Patents by Inventor Steve Cheng

Steve Cheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20210216384
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that can be invoked while a user is interfacing with a foreground application in order to retrieve data from one or more different applications, and then provide the retrieved data to the foreground application. A user can invoke the automated assistant while operating the foreground application by providing a spoken utterance, and the automated assistant can select one or more other applications to query based on content of the spoken utterance. Application data collected by the automated assistant from the one or more other applications can then be used to provide an input to the foreground application. In this way, the user can bypass switching between applications in the foreground in order to retrieve data that has been generated by other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Bohdan Vlasyuk, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Denis Burakov, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve CHENG, Sergey NAZAROV, Zaheed Sabur, Jonathan Lee, Lucia Terrenghi, Adrian Zumbrunnen
  • Patent number: 11054587
    Abstract: An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a rear housing, an inner housing, and an outer housing. The inner housing includes a retaining hole to accommodate a ferrule. The outer housing is disposed on an outer periphery of the inner housing to cover a front portion of the inner housing. The outer housing rotates about the central axis with respect to the inner housing by a rotation guiding mechanism cooperating with an adapter for connecting the optical connector to another optical connector. The outer housing includes a front wall covering the distal end of the inner housing. The front wall includes at least one opening region. The opening region corresponds to a fiber exposed surface of the ferrule when the outer housing is rotated with respect to the inner housing from an initial position to a connected position by the rotation guiding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Motoyoshi Kimura, Masaki Omura, Steve Cheng
  • Publication number: 20210124132
    Abstract: A method of providing fiber optic connectivity including gripping a rotatable coupler of a fiber optic connector at a grip portion thereof, inserting the rotatable coupler into a bulkhead adapter in a straight direction, turning the rotatable coupler in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to increase a tension of the spring while pushing the rotatable coupler forward, and releasing the rotatable coupler such that the rotatable coupler rotates in a counter clockwise direction and locks the fiber optic connector into the bulkhead adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Steve CHENG
  • Publication number: 20210074286
    Abstract: Implementations can reduce the time required to obtain responses from an automated assistant through proactive caching, locally at a client device, of proactive assistant cache entries—and through on-device utilization of the proactive assistant cache entries. Different proactive cache entries can be provided to different client devices, and various implementations relate to technique(s) utilized in determining which proactive cache entries to provide to which client devices. In some of those implementations, in determining which proactive cache entries to provide (proactively or in response to a request) to a given client device, a remote system selects, from a superset of candidate proactive cache entries, a subset of the cache entries for providing to the given client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Cotting, Zaheed Sabur, Lan Huo, Bryan Christopher Horling, Behshad Behzadi, Lucas Mirelmann, Michael Golikov, Denis Burakov, Steve Cheng, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Sergey Nazarov, Mario Bertschler, Luv Kothari
  • Publication number: 20210074285
    Abstract: Implementations can reduce the time required to obtain responses from an automated assistant by, for example, obviating the need to provide an explicit invocation to the automated assistant, such as by saying a hot-word/phrase or performing a specific user input, prior to speaking a command or query. In addition, the automated assistant can optionally receive, understand, and/or respond to the command or query without communicating with a server, thereby further reducing the time in which a response can be provided. Implementations only selectively initiate on-device speech recognition responsive to determining one or more condition(s) are satisfied. Further, in some implementations, on-device NLU, on-device fulfillment, and/or resulting execution occur only responsive to determining, based on recognized text form the on-device speech recognition, that such further processing should occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Golikov, Zaheed Sabur, Denis Burakov, Behshad Behzadi, Sergey Nazarov, Daniel Cotting, Mario Bertschler, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Jonathan Lee, Lucia Terrenghi, Adrian Zumbrunnen
  • Patent number: 10890722
    Abstract: A method of providing fiber optic connectivity including gripping a rotatable coupler of a fiber optic connector at a grip portion thereof, inserting the rotatable coupler into a bulkhead adapter in a straight direction, turning the rotatable coupler in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to increase a tension of the spring while pushing the rotatable coupler forward, and releasing the rotatable coupler such that the rotatable coupler rotates in a counter clockwise direction and locks the fiber optic connector into the bulkhead adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Steve Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200395018
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to a system that employs an automated assistant to further interactions between a user and another application, which can provide the automated assistant with permission to initialize relevant application actions simultaneous to the user interacting with the other application. Furthermore, the system can allow the automated assistant to initialize actions of different applications, despite being actively operating a particular application. Available actions can be gleaned by the automated assistant using various application-specific schemas, which can be compared with incoming requests from a user to the automated assistant. Additional data, such as context and historical interactions, can also be used to rank and identify a suitable application action to be initialized via the automated assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Denis Burakov, Behshad Behzadi, Mario Bertschler, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Daniel Cotting, Michael Golikov, Lucas Mirelmann, Steve Cheng, Sergey NAZAROV, Zaheed Sabur, Marcin Nowak-Przygodzki, Mugurel Ionut Andreica, Radu Voroneanu
  • Publication number: 20200357395
    Abstract: Implementations herein relate to pre-caching data, corresponding to predicted interactions between a user and an automated assistant, using data characterizing previous interactions between the user and the automated assistant. An interaction can be predicted based on details of a current interaction between the user and an automated assistant. One or more predicted interactions can be initialized, and/or any corresponding data pre-cached, prior to the user commanding the automated assistant in furtherance of the predicted interaction. Interaction predictions can be generated using a user-parameterized machine learning model, which can be used when processing input(s) that characterize a recent user interaction with the automated assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Lucas Mirelmann, Zaheed Sabur, Bohdan Vlasyuk, Marie Patriarche Bledowski, Sergey Nazarov, Denis Burakov, Behshad Behzadi, Michael Golikov, Steve Cheng, Daniel Cotting, Mario Bertschler
  • Patent number: 10804663
    Abstract: A connector adapter including a pivot connector frame, a clamping shroud configured to fit through the pivot connector frame, a connector case disposed within the clamping shroud, a sliding sheath to which the connector case is connected, and a bulkhead adapter cavity formed within the connector case, wherein the connector case is configured for rotatable movement and slidable movement within the pivot connector frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Steve Cheng
  • Patent number: 10768376
    Abstract: An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a rear housing, an inner housing, an arm and an outer housing. The inner housing includes at least one retaining hole to house a ferrule. The rear housing moves linearly and rotates with respect to the inner housing. The arm moves linearly together with the rear housing with respect to the inner housing. The outer housing disposed on an outer periphery of the inner housing covers a front portion of the inner housing. The outer housing rotates with respect to the inner housing by a rotation guiding mechanism cooperating with the arm. The outer housing includes a forward wall covering the distal end of the inner housing. An opening area of the forward wall can be aligned with the retaining hole of the ferrule when the outer housing is rotated from an initial position to a connected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., JAPAN COMMUNICATION ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Motoyoshi Kimura, Masaki Omura, Steve Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200259303
    Abstract: A connector adapter including a pivot connector frame, a clamping shroud configured to fit through the pivot connector frame, a connector case disposed within the clamping shroud, a sliding sheath to which the connector case is connected, and a bulkhead adapter cavity formed within the connector case, wherein the connector case is configured for rotatable movement and slidable movement within the pivot connector frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventor: Steve CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200132941
    Abstract: An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a rear housing, an inner housing, an arm and an outer housing. The inner housing includes at least one retaining hole to house a ferrule. The rear housing moves linearly and rotates with respect to the inner housing. The arm moves linearly together with the rear housing with respect to the inner housing. The outer housing disposed on an outer periphery of the inner housing covers a front portion of the inner housing. The outer housing rotates with respect to the inner housing by a rotation guiding mechanism cooperating with the arm. The outer housing includes a forward wall covering the distal end of the inner housing. An opening area of the forward wall can be aligned with the retaining hole of the ferrule when the outer housing is rotated from an initial position to a connected position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Motoyoshi KIMURA, Masaki OMURA, Steve CHENG
  • Publication number: 20200018908
    Abstract: A method of providing fiber optic connectivity including gripping a rotatable coupler of a fiber optic connector at a grip portion thereof, inserting the rotatable coupler into a bulkhead adapter in a straight direction, turning the rotatable coupler in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction to increase a tension of the spring while pushing the rotatable coupler forward, and releasing the rotatable coupler such that the rotatable coupler rotates in a counter clockwise direction and locks the fiber optic connector into the bulkhead adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: Steve CHENG
  • Patent number: 10527803
    Abstract: An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a rear housing, an inner housing, an arm and an outer housing. The inner housing includes at least one retaining hole to house a ferrule. The rear housing moves linearly with respect to the inner housing and rotates with respect to the inner housing. The arm moves linearly together with the rear housing with respect to the inner housing. The outer housing is disposed on an outer periphery of the inner housing so as to cover a front portion of the inner housing. The outer housing rotates with respect to the inner housing by a rotation guiding mechanism cooperating with the arm. The outer housing includes a forward wall covering the distal end of the inner housing. An opening area of the forward wall can be aligned with the retaining hole or a fiber exposure face of the ferrule when the outer housing is rotated with respect to the inner housing from an initial position to a connected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Motoyoshi Kimura, Masaki Omura, Steve Cheng
  • Patent number: 10422965
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly, including a boot portion connected to a fiber optic cable, a fixed body portion connected to the boot portion, a rotatable coupler connected to the fixed body portion and configured to rotate about the fixed body portion, a ferrule connected to the rotatable coupler and configured to rotate with the rotatable coupler about the fixed body portion, and a bulkhead adapter configured to receive the rotatable coupler after the rotatable coupler has been turned in one direction and released in another direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Steve Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190235182
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector assembly, including a boot portion connected to a fiber optic cable, a fixed body portion connected to the boot portion, a rotatable coupler connected to the fixed body portion and configured to rotate about the fixed body portion, a ferrule connected to the rotatable coupler and configured to rotate with the rotatable coupler about the fixed body portion, and a bulkhead adapter configured to receive the rotatable coupler after the rotatable coupler has been turned in one direction and released in another direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Steve Cheng
  • Publication number: 20170235827
    Abstract: A device determines at least one search result that is responsive to a textual representation of a voice query. The at least one search result includes a reference to a first document related to the voice query, a first set of text from a content of the first document, and a second set of text that is responsive to the voice query. The second set of text is in a complete sentence form. The device converts the second set of text into information corresponding to an audible version of the second set of text, and generates a second document that includes the reference to the first document, the first set of text, the second set of text, and the information corresponding to the audible version of the second set of text. The device provides the second document to a client device for presentation on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Omer BAR-OR, Manas TUNGARE, Steve CHENG, Pravir Kumar GUPTA, Phan Dao Minh TRUONG, Bruce R CHRISTENSEN
  • Publication number: 20150088700
    Abstract: A system and method of generating recommendations for users to sell items that they have previously purchased are described. An inventory of items of a user may be determined. The inventory of items may comprise items the user has purchased. For each item in the inventory of items, corresponding sale price information and corresponding purchase date information reflecting when the user purchased the corresponding item may be determined. A score may then be determined for each item in the inventory of items based on the corresponding sale price information and the corresponding purchase date information. At least one item from the inventory of items may be determined to recommend for sale by the user based on the corresponding score of the at least one item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scot Fraser Hamilton, Steve Cheng, Lien Ekdahl, Amanda Thomas
  • Publication number: 20100309619
    Abstract: A metal display casing is disclosed, which includes a base plate having an edge, a bending portion extended from the edge, a fold-back portion connected to the bending portion, and a screw hole disposed on the fold-back portion. A display utilizing the metal display casing is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Cheng, Chin-Fa Chang, Mao-Chen Hsiao, Ying-Sheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20070174383
    Abstract: A system and method for effectively configuring a marketsite application integrator may include an application program running on a computer device that is coupled through a computer network to other 10 electronic entities for performing various types of electronic commercial transactions. An application integrator may be coupled to the application program for providing incoming data from a data source to the application program. The application integrator may also provide outgoing data from the application program to a data destination. The application integrator may 15 include various configurable integrator modules for selectively processing the incoming data and outgoing data in an appropriate and effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: Open Invention Network LLC
    Inventors: Richard Denoix, Carsten Blecken, Jayaram Kasi, Jong Park, Gary Yue, Steve Cheng, Changzhong Tong