Patents by Inventor Tony S. T. Hsu

Tony S. T. Hsu 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).

  • Auto-deploying an application from a mobile device to a host in a pervasive computing environment
    Patent number: 8285199
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for auto-deploying an application from a mobile communication device to a host in a pervasive computing environment. The technique can detect and can select an available host around the mobile communication device. The technique can determine if the mobile communication device issues a request of auto-deploying a selected application into the available host. In response to the issued auto-deploying request, the selected application can be auto-deployed into the available host for execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tony S. T. Hsu, Charles H. Lu
  • Handheld device, method, and computer program product for user selecting control component of application program
    Publication number: 20100333034
    Abstract: Methods, systems, e.g., handheld device(s), and computer-program products are disclosed for a user selecting a control component, e.g., a control unit, of an application program. A plurality of available control components can be detected. A shortcut key can be assigned to each detected control component. The assigned shortcut key corresponding to each detected control component can be displayed. An instruction can be transmitted, responsive to one of the shortcut keys being initiated by the user, to the application program to select the corresponding control component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Pierre Carlson, Tony S.T. Hsu, Charles H. Lu
  • AUTO-DEPLOYING AN APPLICATION FROM A MOBILE DEVICE TO A HOST IN A PERVASIVE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20090111453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique for auto-deploying an application from a mobile communication device to a host in a pervasive computing environment. The technique can detect and can select an available host around the mobile communication device. The technique can determine if the mobile communication device issues a request of auto-deploying a selected application into the available host. In response to the issued auto-deploying request, the selected application can be auto-deployed into the available host for execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: TONY S.T. HSU, CHARLES H. LU