Patents by Inventor Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan

Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan 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).

  • Mobile hardware fob with device ecosystem for modular I/O extension devices
    Patent number: 10521384
    Abstract: A fob device includes a portable housing below a size needed to accommodate an input/output component for providing access to a functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible. The fob device also includes a mobile processor, a wireless interface, a volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface, and storage medium having instructions that when executed causes the fob to receive a pairing request from a modular extension device that can provide access to the full functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible, pair with the modular extension device, and provide interfaces to the modular extension device that are customized based on a form factor of the modular extension device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan
  • MOBILE HARDWARE FOB WITH DEVICE ECOSYSTEM FOR MODULAR I/O EXTENSION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180157610
    Abstract: A fob device includes a portable housing below a size needed to accommodate an input/output component for providing access to a functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible. The fob device also includes a mobile processor, a wireless interface, a volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface, and storage medium having instructions that when executed causes the fob to receive a pairing request from a modular extension device that can provide access to the full functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible, pair with the modular extension device, and provide interfaces to the modular extension device that are customized based on a form factor of the modular extension device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan
  • Mobile hardware fob with device ecosystem for modular I/O extension devices
    Patent number: 9892076
    Abstract: A fob device includes a portable housing below a size needed to accommodate an input/output component for providing access to a functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible. The fob device also includes a mobile processor, a wireless interface, a volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface, and storage medium having instructions that when executed causes the fob to receive a pairing request from a modular extension device that can provide access to the full functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible, pair with the modular extension device, and provide interfaces to the modular extension device that are customized based on a form factor of the modular extension device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan
  • MOBILE HARDWARE FOB WITH DEVICE ECOSYSTEM FOR MODULAR I/O EXTENSION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20170255581
    Abstract: A fob device includes a portable housing below a size needed to accommodate an input/output component for providing access to a functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible. The fob device also includes a mobile processor, a wireless interface, a volatile memory, a rechargeable battery, a charging interface, and storage medium having instructions that when executed causes the fob to receive a pairing request from a modular extension device that can provide access to the full functionality of the fob device that would not otherwise be accessible, pair with the modular extension device, and provide interfaces to the modular extension device that are customized based on a form factor of the modular extension device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Tsun-Wang Chan