Patents by Inventor Tony Cheng

Tony 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).

  • Patent number: 8244561
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats may be displayed on a personal computing device, and additional information about the seat or seats may be displayed in response to the customer or ticket re-seller or venue operator placing a location indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 8239225
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then paid for using payment information that is verified with a payment verification server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 8229774
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 8219448
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20120144344
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats may be displayed on a personal computing device, and additional information about the seat or seats may be displayed in response to the customer or ticket re-seller or venue operator placing a location indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: CEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20120136799
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then paid for using payment information that is verified with a payment verification server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: CEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20110264475
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20110071863
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: CEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7885839
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7881954
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7881953
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7685009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for interactively selecting one or more physical locations at a venue by an end user over a wide area network. The system or method transmits information relating to a set of available individual physical locations at a venue to an application running on a general purpose computer on the wide area network for display to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7664663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying airline seats. The system or method transmits data to an application running on a general purpose computer, the data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate a graphical user interface on the general purpose computer that comprises an interactive seating map representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about one or more of the individual seats in response to a user interaction with the graphical user interface, the interaction being triggered when placing a mouse over a portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20100036689
    Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: CEATS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7660729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving airline seats. The system or method receives first data representing payment information over the network from a general purpose computer. The system or method also transmits second data to an application running on the general purpose computer, the second data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate a graphical user interface on the general purpose computer that comprises an interactive seating map representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about selection of seats in response to a user interaction with the graphical user interface, the interaction being triggered when placing a mouse over a portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7660728
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving airline seats. The system or method receives first data representing payment information over the network from a general purpose computer. The system or method also transmits second data to an application running on the general purpose computer, the second data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate a graphical user interface on the general purpose computer that comprises an interactive seating map representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about one or more of the individual seats in response to a user interaction with the graphical user interface, the interaction being triggered when placing a mouse over a portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7660727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving rooms at a venue. The system or method transmits information relating to a plurality of available individual rooms at a venue to an application running on a general purpose computer on the wide area network for display to the end user. The system or method also provides a graphical user interface that includes an interactive map showing information relating to the available rooms at the venue. Through the interactive map the end user can select one or more available rooms. The interactive map may provide additional information on the one or more of available individual rooms when triggered by, for example, a mouse placed over one of the available individual rooms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7657449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving time slots for an appointment. The system or method transmits information relating to a plurality of available individual time slots for an appointment to an application running on a general purpose computer on the wide area network for display to the end user. The system or method also provides a graphical user interface that includes an interactive map showing information relating to the available time slots for the appointment. Through the interactive map the end user can select one or more available time slots. The interactive map may provide additional information on the one or more of available individual time slots when triggered by, for example, a mouse placed over one of the available individual time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Ceats, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Patent number: 7640178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving seats using a touch screen device. The system or method transmits first data to an application running on a personal computing device, the first data including information descriptive of available individual seats at the venue, the first data processed by the application to generate a graphical user interface on the personal computing device that comprises an interactive seating map representing individual seats at the venue. The system or method also receives from the personal computing device second data representing one or more seats selected by a touch screen input. In addition, the system or method receives over the network from the personal computing device third data representing payment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: CEATS, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung
  • Publication number: 20090276251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for selecting and reserving airline seats. The system or method receives first data representing payment information over the network from a general purpose computer. The system or method also transmits second data to an application running on the general purpose computer, the second data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate a graphical user interface on the general purpose computer that comprises an interactive seating map representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the second data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about selection of seats in response to a user interaction with the graphical user interface, the interaction being triggered when placing a mouse over a portion of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Tony Cheng-Tong Chung