Patents by Inventor Harry Hong-Lun Lai
Harry Hong-Lun Lai 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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Patent number: 9760542Abstract: A method, system, and medium for providing context-sensitive writing assistance to a user that is composing a textual communication are described. The context is used to tune the writing assistance to accommodate the different communication styles between users and recipients. The context includes the writing medium, the recipient, and the writer. Examples of writing assistance include spell check, grammar check, and auto-fill in.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Shane Jeremy Landry, Kimberly Rae Raddatz
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Patent number: 9563604Abstract: A method, system, and medium for providing context-sensitive writing assistance to a user that is composing a textual communication are described. The context is used to tune the writing assistance to accommodate the different communication styles between users and recipients. The context includes the writing medium, the recipient, and the writer. Examples of writing assistance include spell check, grammar check, and auto-fill in.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Shane Jeremy Landry, Kimberly Rae Raddatz
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Patent number: 8903719Abstract: A method, system, and medium for providing context-sensitive writing assistance to a user that is composing a textual communication are described. The context is used to tune the writing assistance to accommodate the different communication styles between users and recipients. The context includes the writing medium, the recipient, and the writer. Examples of writing assistance include spell check, grammar check, and auto-fill in.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Shane Jeremy Landry, Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Kimberly Rae Raddatz
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Patent number: 8448072Abstract: A wireless communication device comprises a wireless communication interface, a user interface, and a processing system. The wireless communication interface is configured to detect a wireless signal that indicates status update information for a social networking application. The processing system is configured to monitor the social networking application for an attempt to transfer the status update information for delivery to a social networking system, and if the social networking application attempts the transfer, to delay the transfer and direct the user interface to prompt a user to edit the status update information. The user interface is configured to receive edit instructions from the user. The processing system is configured to process the edit instructions to edit the status update information and to direct the wireless communication interface to wirelessly transfer the edited status update information for delivery to the social networking system.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Allison Anna DiMartino, Jason W. Rincker, Christine D. Schumaker
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Patent number: 8362874Abstract: A keyguard mechanism protects against situations where unintentional touch on a device keypad, by a person or by an inanimate object, unlocks the keypad. A bio-presence based keyguard mechanism for a portable device detects a situation where both a bio-presence sensor and a pressure or displacement sensor are engaged, and then selectively removes an associated keypad from a locked state and places the keypad in an unlocked state. A signal is received from a pressure or displacement sensor associated with a particular key of the keypad, when the keypad is in a locked state. It is then determined whether a signal is received from a bio-presence sensor associated with the particular key, or with a particular portion of the keypad, within an allotted time period, and if so, the status of the keypad is changed to an unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Benjamin P. Blinn, Mike T. Lundy
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Patent number: 8060065Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Sean M. Casey, Woo Jae Lee, Pujan K. Roka, Elizabeth V. Shaw
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Patent number: 8060069Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communciations Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Sean M. Casey, Woo Jae Lee, Pujan K. Roka, Elizabeth V. Shaw
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Patent number: 8058969Abstract: A bio-presence based keyguard mechanism for a portable device detects a situation where both a bio-presence sensor and a pressure or displacement sensor are engaged, and then selectively removes an associated keypad from a locked state and places the keypad in an unlocked state. In accordance with one aspect, the keyguard mechanism employs a method for transforming the status of a portable device keypad from a locked state to an unlocked state. Within the method, a signal is received from a pressure or displacement sensor associated with a particular key of the keypad, when the keypad is in a locked state. It is then determined whether a signal is received from a bio-presence sensor associated with the particular key, or with a particular portion of the keypad, within an allotted time period, and if so, the status of the keypad is changed to an unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Benjamin P. Blinn, Mike T. Lundy