Patents by Inventor Melissa-Ann Chan

Melissa-Ann Chan 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).

  • Patent number: 10304412
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, by a first computing device, a command regarding operation of an application. A first version of the application is configured to execute on the first computing device and a second version of the application is configured to execute on a second computing device that has a different form factor than the first computing device. In response to receiving the command, the first computing device may determine a series of instructions that cause the first version of the application to display visual representations of an activity on the first computing device synchronized to displayed visual representations of the activity on the second computing device. The displayed visual representations are respectively adapted to the form factors of the first and the second computing devices. The first computing device may execute the determined series of instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Paul Byrne, Matthew Amacker, Melissa-Ann Chan
  • Publication number: 20180349818
    Abstract: Example implementations may relate to evaluating performance of physical spaces. In particular, a computing system receives sensor data from sensors positioned in a physical space. Based on the sensor data, the system determines one or more physical characteristics of one or more actors located in the physical space, where each of the one or more physical characteristics is associated with (i) a time that the sensor data is received and (ii) a location within the physical space of at least one actor from the one or more actors. Next, the system receives input data including a request for a performance metric indicating performance of a selected region within the physical space over a particular time period. The system then determines the performance metric based on an aggregation of physical characteristics, from the one or more determined physical characteristics, that are associated with the particular time period and the selected region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Melissa Ann Chan, Thor Lewis
  • Patent number: 9872356
    Abstract: Example embodiments for interactive lighting handshakes are described herein. An example interactive system may detect a user in a position proximate to an interface of the system and responsively determine an area that encompasses the position of the user. The interactive system may further cause a light system to illuminate the determined area using a light handshake. In some instances, the interactive system may perform a lighting handshake by illuminating a given aspect of the interface of the system and subsequently extending the illumination in a visual presentation from the interface to further encompass the position of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thor Lewis, Melissa-Ann Chan