Patents by Inventor Seng-cho T. Chou

Seng-cho T. Chou 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).

  • Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources
    Patent number: 8364749
    Abstract: Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources are provided. The system comprises a first client and a tagging index server. The first client extracts at least one first resource characteristic of a first resource, wherein the first resource characteristic comprises at least a first tag. The tagging index server receives the first resource characteristic of the first resource from the first client via a network. The tagging index server performs a content based comparison according to the first resource characteristic and at least one second resource characteristic of a second resource, and determines whether to establish an association between the first tag and at least one second tag of the second resource characteristic according to a result of the content based comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Jay Szetu, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Wei-Shen Lai, Han-Chao Lee, Seng-cho T. Chou, Yen-Lin Chen
  • Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources
    Publication number: 20090164584
    Abstract: Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources are provided. The system comprises a first client and a tagging index server. The first client extracts at least one first resource characteristic of a first resource, wherein the first resource characteristic comprises at least a first tag. The tagging index server receives the first resource characteristic of the first resource from the first client via a network. The tagging index server performs a content based comparison according to the first resource characteristic and at least one second resource characteristic of a second resource, and determines whether to establish an association between the first tag and at least one second tag of the second resource characteristic according to a result of the content based comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jay Szetu, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Wei-Shen Lai, Han-Chao Lee, Seng-cho T. Chou, Yen-Lin Chen