Patents by Inventor Mei-Wen Sun

Mei-Wen Sun 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: 11256410
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor, a touch-enabled display operatively coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to execute a handwriting recognition engine automatically without requiring user selection of a handwriting recognition application to start the handwriting recognition engine, receive input from the touch-enabled display, determine whether the input indicates a character, and automatically store the character responsive to a determination that the input indicates a character.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Mei-Wen Sun, James Anthony Hunt
  • Patent number: 10082891
    Abstract: A system can include a processor; a memory device having memory accessible by the processor; a touchpad operatively coupled to the processor; a display nonoverlapping the touchpad and operatively coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor where the instructions include instructions to instruct the system to: associate different individual gestures with different individual touchpad operational modes, select one of the touchpad operational modes responsive to receipt via the touchpad of an associated one of the gestures, and control rendering of a graphic to the display wherein the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field associated with the selected one of the touchpad operational modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Aaron Michael Stewart, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 9652465
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device; authenticating, at an aggregate service device, the user to provide access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service; providing, by the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts; receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and facilitating data transfer associated with the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Philip L. Childs, Eric Todd Marshall, Jose Roberto Rodriguez, Matthew Jacyno, Greyson Craig Davis, Tony Eugene Thompson, Carmelo Antonio Gazzia, Timothy Mark Robbins, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 9377948
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accepting, at an input surface of an information handling device, one or more inputs, the one or more inputs comprising handwriting inputs including a special handwriting input pre-associated with a request for assistance; determining, using one or more processors, a candidate list of inputs based on the handwriting inputs and the special handwriting input; and providing a display of the candidate list. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20160127339
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, comprising: receiving, from a client device, a request by a user to access an aggregate service device; authenticating, at an aggregate service device, the user to provide access to a plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user hosted by a single cloud storage service; providing, by the aggregate service device, data analogous to data of the plurality of cloud storage accounts; receiving, by the aggregate service device, a selection of data accessible by the user from the plurality of cloud storage accounts of the user; and facilitating data transfer associated with the selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Philip L. Childs, Eric Todd Marshall, Jose Roberto Rodriguez, Matthew Jacyno, Greyson Craig Davis, Tony Eugene Thompson, Carmelo Antonio Gazzia, Timothy Mark Robbins, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 9298692
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving user input to an input component of an information handling device; generating a machine based representation of the user input; analyzing, using a processor, the representation of the user input; forming, using a processor, a tag based on contextual user data related to the user input; and providing, using a processor, an indication of the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Rod D. Waltermann, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20160011682
    Abstract: A system can include a processor; a memory device having memory accessible by the processor; a touchpad operatively coupled to the processor; a display nonoverlapping the touchpad and operatively coupled to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor where the instructions include instructions to instruct the system to: associate different individual gestures with different individual touchpad operational modes, select one of the touchpad operational modes responsive to receipt via the touchpad of an associated one of the gestures, and control rendering of a graphic to the display wherein the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field associated with the selected one of the touchpad operational modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Aaron Michael Stewart, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 9141211
    Abstract: A method can include receiving an initiation command to initiate an operational mode of a touchpad; responsive to the initiation command, initiating the operational mode and rendering a graphic to a display (e.g., where the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field); receiving input via the touchpad and mapping the input to the graphic; receiving additional input and associating the additional input with a control of the graphic; and executing the control of the control field of the graphic (e.g., to perform an action that acts upon the input mapped to the graphic). Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Aaron Michael Stewart, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20150205780
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: receiving user input to an input component of an information handling device; generating a machine based representation of the user input; analyzing, using a processor, the representation of the user input; forming, using a processor, a tag based on contextual user data related to the user input; and providing, using a processor, an indication of the tag. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Rod D. Waltermann, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20150205517
    Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes a processor, a touch-enabled display operatively coupled to the processor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to execute a handwriting recognition engine automatically without requiring user selection of a handwriting recognition application to start the handwriting recognition engine, receive input from the touch-enabled display, determine whether the input indicates a character, and automatically store the character responsive to a determination that the input indicates a character.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: XIN FENG, Mei-Wen Sun, James Anthony Hunt
  • Publication number: 20150135066
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving handwriting input at a user input interface; rendering the handwriting input on a display device; after rendering the handwriting input, determining a user selection of a format for entering the handwriting input into an application; and entering the handwriting input into the application in the format selected. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Mei-Wen Sun, James Anthony Hunt, Heng Zheng
  • Publication number: 20150135115
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method, including: accepting, at a touch input component, touch input; rendering, on a display device, the touch input in a touch input interface; determining, using a processor, multi-touch input for modifying an attribute of the touch input rendering; modifying, using the processor, the attribute of the touch input rendering according to the multi-touch input; and thereafter inputting the touch input rendering into an application. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20150003735
    Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: accepting, at an input surface of an information handling device, one or more inputs, the one or more inputs comprising handwriting inputs including a special handwriting input pre-associated with a request for assistance; determining, using one or more processors, a candidate list of inputs based on the handwriting inputs and the special handwriting input; and providing a display of the candidate list. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Mei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20140191977
    Abstract: A method can include receiving an initiation command to initiate an operational mode of a touchpad; responsive to the initiation command, initiating the operational mode and rendering a graphic to a display (e.g., where the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field); receiving input via the touchpad and mapping the input to the graphic; receiving additional input and associating the additional input with a control of the graphic; and executing the control of the control field of the graphic (e.g., to perform an action that acts upon the input mapped to the graphic). Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Feng, Aaron Michael Stewart, Mei-Wen Sun