Patents by Inventor Huy Q. Tran
Huy Q. 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: 11741314Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: DIRECTV, LLCInventors: Huy Q Tran, Vlad Zarney, Kapil Chaudhry, Douglas T. Kuriki, Todd T. Tran, David K Homan, An T. Lam, Michael E. Yan, Ashley B. Tarnow
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Publication number: 20210073477Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Huy Q. Tran, Vlad Zarney, Kapil Chaudhry, Douglas T. Kuriki, Todd T. Tran, David K. Homan, An T. Lam, Michael E. Yan, Ashley B. Tarnow
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Patent number: 10878200Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Huy Q. Tran, Vlad Zarney, Kapil Chaudhry, Douglas T. Kuriki, Todd T. Tran, David K. Homan, An T. Lam, Michael E. Yan, Ashley B. Tarnow
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Patent number: 10824221Abstract: A system and method for operating system includes a first user device, a second user device, and a first device having a controller and a first database storing a first data object of a first type of data associated therewith and a second database storing a second data object of a second type of data associated therewith different than the first type of data. The second database is accessible separately from and simultaneously with the first database. The second data object forms a second portion of a display. The controller has an application interface selecting a selected database from the first, second database or both and separately and simultaneously accessing the first and second database based on the first user input command and the second user input command to obtain stored data and separately and simultaneously communicating stored data to the first user device and to the second user device.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
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Publication number: 20180336188Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Huy Q. TRAN, Vlad ZARNEY, Kapil CHAUDHRY, Douglas T. KURIKI, Todd T. TRAN, David K. HOMAN, An T. LAM, Michael E. YAN, Ashley B. TARNOW
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Publication number: 20180314320Abstract: A system and method for operating system includes a first user device, a second user device, and a first device having a controller and a first database storing a first data object of a first type of data associated therewith and a second database storing a second data object of a second type of data associated therewith different than the first type of data. The second database is accessible separately from and simultaneously with the first database. The second data object forms a second portion of a display. The controller has an application interface selecting a selected database from the first, second database or both and separately and simultaneously accessing the first and second database based on the first user input command and the second user input command to obtain stored data and separately and simultaneously communicating stored data to the first user device and to the second user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
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Patent number: 10067934Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a language processing module generating a search request text signal and determining identified data from the search request text signal. A search module generates search results in response to the search request text signal. A dialog manager classifies the search request text signal into a response classification associated with a plurality of templates, selects a first template from the plurality of templates in response to the response classification and corrects search results in response to the identified data and the template to form a corrected response signal. A device receives and displays the corrected response signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Huy Q. Tran, Vlad Zarney, Kapil Chaudhry, Douglas T. Kuriki, Todd T. Tran, David K. Homan, An T. Lam, Michael E. Yan, Ashley B. Tarnow
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Patent number: 10048745Abstract: A system and method for operating a user device includes a receiver that receives a first data object and a second data object. A first memory stores the first data object and a second memory stores the second data object. The second memory is separate from the first memory. A user interface module generates a user input command. An application interface selects a memory location from the first memory or the second memory and obtaining stored data from the first memory or the second memory based on the user input commands. A display displays the stored data.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
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Patent number: 9727562Abstract: A method and system for performing multi-level searches includes a user device and a display associated with the user device. A guide system receives a content provider category for a first content and receives a global guide category different than the content provider category for the first content. A communication network communicates the global guide category and the provider category to the user device. The user device performs a global search and displays on the display the first content in response to the global guide category and displays on the display a provider homepage with the first content displayed under the content provider category.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Huy Q. Tran
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Patent number: 9495415Abstract: A system and method for searching for content in a user device includes a receiver receiving a plurality of data objects. The user device includes a search module comprising a parsing module parsing search data from the plurality of data objects and a memory interface module storing search data within a memory of the user device. The search module comprises a search performance module searching the search data in response to a search query. The search module comprises a search results module generating search results from the search data. The user device is associated with a display that displays the search results.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Eric J. Bennett, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen, Kenny C. Chen, Justin T. Dick, Flemming R. Hansen, Yoonjung Kim, Peter Leong, Andrew J. Schneider, Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Marcin Spatzier, Huy Q. Tran, Melissa H. Tullues, Leo Wu
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Patent number: 9414004Abstract: A system and method for operating the same includes a conversation manager that receives a receiving a first search request and, after receiving the first search request, receives a second search request. The system also includes a classifier module within the conversation manager classifying the first search request relative to the second search request as related or not related. A context merger module within the classifier module combines the first search request and the second search request to form a merged search request. A search module performs a second search based on the merged search request.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Huy Q. Tran, Vlad Zarney, Kapil Chaudhry, Douglas T. Kuriki, Todd T. Tran, David K. Homan, An T. Lam, Michael E. Yan
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Patent number: 9338498Abstract: A prerendered line texture stored in memory is used to generate an anti-aliased destination line in any direction to be displayed on a screen. A combination of tiling, stretching, and/or mirroring is used to generate the anti-aliased destination line. A blitter blits a rectangle in the prerendered line texture to a destination rectangle in the frame buffer that is displayed on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
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Publication number: 20150334444Abstract: A prerendered line texture stored in memory is used to generate an anti-aliased destination line in any direction to be displayed on a screen. A combination of tiling, stretching, and/or mirroring is used to generate the anti-aliased destination line. A blitter blits a rectangle in the prerendered line texture to a destination rectangle in the frame buffer that is displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: THE DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
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Patent number: 9131125Abstract: A receiving device and method for operating the same includes a tuner tuned to a first channel having a first program, a memory storing program guide data therein and a controller in communication with the tuner and the memory. The controller determines the first channel is a blacked out channel, searches the program data in the memory for a second program equivalent to the first program, determines a second channel associated with the second program and tunes the tuner device to the second channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Tam T. Leminh, Alistair E. Jeffs, Robert G. Arsenault, Huy Q. Tran, Tommi J. Iten, David Eric Shanks, Eric J. Bennett
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Patent number: 9098938Abstract: A prerendered line texture stored in memory is used to generate an anti-aliased destination line in any direction to be displayed on a screen. A combination of tiling, stretching, and/or mirroring is used to generate the anti-aliased destination line. A blitter blits a rectangle in the prerendered line texture to a destination rectangle in the frame buffer that is displayed on the screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
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Publication number: 20130120657Abstract: Text is rendered to a television screen using only the alpha channel. This is accomplished by delaying blending with underlying video until the end of the process to thereby preserve the alpha channel information. Glyphs are used to graphically represent character data in the text to be rendered. Glyphs can be stored in a character texture. In addition, the glyphs can be contained in rectangles having identifiable locations in the character texture. The rectangles can have sizes dependent upon the glyph the rectangle contains.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Justin T. Dick, Andrew J. Schneider, Huy Q. Tran
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Publication number: 20130120423Abstract: A prerendered line texture stored in memory is used to generate an anti-aliased destination line in any direction to be displayed on a screen. A combination of tiling, stretching, and/or mirroring is used to generate the anti-aliased destination line. A blitter blits a rectangle in the prerendered line texture to a destination rectangle in the frame buffer that is displayed on the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
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Publication number: 20120162440Abstract: A system and method for testing a set top box includes a test manager module in communication with the set top box having a test script including a bitstream. A bitstream player in communication with the test manager module receives the bitstream and communicates the bitstream to the set top box. The test manager module receives a screen image from the set top box that is generated in response to the bitstream. An optical character recognition module performs optical character recognition to obtain a test text string from the screen image. The test manager module compares the test text string with an expected text string. A report module generates a report in response to comparing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Leo Wu, Diem V. Nguyen, Huy Q. Tran, Manuel J. Ham, Duc V. Tran, Thinh Hoang
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Publication number: 20120054211Abstract: A system and method for searching for content in a user device includes a receiver receiving a plurality of data objects. The user device includes a search module comprising a parsing module parsing search data from the plurality of data objects and a memory interface module storing search data within a memory of the user device. The search module comprises a search performance module searching the search data in response to a search query. The search module comprises a search results module generating search results from the search data. The user device is associated with a display that displays the search results.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Robert G. Arsenault, Eric J. Bennett, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen, Kenny C. Chen, Justin T. Dick, Flemming R. Hansen, Yoonjung Kim, Peter Leong, Andrew J. Schneider, Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Marcin Spatzier, Huy Q. Tran, Melissa H. Tullues, Leo Wu
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Publication number: 20090235315Abstract: A receiving device and method for operating the same includes a tuner tuned to a first channel having a first program, a memory storing program guide data therein and a controller in communication with the tuner and the memory. The controller determines the first channel is a blacked out channel, searches the program data in the memory for a second program equivalent to the first program, determines a second channel associated with the second program and tunes the tuner device to the second channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Tam T. Leminh, Alistair E. Jeffs, Robert G. Arsenault, Huy Q. Tran, Tommi J. Iten, David Eric Shanks, Eric J. Bennett