list request is received from an advertiser. A set of seed consumers associated with the advertiser is then determined. A set of potential consumers is then determined based on the set of seed consumers. Further, a subset of the set of potential consumers is determined, each potential consumer of the subset having a common characteristic. A target list of potential consumers is then generated comprising at least a portion of the subset of potential consumers. The target list of potential consumers is then provided to the advertiser.	08-04-2011

Li-Hsin Huang, Redmond, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120066666	ADD-ON PERFORMANCE ADVISOR - Various embodiments provide an add-on advisor that is designed to assist users in managing add-ons for a browser and/or other application programs. In at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to detect newly installed add-ons and provide notifications to a user of the detected add-ons. The notifications regarding new add-ons can be configured with options to permit the user to enable or disable the add-ons. Add-ons that are not explicitly enabled by a user can be prevented from operating by the add-on advisor. Further, in at least some embodiments, the add-on advisor can be implemented to monitor performance impact of add-ons and provide notifications to a user when add-ons adversely affect performance. The user can then interact with the add-on advisor to improve performance by selectively enabling and disabling add-ons.	03-15-2012

Li-Hsin Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110022971	Searching and Browsing URLs and URL History - System(s) and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that present indicia for implicitly and explicitly user-associated web pages of a network browser application. The tools can present these indicia in a single graphic user interface, in response to a user's selection of a single unified access point, or in response to a search of the browser's user-associated web pages.	01-27-2011
20110113355	SUPPRESSING DIALOG BOXES - A method for browser software with a tabbed interface to suppress, or delay, the display of a dialog box that is initiated by an inactive, or background, tab. An indication may be provided to the user that a dialog box needing user attention may be provided. When that tab becomes active, and the web page on that tab becomes visible, the dialog box is then displayed. This suppression method may be applied to a variety of application programs.	05-12-2011
20110252482	TIERED OBJECT-RELATED TRUST DECISIONS - Adware and viruses are examples of objects that may be embedded in a web page or linked to a web page. When such an object is detected to be associated with a web page loading on a browser, an analysis may be performed to determine a trust level for the object. The object is suppressed based on the trust level. A prompt is displayed to advise a user that the object has been suppressed, and to provide an opportunity to interactively accept or decline activation of an action for the object.	10-13-2011

Lizhong Huang, Sammamish, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090292545	CREATING, MANAGING, AND PROVISIONING PACKAGES OF ONLINE APPLICATIONS - Methods and computer-readable media are provided herein for implementing custom application programming interfaces (API) for creating, managing, and provisioning packages of online applications. An offer management service API is implemented that provides methods for creating and modifying offers for packages of online applications. An offer provisioning API is implemented that provides methods enabling the provisioning of online applications for subscribers to offers. An application provider API is published and utilized to provision and maintain individual instances of online applications provided by application providers.	11-26-2009

Ludan Huang, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110278541	COLOR-SELECTIVE QUANTUM DOT PHOTODETECTORS - Photoconductive optoelectronic devices, such as photodetectors and photovoltaics, are provided. The devices are sensitized to a particular wavelength (or range of wavelengths) of electromagnetic radiation such that the devices provide increased performance efficiency (e.g., external quantum efficiency) at the wavelength. The devices include a photoconductive semiconductor layer spanning an electrode gap between two electrodes to provide a photoconductive electrical conduit. Abutting the semiconductor layer is a plurality of plasmonic nanoparticles. The improved efficiency of the devices results from wavelength-dependent plasmonic enhancement of device photosensitivity by the plasmonic nanoparticles.	11-17-2011

Mark Huang, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100125553	Delta compression after identity deduplication - Delta compression after identity deduplication is disclosed. A first data segment is determined to be identical to a first previous data segment. A second data segment, not determined to be identical to a second previous data segment, is then determined to be similar to a third previous data segment.	05-20-2010

Ming-Yuh Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090119746	GLOBAL POLICY APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - A method of implementing requirements applicable to systems of an enterprise includes modeling the requirements as contents of policies applicable to target domains of the enterprise. The policy contents are integrated into a policy model. The policy model is adapted to obtain representations of domain-specific requirements corresponding to target systems in the target domains. The representations are integrated with the corresponding target systems to implement the domain-specific requirements.	05-07-2009

Qinsheng Huang, Camas, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100318435	System of facilitating a sales transaction between a buying group and multiple sellers over and electronic network - A system to facilitate the interaction of a group of buyers and a group of sellers through a transaction network, such as the internet, is disclosed. A buyer may start a buying group or join an existing group for purchasing a product or service. During the life cycle of a buying group, buyers are encouraged to invite other buyers to join the group via email, blog, social networking websites, or other means, thereby increasing the purchasing power of that group. Once a buying group has been established, sellers can compete for the volume sale. Sellers may review the bid price submitted by other sellers and submit competing bids. Once the bid cycle closes this system will automatically match the buyers and sellers based on a variety of factors including the order each buyer entered his or her purchase intent, each buyer's maximum price, each seller's bidding price, the quantity each seller can provide, and the order of each seller's bid. At the end of the matching, one or more sellers may fulfill a single group order.	12-16-2010

Rou-Peng Huang, Woodinville, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080209435	Scalable workflow management system - A scalable workflow management system is provided that includes queues for storing work items to be processed. Work items may be placed into the queues by front-end services executing within the workflow management system. When a work item is placed on a queue, it remains on the queue until an appropriate back-end service is available to de-queue the work item, validate the de-queued work item, and process the de-queued work item. Separate queues are provided for storing normal work items, work items generated according to a time schedule, and work items generated by job launching services. The state of operation of the workflow management system may be controlled by an administrative console application.	08-28-2008
20080256122	Time intelligence for application programs - Techniques to implement time intelligence for application program are described. An apparatus may include a calendar application module. The calendar application module may be arranged to define and generate a calendar for an application program, the calendar application module to define time members for a time dimension of a multidimensional data model, assign a monotonically increasing unique identifier to each time member, and generate the calendar with time members from the time dimension using the unique identifiers. Other embodiments are described and claimed.	10-16-2008
20090006409	METADATA-BASED APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT - Computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and an application system are disclosed for creating and deploying metadata-generated applications. Access is provided to one or more type libraries that each include one or more defined object types configurable for use in generating the application. The defined object types include data structure types, rule types, and data types. Input is elicited from a user regarding desired content and function of the application. Based on the user input, metadata is generated to adapt the defined object types to generate the application. Metadata is generated to adapt the defined data structure types to create one or more application databases, to adapt the defined rule types to create one or more application behaviors, and to adapt the defined data types to create one or more application data types.	01-01-2009
20100125471	FINANCIAL JOURNALS IN FINANCIAL MODELS OF PERFORMANCE SERVERS - Architecture that employs a journal assignment that can be created on demand when journal is created, and operates outside the business cycle. The assignment is routed to reviewers and approvers based on predefined company policy that users define. The assignment encloses a changelist of data changes created by the journal. The changelist is used for rendition and calculation for reviewers and approvers (in addition to the journal contributor) to view/verify and modify the data as if the data is already written into the model. At the time that other users access this model, the data is not present. At the end of the successful workflow chain the changelist is written into the model. If failed, the changelist will be used as that basis for correction or the user can discard the changelist.	05-20-2010
20100125578	SCALABLE SELECTION MANAGEMENT - Architecture for handling large data selections with small and substantially constant memory footprints. The architecture facilitates the creation of sets of data objects (e.g., rows) of a data source based on selection of the data objects. The set structures can be defined according to a range (span) of data objects selected and a pattern of the objects selected. These set structures are then saved in memory, rather than the data objects, to provide optimized memory usage. In a database implementation, the solution stores the set representation (the structure) in nearly a constant amount of memory, regardless of the number of rows in the grid, and regardless of the number of rows selected. Memory usage can be proportional to the number of discontinuous spans of rows selected by the user. Structures in memory can be consolidated, replaced, or eliminated dynamically as the user changes row selections and pattern criteria.	05-20-2010

Rou-Peng Huang, Redmond, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080208720	Type-driven rules for financial intellegence - Financial intelligence architecture that employs financial types that are combined with rules to build financial behavior into the product. Types have behaviors such that types can be assigned that lead to the physical creation of underlying code which embodies the behaviors. Extensibility is provided at least by type parameterization and new type creation. Because types are a design time experience, types are two-way and can be modified, even after instantiation. This allows for mixing and matching of types and underlying behavior giving the system more flexibility at design time while providing a huge simplification of all the details that actually go into such financial applications. The type library is a set of rules that produce metadata, which metadata is later processed by a separate engine to produce the physical schema. The type library defines the basic interactions, data types, and behaviors for predefined dimensions in the system.	08-28-2008

Ruke Huang, Redmond, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100082974	PARALLEL DOCUMENT PROCESSING - Documents distributed in parallel are processed. One or more digital document packages are received, where each digital document package includes a content portion and an identity-verification code (IVC) verifying an identity of a source from which the digital document package is received. Each IVC may be a private-key encryption of a content-verification code hashed from the content portion of each digital document package. A master digital document package is created, which includes a master content portion equivalent to the content portion in each unmodified digital document package, and one or more different IVCs, each IVC obtained from a digital document package received from a different source.	04-01-2010

Shangyuan Huang, Kent, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100290744	ADAPTIVE DEVICE FOR SHIFTING IMAGING AXIS ACROSS FIBER-OPTIC ENDFACES IN MULTI-FIBER CONNECTOR FOR INSPECTION - A device for shifting the imaging axis of a microscope across the endfaces of a multi-fiber connector for inspecting the endfaces comprises: a supporting body attached to the optical tube of a microscope and having an extended portion; a swinging lever mounted at one end to the extended portion of the supporting body and rotatable on an axis perpendicular to the imaging axis of the microscope; a connection piece connecting between the swinging lever and a fitting tip; a bevel wheel fastened to the supporting body; and a torsion spring for pushing the swinging lever against a slanted surface of the bevel wheel. The bevel wheel is adapted to swing the swinging lever relative to the supporting body so that the imaging axis of the microscope is moved relative to the fitting tip to selectively align the imaging axis across the endfaces for inspection.	11-18-2010

Sheng-Wen Huang, Seattle, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100091613	ACOUSTIC SENSOR UTILIZING ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECT - An ultrasound system that detects a characteristic of an ultrasound wave. The system includes a circuit member defining a sensing portion operable to be exposed to the ultrasound wave. The system also includes a current generating device that generates a current in the sensing portion of the circuit member. Furthermore, the system includes a voltage sensor that detects a voltage across the sensing portion due to the exposure to the ultrasound wave to thereby detect the characteristic of the ultrasound wave.	04-15-2010

Su Shiong Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110101901	Power control system for vehicle disk motor - A brushless D.C. disk motor has one or more disk rotor assemblies and pairs of stator assemblies for each rotor assembly. Each disk rotor assembly has a disk and a plurality of permanent magnets distributed along two or more circular paths in the disk inboard of the peripheral edge of the rotor. Each stator assembly has a plurality of pole pieces and coils distributed along a mounting plate in corresponding circular paths. The disk is rotatably mounted to a support member; while the stator sub-assemblies are fixed to the support member. The coils are selectively activated by commutated power control signals generated in response to a vehicle condition parameter, such as vehicle speed or disk motor load, to optimize power drain from the source of electrical power in accordance with the value of the vehicle condition parameter.	05-05-2011
20110119027	Pedometer with shoe mounted sensor and transmitter - A pedometer has first and second signal generators mounted along the inner margin of a first shoe and separated by a fixed distance. A sensor and transmitter assembly is mounted along the inner margin of a second shoe. The sensor and transmitter assembly includes a sensor, a microcontroller unit and a wireless transmitter. A pair of impulses is received by the microcontroller unit each time the shoes pass in close proximity to each other. The microcontroller unit generates various pedestrian performance data based on the impulses. The pedestrian performance data is wirelessly transmitted to a display unit carried by the pedestrian.	05-19-2011
20110121676	Vehicle disk motor with movable magnet poles - A brushless D.C. disk motor has one or more disk rotor assemblies and pairs of stator assemblies for each rotor assembly. Each disk rotor assembly has a disk and a plurality of permanent magnets distributed along two or more circular paths in the disk inboard of the peripheral edge of the rotor. Each stator assembly has a plurality of pole pieces and coils distributed along a mounting plate in corresponding circular paths. The disk is rotatably mounted to a support member; while the stator sub-assemblies are fixed to the support member. The coils are selectively activated by commutated power control signals generated in response to a vehicle condition parameter, such as vehicle speed or disk motor load, to optimize power drain from the source of electrical power in accordance with the value of the vehicle condition parameter. The stator assembly pole pieces are movably mounted on the stator mounting plate to improve motor efficiency.	05-26-2011
20110241890	Collective objects management system with object identification using addressable decoder units - A collective objects management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has an address decoder with a unique system address which generates a VALID signal whenever an incoming address from a source is a match. A local microcomputer and optional encoder receive incoming object identification signals from the source and supplies the desired object address to all the file folders in the cabinet. To aid the user, each file drawer has a visible indicator mounted on the front panel, the panel indicator being illuminated when the sought folder is contained in that drawer. The invention can be applied to a wide variety of collective objects management systems, such as supermarkets, automobile parts distributors, and various manufacturing operations.	10-06-2011
20110304456	Collective objects management system with object identification using addressable decoder units - A collective objects management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has an address decoder with a unique system address which enables generation of a VALID signal whenever an incoming address from a source is a match, and a circuit for deriving operating power for the address decoder from an incoming address signal. A local microcomputer and optional encoder receive incoming object identification signals from the source and supplies the desired object address to all the file folders in the cabinet. To aid the user, each file drawer has a visible indicator mounted on the front panel, the panel indicator being illuminated when the sought folder is contained in that drawer. The invention can be applied to a wide variety of collective objects management systems, such as supermarkets, automobile parts distributors, and various manufacturing operations.	12-15-2011
20120001758	Documents management using remote document location and retrieval - A documents management system with remote location and retrieval of documents contained in file folders positioned in file drawers in a collection of file cabinets. Each document has an RFID tag containing a document identifier and the contents of the document stored in a read-only memory. Each file folder has a circuit containing a unique identifier for that folder. Each file cabinet has a control unit which searches for a specific file folder in response to receipt of a file folder request from a source. If the folder is found, each cabinet has an R.F. reader which searches for a specific document in response to receipt of a document request from the source. If the document is found, the R.F. reader extracts the document contents and transmits them to the source.	01-05-2012

Su Shiong Huang, Belleville, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090145216	TIRE PARAMETER SENSOR UNIT WITH REAL TIME DATA STORAGE - A tire parameter sensor unit for monitoring one or more vehicle tire parameters such as internal tire pressure and temperature and developing a permanent log of the operational history of the tire. The sensor unit has a power system, a processor/transmitter, a radio time clock, one or more sensors, and a memory mounted on a substrate. This assembly is permanently attached to the tire in the side wall or tread wall. Initial tire identification information is stored in the memory upon tire fabrication. During the lifetime of the tire, operational information specifying the tire operating conditions (pressure, temperature, etc.) is permanently stored in the memory along with real time data. The operational information and real time data can be read out from memory to provide the history log.	06-11-2009

Tai-Yi Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110238686	CACHING DATA OBTAINED VIA DATA SERVICE INTERFACES - A potential user query that can be subsequently received from a user is identified. An interface exposed by a data service is invoked, which includes providing the potential user query to the interface. Search results in response to the potential user query are received from the interface and maintained in a complex data set store. If a user query is subsequently received that maps to a normalized query that is the potential user query, then search results for the normalized query are obtained from the complex data set store and returned as the search results for the user query.	09-29-2011
20110316772	INPUT METHOD EDITOR - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor receives input in a first writing system and presents input candidates in the first writing system or a second writing system. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving input in a first writing system; presenting the input in the first writing system in a first interface element of an interface as content input; automatically identifying one or more candidates in a second writing system based on the input in the first writing system; and presenting the one or more candidates in the second writing system in a second interface element that is separate from the first interface element.	12-29-2011
20120016658	INPUT METHOD EDITOR - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor receives graphemes in a first writing system and identifies lexical items in a second writing system based on the graphemes in the first writing system. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a first grapheme in a first writing system; using a grapheme graph of graphemes in the first writing system to identify a first n-gram representation in the first writing system of a first morpheme in a second writing system; using the first n-gram representation to locate one or more first nodes in a morpheme graph; selecting a first lexical item from the one or more first lexical items based on a first score associated with each of the one or more first lexical items; and providing the first lexical item for display on a user device.	01-19-2012
20120019446	INTERACTION WITH IME COMPUTING DEVICE - A computer-implemented user interface method is disclosed that includes displaying on a touch screen of a computing device a keyboard defined by a first character set; displaying on the touch screen an electronic canvas on which information corresponding to keys on the keyboard is displayed as a user selects the keys on the keyboard, the information appearing in a second character set that differs from the first character set; generating a candidate area over a front surface of the canvas; and automatically controlling a location of the candidate area as information is added to the canvas so as to move the candidate area away from being over a location on the canvas that is presently, or next to be, a location at which information is added to the canvas.	01-26-2012

Te-Ming Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110106416	PREDICTING EXPECTED ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS BASED ON HISTORICAL AND CURRENT DATA - Techniques are described for determining and using information regarding expected road traffic flow conditions information for vehicles traveling on roads. The expected road traffic flow conditions for a particular portion of a road may be generated by combining historical representative information about road traffic flow conditions for that road portion with current information about actual traffic flow on or near that road portion. The combination may, for example, provide benefits for estimating expected traffic flow conditions information for roads with structural flow obstructions that cause reduced traffic flow at certain road locations and times—for example, the expected traffic flow conditions information may be based at least in part on fitting or otherwise adapting partial actual traffic flow information about a vehicle's actual travel path to a historical travel profile for a road that includes representative traffic flow information for various combinations of road locations and time periods.	05-05-2011

Xiwen Huang, Pasco, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090035622	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ORGANIC SULFUR COMPONENTS IN HYDROCARBON FUELS - The present invention includes systems and methods of treating a hydrocarbon fuel to reduce organic sulfur components so as to be amenable to small-scale and/or field-based applications. Embodiments of the invention involve the performance of a vapor-phase hydrodesulfurization operation using steam reformate. The steam reformate is a hydrogen source for the hydrodesulfurization and is provided by an integrated steam reformer.	02-05-2009

Xuedong Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080253544	Automatically aggregated probabilistic personal contacts - Described is a technology by which a user's telephone-related data is aggregated from various sources for use in assisting the user with making telephone calls. For example, call history data corresponding to a landline telephone, a mobile telephone and/or an office telephone of the user may be combined. Other sources include a landline telephone service, a mobile telephone service, an enterprise telephone system or server, a computing device, voice mail data, web page data, electronic message content, instant message content, a contacts list, and/or an information data store. The telephone-related data can be processed (e.g., based on frequency and calling patterns) to determine corresponding probability data to help determine a user's intent in locating a particular recipient to call. The user may access the telephone-related data via voice commands input at one of the user's telephones, or by receiving a visible list of at least part of the telephone-related data.	10-16-2008
20090203361	PROVIDING RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS OR OTHER CONTENT BASED ON A COMMUNICATIONS IDENTIFIER - Described is a technology by which a communications identifier such as a telephone number is used in selecting relevant content (e.g., an advertisement) for outputting as audible and/or visible information to a destination device. The communications identifier is used like a search term/keyword to determine content relevant to that identifier. A telephone number may be the identifier, selected based on a partially-dialed or actually dialed number, or a user's current scrolling position among listed telephone numbers. A telephone number of an incoming call may be used as the identifier. Profile data and/or state data may be used in selecting relevant content. Some of the profile data may be mined based on previous user activities. In one example, the content may be provided via a remote source of the content, and used immediately or cached for later use (e.g., output).	08-13-2009
20100241663	PROVIDING CONTENT ITEMS SELECTED BASED ON CONTEXT - Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that provide content items selected based on context are provided. Contextual indicators associated with a user are identified and utilized to determine one or more content items that the user is likely to desire to access at a particular point in time. Upon receiving an indication that the user desires to perform a context-aware search, the identified content items (or references thereto) are presented automatically to the user, that is, without the user having to input any search query terms. The indication that the user desires to perform a context-aware search may be received, for instance, upon receiving an indication that a selectable context-aware search button has been selected by the user. This single-button action is particularly useful for mobile computing devices, wherein alpha-numeric textual input is relatively difficult.	09-23-2010
20110195726	COMMERCIALLY SUBSIDIZED MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SERVICES - Mobile communication devices, such as mobile phones, may be capable of recommending to a user various providers of one or more solicited services, e.g., by identifying a user location and identifying providers near the user location that provide the services, and by initiating a call between the user and a selected provider. However, the equipment and service costs of such devices may be prohibitive, particularly for mid-range mobile communication devices that may appeal to cost-conscious users. The prohibitive costs may be diminished by redirecting part or all of the cost of providing the recommendation service from the providers, e.g., by charging the provider a service cost upon initiating a call from the user to the provider, or upon representing the provider in a provider database. In one such embodiment, all service costs may be borne by providers, providing to the user a free recommendation service via the mobile communication device.	08-11-2011

Xuedong D. Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100306647	FORCE-FEEDBACK WITHIN TELEPRESENCE - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates replicating a telepresence session with a real world physical meeting. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein. A trigger component can monitor the telepresence session in real time to identify a participant interaction with an object, wherein the object is at least one of a real world physical object or a virtually represented object within the telepresence session. A feedback component can implement a force feedback to at least one participant within the telepresence session based upon the identified participant interaction with the object, wherein the force feedback is employed via a device associated with at least one participant.	12-02-2010
20100306670	GESTURE-BASED DOCUMENT SHARING MANIPULATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates interacting with data associated with a telepresence session. A telepresence session can be initiated within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein. A portion of data can be virtually represented within the telepresence session in which at least one virtually represented user interacts therewith. A detect component can monitor motions related to at least one virtually represented user to identify a gesture, the gesture involves a virtual interaction with the portion of data within the telepresence session. An interaction component can implement a manipulation to the portion of data virtually represented within the telepresence session based upon the identified gesture.	12-02-2010

Xuedong David Huang, Bellevue, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090063590	Operating System Support of Graceful Degradation for Web Applications - Systems and methods for storing a copy of a web page accessed by the user while the user is online and displaying the web page upon a user request while working offline are described. The web pages may be accessed by the user while working online and automatically copied and stored in the memory. While operating in an offline mode, the user can access any of the web pages that were viewed. When the user is working in offline mode inputs a web page query into the browser, the browser checks if the web page requested is present in the memory. If the webpage exists in the memory, the browser fetches and displays the web page on the browser window. In case the requested web page is not available in the local memory, a message can be displayed on the browser indicating that the requested web page is not available.	03-05-2009
20090327418	PARTICIPANT POSITIONING IN MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING - A multimedia conference technique is disclosed that allows physically remote users to participate in an immersive telecollaborative environment by synchronizing multiple data, images and sounds. The multimedia conference implementation provides users with the perception of being in the same room visually as well as acoustically according to an orientation plan which reflects each remote user's position within the multimedia conference environment.	12-31-2009
20100228825	SMART MEETING ROOM - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing the employment of a telepresence session. An automatic telepresence engine that can evaluate data associated with at least one of an attendee, a schedule for an attendee, or a portion of an electronic communication for an attendee. The automatic telepresence engine can identify at least one the following for a telepresence session based upon the evaluated data: a participant to include for the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a presentation within the telepresence session, a portion of data related to a meeting topic within the telepresence session, a device utilized by an attendee to communicate within the telepresence session. The automatic telepresence engine can initiate the telepresence session within a communication framework that includes two or more virtually represented users that communicate therein.	09-09-2010

Yanlin Huang, Sammamish, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100228623	TRACKING AD UNIT PERFORMANCE - Methods and computer storage media for tracking and reporting ad unit performance are described. Tags are associated with ad units and may be manually associated and/or extracted from content items to be presented on a webpage associated with an ad unit. Upon receipt of a request for an advertisement to be presented in association with an ad unit, one or more associated tags are also received. Performance of the ad unit may be tracked utilizing the associated tags and one or more performance data elements, for instance, click-through-rate, income generated by the ad unit, visitor data, number of impressions, and expected cost per thousand impressions (eCPM). Reports on the tracked performance may be generated as desired.	09-09-2010

Zhe Huang, Vancouver, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080262484	Motion-controlled laser surface treatment apparatus - An exposure apparatus for skin treatment or other applications includes a laser diode module controller that is configured to operate one or more laser diodes that are situated to provide optical radiation to an exposure aperture. A two-dimensional position sensor is secured to the exposure aperture and provides an exposure aperture translation signal that is coupled to the laser diode module controller. Delivery of optical radiation to the exposure aperture by the laser diode module controller is based on an exposure aperture translation or velocity that is estimated based on the exposure aperture translation signal. In addition, a clock or timer is coupled to the laser diode module controller to permit selection of laser diode pulse duty cycle or to provide safe or comfortable skin treatment. The two dimensional position sensor can be based on optical sensing such as provided in an optical mouse, and can also provide proximity sensing for safe, efficient operation.	10-23-2008
20090168826	Semiconductor lasers utilizing optimized n-side and p-side junctions - A semiconductor laser and a method of forming the same are provided. The n-side and p-side junctions are independently optimized to improve carrier flow. The material for the n-side cladding layer is selected to yield a small conduction to valance band gap offset ratio while the material for the p-side cladding layer is selected to yield a large conduction to valance band gap offset ratio.	07-02-2009

Zhenyu Huang, Richland, WA US

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100241608	Decision Support Systems and Methods for Complex Networks - Methods and systems for automated decision support in analyzing operation data from a complex network. Embodiments of the present invention utilize these algorithms and techniques not only to characterize the past and present condition of a complex network, but also to predict future conditions to help operators anticipate deteriorating and/or problem situations. In particular, embodiments of the present invention characterize network conditions from operation data using a state estimator. Contingency scenarios can then be generated based on those network conditions. For at least a portion of all of the contingency scenarios, risk indices are determined that describe the potential impact of each of those scenarios. Contingency scenarios with risk indices are presented visually as graphical representations in the context of a visual representation of the complex network. Analysis of the historical risk indices based on the graphical representations can then provide trends that allow for prediction of future network conditions.	09-23-2010