Patents by Inventor Philip Liang

Philip Liang 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: 20160034437
    Abstract: A mobile device software application and interrelated mobile device-optimized website social user gallery is described. The application and website introduce 1) a new visual layout for images, text, and banners organized by topic, and optionally by date and relative order, 2) new mobile software user interfaces for viewing, creating, emailing, publicly displaying in a mobile website user gallery, partner linking, notifying via alarms, topic updating, and structurally organizing via text definition files and a local, on-device client database, these new visual layouts to empower users to create new content, or repurpose existing content from different topics, 3) new mobile software application client-side software framework marketing mechanisms, configurations, and specifications, 4) interrelated new mobile-optimized website social user gallery to display the publicly shared content sent by registered users from the mobile device software application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kim YONG, Philip LIANG
  • Patent number: 7938210
    Abstract: An in-the-wheel suspension system including a drive mechanism for coupling the rotational motion of a wheel rim to the drive shaft of an electric motor and for supporting the wheel rim with respect to the vehicle chassis using one or more springs and dampers. In a hubless version, a spring member supports extend between a frame member attached to the chassis and a bearing member that engages with the rim. In a version used with a wheel hub, the hub is supported by an axle and the spring member supports the axle in movable relation to the frame member. A pivoting support arm that is attached to the axel and pivots about a pivot point attached to the frame member at a location spaced from the wheel axis may be used to support the hub. A Peaucellier linkage may be used to support the axle for movement along a straight line vertical path, the linkage being attached to the frame member at two fixed pivot points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Patrik Alwin Künzler, Peter Schmitt, Raul-David V. Poblano, Brian Chan, Philip A. Liang, Franco H. Vairani, Axel Kilian, Ryan C Chin, William J. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7616124
    Abstract: A monitoring device is configured to be attached to an agent to be monitored. The device includes sensor circuitry that detects or measures conditions relating to the environment, the agent or the agent's behavior. A microcontroller processes the conditions to produce event data, and a wireless transmitter transmits the event data to a remote host system. The conditions can include temperature, acceleration, the presence of another tag, or other conditions relating to the agent. The event data may relate to movement of the agent, an encounter with another tag, or other behavior of the agent, and may be stored to an internal memory. The monitoring device may also include a transmitter that transmits a signal, or tag identifier, that identifies the device. The event data may be reported as information relating to the behavior of the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Snif Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Shanti Paessel, Philip Liang, Jonathan Gips
  • Publication number: 20070103296
    Abstract: A monitoring device is configured to be attached to an agent to be monitored. The device includes sensor circuitry that detects or measures conditions relating to the environment, the agent or the agent's behavior. A microcontroller processes the conditions to produce event data, and a wireless transmitter transmits the event data to a remote host system. The conditions can include temperature, acceleration, the presence of another tag, or other conditions relating to the agent. The event data may relate to movement of the agent, an encounter with another tag, or other behavior of the agent, and may be stored to an internal memory. The monitoring device may also include a transmitter that transmits a signal, or tag identifier, that identifies the device. The event data may be reported as information relating to the behavior of the agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: SNiF Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Paessel, Philip Liang, Jonathan Gips
  • Publication number: 20060012144
    Abstract: An in-the-wheel suspension system including a drive mechanism for coupling the rotational motion of a wheel rim to the drive shaft of an electric motor and for supporting the wheel rim with respect to the vehicle chassis using one or more springs and dampers. In a hubless version, a spring member supports extend between a frame member attached to the chassis and a bearing member that engages with the rim. In a version used with a wheel hub, the hub is supported by an axle and the spring member supports the axle in movable relation to the frame member. A pivoting support arm that is attached to the axel and pivots about a pivot point attached to the frame member at a location spaced from the wheel axis may be used to support the hub. A Peaucellier linkage may be used to support the axle for movement along a straight line vertical path, the linkage being attached to the frame member at two fixed pivot points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Patrik Kunzler, Peter Schmitt, Raul-David Poblano, Brian Chan, Philip Liang, Franco Vairani, Axel Kilian, Ryan Chin, William Mitchell