Patents by Inventor Sylvia Yu Chen

Sylvia Yu Chen 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: 20070286396
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device utility method (200), including receiving a first identifying address data input (202) via a data input device (114), initiating a first communication to the first identifying address (204), and ending the first communication to the first identifying address (206). The method includes receiving second identifying address data input (208) to initiate a second communication and determining if a predetermined condition (210) is met in ending the first communication. The second identifying address is associated with the first identifying address (214) when the second communication is initiated within a predetermined length of time from the ending of the first communication. The association between the first and second addresses is stored in a memory of the electronic device (216). The association is retrieved (406) when a subsequent communication is initiated to the first associated identifying address (402).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: WILLIAM P. ALBERTH, SYLVIA YU CHEN
  • Patent number: 6993490
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of coordinating an activity at a destination includes receiving a first signal indicative of a first location of a first party (110). The first signal is received at a destination of the first party. A second signal indicative of a second location of a second party is received at a destination (112), which is also the destination of the second party. A schedule is created (150) to coordinate the activity automatically at the destination. The schedule is based on the first and second signals indicative of the first and second locations and may include additional functions such as the estimated times of arrival of the first and second parties (120, 122). Also, the present invention is a method of notification upon arrival at a predetermined location (200) that includes receiving a first signal indicative of the location of a first party (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Sylvia Yu Chen, Michael D. Kotzin