Patents by Inventor Shiyan S. Hua

Shiyan S. Hua 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).

  • Searching digital cable channels based on spoken keywords using a telephone system
    Publication number: 20030163456
    Abstract: A method of searching TV programming information includes receiving a telephone call from a viewer (10) via a telephone system (22), generating a search query in response to the telephone call, and searching a database (30) in accordance with the search query. The database (30) contains TV programming information. Search results generated from the searching include entries from the database (30) that correspond to the search query. The search results are then sent to a TV receiver box (14) of the viewer (10) via a TV system (16) such that they are displayable upon a TV (12) operatively connected to the receiver box (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Shiyan S. Hua, Ahmed N. Zaki