Patents by Inventor Hoai Nguyen
Hoai Nguyen 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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Publication number: 20170157605Abstract: Systems, methods, and compositions are provided for low volume liquid handling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Justin Lock, Hoai Nguyen, Daniel DeSloover
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Publication number: 20170159040Abstract: Methods, and compositions are provided for high-efficiency hybrid capture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Justin Lock, Hoai Nguyen, Daniel DeSloover
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Publication number: 20170008739Abstract: A system includes a spreader bar comprising a structural support, a first load coupling, and a second load coupling, and a lift coupling and a drive system coupled to the lift coupling. The system also includes at least one load sensor configured to sense a load coupled to the first load coupling, the second load coupling, or a combination thereof. A controller may be coupled to the drive system and the at least one load sensor, such that the controller is configured to obtain an indication of a center of gravity of the load based on the at least one load sensor, and the controller is configured to operate the drive system to move the lift coupling based on the center of gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Michael Anthony Acosta, Jordan Scott Warton
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Publication number: 20160298847Abstract: A system includes a combustor having a combustion chamber and a combustor supply passage configured to supply a fluid flow into the combustion chamber. The system also includes a resonator configured to receive at least a portion of the fluid flow. The resonator comprises a frequency adjuster configured to change an attenuation frequency of the resonator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Kwanwoo Kim, Whitney Epperson, Patrick Edward Pastecki, Mark Anthony Mueller
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Publication number: 20160180317Abstract: Conducting offline transactions comprises associating, using one or more computing devices, a user computing device with a payment account of a user and a counter-party computing device with a payment account of a counter-party, the user computing device and the counter-party computing device being activated to conduct transactions utilizing the accounts; receiving a transaction request from the user computing device indicating that an offline transaction was conducted with the counter-party computing device; conducting a transfer of funds from the payment account of the user to the payment account of the counter-party; providing a confirmation of the transfer to the user computing device and a confirmation of the transfer to the counter-party computing device; and providing an updated balance of the peer-to-peer payment account of the user to the user computing device and an updated balance of the payment account of the counter-party to the counter-party computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Google inc.Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Michael DePasquale, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Josh Ostrow, Avery Pennarun, Peter Schmitt, Hoai Nguyen
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Publication number: 20160180828Abstract: A system configured to thermally regulate heat dissipation of a power plant system (e.g. steam turbine, gas turbine compressor, intercooler or other fluidic thermal source, etc.) and acoustically attenuate operation of an air cooled heat exchanger via sound reflection, sound absorption, sound diffraction, and/or active noise cancellation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes: a set of inner barriers; a base barrier disposed beneath the set of inner barriers; a set of outer barriers disposed about the base barrier and the set of inner barriers, the set of outer barriers including a top surface located above a bottom surface of the set of inner barriers; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to a power generation system and disposed within the set of inner barriers; and a set of fans disposed within the set of inner barriers and configured to form a flow of air through the set of inner barriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Arkadiusz Bartlomiej Nagorski, Eric Tracy Watson
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Publication number: 20160042330Abstract: Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Michael DePasquale, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Josh Ostrow, Avery Pennarun, Hoai Nguyen, Peter Schmitt
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Patent number: 9166870Abstract: A method for monitoring and reporting information regarding status of a power supply/management device operated by a user comprises detecting the status of the device using a monitoring device having an application interface configured to communicate over a communication network, generating a status update indication using a self-describing computer language and sending the status update indication over the communication network to a remote computer, and associating the user with the status update information for the remote device using the remote computer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATIONInventors: Arnaud Denis, Maureen Politte, Randy Calabio, Hoai Nguyen
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Patent number: 9123038Abstract: Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Michael DePasquale, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Josh Ostrow, Avery Pennarun, Hoai Nguyen, Peter Schmitt
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Publication number: 20150198737Abstract: Method for generating a grid with progressive refinement in one or more one spatial dimensions to account for heterogeneity at multiple locations in the one or more spatial dimension is described. One example includes: using, as an input for a computer processor, the total number of grid cells in the one or more spatial dimensions to be gridded, and locations of features requiring grid refinement; calculating cell divisions via equations derived from geometric or logarithmic series that provide refinement at the multiple locations; and c) adjusting the cell divisions by an iterative process to obey the total number of grid cells used as input.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventor: Viet Hoai NGUYEN
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Patent number: 9039352Abstract: A sound attenuating chimney element for a turbomachine system includes a high density outer body having an external surface and an internal surface, and one or more acoustic attenuation layers provided on the external surface of the outer body. The one or more acoustic attenuation layers include an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion. A structural layer is provided on the outer surface portion of the one or more acoustic attenuation layers. The structural layer includes an external surface that defines a duct configured and disposed to pass gases from the turbomachine system.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Joseph Gabriel Harris, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Yunyi Zou
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Publication number: 20140188727Abstract: An email payment system and method to provide users with the ability to initiate and send payments to one more recipients via email messaging. A user interface is provided in an email client that allows a user to insert payment with the email. Payment details are collected through one or more payment modals displayed in the email client. A payment object is inserted into the body of the email and is displayed to both the sender and recipient. The payment details captured in the payment object are communicated to a payment processor. The payment processor uses electronic payment accounts associated with the corresponding sender and recipient email addresses to identify the relevant electronic payment accounts and transfer the payment between said accounts. A status of the payment transaction is tracked and displayed within the payment object of the emails residing in both the sender and recipient email client.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Phillip Neal Sharp, Josh Ostrow, Hoai Nguyen, Peter Schmitt
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Publication number: 20140156521Abstract: Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Michael DePasquale, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Josh Ostrow, Avery Pennarun, Hoai Nguyen, Peter Schmitt
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Patent number: 8724307Abstract: An optical drive includes a drive chassis and a front panel. The drive chassis includes a single sleeve unit having a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. The single sleeve unit is a single piece of material such that the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel, and the back panel are continuous. Additionally, the single piece of material is bent at an intersection of each of the top, first side, second side, bottom, and back panels. The front panel is snap fitted onto the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the bottom panel of the single sleeve unit of the drive chassis.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Dell Products, LPInventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, William Barclay
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Publication number: 20140126997Abstract: A sound attenuating chimney element for a turbomachine system includes a high density outer body having an external surface and an internal surface, and one or more acoustic attenuation layers provided on the external surface of the outer body. The one or more acoustic attenuation layers include an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion. A structural layer is provided on the outer surface portion of the one or more acoustic attenuation layers. The structural layer includes an external surface that defines a duct configured and disposed to pass gases from the turbomachine system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Eric Tracy Watson, Joseph Gabriel Harris, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Yunyi Zou
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Patent number: 8700526Abstract: Ranking payment requests includes a peer-to-peer payment system that employs a server configured for receiving a payment request from a requester computing device; receiving location data of the requester network device; receiving a request for a ranking of payment requests; searching social network information of the payor for occurrences of the requester of the payment request; receiving location data of the payor network device, the location data comprising a location of the payor computing device and a location history of the payor computing device; searching a transaction history of the payor; ranking the payment requests based at least in part on one or more of the location of the requester, a strength of social network connections to the payor for each of the payment requesters, and number of previous transactions between the payor and the requester; and providing the ranking of the payment requests to the payor.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Narelle Cozens, Michael DePasquale, Travis Harrison Kroll Green, Boris Mizhen, Josh Ostrow, Avery Pennarun, Hoai Nguyen, Peter Schmitt
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Patent number: 8543397Abstract: A mobile computerized device receives an indication of a first user input comprising a button actuation to initiate a push-to-talk voice search. The device receives from the user a spoken search phrase comprising one or more search terms, and receives an indication of a second user input comprising releasing the actuated button which indicates that the user has finished speaking the search phrase. The mobile device generates a search query using the one or more search terms in the spoken search phrase, responsive to receiving the second user input. In a further example, the computerized mobile device displays one or more likely text search phrases derived from the spoken search phrase via voice-to-text conversion, receives a user input indicating which of the likely text search phrases is an intended search phrase, and uses the intended search phrase as the one or more search terms used in generating the search query.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Hoai Nguyen
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Publication number: 20120331133Abstract: A method for monitoring and reporting information regarding status of a power supply/management device operated by a user comprises detecting the status of the device using a monitoring device having an application interface configured to communicate over a communication network, generating a status update indication using a self-describing computer language and sending the status update indication over the communication network to a remote computer, and associating the user with the status update information for the remote device using the remote computer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2012Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATIONInventors: Arnaud Denis, Maureen Politte, Randy Calabio, Hoai Nguyen
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Patent number: 8145748Abstract: A method for monitoring and reporting information regarding status of a power supply/management device operated by a user comprises detecting the status of the device using a monitoring device having an application interface configured to communicate over a communication network, generating a status update indication using a self-describing computer language and sending the status update indication over the communication network to a remote computer, and associating the user with the status update information for the remote device using the remote computer.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: American Power Conversion CorporationInventors: Arnaud Denis, Maureen Politte, Randy Calabio, Hoai Nguyen
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Publication number: 20110072445Abstract: An optical drive includes a drive chassis and a front panel. The drive chassis includes a single sleeve unit having a top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, a bottom panel, and a back panel. The single sleeve unit is a single piece of material such that the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the bottom panel, and the back panel are continuous. Additionally, the single piece of material is bent at an intersection of each of the top, first side, second side, bottom, and back panels. The front panel is snap fitted onto the top panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the bottom panel of the single sleeve unit of the drive chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, LPInventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, William Barclay