Patents by Inventor Chaucer Chiu

Chaucer Chiu 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: 20070297341
    Abstract: A data transmission system and method is disclosed, which is applicable to a network system having a server end and a plurality of user ends that connect with the server end and with one another. By categorizing the user ends into a high speed group and a low speed group based on a first speed standard, detecting maximum data transmission speeds between the user ends, and selecting appropriate user ends categorized into the high speed group to process data transmission with the user ends in the low speed group, the data transmission system and method of the present invention provides a technique which can take the full advantage of the redundancy of data transmission speed of user ends and increase the efficiency of transmitting data speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Lu Sun
  • Publication number: 20070236614
    Abstract: A multiple-TV display channel setting method for synchronously a setting mapping relation between display channels and transmission channels to a first TV and a second TV is disclosed. The method includes setting the mapping relation between the display channels and the transmission channels to the first TV, allowing the first TV to display audio/video (A/V) signals transmitted over one of the transmission channels according to one of the display channels, wherein the display channel is mapped by the mapping relation onto the transmission channel; and transmitting the mapping relation to the second TV so that the second TV displays the A/V signals transmitted over the transmission channel according to the mapped display channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Lily Fang
  • Publication number: 20070230290
    Abstract: A random play system for processing a playlist having a plurality of play series numbers and media files to be played so as for the random play system to determine play states of the media files. The random play system includes a first register for storing a number of the media files; a second register having a plurality of bits respectively corresponding to the media files, the bits respectively marking current play states of the media files; a selecting module for randomly selecting one of media files while performing a play task; an analyzing module for analyzing a play state of the selected media file according to a value represented by the bits; and a playing module for playing the selected media file when the analyzing module analyzed that the play state of the selected media file indicates that the selected media file has not been played yet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Chaucer Chiu
  • Publication number: 20070203604
    Abstract: A product quality tracking and method system is provided. The system includes a database having at least an identification code field for storing identification codes of a plurality of products, a reference numeral field for storing reference numerals of the products, and a quality message field; a reading device for reading the identification codes and the reference numerals of the products being tested; a recording module for recording quality test results of the products in the quality message field of the database corresponding to the identification codes and the reference numerals; and a statistic module for analyzing quality messages of a plurality of products having identical identification codes, and gathering statistics of quality problems of products in at least a model corresponding to at least one of the identification codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Kitty Ji
  • Publication number: 20070142063
    Abstract: A positioning method and system is proposed, which is used to select an appropriate positioning mode in order to acquire positioning server information according to actual environment and usage requirements of a mobile terminal equipment, the system includes a setting module, a reading module and a calling module. The method implements the steps of: dividing in advance a region into a plurality of subdomains, and respectively defining an identification and its corresponding positioning mode for each subdomain; when the mobile terminal equipment entering into one of the subdomains, reading the identification corresponding to the subdomain, then searching for the corresponding positioning mode according to the preset data, and acquiring the corresponding positioning service information through executing the positioning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Peter Ge
  • Patent number: 7234055
    Abstract: A multi-buttons booting system comprises an on-switch button logic unit, an embedded chip (EC) and its RAM, a lookup module, and a loading module. A plurality of on-switch buttons are connected to the EC and corresponds to a plurality of operating systems. In response to the push on a button, the EC outputs a signal that writes an indicator value in the RAM. According to the indicator value, the corresponding MBR is sought and loaded. The loaded MBR then conducts the booting of a corresponding operating system. The system resource occupation is thereby reduced, the activation speed is increased, and the user's manual intervention is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Amos Huang
  • Publication number: 20070130536
    Abstract: An interface display system for displaying an interface having a plurality of controllable objects includes a database for storing a plurality of programs for changing properties of the controllable objects of the interface; an operation analyzing module for receiving an operation and analyzing a type of the operation and the corresponding controllable objects; an object management module for calling at least one of the programs from the database corresponding to the type of the operation analyzed by the operation analyzing module and changing the properties of the corresponding controllable objects, thereby creating a corresponding object property table; and a window creating module for creating a window file according to the object property table. The present invention further proposes an interface display method. By the above system and method decreasing the interface update frequency is decreased and the interface display efficiency is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Sand Chen
  • Publication number: 20070121427
    Abstract: A media playing device and a media playing method are proposed. An interface module of the media playing device is coupled with an external media device and information handshaking is established therebetween such that media contents stored in the external media device can be identified by an identifying module of the media playing device. A user interface is created by a user interface module of the media playing device, which allows a user to input an operating instruction. An information processing module of the media playing device processes media content related information according to the operating instruction inputted by the user. In addition, a charging interface of the media playing device is coupled with a charging terminal of the external media device such that a charging module of the media playing device can charge the external media device when power left in the external media device is not enough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Jerry Xu, Mingming Li
  • Publication number: 20070100600
    Abstract: An explication system and method provides a storage unit for storing a plurality of words, explications corresponding to the words and a plurality of roots; segments a word to be searched according to the contents stored in the storage unit so as to segment the searched word into at least a root and at least a remaining portion composed of the remaining letters; judges whether the remaining portion has an explication stored in the storage unit; and explains the root and remaining portion according to the explications stored in the storage unit. Thus, words not stored in the word database can still be accurately explained, and the number of the words that can be explained is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Anthony Zhou
  • Publication number: 20070087826
    Abstract: A graph making system and method for designing and making graphs is proposed. The graph making system includes a database, a decomposing module, a setting module and a filling module, wherein, the database stores various types of basic templates and basic graphic units corresponding to the various types of basic templates. According to the graph making method of the present invention, a graphic baseplate is decomposed into a plurality of graphic chips firstly. Thereafter, a required basic template is selected from the database. Then, basic graphic units contained in the basic template are filled into the graphic chips at corresponding positions respectively so as to form various entitative graphs with different shapes. Thus, an integral graph can be obtained. The present invention can significantly increase working efficiency for drafting staffs, and also can efficiently save computer resources, and upgrade operation speed of system programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Hepe Tang, Strong Huang
  • Publication number: 20070077996
    Abstract: The present invention provide an open network game system and method, including: a server end having a database for storing the required data for editing game interfaces; and a user end having a data acquiring module, an interface editing module, and an event editing module, wherein the data acquiring module acquires the required data from said server end for editing game interfaces, allowing said interface editing module to edit and generate an interface documentation accordingly. Moreover, when said user end edits a game event, the data acquiring module acquires the required data from said server end for editing a game interface and transmit the edited documentation to said server end for verification of the edited documentation, and further converts the valid documentation to a network game event recognizable by network games, and lastly publish the game event to allow other user ends to acquire and execute the game event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Gost Ye, Raymond Hou, Strong Huang
  • Publication number: 20070016588
    Abstract: An update system and an update method are applicable to a computer terminal device conducting an online operation through a network construction and including a storage module, a temporary storage module and a central process module. The system includes a detection module and a load module. The method includes detecting whether a sub-program has been saved to the temporary storage module, loading an updated program to the temporary storage module if the sub-program has not been saved to the temporary storage module, otherwise, detecting whether the sub-program has been executed, detecting whether the sub-program is the updated program if the sub-program has not been executed, and loading the updated program to the temporary storage module if the sub-program is not the updated program. The update system and method prevent the online operation from being interrupted while conducting an update operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Strong Huang
  • Publication number: 20070010333
    Abstract: A computer game development system and method are provided. The system includes an engine database for storing a plurality of function engines used for constructing a computer game, a setting module, a relating module and an integrating module. While a computer game is developed, corresponding function engines are invoked from the engine database according to a design demand of the computer game, corresponding attributes of the function engines are modified according to a management demand of the computer game, relationships between the function engines are edited to create a relating datasheet, and the function engines are integrated in accordance with the relating datasheet, so as to construct a basic structure of the computer game. The computer game has therefore a modularized structure. Accordingly, development processes for computer games are more flexible and costs of development and maintenance for computer games are also reduced effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Gost Ye
  • Publication number: 20070011706
    Abstract: A video browsing system and method applied in an electronic device having a display unit for playing video, the system includes a processing unit; an input unit for allowing a user to input a switching instruction and a selecting instruction, and sending the instructions to the processing unit; an intercepting module for intercepting a plurality of channel information when the switching instruction is a multi-picture display instruction; and a storage unit for storing the plurality of the channel information intercepted by the intercepting module to be displayed by the processing unit on the display unit in a multiple-picture display mode, wherein upon receiving the selecting instruction sent from the input unit, the processing unit obtains the channel information corresponding to the picture indicated by the selecting instruction and dynamically plays the information on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Li-Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20070008919
    Abstract: A Value Added Services (VAS) system of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and a method for providing the same which are applied in a wireless mobile communication device are proposed for allowing a user to use a plurality of VAS provided by a wireless mobile communication provider through the wireless mobile communication device. A WLAN receives and confirms a connecting information outputted from the wireless mobile communication device by the user, then the WLAN outputs a connection-permission information to a workstation after being connected to the wireless mobile communication device, and the workstation provides a plurality of VAS to the user through the WLAN. Therefore, the wireless mobile communication provider can autonomously customize and manage the VAS in accordance with the practical requirements of the user, so that the network resources can be used more effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Clark Yu
  • Patent number: D533147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Alan Cheng, Caroline Zhang
  • Patent number: D538627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Caroline Zhang
  • Patent number: D539243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Alan Cheng, Lulu Ma
  • Patent number: D549672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Zuo, Chaucer Chiu, Jenny You
  • Patent number: D556753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Chaucer Chiu, Alan Cheng