Patents by Inventor Hoa T. Tran
Hoa T. Tran 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: 10702383Abstract: Disclosed prosthetic valves can comprise a sewing ring configured to secure the valve to an implantation site. Some disclosed valves comprise a resiliently collapsible frame having a neutral configuration and a collapsed deployment configuration. Some disclosed frames can self-expand to the neutral configuration when released from the collapsed deployment configuration. Collapsing a disclosed valve can provide convenient access to the sewing ring, such as for securing the valve to the implantation site, as well as for the insertion of the valve through relatively small surgical incisions.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Hengchu Cao, Brian S. Conklin, Paul A. Schmidt, Grace M. Kim, James A. Davidson, Hoa T. Tran, Kristy L. Tam
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Publication number: 20180318075Abstract: Disclosed prosthetic valves can comprise a sewing ring configured to secure the valve to an implantation site. Some disclosed valves comprise a resiliently collapsible frame having a neutral configuration and a collapsed deployment configuration. Some disclosed frames can self-expand to the neutral configuration when released from the collapsed deployment configuration. Collapsing a disclosed valve can provide convenient access to the sewing ring, such as for securing the valve to the implantation site, as well as for the insertion of the valve through relatively small surgical incisions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Hengchu Cao, Brian S. Conklin, Paul A. Schmidt, Grace M. Kim, James A. Davidson, Hoa T. Tran, Kristy L. Tam
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Patent number: 9980816Abstract: Disclosed prosthetic valves can comprise a sewing ring configured to secure the valve to an implantation site. Some disclosed valves comprise a resiliently collapsible frame having a neutral configuration and a collapsed deployment configuration. Some disclosed frames can self-expand to the neutral configuration when released from the collapsed deployment configuration. Collapsing a disclosed valve can provide convenient access to the sewing ring, such as for securing the valve to the implantation site, as well as for the insertion of the valve through relatively small surgical incisions. Examples of delivery systems and methods for deploying the valves exhibit reduced patient trauma.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences CorporationInventors: Hengchu Cao, Brian S. Conklin, Paul A. Schmidt, Grace M. Kim, James A. Davidson, Hoa T. Tran, Kristy L. Tam
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Publication number: 20150230922Abstract: Disclosed prosthetic valves can comprise a sewing ring configured to secure the valve to an implantation site. Some disclosed valves comprise a resiliently collapsible frame having a neutral configuration and a collapsed deployment configuration. Some disclosed frames can self-expand to the neutral configuration when released from the collapsed deployment configuration. Collapsing a disclosed valve can provide convenient access to the sewing ring, such as for securing the valve to the implantation site, as well as for the insertion of the valve through relatively small surgical incisions. Examples of delivery systems and methods for deploying the valves exhibit reduced patient trauma.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Hengchu Cao, Brian S. Conklin, Paul A. Schmidt, Grace M. Kim, James A. Davidson, Hoa T. Tran, Kristy L. Tam
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Patent number: 9009099Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for migrating entity relationship data residing in an object oriented program environment to a relational database schema. Further, functionality is provided to facilitate more efficient searching and reconstruction of the entity relationship data in the relational database.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Judy I Djugash, Hoa T Tran, Travis M Drucker
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Patent number: 8793231Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for indexing annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. A set of parameters uniquely identifying an annotated data object may be converted to an index comprising a set of index values, each corresponding to a column in a homogeneous index table. In order to accommodate the indexing of heterogeneous data objects, a mapping may be provided for each different type (or classification) of data object that may be annotated, that defines how the identifying parameters of that type will be mapped to the columns of the homogeneous index table.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Julia E. Rice, Peter M. Schwarz, William C. Swope, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 8682912Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing secure access to data. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to facilitate secure access to data residing in a variety of data repositories. User security attributes and UDTF attributes are gathered. A table is queried based on the gathered attributes.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8639717Abstract: Techniques are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8539346Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing an annotation system that includes storing annotations for a document family, i.e., a series of versions of a data source. Annotations created for one version of the data source may be viewed in context from both subsequent and prior versions of the same data source. Embodiments of the invention associate annotations with both a data source “family identifier” as well as a “version identifier.” Other than adding a family ID to the data source, the data source remains unchanged. The family ID is maintained across different versions of the data source, whereas version IDs are determined for a specific version of the data source. Version IDs can be constructed from each data source directly, and do not need to be stored.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8438141Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for providing secure access to data. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to facilitate secure access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8356029Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided to facilitate efficient searching and reconstruction of entity relationship data in a relational database. The entity relationship data in the relational database is migrated from an object oriented program environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Judy I. Djugash, Travis M. Drucker, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 8321470Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for indexing annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. A set of parameters uniquely identifying an annotated data object may be converted to an index comprising a set of index values, each corresponding to a column in a homogeneous index table. In order to accommodate the indexing of heterogeneous data objects, a mapping may be provided for each different type (or classification) of data object that may be annotated, that defines how the identifying parameters of that type will be mapped to the columns of the homogeneous index table.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Julia E. Rice, Peter M. Schwarz, William C. Swope, Hoa T. Tran
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Publication number: 20120284303Abstract: Techniques are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8271463Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Douglas R. Fish, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 8244748Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used for identifying and indicating annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. According to some embodiments, an annotation store may be queried to identify annotations for data objects in a current view of data. For certain identifiable portions of the view (e.g., a row in a relational view), a callable function may be created that returns a set of indicia maps indicating which objects in the portions are annotated. Bits in an indicia map may correspond to different objects (e.g., individual cells in a row or the row itself). Using these indicia maps, an indication of which data objects are annotated may be provided in the view, for example, by displaying annotation icons proximate annotated objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 8230326Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing an annotation system that includes storing annotations for a document family, i.e., a series of versions of a data source. Annotations created for one version of the data source may be viewed in context from both subsequent and prior versions of the same data source. Embodiments of the invention associate annotations with both a data source “family identifier” as well as a “version identifier.” Other than adding a family ID to the data source, the data source remains unchanged. The family ID is maintained across different versions of the data source, whereas version IDs are determined for a specific version of the data source. Version IDs can be constructed from each data source directly, and do not need to be stored.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jordi A. Albornoz, Lee D. Feigenbaum, Douglas R. Fish, Sean J. Martin, Hoa T. Tran, David A. Wall
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Patent number: 7962514Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in common with the annotated view are displayed. An annotation created for a view of data may be stored with links to each cell visible in the view. When a predetermined set of cells visible in the annotated view are subsequently displayed in another view, the annotation may be retrieved via the cell links and an indication of the annotation may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Patent number: 7870152Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to attach annotations to a particular view of data described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be attached in a manner that allows the annotation to be viewed when subsequent views having at least some visible cells in common with the annotated view are displayed. An annotation created for a view of data may be stored with links to each cell visible in the view. When a predetermined set of cells visible in the annotated view are subsequently displayed in another view, the annotation may be retrieved via the cell links and an indication of the annotation may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian J. Cragun, Douglas R. Fish, William C. Rapp, Cale T. Rath, Hoa T. Tran
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Publication number: 20100299372Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for migrating entity relationship data residing in an object oriented program environment to a relational database schema. Further, functionality is provided to facilitate more efficient searching and reconstruction of the entity relationship data in the relational database.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: JUDY I. DJUGASH, TRAVIS M. DRUCKER, HOA T. TRAN
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Patent number: 7831632Abstract: Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for migrating entity relationship data residing in an object oriented program environment to a relational database schema. Further, functionality is provided to facilitate more efficient searching and reconstruction of the entity relationship data in the relational database.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Judy I. Djugash, Travis M. Drucker, Hoa T. Tran