Patents by Inventor Peter A. Wong
Peter A. 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: 8639179Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for auto-installing an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) includes issuing an auto-installation command from the IRD to an outdoor unit (ODU) and receiving a plurality of tones from the ODU in response to the auto-installation command, each tone representing a center frequency of available user bands (UBs). The auto-installation also includes acquiring a UB center frequency by the IRD, requesting the ODU to confirm a UB number corresponding to the acquired UB center frequency, and receiving confirmation from the ODU that a UB number corresponds to the acquired UB center frequency. The auto-installation also includes sending an acceptance of the assigned UB number from the IRD to signal the ODU that it may mark the assigned UB as assigned.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.Inventors: Peter Wong, Troy Brandon, Jon Huss
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Patent number: 8533834Abstract: A device receives a data transaction associated with packet, determines a risk level associated with the data transaction, and performs a content type check for the data transaction. The device also performs an infected content check for the data transaction, and classifies, based on the determined risk and the performed checks, the data transaction for one of a slow path virus scanning process or a fast path virus scanning process. The device further performs, based on the classification, one of the slow path virus scanning process or the fast path virus scanning process on the data transaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Peter Wong, De Xiong Li, Chunqing Cheng
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Patent number: 8385229Abstract: A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions, and at least one market level view that includes a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Orestis Manthoulis, Peter Wong, Frederick Armanino, Raghvendra G. Savoor
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Publication number: 20120311887Abstract: A therapeutic shoe sole includes an outsole, a medial and a lateral support, an energy return strip, and a midsole. The energy return strip includes carbon fiber and glass fiber layers laminated together and, may also include multiple sections with varying thickness and compositions. The midsole includes a shock absorptive material that curves upward at the heel and toe regions to form a “rocker” design. The midsole may also include cutouts to reduce weight, and include a silicon pad at the heel region for shock absorption.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventor: Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20120264365Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for auto-installing an integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) includes issuing an auto-installation command from the IRD to an outdoor unit (ODU) and receiving a plurality of tones from the ODU in response to the auto-installation command, each tone representing a center frequency of available user bands (UBs). The auto-installation also includes acquiring a UB center frequency by the IRD, requesting the ODU to confirm a UB number corresponding to the acquired UB center frequency, and receiving confirmation from the ODU that a UB number corresponds to the acquired UB center frequency. The auto-installation also includes sending an acceptance of the assigned UB number from the IRD to signal the ODU that it may mark the assigned UB as assigned.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: ENTROPIC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Inventors: Peter Wong, Troy Brandon, Jon Huss
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Patent number: 8135814Abstract: The present invention discusses a computerized method for managing a communication network through processing data used in a Capacity Management System (CMS) associated with the communication network. A configurable grammar, such as an XML grammar with regular expressions, is used to implement various aspects of network management. Data management includes pre-processing data (transferring data, decompressing data, parsing data), loading data into a relational database, and data analysis. Results of data analysis can be used to determine a network condition, and thereby to enable network management.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Frederick Armanino, Anthony Wayne Merritt, Peter A. Wong
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Patent number: 8073819Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for storing element information. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, creating a structured text object that includes information representing a collection of metrics for a tracked network node. The network node may be, for example, a computing device, a communication link, and/or an interface mechanism. In practice, the text object may be compressed into a binary element, and the binary element may be stored in a data store.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Frederick Michael Armanino, Peter A. Wong, Mengfeng Tsai, Theresa Jayne Lees
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Patent number: 7963833Abstract: The present invention is directed generally toward computer-implemented methods for targeting objects in a gaming system. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a soft lock command and applying a soft lock to an object in the game. The soft lock designates an action site on a portion of the object that was proximate to an aiming reference when the soft lock was commanded. The action site is proximate to a location where a selected game action will occur if the game action is commanded. Once the soft lock is applied, the aiming reference can be moved away from the action site. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a command to hard lock a portion of an object, applying the hard lock, and displaying at least one selectable sub-target associated with the object.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher M. Novak, Alistair J. Baxter, Billy Thompson, David Jones, Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20100131894Abstract: A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions, and at least one market level view that includes a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Orestis Manthoulis, Peter Wong, Frederick Armanino, Raghvendra G. Savoor
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Publication number: 20100062980Abstract: Polypeptides derived from Ophiophagus hannah (king cobra) are disclosed together with their use in the treatment of disease, disorder or pathological condition in a patient in need of treatment. The polypeptides disclosed are functionally characterised by their ability to reduce the mammalian heart rate and/or their ?-antagonist activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREInventors: Manjunatha Ramachandra Kini, Yuh Fen Pung, Yi Zhun Zhu, Tsun Hon Peter Wong, Prakash Kumar, Nandhakishore Rajagopalan
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Patent number: 7656808Abstract: A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of the one or more service regions, and at least one market level view that includes a list of one or more wire centers within the one or more service markets.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: Orestis Manthoulis, Peter Wong, Frederick Armanino, Raghvendra G. Savoor
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Publication number: 20090092047Abstract: A system includes a capacity management tool. The capacity management tool is configured to be coupled to one or more of an application layer, a physical layer, and a transport layer of a processor-based network. In a particular embodiment, the capacity management tool is further configured to extract data from one or more of a network connectivity database, a customer provisioning and services ordered database, a customer equipment database, a network element management system database, and a server and application management system database. The capacity management tool can be further configured to correlate the data to manage the capacity of the network or isolate congestion points in the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Steven Gemelos, Peter A. Wong, Orestis Manthoulis
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Patent number: 7453809Abstract: A method and system enable optimization of trunk group design in a public switched telephone network (PSTN). A community of interest, including two end offices connected by a direct trunk and at least one tandem switch, is identified using out-of band signaling data collected from the PSTN. An application server interfaced to the PSTN determines whether traffic in the community of interest passes through the tandem switch during a predetermined time period. When traffic passes through the tandem switch, the application server further determines whether the direct trunk between the end offices experienced an overflow condition during the same predetermined time period. When the direct trunk did not experience an overflow condition, an exchange code associated with the traffic passing through the tandem switch is designated as a misrouted code. The misrouted code is flagged so that associated traffic is redirected through the direct trunk.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: AT&T Services, Inc.Inventors: Raghvendra G. Savoor, Andre Fuetsch, Frederick Michael Armanino, Baofeng Jiang, Peter Wong, Mengfeng Tsai, David Lewis Kimble
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Publication number: 20080046843Abstract: Identifier information is generated for a user interface element of interest within a user interface of a computer program based on a description of a hierarchical element path comprising, e.g., some combination of parent elements that the user interface element inherits from, class names of user interface elements, module names of application programs in the element path, and sibling order information. Process identifiers may also be added to distinguish between user interface elements of two different process instances of the same program. Unlike more fragile identifiers, such an element path identifier persists across instances of the computer program, across different computers, across different builds of the program, etc. Converting between a user-defined data type and a string type and vice versa also is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brendan McKeon, Peter Wong, Susan Strom, Robert Sinclair
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Publication number: 20070165818Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for informing customers and taking other corrective actions upon the occurrence of a network event that may affect the provision of a network service, such as Internet Service, VOIP, VOD, IPTV etc. The system includes a processor and computer programs that contain instruction that are executed by the processor to determine the occurrence of a network event and its effect on one or more services and on the network elements and sends appropriate messages to the affected customers and call centers and updates relevant databases.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2006Publication date: July 19, 2007Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.Inventors: Raghvendra Savoor, Kevin Meng, Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20070157221Abstract: A system and method of providing television ratings information is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes determining aggregated audience data associated with a program carried over a channel. The aggregated audience data is collected from a number of set-top box devices associated with a multicast group of the channel. The method also includes receiving a request for real-time ratings information from a set-top box device and transmitting the real-time ratings information to the set-top box device. The real-time ratings information includes the aggregated audience data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.Inventors: Canhui Ou, Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20070005648Abstract: The present invention discusses a computerized method for managing a communication network through processing data used in a Capacity Management System (CMS) associated with the communication network. A configurable grammar, such as an XML grammar with regular expressions, is used to implement various aspects of network management. Data management includes pre-processing data (transferring data, decompressing data, parsing data), loading data into a relational database, and data analysis. Results of data analysis can be used to determine a network condition, and thereby to enable network management.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2005Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures L.P.Inventors: Frederick Armanino, Anthony Merrit, Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20060224359Abstract: A method and system to minimize to redundancy in testing a new software system by utilizing a knowledge base is provided. The knowledge base may be represented in a form of a decision tree including leaf nodes which store previously tested optimal configurations. When the knowledge base does not contain an optimal configuration for the new software, an optimal solution for the new software system may be determined by adding a further decision tree branch to the initial decision tree. A desirable tree branch may be selected from a table including a predetermined set of desirable tree branches for each category of software. As a result, the number of solutions to be tested on the input software may be limited and cost and effort to run redundant tests on a software system may be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Kenneth Ashcraft, Flavio Bergamaschi, Viktors Bertsis, Erin Burke, Duy Huynh, Santhosh Rao, Duc Vianney, Peter Wong
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Patent number: 7079264Abstract: A computer system and method for outputting printer commands to a printer in response to a print request from an application program are presented. The printer includes a device font whose characters are addressed for printing via a single, double, or n-byte code. The text data, however, utilizes the Unicode Standard to identify its characters. The system, therefore, includes a graphics device interface, which is compatible to read the Unicode data, to invoke the printer driver functions for controlling the outputting of the text data to the printer. A printer OEM supplied minidriver contains a characterization of the printer, including information identifying the device font resident in the printer and the code used to identify the individual characters of the font. A printer driver uses this information to translate the text data to be printed from the Unicode Standard to a code capable of selecting a device font provided character.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Amanda Nguyen, Ganesh Pandey, Alvin Scholten, Zhanbing Wu, Eigo Shimizu, Peter Wong
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Publication number: 20060084509Abstract: The present invention is directed generally toward computer-implemented methods for targeting objects in a gaming system. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a soft lock command and applying a soft lock to an object in the game. The soft lock designates an action site on a portion of the object that was proximate to an aiming reference when the soft lock was commanded. The action site is proximate to a location where a selected game action will occur if the game action is commanded. Once the soft lock is applied, the aiming reference can be moved away from the action site. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward a method of targeting an object in a gaming system that includes receiving a command to hard lock a portion of an object, applying the hard lock, and displaying at least one selectable sub-target associated with the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: April 20, 2006Applicant: Microssoft CorporationInventors: Christopher Novak, Alistair Baxter, Billy Thomson, David Jones, Peter Wong