Patents by Inventor Shuguo Han

Shuguo Han 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).

  • Method and device for collecting audience information
    Patent number: 8782684
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide a method for collecting audience information of a group of users in an audience measurement. The method may include each user dividing its private information into a private portion and a predetermined number of exchange portions; each user transmitting each of its exchange portions to a respective user of the predetermined number of users selected from the group of users; each user aggregating its private portion and exchange portions received from other users of the group of users, thereby producing randomized information; and aggregating the randomized information of the group of users, thereby producing aggregated private information for the group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Shuguo Han, Ghim Eng Yap, Wei Yun Yau