Patents by Inventor Haywai Hayward Chan

Haywai Hayward Chan 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: 11843815
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric H C Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20230145603
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may receive audio data corresponding to an utterance spoken by a user, and may obtain structured data representative of the received audio data. The communications device may provide structured data to the executed application through a programmatic interface, and the executed application may perform the one or more operations in accordance with the structured data. The communications device may generate data indicative of an output of the one or more operations performed by the executed application, and may present at least a portion of the generated output data to a user through a corresponding interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, David P. Whipp, Liuyi Sun, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20220303608
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Patent number: 11356728
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20220019406
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, Haywai Hayward Chan, Chen Liu, Liuyi Sun, David P. Whipp
  • Patent number: 11080015
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, Haywai Hayward Chan, Chen Liu, Liuyi Sun, David P. Whipp
  • Publication number: 20200228746
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Patent number: 10609321
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric H C Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20190310824
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, Haywai Hayward Chan, Chen Liu, Liuyi Sun, David P. Whipp
  • Patent number: 10261752
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, Haywai Hayward Chan, Chen Liu, Liuyi Sun, David P. Whipp
  • Publication number: 20190075267
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Patent number: 10122955
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eric H C Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20180039478
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may receive audio data corresponding to an utterance spoken by a user, and may obtain structured data representative of the received audio data. The communications device may provide structured data to the executed application through a programmatic interface, and the executed application may perform the one or more operations in accordance with the structured data. The communications device may generate data indicative of an output of the one or more operations performed by the executed application, and may present at least a portion of the generated output data to a user through a corresponding interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, David P. Whipp, Liuyi Sun, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20180039477
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Soo Sung, Lantian Zheng, Haywai Hayward Chan, Chen Liu, Liuyi Sun, David P. Whipp
  • Publication number: 20170289603
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Patent number: 9712776
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card, the plurality of interactive functions configured to instigate an action via the second device; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric H C Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20140344358
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate identifying topic(s) from incoming data items from a plurality of data sources, identifying other data items that relate to the topic(s), identifying users that have an interest in the topic(s), identifying availability of the users, rating the topic(s), and presenting a filtered set of topics based upon the identifications and ratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan
  • Publication number: 20140267909
    Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card, the plurality of interactive functions configured to instigate an action via the second device; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Eric HC Liu, Haywai Hayward Chan