Patents by Inventor Chi M. Nguyen

Chi M. Nguyen 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: 11429651
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product is provided for optimizing a document change or provenance scoring system by weighting sections of a document, scoring the changes for each section, and then combining the change scores for each section to generate an overall change score. An associated report may also be generated that catalogs all of the various scoring elements. The weighted score is stored in a document management system and provides a human document reviewer a level of detail to evaluate document changes. Accordingly, the weighted score reveals whether a document's changes require a brief or detailed review before the document's changes are approved for a next document version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Patent number: 10936671
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for linked record declaration of related content items. A graph of nodes representing content items is generated with edges connecting the nodes and representing relationships between the content items. A content item represented by a node in the graph of nodes is selected. In response to selection of the content item, the edges of the graph of nodes are traversed starting from the selected content item to identify other content items. A record is declared in a records management system for the selected content item and the identified content items. A lifecycle policy is associated with the record. The lifecycle policy is applied to the selected content item and the identified content items when processing the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10284185
    Abstract: The disclosed circuit arrangements include a logic circuit, input register logic coupled to the logic circuit and including a first plurality of bi-stable circuits and a control circuit coupled to the input register logic. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of delayed clock signals from an input clock signal. The plurality of delayed clock signals include a first delayed clock signal and a second delayed clock signal. The control circuit selectively provides one or more of the delayed clock signals or the input clock signal to clock inputs of the first plurality of bi-stable circuits and selectively provides one or more of the delayed clock signals or the input clock signal to the logic circuit. The control circuit includes a variable clock delay logic circuit configured to equalize a clock delay to the input register logic with a clock delay to the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Brian C. Gaide, Ilya K. Ganusov, Chi M. Nguyen, Robert I. Fu
  • Publication number: 20190005033
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for linked record declaration of related content items. A graph of nodes representing content items is generated with edges connecting the nodes and representing relationships between the content items. A content item represented by a node in the graph of nodes is selected. In response to selection of the content item, the edges of the graph of nodes are traversed starting from the selected content item to identify other content items. A record is declared in a records management system for the selected content item and the identified content items. A lifecycle policy is associated with the record. The lifecycle policy is applied to the selected content item and the identified content items when processing the record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10007649
    Abstract: A content management system is disclosed. The system includes at least one server, non-transitory storage, documents, entity-specific section weights, and entity-specific review thresholds. The system further includes at least two client computer systems that enable a user to access a document for at least one of review or modification. The system will, in response to receipt of an indication that changes have been made to one or more sections of a document, A) determine a change value indicative of a quantity of changes made within each section, B) calculate an entity-specific provenance value by multiplying, on a section basis, the change value within each section by the assigned entity-specific weight value for each section, to produce an entity-specific section value for each section, and then summing the entity-specific section values; and C) when any entity-specific provenance value satisfies a review threshold value, to construct and send a review notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Patent number: 9871520
    Abstract: The disclosed voting circuit includes a pull-up circuit connected to an output node and to a positive supply voltage. A pull-down circuit is connected to the output node and to ground, and the output node is coupled to receive true output of a first bi-stable circuit. The pull-up circuit pulls the output node to the positive supply voltage in response to complementary output signals from second and third bi-stable circuits being in a first state, and the pull-down circuit pulls the output node to ground in response to complementary output signals from second and third bi-stable circuits being in a second state that is opposite the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: XILINX, INC.
    Inventors: Chi M. Nguyen, Robert I. Fu
  • Publication number: 20180011827
    Abstract: A content management system is disclosed. The system includes at least one server, non-transitory storage, documents, entity-specific section weights, and entity-specific review thresholds. The system further includes at least two client computer systems that enable a user to access a document for at least one of review or modification. The system will, in response to receipt of an indication that changes have been made to one or more sections of a document, A) determine a change value indicative of a quantity of changes made within each section, B) calculate an entity-specific provenance value by multiplying, on a section basis, the change value within each section by the assigned entity-specific weight value for each section, to produce an entity-specific section value for each section, and then summing the entity-specific section values; and C) when any entity-specific provenance value satisfies a review threshold value, to construct and send a review notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Patent number: 9817806
    Abstract: A method of providing for review of changes within documents involves storing an entity-specific weight value for each of multiple sections of a document, receiving an indication that changes have thereafter been made to one or more sections of the document, determining a change value indicative of a quantity of changes made within each section of the document, separately for at least each entity that is not the one that made the changes, calculating an entity-specific provenance value by multiplying the change value within each section by the assigned entity-specific weight value for each section, to produce an entity-specific section value for each section, and summing the entity-specific section values. The method further involves comparing the entity-specific provenance value against the respective entity's stored review threshold value, and when an entity-specific provenance value satisfies an entity's review threshold value, constructing and sending a review notification to that entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Patent number: 9418065
    Abstract: Changes to a collection of documents are tracked by generating content information for the collection of documents identifying initial content within the collection of documents and assigning an indicator a value indicating absence of changes to the collection of documents. A change to the collection of documents is detected and the value of the indicator is adjusted in accordance with the detected change to indicate an amount of the initial content within the modified collection of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Chi M. Nguyen, Marc B. Velasco
  • Patent number: 9182966
    Abstract: An installer for installing a software program on a computing device can be executed. The installer can perform a set of dependency checks before installing the software program. The set of dependency checks can include the validation of a pre-requisites associated with the proper execution of the software program. The pre-requisites can be a portion of a dependency content. The content can be a checklist. Before the software program is installed on the device and responsive to executing the installer, the installer can update dependency content using a custom dependency checklist. The updating of the dependency content can be performed without updating code of the software program to be installed on the device. The execution of the installer can continue using the updated dependency content for performing the set of dependency checks responsive to automatically updating the dependency content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Freddy I. Naime, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Publication number: 20150186125
    Abstract: An installer for installing a software program on a computing device can be executed. The installer can perform a set of dependency checks before installing the software program. The set of dependency checks can include the validation of a pre-requisites associated with the proper execution of the software program. The pre-requisites can be a portion of a dependency content. The content can be a checklist. Before the software program is installed on the device and responsive to executing the installer, the installer can update dependency content using a custom dependency checklist. The updating of the dependency content can be performed without updating code of the software program to be installed on the device. The execution of the installer can continue using the updated dependency content for performing the set of dependency checks responsive to automatically updating the dependency content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENYTT D. AVERY, EDWARD L. BADER, FREDDY I. NAIME, CHI M. NGUYEN, KEVIN N. TRINH
  • Publication number: 20140379657
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product is provided for optimizing a document change or provenance scoring system by weighting sections of a document, scoring the changes for each section, and then combining the change scores for each section to generate an overall change score. An associated report may also be generated that catalogs all of the various scoring elements. The weighted score is stored in a document management system and provides a human document reviewer a level of detail to evaluate document changes. Accordingly, the weighted score reveals whether a document's changes require a brief or detailed review before the document's changes are approved for a next document version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Patent number: 8866509
    Abstract: Integrated circuits having groups of flip-flops with the option to ignore control signals are disclosed. For example, an integrated circuit comprises a first group and a second group of flip-flops that share a common reset signal, and a first selection unit for selecting a first output from among the common reset signal and a logical low signal to be sent to the second group of flop-flops. A selection of the logical low signal is for preventing the common reset signal from being applied to the flip-flops in the second group. The integrated circuit may also include a second selection unit for selecting a second output from among the common reset signal and a logical low signal to be sent to the first group of flop-flops. A selection of the logical low signal is for preventing the common reset signal from being applied to the flip-flops in the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert I. Fu, Chi M. Nguyen, James M. Simkins, Brian C. Gaide, Brian D. Philoksky
  • Publication number: 20140280204
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product is provided for optimizing a document change or provenance scoring system by weighting sections of a document, scoring the changes for each section, and then combining the change scores for each section to generate an overall change score. An associated report may also be generated that catalogs all of the various scoring elements. The weighted score is stored in a document management system and provides a human document reviewer a level of detail to evaluate document changes. Accordingly, the weighted score reveals whether a document's changes require a brief or detailed review before the document's changes are approved for a next document version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen, Kevin N. Trinh
  • Publication number: 20130332422
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product create a retention schedule for content within a content repository. A rule is obtained in a domain-specific language specifying content for retention, a retention time period, and a task for performance upon expiration of the retention time period, and the rule is processed to create the retention schedule. The processing of the rule includes mapping the specified content to content within the content repository, creating an action corresponding to the specified task for the content repository, and creating the retention schedule linking the mapped content and created action for the specified retention time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130332421
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer program product create a retention schedule for content within a content repository. A rule is obtained in a domain-specific language specifying content for retention, a retention time period, and a task for performance upon expiration of the retention time period, and the rule is processed to create the retention schedule. The processing of the rule includes mapping the specified content to content within the content repository, creating an action corresponding to the specified task for the content repository, and creating the retention schedule linking the mapped content and created action for the specified retention time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward L. Bader, Jean-Marc Costecalde, Chi M. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130198145
    Abstract: Changes to a collection of documents are tracked by generating content information for the collection of documents identifying initial content within the collection of documents and assigning an indicator a value indicating absence of changes to the collection of documents. A change to the collection of documents is detected and the value of the indicator is adjusted in accordance with the detected change to indicate an amount of the initial content within the modified collection of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenytt D. Avery, Edward L. Bader, Chi M. Nguyen, Marc B. Velasco