Patents by Inventor Libo Sheng

Libo Sheng 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: 11974018
    Abstract: Recommending audiovisual content items to a subscriber based on locations visited by the subscriber. Location information from a mobile device having GPS functionality is received. The location information includes locations the subscriber has visited with the mobile device. The various locations may be counted, ranked, and grouped. Interests of the subscriber are predicted based on the location information. One or more audiovisual content items associated with the predicted interest are selected. A determination regarding the predicted programming of interest being available is made. Item recommendations are generated for available ones of the selected audiovisual content items. A referral of the one or more item recommendations is presented to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Fenggen Hu, Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou
  • Patent number: 11812112
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media automatically highlights an unhealthy condition of a viewer. A device, e.g., set-top box, operatively connects to a network and a display. The set-top-box is adapted to output a program to a viewer watching the display. The set-top-box operatively com1ects through a wireless protocol to one or more wearable health monitoring devices that monitor one or more health readings associated with the viewer. The set-top-box outputs an alert to the viewer during the program if a health reading falls within a dangerous range. Advantageously, the alert is delivered through an EPG and may comprise pausing/stopping the program, and/or highlighting the alert on the display for the viewer's safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou, Fenggen Hu
  • Patent number: 11503460
    Abstract: A mobile device pairs with a wearable device via a wireless network. The mobile device receives private user data from the wearable device via the wireless network. The mobile device does not store the private user data in volatile or non-volatile storage before receiving the private user data from the wearable device. The mobile device stores the private user data received from the wearable device only in volatile storage. In response to user input, the mobile device modifies the private user data in the volatile storage. The mobile device synchronizes the private user data on the mobile device with the wearable device by sending the modified private user data or a portion thereof to the wearable device. In response to generation of a deletion command, the mobile device releases the modified private user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou, Fenggen Hu
  • Patent number: 11330339
    Abstract: A method, system and non-transitory computer readable media for dynamically configuring device settings. The equipment device (e.g., set-to box, TV or the like) stores in a memory a plurality of settings profiles, wherein each settings profile is a structured data set related to a wearable computing device including at least a device identifier associated with the related wearable computing device and one or more device settings. The equipment device detects a wearable computing device, wherein detecting the wearable computing device includes identifying a specific device identifier associated with the detected wearable computing device. A querying module of the equipment device executes a query on the memory to identify a specific settings profile where the included device identifier corresponds to the specific device identifier. The equipment device adjusts the device settings based on the one or more device settings included in the identified specific settings profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Fenggen Hu, Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220095019
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media automatically highlights an unhealthy condition of a viewer. A device, e.g., set-top box, operatively connects to a network and a display. The set-top-box is adapted to output a program to a viewer watching the display. The set-top-box operatively com1ects through a wireless protocol to one or more wearable health monitoring devices that monitor one or more health readings associated with the viewer. The set-top-box outputs an alert to the viewer during the program if a health reading falls within a dangerous range. Advantageously, the alert is delivered through an EPG and may comprise pausing/stopping the program, and/or highlighting the alert on the display for the viewer's safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Libo SHENG, Jianguo ZHOU, Fenggen HU
  • Patent number: 11218778
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media automatically highlights an unhealthy condition of a viewer. A set-top-box operatively connects to a network and a television display. The set-top-box is adapted to output a program to a viewer watching the television display. The set-top-box operatively connects through a wireless protocol to one or more wearable health monitoring devices that monitor one or more health readings associated with the viewer. The set-top-box outputs an alert to the viewer during the program if a health reading falls within a dangerous range. Advantageously, the alert is delivered through an EPG and may comprise pausing/stopping the program, and/or highlighting the alert on the television display for the viewer's safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou, Fenggen Hu
  • Publication number: 20210219023
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable media automatically highlights an unhealthy condition of a viewer. A set-top-box operatively connects to a network and a television display. The set-top-box is adapted to output a program to a viewer watching the television display. The set-top-box operatively connects through a wireless protocol to one or more wearable health monitoring devices that monitor one or more health readings associated with the viewer. The set-top-box outputs an alert to the viewer during the program if a health reading falls within a dangerous range. Advantageously, the alert is delivered through an EPG and may comprise pausing/stopping the program, and/or highlighting the alert on the television display for the viewer's safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Libo SHENG, Jianguo ZHOU, Fenggen HU
  • Publication number: 20200404491
    Abstract: A mobile device pairs with a wearable device via a wireless network. The mobile device receives private user data from the wearable device via the wireless network. The mobile device does not store the private user data in volatile or non-volatile storage before receiving the private user data from the wearable device. The mobile device stores the private user data received from the wearable device only in volatile storage. In response to user input, the mobile device modifies the private user data in the volatile storage. The mobile device synchronizes the private user data on the mobile device with the wearable device by sending the modified private user data or a portion thereof to the wearable device. In response to generation of a deletion command, the mobile device releases the modified private user data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Libo SHENG, Jianguo ZHOU, Fenggen HU
  • Patent number: 10848612
    Abstract: A device includes a processing component, a user interface component, a locking component, a biometric parameter unlock component, a detecting component and a sleep bypass component. The processing component performs a processing function. The user interface component instructs the processing component to perform the processing function. The locking component prevents the user interface component from instructing the processing component to perform the processing function. The biometric parameter unlock component detects a biometric parameter of the user and disables the locking component to enable the user interface component to instruct the processing component to perform the processing function. The detecting component generates a sleep signal based on a detected sleeping parameter of the user indicating that the user is asleep. The sleep bypass component disables biometric parameter unlock component based on the sleep signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou, Fenggen Hu
  • Publication number: 20200120397
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for automatically providing reminders based on user viewing history information. User preference information is automatically determined over time from user-selected multimedia content information. Preferred multimedia content is identified based on the automatically detected user preference information. A determination is made as to whether a set top box is tuned to the identified preferred multimedia content. A user prompt is generated for display on a display device when the user is tuned to content other than the identified preferred multimedia content. The user prompt is configured to receive input regarding viewing options for the identified preferred multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Fenggen Hu
  • Publication number: 20200120390
    Abstract: Recommending audiovisual content items to a subscriber based on locations visited by the subscriber. Location information from a mobile device having GPS functionality is received. The location information includes locations the subscriber has visited with the mobile device. The various locations may be counted, ranked, and grouped. Interests of the subscriber are predicted based on the location information. One or more audiovisual content items associated with the predicted interest are selected. A determination regarding the predicted programming of interest being available is made. Item recommendations are generated for available ones of the selected audiovisual content items. A referral of the one or more item recommendations is presented to the subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Fenggen Hu, Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190320237
    Abstract: A method, system and non-transitory computer readable media for dynamically configuring device settings. The equipment device (e.g., set-to box, TV or the like) stores in a memory a plurality of settings profiles, wherein each settings profile is a structured data set related to a wearable computing device including at least a device identifier associated with the related wearable computing device and one or more device settings. The equipment device detects a wearable computing device, wherein detecting the wearable computing device includes identifying a specific device identifier associated with the detected wearable computing device. A querying module of the equipment device executes a query on the memory to identify a specific settings profile where the included device identifier corresponds to the specific device identifier. The equipment device adjusts the device settings based on the one or more device settings included in the identified specific settings profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Fenggen Hu, Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190312967
    Abstract: A device includes a processing component, a user interface component, a locking component, a biometric parameter unlock component, a detecting component and a sleep bypass component. The processing component performs a processing function. The user interface component instructs the processing component to perform the processing function. The locking component prevents the user interface component from instructing the processing component to perform the processing function. The biometric parameter unlock component detects a biometric parameter of the user and disables the locking component to enable the user interface component to instruct the processing component to perform the processing function. The detecting component generates a sleep signal based on a detected sleeping parameter of the user indicating that the user is asleep. The sleep bypass component disables biometric parameter unlock component based on the sleep signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Libo Sheng, Jianguo Zhou, Fenggen Hu