Patents by Inventor Sok Young Hwang

Sok Young Hwang 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: 9785341
    Abstract: Inter-application navigation apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a computing system accessing a plurality of applications, generating an application access history specifying an order by which the applications are accessed by the computing system, and displaying an inter-application navigation user interface including a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects representing the plurality of applications accessed by the mobile phone device, the user-selectable graphical objects arranged in a slideable list within the inter-application navigation user interface based on the application access history. The plurality of applications represented by the plurality of user-selectable graphical objects in the inter-application navigation user interface includes an application being executed by the computing system and an application not being executed by the computing system when the inter-application navigation user interface is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Stallings, Sok Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 8139080
    Abstract: In certain exemplary embodiments, data representative of a color scheme including a plurality of colors is maintained, a parameter for each of the colors is shifted by a same offset to generate another color scheme, and the other color scheme is associated with a graphical user interface. In certain embodiments, the shifting preserves at least one of a hue relationship and a contrast relationship between the colors in the color scheme. In certain embodiments, at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of the colors included in the color scheme and a change to be applied to the color, and the same offset is determined based on the user selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Heath Stallings, Brian F. Roberts, Daniel Dunnam, Andrew Allman, Sok Young Hwang, Kristopher T. Frazier
  • Publication number: 20110161878
    Abstract: Inter-application navigation apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a computing system accessing a plurality of applications, generating an application access history specifying an order by which the applications are accessed by the computing system, and displaying an inter-application navigation user interface including a plurality of user-selectable graphical objects representing the plurality of applications accessed by the mobile phone device, the user-selectable graphical objects arranged in a slideable list within the inter-application navigation user interface based on the application access history. The plurality of applications represented by the plurality of user-selectable graphical objects in the inter-application navigation user interface includes an application being executed by the computing system and an application not being executed by the computing system when the inter-application navigation user interface is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Heath Stallings, Sok Young Hwang
  • Publication number: 20100274865
    Abstract: A computer-readable medium may include computer-executable instructions. The computer-executable instructions may include instructions for identifying an event that is scheduled to be attended by a user, determining a current location of a device associated with the user, determining an estimated amount of time that the user needs to travel from the current location to the event, and sending an alert to notify the user, the alert indicating the amount of time that is available to the user to travel to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Kristopher T. Frazier, Jayson Sellers, Sok Young Hwang, Summer Westbrook
  • Publication number: 20100110101
    Abstract: In certain exemplary embodiments, data representative of a color scheme including a plurality of colors is maintained, a parameter for each of the colors is shifted by a same offset to generate another color scheme, and the other color scheme is associated with a graphical user interface. In certain embodiments, the shifting preserves at least one of a hue relationship and a contrast relationship between the colors in the color scheme. In certain embodiments, at least one user interface tool configured to facilitate a user selection of one of the colors included in the color scheme and a change to be applied to the color, and the same offset is determined based on the user selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Donald H. Relyea, Heath Stallings, Brian F. Roberts, Daniel Dunnam, Andrew Allman, Sok Young Hwang, Kristopher T. Frazier