Patents by Inventor Ling Jun Wong
Ling Jun Wong 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: 10735814Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10595096Abstract: A system and method for receiving user authentication information from a secondary device and sending a list of IPTV devices associated with the user authentication information to the secondary device. IPTV device selection is received from the secondary device and device identification information corresponding to a selected IPTV device is sent to the secondary device. A content selection from an asset list is received at a server and post execution instructions for the selected IPTV device are generated. Next asset information is sent to the selected IPTV device. The asset information includes content associated with the content selection and the post execution instructions. The post execution instructions determine further IPTV device functionality.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong, Leo Pedlow
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Publication number: 20190306573Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Inventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10327032Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10306279Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for using a second display with a content playback device. In one implementation, this feature provides users a frequently-accessed service or asset list when browsing on a second display. Such systems and methods may be particularly advantageous when a user normally only visits a few services in an entire list of available services on a regular basis. The frequently-accessed list of services or assets may be populated by the user through the second display or may be populated by the server that is tracking service access by the user. The frequently-accessed service or asset list (or both) may be specific to the user account, a user profile within the user account, the second display, or the content playback device. In some implementations, the second display may be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, a laptop or tablet PC, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Ling Jun Wong, Charles McCoy, True Xiong
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Publication number: 20190158920Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and employing software to handle the playback of media, especially video, in browsers that, in addition to or instead of playing the media in the browser, may use second display protocols to instruct a separate display device to play the media. The software can of any type that can transmit the content or specify a network location of the content item for subsequent playback to a content playback device. In one implementation, the software may be in the form of a web browser or other application that is configured to use for the playback of selected media types. The browser maintains a list of favorite and/or recently viewed services and content items and is configured to filter the list to include only those content items, or services with such content items, available for play back on the separate content playback device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 10250469Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring activity of a device. The method includes associating one or more monitoring devices with an electronic device. Rules that have been established to define acceptable content that can be accessed by the electronic device are accessed. Requested content, which is requested by the electronic device, is identified. The requested content is compared to the established rules. An alert condition is generated when the requested content violates the established rules. An alert signal is provided to the one or more monitoring devices based on the alert condition.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10225610Abstract: An apparatus and method of generating a content channel that includes accessing a list of content assets, utilizing one or more content assets as settings for the content channel, and selecting additional content assets. The selection is based on the settings. The content channel is generated based on the additional content assets.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, True Xiong, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10216492Abstract: Customizing menus for a consumer electronics device, including: preparing menu definitions for the menus to be customized on the consumer electronics device; generating menu configuration information using the prepared menu definitions; and transmitting the generated menu configuration information to the consumer electronics device. Keywords include customization of menus and consumer electronics device.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Leo Mark Pedlow, Jr., Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 10200756Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and employing software to handle the playback of media, especially video, in browsers that, in addition to or instead of playing the media in the browser, may use second display protocols to instruct a separate display device to play the media. The software can of any type that can transmit the content or specify a network location of the content item for subsequent playback to a content playback device. In one implementation, the software may be in the form of a web browser or other application that is configured to use for the playback of selected media types. The browser maintains a list of favorite and/or recently viewed services and content items and is configured to filter the list to include only those content items, or services with such content items, available for play back on the separate content playback device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Ling Jun Wong, Charles McCoy, True Xiong
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Publication number: 20190007721Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 10171884Abstract: A user can share Internet assets or content URLs via a second display device with other Internet content service users. Thus, the other users will be able to view the same content on their own internet protocol televisions (IPTV), as first display devices, without the need to search for the content in the content providing service. When the shared content is URLs, the recipient can even preview the content from the URL on the second display device before sending it to the recipient's internet protocol television (IPTV).Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 10158915Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying content using one or more Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) devices by accessing a user's account using a secondary device and selecting content provided by a service provider. The service provider sends an identifier that specifies the selected content to a first IPTV device that will display content. The selected content is added to a user's content list in the user's account; and played on the first IPTV device. During the time of playback on the first IPTV device, the user is able to browse content using the secondary device or another IPTV device. Thus, the user is able to browse and search for additional content without disturbing the display of the selected content.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Publication number: 20180343504Abstract: A user can share Internet assets or content URLs via a second display device with other Internet content service users. Thus, the other users will be able to view the same content on their own internet protocol televisions (IPTV), as first display devices, without the need to search for the content in the content providing service. When the shared content is URLs, the recipient can even preview the content from the URL on the second display device before sending it to the recipient's internet protocol television (IPTV).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicants: Sony Network Entertainment International LLC, Sony CorporationInventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 10108515Abstract: Remotely testing a client device, the method including: implementing an interface of a messaging and presence protocol; starting a connection of the messaging and presence protocol between the client device and a server; initiating a test to execute steps of the test over the messaging and presence protocol connection; indicating information regarding results of the test to send over the messaging and presence protocol connection. Key words include remote testing and XMPP.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Aran Sadja, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong
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Patent number: 10057631Abstract: Browsing and displaying content over multiple devices, including: displaying a graphical user interface program on a second device; associating the second device with a main device; receiving transactions performed by a user on the second device with the graphical user interface; sending at least one command to the main device after the transactions performed by the user on the second device with the graphical user interface are received by the second device; and executing the at least one command on the main device. Keywords include visual BIVL interface and IPTV client without GUI.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLCInventors: Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Leo Pedlow
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Patent number: 9986273Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting media content from social networking services and presenting the extracted content to an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) user in a personalized and easy-to-consume manner. One or more feeds from social networking services that contain data pertaining to the user's social graph are monitored by a service in the IPTV domain for media content that meets preset criteria and preferences of the user. A social networking dashboard application is hosted in the IPTV environment and includes a user interface arranged with tools to enable the user to set preferences and specify tags that control various aspects of the media content extraction. The service can also monitor the social networking feeds in a real-time manner that enables creation of a knowledge base that is usable to present media content “trends” to the IPTV user.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLCInventors: True Xiong, Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong
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Patent number: 9979761Abstract: Apparatus and methods for using a second display with a network-enabled television. In one implementation, this feature allows the user to conveniently affiliate their IPTV devices with various service providers and manage such affiliations directly from a second display device instead of going to a separate affiliation website. The second display could be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, a laptop or tablet PC, a desktop PC, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment, LLCInventors: Ling Jun Wong, Davender Agnihotri, True Xiong
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Patent number: 9967605Abstract: A method and apparatus for customizing menus on a consumer electronic device, such as a television, based on, for example, the region where the device is located when it is connected to the network. Although the available network content and services differ by region, a single device may be manufactured and sold in all of these regions and countries, which is more efficient and flexible. This enables separate models to display menus based on uniform menu definitions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Network Entertainment International LLCInventors: Charles McCoy, Ling Jun Wong, True Xiong, Leo Pedlow
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Patent number: 9955202Abstract: Software is provided to handle the playback of media in browsers that in addition may use second display protocols to instruct a separate display device to play the media. The software can transmit the content or specify a network location of the same for subsequent playback on a content playback device. The software may be in the form of a web browser or other application that is configured for the playback of selected media types. The browser maintains a list of favorite and/or recently viewed services and content items and is configured to filter the list to eliminate those content items or services which are no longer available. In this way, favorite content items and services and/or recently viewed content items and services, as available to the user, are made accessible using the second display.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignees: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC, SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Ling Jun Wong, Charles McCoy, True Xiong