Patents by Inventor Sean Liu

Sean Liu 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: 9149445
    Abstract: A method of treating or preventing a viral infection in a mammal by administering a compound or pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof that inhibits a phosphatidic acid synthesis enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Thomas Shenk
  • Patent number: 9141778
    Abstract: Software on a router receives configuration data that specifies a social networking service as a source for authentication according to an authentication protocol. Subsequently, the router software receives packet data from a client device for a destination other than the social networking service. The router software causes software on the client device to display a login view for the social networking service. The router software transmits the login data entered in the login view to the social networking service. And the router software receives an authorization code following a successful login by a user identified on an access control list (ACL). Then the router software transmits the packet data to the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Matthew Marra, Sean Liu
  • Patent number: 9122727
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus are described herein that include obtaining a respective ordered list of search result documents for each query in a plurality of queries. Non-overlap scores between search result documents within a first grouping in the ordered lists for a given query and remaining queries in the plurality of queries are then calculated. One or more remaining queries are then selected as candidate queries using the non-overlap scores. Overlap scores between search result documents within a second grouping in the ordered lists for the given query and the candidate queries are then calculated. One or more of the candidate queries are selected as related queries for the given query using the overlap scores. The related queries are then associated with the given query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Emily Moxley
  • Patent number: 9092531
    Abstract: A content processing device may be operable to analyze activity information associated with particular content identified in a content library associated with a user account. One or more entities associated with the particular content may be identified by the content processing device. The content processing device may collect, from various sources, information related to each of the identified one or more entities. The content processing device may determine, based on one or both of a result of the analysis and the collected information, update information for the particular content. The content processing device may then add, based on one or more ranking factors, item information comprising the particular content along with the determined update information to a list of items associated with the user account. Upon receiving an indication from a data processing device, the content processing device may communicate the list of items to the data processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Doug Sherrets, Marco Paglia
  • Publication number: 20150161130
    Abstract: A system obtains a document that is responsive to a user query. The system determines an interest of the user based on stored data associated with the user, and determines that a portion of the document relates to the interest of the user. The system generates a first snippet for the document based on the portion of the document that relates to the interest of the user, and provides the first snippet for the document as part of a result list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Gunes Erkan, Doug Sherrets, Max Ventilla, Frances Bordwell Haugen
  • Publication number: 20150156425
    Abstract: A shooting system and method are disclosed, in which a first picture and a second picture are directly composed into a composite photograph when a smart wearable device selects the first picture and then takes the second picture, and the composite photograph is displayed by the smart wearable device, whereby achieving in the technical efficacy of convenient photograph compositing on the smart wearable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicants: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU
  • Patent number: 9042871
    Abstract: A mode switching and electronic sign-in system for a mobile device and a method thereof are provided. A mobile device performs detection of a sign-in device by a wireless network, and when detecting the sign-in device, the mobile device provides an electronic sign-in message. After the electronic sign-in message passes verification, the electronic sign-in message is recorded in the sign-in device. Meanwhile, because a result of detecting the sign-in device changes, the mobile device actively switches a corresponding mode of the mobile device, so as to achieve the technical efficacy of electronic sign-in performed through the mobile device of a user and automatic switching of the corresponding mode of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean Liu
  • Publication number: 20150066583
    Abstract: A user may have difficulty making a decision about content such as whether to watch a particular content or determining whether the content is something in which the user will be interested. Disclosed are implementations directed to reengage a user in response to an abandonment event and/or provide analytic data to inform a user's decision regarding consumption of content. Analytic data may be provided to the user to help the user make a decision about what content to consume based on, for example, an abandonment rate or other user metrics that indicate interest or disinterest in certain content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Doug Sherrets, Marco Paglia
  • Patent number: 8942542
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to video segment identification and organization based on dynamic characterizations. A characteristics component analyzes a video, and determines a set of video characteristics based at least in part on the analysis. The video characteristics include but are not limited to a category, a type, an identity of a person, and/or an identity of an object. A segmenting component segments the video based in part on the set of video characteristics, and an indicator component associates indicators corresponding to respective video characteristics with the corresponding video segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Sherrets, Brett Rolston Lider, Murali Krishna Viswanathan, Sean Liu
  • Publication number: 20150020165
    Abstract: An application executing system and a method thereof are provided. When an application in an electronic device is executed, identification information is received for identification, and physiological characteristic information is further gathered. User access permission is given when the identification information and default identification information are compared to be in consistency. User edit permission is given when the physiological characteristic information and default physiological characteristic information are compared to be in consistency. When the application is executed, functions of the application are provided to be used according to the access permission or the edit permission. Therefore, providing different functions of the application according to different permissions may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU
  • Publication number: 20140372904
    Abstract: A system and method for notifying members of a social network of a transit event is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises presenting, to the user in the display of the computer system, a geographical navigation interface including a visual indicator of a transit element, receiving, in the display, at least one long-press input provided by the user and directed to the visual indicator of the transit element, presenting at least one selection option for identifying a transit event pertaining to the transit element and at least one broadcast option for the user's social network, accepting, at least one selection option input corresponding to the transit event and at least one broadcast option input provided by the user, and causing the identified transit event to be broadcast to one or more members of the user's social network, based on the at least one broadcast option input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Yiyang Joy Ding
  • Patent number: 8906853
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogues having antiviral activity against HCV and useful in the treatment of HCV infections. More particularly, the invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogue compounds, compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the same, as well as processes for making such compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, In Jong Kim, Jiang Long, Lijuan Jiang, Sheng Sean Liu, Guoqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 8843951
    Abstract: Techniques for determining user behavior related to media are described. A media file containing media is received. The media is partitioned into segments. The user-interaction analyzer monitors user behavior with respect to viewing the media and the segments. The user's behavior with respect to viewing the segments is logged. Normal user behavior with respect to the media is determined and stored. Logged user behavior with respect to interaction with a segment of the media is compared with the normal user behavior with respect to the media. Logged user behavior of a particular media segment that deviates from normal relative to the determined normal user behavior is determined. A particular media segment that is not normal is tagged. A user device is configured to display indicia indicating user behavior related to media to help inform which parts users tend to like the most.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Sherrets, Sean Liu, Brett Rolston Lider
  • Publication number: 20140280089
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for updating a set of results. In some implementations, a search query associated with an entity reference is received. The entity reference corresponds to one or more distinct entities. A set of results for the search query is provided, and the set of results distinguishes between distinct entities. One or more attributes for at least one entity of the one or more distinct entities are identified based at least in part on the set of results. One or more additional search queries are identified based on the search query, the at least one entity, and the one or more attributes. An input selecting at least one of the additional search queries is received. An updated set of results is provided based on the selected additional search queries. The updated set of results comprises at least one result not in the set of results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Emily Moxley, Sean Liu
  • Publication number: 20140244659
    Abstract: A content processing device may be operable to analyze activity information associated with particular content identified in a content library associated with a user account. One or more entities associated with the particular content may be identified by the content processing device. The content processing device may collect, from various sources, information related to each of the identified one or more entities. The content processing device may determine, based on one or both of a result of the analysis and the collected information, update information for the particular content. The content processing device may then add, based on one or more ranking factors, item information comprising the particular content along with the determined update information to a list of items associated with the user account. Upon receiving an indication from a data processing device, the content processing device may communicate the list of items to the data processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Liu, Doug Sherrets, Marco Paglia
  • Publication number: 20140163950
    Abstract: A system for translating multiple words at one time and a method thereof are provided. Through the technical means of selecting multiple words and, translating the selected words in the background, and simultaneously displaying translations of all the selected words, the query for the translations of the words does not break reading, and the technical efficacy of helping a user to understand the document content more quickly is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU
  • Publication number: 20140156730
    Abstract: A synchronization system and a method thereof are provided. A synchronization server detects a location message of a client to generate a time zone label, calculates a use frequency according to a use time of the client, and according to the use frequency and the number of clients with the same time zone label and synchronization time, sets a practical synchronization time for each client, so as to distribute the time point of synchronization processing on each client and the synchronization server, thereby achieving the technical efficacy of improving load balancing of the synchronization processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU
  • Publication number: 20140156804
    Abstract: An information processing system and a method thereof are provided. When monitoring that a network connecting speed between a main server and a client is too low, an assist server monitors all packets transmitted between the main server and the client, and after finding a packet that meets a takeover condition, the assist server requests, in replacement of the client, the main server to process the packet and finally returns a computing processing result fed back by the main server to the client. The above technical means achieves the technical efficacy of proactively assisting the main server to reduce the loading thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU
  • Publication number: 20140154208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogues having antiviral activity against HCV and useful in the treatment of HCV infections. More particularly, the invention relates to novel cyclosporine analogue compounds, compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the same, as well as processes for making such compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: ENANTA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yat Sun Or, In Jong Kim, Jiang Long, Lijuan Jiang, Sheng Sean Liu, Guoqiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20140156731
    Abstract: A data query system for a mobile device and a method thereof are provided. A server generates content information with at least an operation code with pre-specified content based on a short message format or an E-mail format, and when the server detects that Internet speed between the server and a mobile device is less than a preset value, the server provides the content information to the mobile device by short message or E-mail by a mobile communication network, so as to achieve the technical efficacy of data query by the mobile communication network when network connection between the mobile device and the server is in poor condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sean LIU