Patents by Inventor Harry Chen

Harry 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).

  • Patent number: 10929859
    Abstract: A method for determining an economic impact of a candidate event includes receiving an event type identifier representing an event type of a candidate event to occur, and building a reference data store including historical transaction data records of payment transactions occurring in reference geographic areas associated with a reference event having the event type identifier. The method also includes generating a reference model from the historical transaction data records the models a reference number of active accounts and active merchants within a reference geographic area during a period of time associated with the reference event occurring in the geographic area. The method further includes determining a predicted number of active accounts and active merchants within the target geographic area using the reference model, and determining a predicted consumer spend using a predicted spend model. The method also includes generating an economic impact report including the consumer spend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael L. Zhao, Nigel Noyes, Kimberly Ann Purcell, Todd Christian Lowenberg, Nikhil Anand Malgatti, Harry Chen, Shweta Jain Chaudhury, Dhruv Akhauri
  • Publication number: 20210018326
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides accurate arrival alerts to a destination. In some embodiments the disclosed technology utilizes a destination specific model that can take into account location specific factors such as traffic around the destination, best approaches to the destination, other likely intermediate stops on the way to the destination, etc. In some embodiments, the present technology aims to provide an arrival alert to the destination at a consistent time interval prior to a user arriving at the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jaron WALDMAN, Seejo Pylappan, Denis Laprise, Harry Chen
  • Patent number: 10827190
    Abstract: A framework for estimating image interpretability degradation associated with image compression is provided. An image compression broker system can determine an image compression setting to achieve an interpretability task in accordance with available communication bandwidth or transmission time objectives. Estimating image interpretability degradation includes detecting edge points of an uncompressed image and determining gradients corresponding to the detected edge points; compressing in accordance with a compression parameter setting the uncompressed image to generate a compressed image and determining gradients corresponding to the edge points in the compressed image; determining from the gradients associated with the edge points gradient ratios; and estimating from the gradient ratios an image interpretability loss of the compressed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Erik Philip Blasch, Hua-Mei Harry Chen, Zhonghai Wang, Genshe Chen, Kui Liu, Dan Shen
  • Patent number: 10801850
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides accurate arrival alerts to a destination. In some embodiments the disclosed technology utilizes a destination specific model that can take into account location specific factors such as traffic around the destination, best approaches to the destination, other likely intermediate stops on the way to the destination, etc. In some embodiments, the present technology aims to provide an arrival alert to the destination at a consistent time interval prior to a user arriving at the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CURBSIDE INC.
    Inventors: Jaron Waldman, Seejo Pylappan, Denis Laprise, Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20190049263
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides accurate arrival alerts to a destination. In some embodiments the disclosed technology utilizes a destination specific model that can take into account location specific factors such as traffic around the destination, best approaches to the destination, other likely intermediate stops on the way to the destination, etc. In some embodiments, the present technology aims to provide an arrival alert to the destination at a consistent time interval prior to a user arriving at the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jaron Waldman, Seejo Pylappan, Denis Laprise, Harry Chen
  • Patent number: 10121605
    Abstract: The present invention provides for two types of wide operating temperature range electrolyte formulations that contain methyl butyrate (MB) and additives have been investigated and compared in Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs), which were consisted of hard carbon (HC)/stabilized lithium metal powder (SLMP) anodes and activated carbon (AC) cathodes. The electrolyte L1 that was 1M LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate (EC)+ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC)+MB (20:20:60 v/v %)+0.1M lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) and electrolyte L2 that was 1M LiPF6 in EC+EMC+MB (20:20:60 v/v %)+0.1M lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) enabled the LICs to discharge at the temperature as low as ?40° C., which the conventional electrolyte LP30 that was 1 M LiPF6 in EC+dimethyl carbonate (DMC) (50:50 w/w %) could not achieve. At the low temperature of ?40° C., L2 held more than 64% of the discharge capacity at 30° C., while the L1 only had the discharge capacity retention of 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC
    Inventors: Wanjun Cao, Harry Chen, Jian-ping (Jim) Zheng, Daniel L. Adams
  • Patent number: 10062051
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a browsing request to view an item offered by a first third party retailer. An estimated inventory value for the item at the first third-party retailer is retrieved. The estimated inventory value is maintained using a combination of a history of purchases of the item and a history of inventory values for the item received from one or more third party retailers. A representation of the item as being available for purchase is transmitted to a user device based upon the estimated inventory value for the item. In response to receiving a request to initiate a purchase of the item, a request for a current inventory value for the item is transmitted to a retail server. The purchase of the item is initiated in response to determining the item is available based upon the received current inventory value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CURBSIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Jaron I. Waldman, Lik Harry Chen, Denis Laprise
  • Patent number: 10002717
    Abstract: The present invention provides for high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells that include positive electrodes, negative electrodes and organic solvent electrolyte with lithium salt, and a method for making said high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells. These high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells of the present invention, include a negative electrode which is pre-doped with sufficient lithium ions by employing lithium sources including lithium powder known as SLMP or thin lithium films on the surface of negative electrodes, and this pre-doping with placing lithium sources on negative electrode surface results in LIC laminate cells with considerably higher performance in specific energy, specific power and cycle life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC
    Inventors: Wanjun Cao, Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20180165759
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for use in identifying card-on-file payment account transactions. An example method includes accessing, by a computing device, transaction data included in a data structure, where the transaction data includes transaction data for a transaction associated with a payment account and involving a merchant. The method also includes generating, by the computing device, a card-on-file probability score for the transaction, based on whether the transaction data includes a recurring payment indicator for the transaction, whether the transaction involves a known card-on-file application, whether the merchant is a known card-on-file merchant, whether a card verification code is included in the transaction data for the transaction, and/or whether other transactions to the payment account and involving the merchant have been made in a defined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: James Ernest Carrington, Stephen Dantu, Matthew Sordi, Divyam Mayawala, Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20170364577
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium configured to validate data to ensure that a computing system operates on clean, correct and useful data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann PURCELL, Nigel NOYES, Todd Christian LOWENBERG, Nikhil Anand MALGATTI, Harry CHEN
  • Patent number: 9705982
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing. In response to the determination that the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates, the system can delete the pairing information, thereby efficiently utilizing the storage medium of the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Shi Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20170161755
    Abstract: A method for determining an economic impact of a candidate event includes receiving an event type identifier representing an event type of a candidate event to occur, and building a reference data store including historical transaction data records of payment transactions occurring in reference geographic areas associated with a reference event having the event type identifier. The method also includes generating a reference model from the historical transaction data records the models a reference number of active accounts and active merchants within a reference geographic area during a period of time associated with the reference event occurring in the geographic area. The method further includes determining a predicted number of active accounts and active merchants within the target geographic area using the reference model, and determining a predicted consumer spend using a predicted spend model. The method also includes generating an economic impact report including the consumer spend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Michael L. Zhao, Nigel Noyes, Kimberly Ann Purcell, Todd Christian Lowenberg, Nikhil Anand Malgatti, Harry Chen, Shweta Jain Chaudhury, Dhruv Akhauri
  • Publication number: 20160359960
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing. In response to the determination that the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates, the system can delete the pairing information, thereby efficiently utilizing the storage medium of the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Shi Harry CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160307706
    Abstract: The present invention provides for two types of wide operating temperature range electrolyte formulations that contain methyl butyrate (MB) and additives have been investigated and compared in Lithium-ion capacitors (LICs), which were consisted of hard carbon (HC)/stabilized lithium metal powder (SLMP) anodes and activated carbon (AC) cathodes. The electrolyte L1 that was 1M LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate (EC)+ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC)+MB (20:20:60 v/v %)+0.1M lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB) and electrolyte L2 that was 1M LiPF6 in EC+EMC+MB (20:20:60 v/v %)+0.1M lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) enabled the LICs to discharge at the temperature as low as ?40° C., which the conventional electrolyte LP30 that was 1 M LiPF6 in EC+dimethyl carbonate (DMC) (50:50 w/w %) could not achieve. At the low temperature of ?40° C., L2 held more than 64% of the discharge capacity at 30° C., while the L1 only had the discharge capacity retention of 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC
    Inventors: Wanjun Cao, Harry Chen, Jian-ping (Jim) Zheng, Daniel L. Adams
  • Patent number: 9438671
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with eh peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing. In response to the determination that the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates, the system can delete the pairing information, thereby efficiently utilizing the storage medium of the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Shi Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20160180284
    Abstract: Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive a browsing request to view an item offered by a first third party retailer. An estimated inventory value for the item at the first third-party retailer is retrieved. The estimated inventory value is maintained using a combination of a history of purchases of the item and a history of inventory values for the item received from one or more third party retailers. A representation of the item as being available for purchase is transmitted to a user device based upon the estimated inventory value for the item. In response to receiving a request to initiate a purchase of the item, a request for a current inventory value for the item is transmitted to a retail server. The purchase of the item is initiated in response to determining the item is available based upon the received current inventory value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Jaron I. Waldman, Lik Harry Chen, Denis Laprise
  • Publication number: 20160126023
    Abstract: The present invention provides for high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells that include positive electrodes, negative electrodes and organic solvent electrolyte with lithium salt, and a method for making said high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells. These high performance lithium-ion capacitor laminate cells of the present invention, include a negative electrode which is pre-doped with sufficient lithium ions by employing lithium sources including lithium powder known as SLMP or thin lithium films on the surface of negative electrodes, and this pre-doping with placing lithium sources on negative electrode surface results in LIC laminate cells with considerably higher performance in specific energy, specific power and cycle life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL CAPACITOR, LLC
    Inventors: Wanjun Cao, Harry Chen
  • Publication number: 20150140930
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with eh peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing. In response to the determination that the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates, the system can delete the pairing information, thereby efficiently utilizing the storage medium of the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shi Harry CHEN
  • Patent number: 8954003
    Abstract: Systems and methods of managing pairing information associated with peer-to-peer device pairings are disclosed herein. The pairing information can include link keys or other configuration data associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can detect that a first electronic device has paired with a second electronic device via a peer-to-peer device pairing connection. The first electronic device can store pairing information associated with the peer-to-peer device pairing. The system can determine a first time associated with when the peer-to-peer device pairing terminates. For example, the system can determine that a peer-to-peer activity has terminated, that a timeout period has elapsed, or any other event indicative of a termination of a peer-to-peer device pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventor: Shi Harry Chen
  • Patent number: 8903716
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable storage medium related to operating an intelligent digital assistant are disclosed. A text string is obtained from a speech input received from a user. The received text string is interpreted to derive a representation of user intent based at least in part on a plurality of words associated with a user and stored in memory associated with the user, the plurality of words including words from a plurality of user interactions with an automated assistant. At least one domain, a task, and at least one parameter for the task, are identified based at least in part on the representation of user intent. The identified task is performed. An output is provided to the user, where the output is related to the performance of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lik Harry Chen, Adam John Cheyer, Didier Rene Guzzoni, Thomas Robert Gruber