Patents by Inventor Eugene Chen

Eugene Chen 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).

  • Proactive creation of image-based products
    Publication number: 20140099045
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Smart creation of photobooks
    Patent number: 8660366
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Proactive creation of image-based products
    Patent number: 8655105
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Organizing images captured by multiple image capture devices
    Patent number: 8655893
    Abstract: A method for organizing images from multiple image capture devices includes allowing the determination of an offset between image capture times recorded in a first image capture device and image capture times recorded in a second image capture device, adjusting the image capture times recorded in the second image capture device by the offset to produce adjusted image capture times by a computer processor, and sequencing images taken by the first image capture device and the second image capture device in an chronological order. The sequencing is based on the image capture times for the images captured by the first image capture device and the adjusted image capture times for the images captured by the second image capture device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller
  • Apparatus and methods for forming and securing gastrointestinal tissue folds
    Patent number: 8574243
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for forming a gastrointestinal tissue fold by engaging tissue at a first tissue contact point and moving the first tissue contact point from a position initially distal to, or in line with, a second tissue contact point to a position proximal of the second contact point, thereby forming the tissue fold, and extending an anchor assembly through the tissue fold from a vicinity of the second tissue contact point. Adjustable anchor assemblies; as well as anchor delivery systems, shape-lockable guides and methods for endoluminally performing medical procedures, such as gastric reduction, treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, resection of lesions, and treatment of bleeding sites; are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: USGI Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid C. Saadat, Kenneth Jerome Michlitsch, Rich C. Ewers, Chris Rothe, Rodney Brenneman, Cang Lam, Eugene Chen
  • Flexible methods for creating photobooks
    Patent number: 8555154
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a plurality of images comprising a first image, associating text information with the first image, and providing a library of page layouts each comprising one or more image receiving areas. A page layout includes an image caption area associated with one of the image receiving areas in the page layout. After the step of associating, the method includes automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, wherein the first page layout comprises an image receiving area and an image caption area in association with the image receiving area, automatically placing the first image in the image receiving area in the first page layout, and automatically placing the text information into the image caption area in association with the image receiving area in the first page layout to produce a page in the photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Method for manufacturing magnetic storage device and magnetic storage device
    Patent number: 8546151
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a magnetic storage device comprising a TMR element, which comprises a step for forming an insulting film on an interlayer insulating film provided with a wiring layer, an opening formation step for forming an opening in the insulating film so that the wiring layer is exposed therefrom, a metal layer formation step for forming a metal layer on the insulating layer so that the opening is filled therewith, a CMP step for polishing and removing the metal layer on the insulating layer by a CMP method and forming the metal layer remaining in the opening into a lower electrode, and a step for forming a TMR element on the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Furuta, Shuichi Ueno, Ryoji Matsuda, Tatsuya Fukumura, Takeharu Kuroiwa, Lien-Chang Wang, Eugene Chen, Yiming Huai
  • PROACTIVE CREATION OF IMAGE-BASED PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130236121
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating an image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Proactive creation of image-based products
    Patent number: 8437575
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a image-based product includes identifying a group of images and automatically creating a design for a image-based product without receiving a user's request if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. The image-based product incorporates a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the image-based product to a user for preview and making a physical manifestation of the image-based product based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • Systems and methods for creating photobooks
    Patent number: 8396326
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Proactive creation of photobooks
    Patent number: 8363888
    Abstract: A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller, Wiley H. Wang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE AND MOBILE MEMORIES AND GREETING SERVICE
    Publication number: 20120260190
    Abstract: A system, a method, and a user interface are described for personalizing and sending stationery/cards. A reminder list on the user interface includes a list of reminder entries each identifying an upcoming event including events generated based on a specified relationship between the user and one or more contacts of the user. A recommendation region is populated one or more recommended stationery/card designs associated with one of the entries in the reminder list. A stationery/card personalization engine provides the user with a set of personalization options related to the selected stationery/card design, and generates personalized stationery based on the selected stationery/card design and the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Kelly Berger, Adnan Asar, Kevin Chang, Matthew Holloway, Eugene Chen, Kris Salvador
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PHOTOBOOKS
    Publication number: 20120170867
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • SMART PHOTO STORY CREATION
    Publication number: 20120141023
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for producing a photo story includes automatically sorting a plurality of images, by a computer system, according to a primary criterion to produce a list of sorted images, automatically pruning the list of sorted images, by the computer system, based on one or more secondary criteria to produce a list of kept images, wherein the list of kept images is a subset of the list of sorted images, automatically placing the list of kept images in one or more pages, sections, or chapters to produce a photo story, and displaying the photo story by the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Roland K. Wiley, Eugene Chen, Christopher M. Denend, Kelly Berger
  • Smart Photobook Creation
    Publication number: 20120120450
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jennifer Marie Dean, Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • Systems and methods for creating photobooks
    Patent number: 8155481
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes providing a library of page layouts, selecting a first group of one or more images to be placed in the first page of the photo album, selecting a second group of one or more images to be placed in the second page of the photo album, graphically displaying the first group of one or more images within a first border that represents a first page, graphically displaying the second group of one or more images within a second border that represents a second page, automatically selecting a first page layout from the library of page layouts, and automatically placing the first group of one or more images into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout to produce the first page in the photo album.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF GASTRIC LUMEN
    Publication number: 20120071900
    Abstract: A method of reducing the cross-sectional area of a gastrointestinal lumen is provided wherein a delivery catheter having a needle, one or more anchors disposed within the needle and a suture coupled to each anchor is advanced into the gastrointestinal lumen, the needle extended through the tissue wall, and an anchor ejected from a distal tip of the needle through the tissue wall. The needle is then repositioned against an opposing tissue wall, another anchor deployed from the needle through the opposing tissue wall, and the tissue walls approximated by applying tension to the sutures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: USGI Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Saadat VAHID, Richard C. EWERS, Eugene CHEN, Rodney BRENNEMAN
  • Smart photobook creation
    Patent number: 8131114
    Abstract: A method for producing a photo album includes sorting images according to a primary predetermined criterion, separating the sorted images into a first page group and a second page group using one or more secondary criteria, and automatically selecting a first page layout from a library of page layouts. The first page layout includes a same number of one or more image receiving areas as the number of one or more images in the first page group. The one or more images in the first page group are automatically placed into the one or more image receiving areas in the first page layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Shutterfly, Inc.
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Russ Ennio Muzzolini, Jennifer Marie Dean, Eugene Chen, Trynne Anne Miller, Su Mien Quek
  • ORGANIZING IMAGES CAPTURED BY MULTIPLE IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120016892
    Abstract: A method for organizing images from multiple image capture devices includes allowing the determination of an offset between image capture times recorded in a first image capture device and image capture times recorded in a second image capture device, adjusting the image capture times recorded in the second image capture device by the offset to produce adjusted image capture times by a computer processor, and sequencing images taken by the first image capture device and the second image capture device in an chronological order. The sequencing is based on the image capture times for the images captured by the first image capture device and the adjusted image capture times for the images captured by the second image capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen, Preeti Nathan, Trynne Anne Miller
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT IMAGE PRODUCT CREATION
    Publication number: 20120011021
    Abstract: A method for creating an image product design includes storing a plurality of page layouts for an image product, receiving a selection of one or more images for a page of an image product design by a computer system, automatically selecting a first page layout in the plurality of page layouts according to the sizes of the one or more images, and producing the image product design comprising the first page layout that incorporates the one or more images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Wiley H. Wang, Eugene Chen