Patents by Inventor Philip Lau

Philip Lau 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).

  • Publication number: 20180181891
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium, to receive, by a content consumer from a content creator, an indication of a visualization published by the content creator, the visualization being defined by a listing of at least one measure of a data set at the time of creation of the visualization; invoke, at a request of the content consumer, a use of the visualization; update, in reply to the invocation of the visualization and exclusive of the content creator, the visualization to include a current listing of at least one measure defining the visualization at the time of the invocation of the visualization; and use the updated visualization in reply to the request of the content consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Edwin Nathaniel, Philip Lau, Brandon J. White
  • Publication number: 20030086556
    Abstract: A computer telephony system for use with a remote multimedia computer connected to the Internet includes an automated call distribution system having a plurality of agent telephones. The automated call distribution system operates to deliver incoming telephone calls to a selected agent telephone having a corresponding agent computer. The computer telephony system further includes means for establishing a voice over IP connection between the remote multimedia computer and the selected agent telephone, means for retrieving data related to the voice over IP connection from the remote multimedia computer, and means for selectively displaying certain of the retrieved data on the selected agent computer during the established voice over IP connection. A method for linking a remote user to a live agent, the remote user operating a multimedia computer and being connected to the web server through the Internet, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Edward Welch, Philip Lau
  • Patent number: 4612278
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide materials comprise a polymeric coupler which is at least a copolymer having a repeating unit (A) which comprises at least one coupler moiety (COUP) capable of forming a dye upon coupling with an oxidized color developing agent and at least one repeating unit (B) which is derived from a monomer which is an alkoxyalkylacrylate. The polymeric coupler optionally comprises at least one repeating unit (C) derived from such monomers as those useful for repeating unit (A), those useful for repeating unit (B) and other monomers which can be selected to provide useful physical and chemical properties. The photographic material comprising such a polymeric coupler upon exposure and processing enables formation of a dye image having increased dye density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Philip Lau, Ping W. Tang