Patents by Inventor Eric Feng
Eric Feng 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).
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Publication number: 20240070414Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include near co-axial polarized illuminator apparatuses and uses thereof. The near co-axial polarized illuminator is internally positionable in near co-axial alignment with one or more imager(s) utilized to capture a representation of a field of view illuminated by the near co-axial polarized illuminator. Embodiments include small form factor reader(s) that utilize a near co-axial polarized illuminator to improve illumination of a field of view captured via multiple imagers for detecting and/or decoding machine-readable symbologies, such as barcodes. Some embodiments include a DPM channel image sensor, a standard range channel image sensor, a near co-axial polarizer light source positioned adjacent to the DPM channel image sensor and adjacent to the standard range channel image sensor, a near co-axial polarizer aligned with the near co-axial polarizer light source, and an analyzer aligned with the DPM channel image sensor and/or the standard range channel image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Chen FENG, Patrick Anthony GIORDANO, Tao XIAN, Eric Alfons YOUNGBLOOD, Paul R. POLONIEWICZ
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Publication number: 20230419416Abstract: An online content management service can collect and store receipts for a user from a variety of sources, including images captured by the user, messages received for the user at a messaging service or message management service, and/or receipts directly uploaded to the online content management service by a merchant. In the case of receipts provided as messages, a user can interact with a message management service to identify messages as receipts, and the message management service can upload such messages to the online content management service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Bernard, Eric Feng, Marty Hu, Veronica Zheng
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Patent number: 11769216Abstract: An online content management service can collect and store receipts for a user from a variety of sources, including images captured by the user, messages received for the user at a messaging service or message management service, and/or receipts directly uploaded to the online content management service by a merchant. In the case of receipts provided as messages, a user can interact with a message management service to identify messages as receipts, and the message management service can upload such messages to the online content management service.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Bernard, Eric Feng, Marty Hu, Veronica Zheng
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Publication number: 20210209697Abstract: An online content management service can collect and store receipts for a user from a variety of sources, including images captured by the user, messages received for the user at a messaging service or message management service, and/or receipts directly uploaded to the online content management service by a merchant. In the case of receipts provided as messages, a user can interact with a message management service to identify messages as receipts, and the message management service can upload such messages to the online content management service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Bernard, Eric Feng, Marty Hu, Veronica Zheng
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Patent number: 11004154Abstract: An online content management service can collect and store receipts for a user from a variety of sources, including images captured by the user, messages received for the user at a messaging service or message management service, and/or receipts directly uploaded to the online content management service by a merchant. In the case of receipts provided as messages, a user can interact with a message management service to identify messages as receipts, and the message management service can upload such messages to the online content management service.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Bernard, Eric Feng, Marty Hu, Veronica Zheng
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Patent number: 10621274Abstract: A client device selects content items associated with various applications executing on the client device and dynamically lays out the selected content items for presentation while the client device is in a locked state. To present the selected content items, the client device selects a page template including slots specifying sizing and relative positioning of content items based on user attributes, geographic information, client device characteristics, and content item attributes. Content items associated with various applications are associated with each slot in the selected page template, and when the client device is in a locked state, the content items are presented with relative sizing and positioning determined by the slots in the selected page template.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Flipboard, Inc.Inventors: Marcos Weskamp, Johan Prag, Eric Alexander, Eric Feng
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Patent number: 10289661Abstract: A digital magazine application executing on a client device presents a digital magazine to a user including content items retrieved from one or more sources based on information associated with the user. When presenting the digital magazine, a cover is presented including an image and one or more headlines describing one or more content items included in the digital magazine. The cover may be generated by clustering content items included in the digital magazine and ranking content items in various clusters based on their characteristics. Based on the rankings, information describing content items from various clusters is included on the cover. Alternatively, the cover includes information describing content items identified based on the order in which the content items are presented by the digital magazine.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Flipboard, Inc.Inventors: Raphael Mauro Schaad, Boris Aleksandrovsky, Andrew Walkingshaw, Arthur Anthonie van Hoff, Marcos Weskamp, Johan Prag, Eric Alexander, Eric Feng
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Publication number: 20160260176Abstract: An online content management service can collect and store receipts for a user from a variety of sources, including images captured by the user, messages received for the user at a messaging service or message management service, and/or receipts directly uploaded to the online content management service by a merchant. In the case of receipts provided as messages, a user can interact with a message management service to identify messages as receipts, and the message management service can upload such messages to the online content management service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Daniel Bernard, Eric Feng, Marty Hu, Veronica Zheng
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Publication number: 20140351268Abstract: A client device selects content items associated with various applications executing on the client device and dynamically lays out the selected content items for presentation while the client device is in a locked state. To present the selected content items, the client device selects a page template including slots specifying sizing and relative positioning of content items based on user attributes, geographic information, client device characteristics, and content item attributes. Content items associated with various applications are associated with each slot in the selected page template, and when the client device is in a locked state, the content items are presented with relative sizing and positioning determined by the slots in the selected page template.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Flipboard, Inc.Inventors: Marcos Weskamp, Johan Prag, Eric Alexander, Eric Feng
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Patent number: 8806341Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating a media program is disclosed. Viewing data for segments of the media program are monitored and used to compile statistics that are presented to the user in a histogram, so that popular portions of the media program can be identified and navigated to. One embodiment includes a searchable transcript of the media program that is synchronized with the histogram.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hulu, LLCInventors: Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei, Varun Narang, Zhibing Wang, Yuming Liang, Xin Jin, Ting-Hao Yang, Eric Feng, Andrew Cheng-Min Lin
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Patent number: 8706898Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating a media program via a searchable transcript of the dialog of the media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, a textural transcript of the dialog is generated, wherein the textural transcript comprising a plurality of portions wherein each portion is associated with a segment of the media program, a command is accepted to display the transcript and in response to that command, user interface data is transmitted to the client computer for presentation in a user interface, wherein the user interface comprising a concurrently presented media program player and the textural transcript.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Hulu, LLCInventors: Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei, Varun Narang, Zhibing Wang, Yuming Liang, Xin Jin, Ting-hao Yang, Eric Feng, Andrew Cheng-min Lin
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Publication number: 20140075296Abstract: A digital magazine application executing on a client device presents a digital magazine to a user including content items retrieved from one or more sources based on information associated with the user. When presenting the digital magazine, a cover is presented including an image and one or more headlines describing one or more content items included in the digital magazine. The cover may be generated by clustering content items included in the digital magazine and ranking content items in various clusters based on their characteristics. Based on the rankings, information describing content items from various clusters is included on the cover. Alternatively, the cover includes information describing content items identified based on the order in which the content items are presented by the digital magazine.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Raphael Mauro Schaad, Boris Aleksandrovsky, Andrew Walkingshaw, Arthur Anthonie van Hoff, Marcos Weskamp, Johan Prag, Eric Alexander, Eric Feng
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Patent number: 8332530Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating a media program via a searchable transcript of the dialog of the media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, a textural transcript of the dialog is generated, wherein the textural transcript comprising a plurality of portions wherein each portion is associated with a segment of the media program, a command is accepted to display the transcript and in response to that command, user interface data is transmitted to the client computer for presentation in a user interface, wherein the user interface comprising a concurrently presented media program player and the textural transcript.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Hulu LLCInventors: Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei, Varun Narang, Zhibing Wang, Yuming Liang, Xin Jin, Ting-hao Yang, Eric Feng, Andrew Cheng-min Lin
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Publication number: 20110145726Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating a media program is disclosed. Viewing data for segments of the media program are monitored and used to compile statistics that are presented to the user in a histogram, so that popular portions of the media program can be identified and navigated to. One embodiment includes a searchable transcript of the media program that is synchronized with the histogram.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Hulu LLCInventors: Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei, Varun Narang, Zhibing Wang, Yuming Liang, Xin Jin, Ting-hao Yang, Eric Feng, Andrew Cheng-min Lin
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Publication number: 20090228920Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing advertisements into a streamed media program is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a user computer for accepting user input, the user input directly defining user preferences regarding the presentation of the advertisements in the streamed media program and for inserting advertisements in the streamed media program according to the defined user preferences; and a media program provider communicatively coupled to the user computer, for transmitting the streamed media program to the user computer for presentation to the user on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: HULU LLCInventors: Richard W. Tom, Eric Feng, Zheng Hua, Jean-Paul Colaco, Adam W. Miller
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Publication number: 20090078682Abstract: A method for welding aluminum and copper tubes. The method comprises the steps of forming an annulated end on a copper tube. That is followed by a step of inserting the annulated end of the copper tube into an aluminum tube and then placing the aluminum tube with the annulated end of the copper tube disposed therein into a resistance welding machine. There is a step of inserting a core rod through the copper tube and pushing the core rod to a juncture of the annulated end of the copper tube and the aluminum tube for allowing a welded joint to be formed. There is a step of rotating the core rod and exerting pressure on the welding joint and applying an electric current to ensure that the aluminum tube and annulated end of the copper tube are welded followed by the step of removing the welded tubing from the welding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Inventor: Eric Feng