Patents by Inventor Yeung K. Chan

Yeung K. 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: 11399204
    Abstract: A system and method for audibly displaying an audio signal at an in-vehicle infotainment system received through a mobile device to provide continual access to the content when the user enters a vehicle includes the mobile device comprising a first audio player and a second audio player. The mobile device receives an audio-video signal through a network. The first audio player playing a first audio signal. The mobile device receives a second signal. The second audio player receives a second audio signal based on the second signal and playing the second audio signal. The mobile device communicates the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system audibly displays the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Bhavyank V. Shah, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan
  • Publication number: 20210168425
    Abstract: A system and method for audibly displaying an audio signal at an in-vehicle infotainment system received through a mobile device to provide continual access to the content when the user enters a vehicle includes the mobile device comprising a first audio player and a second audio player. The mobile device receives an audio-video signal through a network. The first audio player playing a first audio signal. The mobile device receives a second signal. The second audio player receives a second audio signal based on the second signal and playing the second audio signal. The mobile device communicates the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system audibly displays the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Bhavyank V. Shah, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan
  • Patent number: 10585568
    Abstract: A mobile device and a system for operating the same include a display displaying a list of entries comprising a plurality of content data. Each of the plurality of content data is associated with a content identifier. The mobile device further includes a controller selecting the first content entry and storing a first content identifier corresponding first content entry in a bookmark list within the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Romulo Pontual, Don E. Cansino, Yeung K. Chan, Earl J. Bonovich
  • Patent number: 10555026
    Abstract: A system and method for audibly displaying an audio signal at an in-vehicle infotainment system received through a mobile device to provide continual access to the content when the user enters a vehicle includes the mobile device comprising a first audio player and a second audio player. The mobile device receives an audio-video signal through a network. The first audio player playing a first audio signal. The mobile device receives a second signal. The second audio player receives a second audio signal based on the second signal and playing the second audio signal. The mobile device communicates the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system audibly displays the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Bhavyank V. Shah, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan
  • Patent number: 10285018
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a mobile device at a headend includes the mobile device communicating a request for content to the headend. The headend requests geographic coordinate location data from the mobile device and, when geographic coordinate data is available, determines a first geographic region associated with the mobile device in response to the geographic coordinate location data. When geographic coordinate data is not available from the mobile device, the headend extracts an IP address from the request and determines a second geographic region based on the IP address and a confidence level. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the headend determines a third geographic region based on subscriber data for the mobile device. The headend controls the mobile device in response to one of the first geographic region, the second geographic region and the third geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Pankaj Sharma, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan, Mark A. Shurgot, Dien L. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9894312
    Abstract: A system and method includes a language processing module converting an electrical signal corresponding to an audible signal into a textual signal. The system further includes a command generation module converting the textual signal into a user receiving device control signal. A controller controls a function of a user receiving device in response to the user receiving device control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Romulo Pontual, Don E. Cansino, Yeung K. Chan, Earl J. Bonovich
  • Patent number: 9872057
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing content includes a user device and a subscription manager that generates a first identifier associated with a first content in a first format and a second identifier associated with the first content in a second format. The system also includes a conditional access system that communicates a first identifier, the second identifier and rules to the user device. The user device accesses the first content with the first format in response purchasing the first content in the first format. The user device selects the first content in the second format and accesses the first content in the second format in response to purchasing the first content in the first format and the rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Raynold M. Kahn, Dien L. Nguyen, Joseph T. Hayes, Jianming Yu, Kapil Chaudhry, An T. Lam, Don E. Cansino, Yeung K. Chan, Charles C. DeBergh, Lonnie Scott Clabaugh
  • Publication number: 20170280300
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a mobile device at a headend includes the mobile device communicating a request for content to the headend. The headend requests geographic coordinate location data from the mobile device and, when geographic coordinate data is available, determines a first geographic region associated with the mobile device in response to the geographic coordinate location data. When geographic coordinate data is not available from the mobile device, the headend extracts an IP address from the request and determines a second geographic region based on the IP address and a confidence level. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the headend determines a third geographic region based on subscriber data for the mobile device. The headend controls the mobile device in response to one of the first geographic region, the second geographic region and the third geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Pankaj Sharma, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan, Mark A. Shurgot, Dien L. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8775553
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for managing signal delivery to a plurality of display platforms are disclosed. A system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a centralized database, and a plurality of points of presence, each point of presence in the plurality of points of presence coupled to the centralized database, each point of presence comprising a management service and a data cache, wherein the management service maintains a data session with a client based on a comparison of information stored in the data cache and a current client request, the management service further comparing the current client request with the centralized database when the client is denied signal delivery from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Yeung K. Chan, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yuming Wang, Yue Wu
  • Publication number: 20130053057
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a mobile device at a headend includes the mobile device communicating a request for content to the headend. The headend requests geographic coordinate location data from the mobile device and, when geographic coordinate data is available, determines a first geographic region associated with the mobile device in response to the geographic coordinate location data. When geographic coordinate data is not available from the mobile device, the headend extracts an IP address from the request and determines a second geographic region based on the IP address and a confidence level. When the confidence level is below a threshold, the headend determines a third geographic region based on subscriber data for the mobile device. The headend controls the mobile device in response to one of the first geographic region, the second geographic region and the third geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Pankaj Sharma, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yeung K. Chan, Mark A. Shurgot, Dien Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20110087754
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for managing signal delivery to a plurality of display platforms are disclosed. A system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a centralized database, and a plurality of points of presence, each point of presence in the plurality of points of presence coupled to the centralized database, each point of presence comprising a management service and a data cache, wherein the management service maintains a data session with a client based on a comparison of information stored in the data cache and a current client request, the management service further comparing the current client request with the centralized database when the client is denied signal delivery from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Don E. Cansino, Yeung K. Chan, Brady C. Tsurutani, Yuming Wang, Yue Wu