Patents by Inventor Kien Hua

Kien Hua 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: 10200747
    Abstract: A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating therewith to receive a plurality of data streams from at least one data source to be relayed to different destinations on demand, where each data stream has a respective content identifier associated therewith. The processor may further determine when a first one of the data streams for a first destination shares identical data with a second one of the data streams for a second destination based upon the respective content identifiers associated therewith, and suspend relaying the second data stream to the second destination, and begin relaying the first data stream to the second destination, based upon the determination that the first and second data streams share identical data based upon the respective content identifiers associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Kien Hua
  • Publication number: 20170251246
    Abstract: A computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating therewith to receive a plurality of data streams from at least one data source to be relayed to different destinations on demand, where each data stream has a respective content identifier associated therewith. The processor may further determine when a first one of the data streams for a first destination shares identical data with a second one of the data streams for a second destination based upon the respective content identifiers associated therewith, and suspend relaying the second data stream to the second destination, and begin relaying the first data stream to the second destination, based upon the determination that the first and second data streams share identical data based upon the respective content identifiers associated therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventor: Kien Hua
  • Publication number: 20050144189
    Abstract: An electronic item management and archival system for managing and archiving items. In some embodiments, each item includes at least one of image data, audio data, and video data. The system can include a server configured to receive items, archive at least one of the received items to an archive, and retrieve at least one of the archived items from the archive. In some embodiments, the server also includes architecture that supports a pool of threads promoting multiple, independent archive and retrieve operations concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Keay Edwards, Gary Heller, Rahil Noor, Kien Hua, Ning Jajiang, Rui Peng, Mounir Tantaoui