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).

  • Patent number: 11741314
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC
    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
  • Publication number: 20210073477
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 10878200
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10824221
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
  • Publication number: 20180336188
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20180314320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
  • Patent number: 10067934
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 10048745
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Wu, Huy Q. Tran, Flemming R. Hansen, Peter Leong, Eric H. Chang, Gordon H. Chen
  • Patent number: 9727562
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Huy Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 9495415
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9414004
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9338498
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
  • Publication number: 20150334444
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: THE DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 9131125
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9098938
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
  • Publication number: 20130120657
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin T. Dick, Andrew J. Schneider, Huy Q. Tran
  • Publication number: 20130120423
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leyland Needham, Andrew J. Schneider, Justin T. Dick, Huy Q. Tran
  • Publication number: 20120162440
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Wu, Diem V. Nguyen, Huy Q. Tran, Manuel J. Ham, Duc V. Tran, Thinh Hoang
  • Publication number: 20120054211
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20090235315
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    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