Patents by Inventor Chih-Ling Chien

Chih-Ling Chien 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: 20200334644
    Abstract: A cloud information service integration system is provided. A client side uses a computer or a handheld smart communication device to install and prosecute a corresponding application software and then link to a network system of a cloud server for operation of a client side setting step, a service side setting step, a matching step, a search condition adjustment step, a selection step, and a payment step. In the matching step, a matching list is provided to the client side through active matching and manual matching. In the payment step, the client side pays an amount of money to a bank account of the service side or a third party payment account via the network system of the cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Tsu-Chin WU, Chih-Ling CHIEN, Yen-Liang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180262488
    Abstract: A method for providing secure communication is provided. The method is used in a system including at least an electronic device and a card device. The method includes encrypting data transmitted to or decrypting data received from a second electronic device based on a first private key which is stored in the card device and is associated with the electronic device over a wireless connection between the electronic device and the card device, wherein the wireless connection is established when the card device is detected as being in proximity to the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Yung-Chao TSENG, Tsu-Chin WU, Chih-Ling CHIEN
  • Patent number: 9851876
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a computer-readable medium for adjusting size of screen object adapted to a mobile device having a touch screen are provided. In the method, a display direction is randomly selected for each of at least one screen object to display each screen object on the touch screen, where each screen object has at least one object size capable of being adjusted. Then, the touch screen is used to detect a first touch and a second touch performed on one of the at least one screen object. The object size of the screen object being touched is adjusted according to the display direction thereof and a relative moving direction of the first touch and the second touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Chien, Chia-Chia Shieh, Yen-Shun Wu, Ting-An Yang, Ju-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9465460
    Abstract: A method for controlling a display of an electronic device is proposed along with the electronic device using the same. The electronic device has the display and a touch sensor disposed on the display. The method includes the following steps. The touch sensor is driven when the display is not driven to display an image. A sensing signal is received from the touch sensor. First information is determined based on the sensing signal. The first information is compared with first predetermined information. The display is driven to display the image when the first information matches the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Chien, Hung-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 9331391
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a substrate, a ground element, and a radiation branch. The ground element includes a ground branch, wherein an edge of the ground element has a notch extending into an interior of the ground element so as to form a slot region, and the ground branch partially surrounds the slot region. The radiation branch is substantially inside the slot region, and is coupled to the ground branch of the ground element. The ground branch and the radiation branch form an antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Chien, Chien-Hsin Huang, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Wen-Hsiung Shih
  • Patent number: 9323366
    Abstract: A method for controlling volume of an electronic device is proposed along with the electronic device using the same. The electronic device has a speaker module, a display and a touch sensor disposed on the display. The method includes the following steps. The touch sensor is driven when the display is disabled from displaying an image. A sensing signal is received from the touch sensor. Inputted information is determined based on the sensing signal. An audio signal of the electronic device is changed according to the inputted information. The changed audio signal is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: 8902107
    Abstract: A mobile communication device including a first appearance and an antenna is provided. An upper surface of the first appearance is bent a first angle from a border between a display area and a non-display area toward a display direction, and a lower surface of the first appearance is bent a second angle from a bending point toward the display direction, wherein the bending point of the lower surface is corresponding to the display area of the upper surface. The antenna is disposed in the mobile communication device and corresponding to the non-display area of the first appearance. The antenna transmits and receives signals processed by the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hok-Sum Horace Luke, Chih-Ling Chien, Hung-Yi Huang, Chung-Ting Hung, Chien-Chun Cheng, Chih-Hsien Wu, Kuo-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8867770
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a speaker-connector module and a handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device includes a body and a speaker-connector module. The body has an opening. The speaker-connector module is assembled in the body and correspondingly disposed to the opening. The speaker-connector module includes a housing, a speaker and an electrical connector. The housing has a major sound passage, wherein the major sound passage has a major input end and a major output end. The speaker is assembled in the housing and has a sound outlet surface, wherein the major input end is communicated with the sound outlet surface. The electrical connector is disposed in the major sound passage and adjacent to the speaker, and the major input end is connected to the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Chien, Chien-Hsin Huang, Tsung-Yuan Ou, Chen-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 8825122
    Abstract: A hand-held device includes a first body, a second body, a sliding module, and a guiding module. The sliding module is disposed between the first body and the second body, so that the second body is able to be slid on a two-dimensional plane relative to the first body. The guiding module includes a first guiding part and a second guiding part. The first guiding part is fixed to the first body. The second guiding part is fixed to the second body and coupled to the first guiding part. Besides, the second guiding part is able to be moved along a guiding path relative to the first guiding part, so that the second body is able to be slid along the guiding path on the two-dimensional plane relative to the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Hung Huang, Kuo-Ching Huang, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: 8707328
    Abstract: An application program switching method for an electronic device having a first body and a second body is provided. A relative position of the first body and the second body is changed from a first state to a second state to activate a second application program while an external message is received during a first application program being executed, and an image displayed by the electronic device is switched from an executing frame of the first application program to an executing frame of the second application program for replying the external message via a keyboard of the second body. Next, the relative position of the first body and the second body is changed from the second state to the first state, and the image displayed by the electronic device is switched from the executing frame of the second application program to the executing frame of the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Ling Chien, Francois Bellet-Odent
  • Patent number: D721667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Pang Chuang, Ming-Chieh Liu, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D732498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Hsin Huang, Hsiao-Chuan Huang, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D733693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Shen Wang, Chieh-Kai Wang, Hung-Yi Huang, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D739391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Chen, Meng-Sheng Chiang, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D788727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yien-Chun Kuo, Hung-Yi Huang, Feng-Chen Chang, Shih-Hsun Ou, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D793374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Pang Chuang, Ming-Chieh Liu, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D794003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Chen, Meng-Sheng Chiang, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D798850
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yien-Chun Kuo, Hung-Yi Huang, Feng-Chen Chang, Shih-Hsun Ou, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D801959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yien-Chun Kuo, Hung-Yi Huang, Feng-Chen Chang, Shih-Hsun Ou, Chih-Ling Chien
  • Patent number: D805505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Shen Wang, Chieh-Kai Wang, Hung-Yi Huang, Chih-Ling Chien