Patents by Inventor Gee N. Chia

Gee N. Chia 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: 20140281976
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for adjusting time duration of a content playlist corresponding to travel time. A computer receives a command to initiate a content playlist, wherein the content playlist includes a first of one or more content items. The computer receives travel information, wherein the travel information includes at least a destination and a method of travel. The computer determines an initial travel time. The computer determines an adjusted content playlist that corresponds to the initial travel time by utilizing the determined initial travel time. The computer sends a signal to present the adjusted content playlist. In another embodiment, a content item includes metadata comprising chapters corresponding to sections of the content item and playlists of chapters of the content item of various time durations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee N. Chia, Christopher M. Laffoon, Viswanath Srikanth
  • Patent number: 8635018
    Abstract: A method, system or computer usable program product for porting driver preferences between vehicles including initiating a first communication session between a computer in the first vehicle and an external device, receiving a driver profile from the first vehicle in the external device, wherein the driver profile was used to configure warnings and other driver settings in the first vehicle, initiating a second communication session between the external device and a computer in a second vehicle, transferring the driver profile from the external device to a second memory in the second vehicle, and using the driver profile to configure warning and other driver settings in the second vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gee N. Chia, Christopher M. Laffoon, Viswanath Srikanth
  • Publication number: 20130204455
    Abstract: A method, system or computer usable program product for porting driver preferences between vehicles including initiating a first communication session between a computer in the first vehicle and an external device, receiving a driver profile from the first vehicle in the external device, wherein the driver profile was used to configure warnings and other driver settings in the first vehicle, initiating a second communication session between the external device and a computer in a second vehicle, transferring the driver profile from the external device to a second memory in the second vehicle, and using the driver profile to configure warning and other driver settings in the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee N. Chia, Christopher M. Laffoon, Viswanath Srikanth