Patents by Inventor Ping-Che HSIAO

Ping-Che HSIAO 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: 20190155615
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided. The method receives device information of a network device by a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent, wherein the WOL agent and the network device are positioned in a same LAN. The method further receives a request, from a client device, to access the network device. Finally, the method sends a WOL packet, by the WOL agent, to the network device if the device information indicates that the network device is in a non-operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh CHEN, Ping-Che HSIAO, Jia-Yu LIU
  • Patent number: 10235186
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one portion of a network system, and the network system includes a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, where the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information according to a predetermined communications protocol; utilizing the WOL agent device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device according to the device information, where the wake-up management list includes the device information; and utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation on the network device according to the wake-up management list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SYNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180062960
    Abstract: A method and associated control apparatus for controlling a client device to access a network device in a network system are provided, where the method includes: performing at least one preparation operation regarding the network device to obtain network connection reference information of the network device; based on the network connection reference information, performing a plurality of network connection test operations on the network device according to a plurality of network connection strategies, respectively, to generate a plurality of test results respectively corresponding to the network connection strategies, wherein at least one test result of the test results indicates feasibility of at least one of the network connection strategies; and providing the client device with at least one portion of the network connection reference information to allow the client device to establish a network connection between the client device and the network device according to an optimal strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180026831
    Abstract: A method for accessing a web server and an associated apparatus are provided, where the web server is in a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to obtain web server information of the web server and send the web server information to a reverse proxy server. When the reverse proxy server receives a request from a client device, the method utilizes the reverse proxy server to determine whether to assign a WOL task to the WOL agent device according to at least one state of the web server, in which the WOL task includes waking the web server. The client device then sends the request to the reverse proxy server, in order to access the web server through the reverse proxy server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20180024843
    Abstract: A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one portion of a network system, and the network system includes a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, where the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information according to a predetermined communications protocol; utilizing the WOL agent device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device according to the device information, where the wake-up management list includes the device information; and utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation on the network device according to the wake-up management list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kan-Yueh Chen, Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 9647966
    Abstract: An instant message communication device that includes a database, a data transmission module, a processing module, and a memory is provided. When commands stored in the memory are performed by the processing module, the following operations are performed. User information that includes a user account is received through the data transmission module. An instant message software robot is driven to add the user account into a robot contact list of a robot account. An account pair relation corresponding to the user account and the robot account is stored in the database. A request is transmitted to a user device having the user account through the data transmission module. The robot account is determined being added to a user contact list. The instant message software robot is controlled to perform an instant message communication with the user device through the data transmission device according to the account pair relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Synology Incorporated
    Inventors: Ping-Che Hsiao, Jia-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20150236987
    Abstract: An instant message communication device that includes a database, a data transmission module, a processing module, and a memory is provided. When commands stored in the memory are performed by the processing module, the following operations are performed. User information that includes a user account is received through the data transmission module. An instant message software robot is driven to add the user account into a robot contact list of a robot account. An account pair relation corresponding to the user account and the robot account is stored in the database. A request is transmitted to a user device having the user account through the data transmission module. The robot account is determined being added to a user contact list. The instant message software robot is controlled to perform an instant message communication with the user device through the data transmission device according to the account pair relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Ping-Che HSIAO, Jia-Yu LIU