Patents by Inventor Hsin-yi Chien

Hsin-yi Chien 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).

  • Publication number: 20250114695
    Abstract: A method including executing a video game to generate a video frame for presentation on a device of a first platform for a game play by a user. The method including determining a target device of a second platform. The method including mapping the video frame to the target device. The method including determining an area of focus in a scene in the video frame based on a game context. The method including classifying an asset in the area of focus using a computer vision model implementing artificial intelligence. The method including determining that the asset is important in the game play using the computer vision model. The method including determining that the asset in the video frame that is mapped does not meet a threshold of visibility. The method including modifying the video frame that is mapped so that the asset meets the threshold of visibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Elizabeth Osborne, Angela Sun Wu, Jin Zhang, Xi Zhou, Hsin-Yi Chien, Olga Rudi
  • Publication number: 20250095051
    Abstract: A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Healey Cypher, Flynn Joffray, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Publication number: 20250050225
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a customized in-game interaction is disclosed. A plurality of different player attributes are stored in memory, each player attribute associated with a different pattern of in-game engagement and in-game customization in a virtual environment. Data sent over a communication network regarding one or more activity files associated with in-game engagement by a user of a user device with one or more non-playable characters in one or more game sessions are received. The activity files are analyzed to identify a pattern of engagement exhibited by the user with each of the non-playable characters. A player attribute are assigned to the user based on the determined pattern of engagement matching a stored pattern corresponding to the player attribute. A customized interaction with a non-playable character during a current game session with the user device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Olga Rudi, Bethany Tinklenberg, Mahdi Azmandian, Hsin-Yi Chien, Sarah Karp
  • Publication number: 20240428313
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mithell, Chahn Chung, Myra Sandoval, Timothy Sean Suglian, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Jesse Wolfe, Hsin-Yi Chien, Maria Jeanette Floyd Tahir, Jai Dandekar, Healey Cypher
  • Patent number: 12148445
    Abstract: Systems and methods for emotion detection and emotion-based moderation based on voice inputs are provided. A user emotion profile may be stored in memory for a user. The user emotion profile may include one or more moderation rules that specifies a moderation action responsive to one or more emotional states. A current communication session associated with the user and one or more other users may be monitored based on the user emotion profile. An emotional state detected as being associated with a subset of the messages may trigger at least one of the moderation rules by corresponding to at least one of the emotional states specified by the user emotion profile. A presentation of at least one of the messages in the subset being provided to the user device may be modified in accordance with the moderation action specified by the user emotion profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Victoria Dorn, Celeste Bean, Olga Rudi, Courtney Yingling, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 12125090
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Chahn Chung, Myra Sandoval, Timothy Sean Suglian, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Jesse Wolfe, Hsin-Yi Chien, Marie Jeanette Floyd Tahir, Jai Dandekar, Healey Cypher
  • Patent number: 12092289
    Abstract: An LED light has a built-in airflow-related device with an AC-to-DC circuit for charging internal batteries and supplying power to the airflow-related device. The LED light with built-in airflow-related device may be worn by a person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Chien, Te-Ju Chien, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11992756
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personalized controls and communications in virtual environments are provided. A virtual reality (VR) profile may be stored in memory for a user. Such VR profile may specify a cue associated with custom instructions executable to modify one or more virtual display elements. An interactive session associated with a virtual environment in which the user is participating via a user device may be monitored based on the VR profile stored for the user. The cue specified by the VR profile may be detected as being present in the monitored communication session. The virtual elements may be modified within a presentation of the virtual environment provided to the user device in accordance with the executable instructions associated with the cue specified by the VR profile of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Kristine Young, Tatianna Manzon-Gutzman, Rui Yang, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11734743
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Chahn Chung, Myra Sandoval, Timothy Sean Suglian, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Jesse Wolfe, Hsin-Yi Chien, Marie Jeanette Floyd Tahir, Jai Dandekar, Healey Cypher
  • Patent number: 11593864
    Abstract: A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Healey Cypher, Flynn Joffray, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Publication number: 20230006404
    Abstract: The LED plug-in outlet or DC power light has LED-unit(s) to offer one or more than one near-by lighted-location(s) with preferred adjustable angle constriction and each of said LED-unit(s) has built-in plurality of the said dip or chip or dice or COB LED(s) to emit directly or in-directly LED light-beam from big surface of the said each of LED-unit(s) to supply consumer for one LED light offer one or more than one near-by lighted locations for desired or selected-functions, light color(s), brightness(s), light performance(s) while incorporate with circuitry, AC-to-DC circuit, IC, and control device select from sensor, motion sensor, photo sensor, radar sensor, sound sensor, power fail circuit, switch, IR or RF remote controller, blue-tooth, wireless controller, WI-FI with APP software to make setting or adjustment or selection to make the LED light to turn-on/off, fade-in and fade-out, high-low brightness, motion or non-motion selection, change functions from variety pre-programed functions to offer near-by l
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Chien, Hsin-Yi Chien, Te-Ju Chien
  • Publication number: 20220412522
    Abstract: A LED light with built-in Air flow device has AC-to-DC circuit to get DC current to supply power to LED or LEDs and-to charge inside rechargeable batteries and to the inside air flow related device or other product(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Chien, Te-Ju Chien, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11528524
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a universal remote control are disclosed. Control schemes for a plurality of remotely-controlled devices may be stored in memory of the universal remote control, where each of the control schemes includes a set of commands for a corresponding one of the remotely-controlled devices. Instructions for each command corresponding to one or more signals for the corresponding remotely-controlled device may be encoded. Based on a current orientation of a mobile device relative to a location of the remotely-controlled devices in a real-world environment, one of the remotely-controlled devices may be identified as being selected. Based on the stored control scheme for the selected remotely-controlled device a display for the mobile device may be generated, wherein the generated display includes the set of commands corresponding to the selected remotely-controlled device. A selection from the generated display of commands may be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Yang, Hsin-Yi Chien, Olga Rudi
  • Publication number: 20220342533
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Wolfe, Matthew Bret Maclaurin, Hsin-Yi Chien, Jai Dandekar, James Ross Skorupski
  • Patent number: 11429260
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Wolfe, Matthew Bret Maclaurin, Hsin-Yi Chien, Jai Dandekar, James Ross Skorupski
  • Publication number: 20210358006
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The systems and methods provided herein may allow a user to receive search results that are tailored to the user's personal preferences based on social and purchasing information known about the user. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein may provide shipping updates to a buyer that include a personalized message based on location information provided by the package being shipped. In addition, the systems and methods provided herein allow merchants to provide incentives and rewards for shoppers by participating in interactive shopping games.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Chahn Chung, Myra Sandoval, Timothy Sean Suglian, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Jesse Wolfe, Hsin-Yi Chien, Marie Jeanette Floyd Tahir, Jai Dandekar, Healey Cypher
  • Publication number: 20210312530
    Abstract: A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Healey Cypher, Flynn Joffray, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Patent number: 11113740
    Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for enhancing and personalizing an interactive marketplace. The method may include receiving one or more images depicting one or more products owned by a user and identifying the one or more products based on a comparison of the one or more images to a product database. The method may further include determining a market value for each of the one or more products. In response to determining the market value of at least one product exceeds a predefined threshold value, an alert is transmitted to a computing device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Michael George Lenahan, Ben Lucas Mitchell, Chahn Chung, Myra Sandoval, Timothy Sean Suglian, Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Jesse Wolfe, Hsin-Yi Chien, Marie Jeanette Floyd Tahir, Jai Dandekar, Healey Cypher
  • Patent number: 10963951
    Abstract: A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bret MacLaurin, James Ross Skorupski, Healey Cypher, Flynn Joffray, Hsin-Yi Chien
  • Publication number: 20200125240
    Abstract: A method of enhancing a network-based publication system with curator lists is disclosed. Information pertaining to an item is received from a submitter of a listing of the item on a network-based publication system. Metadata pertaining to the information about the item is received from a curator of the information pertaining to the item. A presentation of the information on a curator list is controlled based on the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Wolfe, Matthew Bret Maclaurin, Hsin-Yi Chien, Jai Dandekar, James Ross Skorupski