Patents by Inventor Michael Hou

Michael Hou 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).

  • Publication number: 20250085765
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for allocating and distributing power management budgets for subsystems of a computer system. For each of a plurality of subsystems, a power management system may generate a long-term power budget and a closed-loop power budget, and then determine a final power budget to provide to the subsystem, e.g., by applying a min function, a weighted sum, or some other function to the long-term power budget and the closed-loop power budget. The closed-loop power budget is determined based on observations of power draw over a past period of time, and therefore cannot respond immediately to large changes in power. The long-term power budget is generated based on a prediction of battery capability over an upcoming window of time, and may therefore provide a power cap before the system is under duress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Chee Lim Nge, Peter Hyungrok Sung, Douglas A. MacKay, Diwakar N. Tundlam, Jun Hou, Tu Le, Vishal Gupta, Ning Tian, Daniele Perretta, Bo Zhou, Michael Eng
  • Publication number: 20250031680
    Abstract: Systems and methods for sorting and imaging insects, including egg and larval life stages, useful for automated high throughput bioassays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Freeman, Kathleen Marie Harding, Jingtong Hou, Bumshick Robert Pak, Phillip A. Patten, Lindsey Della Wiemer, Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6661888
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for moving a plurality of telecommunications customers from an ILEC to a CLEC, the CLEC having a plurality of telecommunication lines, the method comprising: screening the customers; performing loop tests on the telecommunications lines; assigning physical and logical network inventory; provisioning one or more features for the customer; pre-wiring the telecommunications lines to a switch at a central office; generating a UNE-L order to the ILEC; receiving confirmation of an LNP request by the ILEC; activating the telecommunication lines; and generating an activate order to a NPAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Open Support Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Bell, John Carr, John Crowley, Michael Hou, Vern Kennedy, Akiko Matsuo, Paul Pennisi, Eric Roden
  • Publication number: 20020159580
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for moving a plurality of telecommunications customers from an ILEC to a CLEC, the CLEC having a plurality of telecommunication lines, the method comprising: screening the customers; performing loop tests on the telecommunications lines; assigning physical and logical network inventory; provisioning one or more features for the customer; pre-wiring the telecommunications lines to a switch at a central office; generating a UNE-L order to the ILEC; receiving confirmation of an LNP request by the ILEC; activating the telecommunication lines; and generating an activate order to a NPAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Tim Bell, John Carr, John Crowley, Michael Hou, Vern Kennedy, Akiko Matsuo, Paul Pennisi, Eric Roden