Patents by Inventor Jim Xiao

Jim Xiao 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: 8595773
    Abstract: A method for an intelligent user-interaction control system includes generating a plurality of summary video frames for a certain time of incoming bit-stream of a video program to be shown on a display, and detecting a hold command from a user to stop the video program. The method also includes presenting the plurality of summary video frames to the user on the display after stopping the video program, obtaining a user selection on a selected summary frame from the plurality of the summary video frames, presenting a plurality of objects of interest from the selected summary frame to the user on the display, and determining a user-selected object of interest from the plurality of objects of interest. The method also includes searching the selected object in an online database to obtain searching results corresponding to the selected object, and prompting the user about the searching results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: TCL Research America Inc.
    Inventors: Haohong Wang, Jim Xiao
  • Patent number: D554403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Jim Xiao