Patents by Inventor Theodore C. Chen

Theodore C. 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: 20190289443
    Abstract: System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Demele, Theodore C. Chen
  • Patent number: 10349239
    Abstract: System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventors: Michael P. Demele, Theodore C. Chen
  • Publication number: 20180084394
    Abstract: System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Michael P. Demele, Theodore C. Chen
  • Patent number: 9848308
    Abstract: System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael P. Demele, Theodore C. Chen
  • Publication number: 20170195863
    Abstract: System and method for generating notifications when a person is in a driving state, in a non-driving state, and optionally a destination arrival notification so that interested parties, such as family members, friends and/or co-workers, can make informed and proactive decisions to not call or text the person while driving is described. With push notifications, interested parties can thus make informed decisions and purposely delay making a phone call or texting a driver until after they have arrived at their destination and are no longer driving. As a result, drivers are not needlessly distracted, significantly improving road safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael P. Demele, Theodore C. Chen
  • Publication number: 20150356885
    Abstract: Determining and delivering personalized nutrition to individuals by generating a personalized nutrition plan for an individual that specifies at least one dosage formula including specific amounts of a plurality of nutritional ingredients. Once the dosage formula is defined, the ingredients are physically delivered to the individual and the dosage formula is delivered over an electronic communication network to a nutrition appliance associated with the individual. The nutrition appliance is configured to generate a food product from (a) the plurality of nutritional ingredients provided to the individual and (b) in accordance with the dosage formula delivered over the electronic communication network. In a non-exclusive embodiment, the dosage formula includes specified amounts of at least vitamins, antioxidants, proteins and carbohydrates and a flavor. The food product may be either a liquid, such as a beverage and smoothie, or a solid, such as a bar, cereal, cracker or chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore C. CHEN, James W. ROSE
  • Patent number: 9204258
    Abstract: An application, embedded in a computer readable medium, that is configured to disable certain communication and/or other application functions on a mobile communication device. The application is configured to (i) receive one or more sample signals, which are indicative of ambient motion of the mobile communication device in the vehicle, from an accelerometer (ii) ascertain when the mobile communication device is in an undesirable motion state from the patterns of ambient motion, and (iii) disable one or more communication and/or other application functions when the mobile communication device is in the undesirable motion state. By using the accelerometer to generate the one or more sample signals, patterns of motion of the mobile communication device relative to the vehicle can be ascertained. When the motion patterns indicate that the vehicle is in motion, then the one or more communication and/or other application functions are disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: Theodore C. Chen, Michael P. Demele
  • Publication number: 20140342717
    Abstract: An application, embedded in a computer readable medium, that is configured to disable certain communication and/or other application functions on a mobile communication device. The application is configured to (i) receive one or more sample signals, which are indicative of ambient motion of the mobile communication device in the vehicle, from an accelerometer (ii) ascertain when the mobile communication device is in an undesirable motion state from the patterns of ambient motion, and (iii) disable one or more communication and/or other application functions when the mobile communication device is in the undesirable motion state. By using the accelerometer to generate the one or more sample signals, patterns of motion of the mobile communication device relative to the vehicle can be ascertained. When the motion patterns indicate that the vehicle is in motion, then the one or more communication and/or other application functions are disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Theodore C. CHEN, Michael P. DEMELE
  • Publication number: 20140342718
    Abstract: An application, embedded in a computer readable medium, that is configured to disable certain communication and/or other application functions on a mobile communication device. The application is configured to (i) receive one or more sample signals, which are indicative of ambient motion of the mobile communication device in the vehicle, from an accelerometer (ii) ascertain when the mobile communication device is in an undesirable motion state from the patterns of ambient motion, and (iii) disable one or more communication and/or other application functions when the mobile communication device is in the undesirable motion state. By using the accelerometer to generate the one or more sample signals, patterns of motion of the mobile communication device relative to the vehicle can be ascertained. When the motion patterns indicate that the vehicle is in motion, then the one or more communication and/or other application functions are disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Theodore C. CHEN, Michael P. DEMELE
  • Patent number: 7069228
    Abstract: The present invention is a software product that provides merchants that sell time-slot inventories tools to capitalize on the Internet revolution. The present invention enables the creation of web-sites for merchants with a built-in web-based reservation booking system. This offers customers the on-line benefits of access, selection and immediacy in making real-time reservation/appointments over the Internet. The software product also simplifies the merchant's booking process by providing a central web-based reservation/appointment management system that can be used for all bookings, regardless if made by telephone, by a walk-in customer, or by a customer via the Internet. The software product also provides the merchant with a powerful direct marketing tool. As a merchant uses the software product, user-customer profiles and demographics are captured in the database module, thus creating (in Web jargon) a “community” of customers specific to the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Inventors: James W. Rose, Theodore C. Chen