Patents Represented by Attorney Tran & Associates
  • Patent number: 8126816
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present system provide methods and systems for authenticating online purchase by tracing internet actions to a remote computer and to an individual who operates the computer. One aspect provides a technique to generate fingerprint of computer and its user based on the information collected through the actions a user conducts on internet. Another aspect of the system provides a technique to compute the fingerprints and find relations between users and computers. Another aspect of the system provides a trust ranking to a user based on the consistency of information collected from the user's various actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Softroute Corporation
    Inventors: Ruicao Mu, Tie Hu
  • Patent number: 8121673
    Abstract: A heart monitoring system for a person includes a wearable appliance in communication with the one or more wireless nodes, the appliance including a heart disease recognizer to determine the person's cardiovascular health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 8108036
    Abstract: A heart monitoring system for a patient includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network; a wearable appliance having a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate with the one or more wireless nodes; and a statistical analyzer to determine heart attack or stroke attack, the statistical analyzer coupled to the wireless transceiver to communicate patient data over the wireless mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 8108001
    Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating through a mobile phone are disclosed with a buttonless mobile phone including a power supply with means for capable of enabling or disabling the a power supply; and memory to store a phone number directed to a remote station; a remote station to receive a call from a user causing the mobile phone to call the remote station, the remote station comprising allowing a human operator and access to a database describing at least one contact unique to the user; and wherein the human operator uses the database of contact information to facilitate a communication from the user to the contact in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: TRG
    Inventors: Zia Chishti, Stuart J. Spottiswoode
  • Patent number: 8103333
    Abstract: A health care monitoring system for a person includes one or more wireless nodes forming a wireless mesh network to communicate data over the wireless mesh network to detect a heart attack or a stroke attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 8091082
    Abstract: Systems and methods for updating software includes detecting a change for a change object being generated or mitigated across a system landscape; comparing the change to a predetermined guideline; and preventing the change from propagating across the system landscape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: DGN Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandeep K Malik, Barjinder Singh Anandpuri, Baljit Gupta, Krishnamoorthy Ramamoorthy
  • Patent number: 8088332
    Abstract: A tester to detect the presence of a target substance includes a housing that can be mounted on a shipping container; a chemical reservoir insertable into the housing; a disc or an automated cartridge containing test filter swipes adapted to receive particles or vapor, and a chemical from the chemical reservoir, the test swipe including one or more chemically treated pads; a camera to capture an image from the test swipe; a processor coupled to the camera to process the image to detect the target substance; and a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit a test result to a remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chem Spectra, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Haas, Doug Haas
  • Patent number: 8084762
    Abstract: A memory device includes an array of memory structures disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, each memory structure comprising a first signal electrode, a second signal electrode, and a resistive layer coupled to the first signal electrode and the second signal electrode; a plurality of word lines connected to the first signal electrodes of a row of memory cells; and a plurality of bit lines connected to the second signal electrodes of a column of memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 8071385
    Abstract: A portable chemical analytical apparatus to analyze a test swipe includes a heater to warm the test swipe to a predetermined temperature; a clamp to secure the test swipe to the heater; one or more pumps to dispense one or more chemicals onto the test swipe from a disposable cartridge; a fan to remove chemical vapors rising a predetermined distance from the test swipe; and a camera to capture an image of the test swipe for automated analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Chem Spectra, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Haas, Douglas Haas
  • Patent number: 8068931
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for dispensing one or more pills from a pill box by applying power when the one or more pills are poured from the pill box; identifying an opened compartment and an opening time; and recording the opened compartment and the opening time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventors: Alan An Thuan Tran, Bao Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 8035479
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for sending a code from a mesh network key and wirelessly communicating the code with one or more mesh network appliances over a mesh network such as ZigBee; receiving the code over the mesh network by a mesh network lock controller; and providing access to the secured area upon authenticating the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 8032449
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to detect fraud by displaying on a buyer's computer a high value item next to one or more commonly purchased items to attract a fraudster; analyzing customer purchasing behavior on the high value item for an indication of fraud; and indicating fraud if the buyer buys the high value item without prior history.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Soft Route Corporation
    Inventors: Tie Hu, Rui Cao Mu, Kamil Khan
  • Patent number: 7976386
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed having a mesh network such as a ZigBee mesh network, a game controller coupled to the mesh network; and a display device coupled to the mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 7884727
    Abstract: A system to control energy consumption in a room uses a wireless mesh network that allows for continuous connections and reconfiguration around blocked paths by hopping from node to node until a connection can be established, the mesh network including one or more wireless area network transceivers adapted to communicate data with the wireless mesh network, the transceiver detecting motion by analyzing reflected wireless signal strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 7879631
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for fabricating a device by forming a photosensitive area on a wafer; forming a control circuit adjacent the photosensitive area; and coating the photosensitive area with one or more film layers to form an optical filter. The filter provides a reduced leakage of an undesired wavelength onto the photosensitive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventor: Jim T. Hong
  • Patent number: 7864560
    Abstract: A nano device includes an array of cells disposed in rows and columns and constructed over a substrate, and an optical circuit disposed over the substrate, wherein the optical circuit is formed by nano elements in a self-assembled process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 7862624
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating a wash durable material includes forming a substrate having strands with void spaces in the strands and between the strands; filling at least a part of the void spaces with nano-particles; and forming projections on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Bao Tran
  • Patent number: 7831672
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for avoiding electronic mail (email) attacks on a computer by downloading one or more emails in virtual-copy format to prevent the one or more emails from executing; determining whether a potentially infected email is in the one or more emails; and displaying the potentially infected email to a user and providing a user interface to allow the user to select and delete the infected email prior to downloading emails to the user's computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Hungchou Tsai
  • Patent number: 7827491
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to edit video by receiving a source video; processing the source video with a plurality of tasks including one or more transitions, effects, and audio; assigning the tasks to a plurality of general purpose processor cores and a graphics processing unit (GPU); and rendering a video output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Inventor: Bao Q. Tran
  • Patent number: D629747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Zap
    Inventor: Joseph Rajakaruna