Patents by Inventor Hounien Lin

Hounien Lin 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).

  • MULTIMEDIA SERVER, USER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BROADCASTING PROGRAMS ON-DEMAND WITH VIRTUAL CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20180227619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multimedia server, including a virtual channel management unit, a virtual channel broadcasting unit, and a program on-demand playback unit. The virtual channel management unit associates a number of programs on-demand with a virtual channel, and creates a virtual schedule for the virtual channel. According to the virtual schedule, the virtual channel broadcasting unit provides broadcasting of the virtual channel to a number of nonspecific users. Meanwhile, the program on-demand playback unit, at any time in response to a user instruction selecting a program on-demand, provides the selected program to a user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Ta-Wei Chien, Yu Chi Chang, Hounien Lin, Chin Hsiang Chang, Chun-Hung Shih