Patents by Inventor Tony Sun
Tony Sun 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).
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Patent number: 10789656Abstract: Methods for providing a privacy setting for a target user relative to relationships with a number of other users in a social network utilizing an electronic computing device are presented, the method including: causing the electronic computing device to retrieve a current privacy setting for a common profile item, where the common profile item corresponds with the target user and each of the number of other users, and where the common profile item is one of a number of common profile items; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a pseudo-common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy settings of the target user and the number of other users; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a final common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy setting.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sherry X. Guo, Tony Sun, Dwayne Lorenzo Richardson, Eugene Michael Maximilien, Kun Liu, Tyrone Wilberforce Andre Grandison
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Publication number: 20170278197Abstract: Methods for providing a privacy setting for a target user relative to relationships with a number of other users in a social network utilizing an electronic computing device are presented, the method including: causing the electronic computing device to retrieve a current privacy setting for a common profile item, where the common profile item corresponds with the target user and each of the number of other users, and where the common profile item is one of a number of common profile items; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a pseudo-common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy settings of the target user and the number of other users; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a final common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Tyrone W.A. Grandison, Sherry Guo, Kun Liu, Michael Maximilien, Dwayne L. Richardson, Tony Sun
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Patent number: 9704203Abstract: Methods for providing a privacy setting for a target user in a social network utilizing an electronic computing device are presented, the method including: causing the electronic computing device to retrieve a current privacy setting for a common profile item, where the common profile item corresponds with the target user and each of a number of users, and where the common profile item is one of a number of common profile items; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy setting; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a common profile item visibility value for the common profile item based on the a current privacy setting and the sensitivity value for the common profile item; and causing the electronic computing device to calculate the privacy score of the target user.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tyrone W. A. Grandison, Sherry Guo, Kun Liu, Michael Maxmilien, Dwayne L. Richardson, Tony Sun
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Patent number: 8638042Abstract: A lamp ballast is provided for igniting and operating an HID lamp. A buck inverter circuit includes a pair of high-frequency and a pair of low-frequency switches. A capacitor and an inductor are series-connected between a first node between the low frequency switches and a second node between the high frequency switches. A lamp igniting circuit is coupled between the first node and a first lamp output terminal, and a second lamp output terminal is coupled to a third node between the capacitor and the inductor. A control circuit turns on and off the switches to regulate low frequency square wave voltage generated across the lamp output terminals to be less than an input DC voltage from the positive rail, wherein the buck inverter operates in either of a critical discontinuous mode or a discontinuous mode during an open circuit operation, and in a critical discontinuous mode during other operations.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony Sun, Kenichi Fukuda
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Patent number: 8463730Abstract: A solution for rapid evaluation of numerically large complex rules governing network and application transactions includes, at a network device, receiving network transaction record comprising a plurality of elements that characterize a network transaction, creating a hash of a result of concatenating the plurality of elements, and if the hash is found in a hash table comprising, for each network transaction rule, a hash of the plurality of elements comprising the rule, blocking the network transaction or alerting a network user that a prohibited transaction has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2009Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Paul Smith, Rick Giles, Tony Sun
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Patent number: 8234688Abstract: Methods for managing privacy settings for a social network using an electronic computing device are presented including: causing the electronic computing device to receive a triggering event on the social network; and causing the electronic computing device to determine a number of privacy indices in response to the triggering event, where the number of privacy indices correspond with at least one target user, where the number of privacy indices are normalized from a summation of a number of privacy scores, where the number of privacy scores are each derived from a sum of attribute scores, and where the sum of attribute scores are each derived from a weighted sensitivity value of an attribute and a user relationship distance value of a user and the target user.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tyrone W. A. Grandison, Sherry Guo, Kun Liu, Eugene M Maximilien, Dwayne L Richardson, Tony Sun
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Patent number: 8154211Abstract: An apparatus and method thereof for igniting and operating a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp during an in service life, and powering down the lamp when an end-of-life (EOL) lamp condition is detected. The apparatus and method defines a series of thresholds of lamp voltage asymmetry, or rectification thresholds, and monitors the lamp rectification from ignition through normal operation. The detection scheme is masked off for a predetermined period of time when the lamp is initially started. Thereafter, the rectification threshold of the lamp voltage asymmetry is gradually reduced over time, until a defined minimum rectification threshold level is reached and maintained. The method continuously monitors the lamp voltage and records whenever the lamp voltage asymmetry is higher than the rectification threshold level at any lamp voltage cycle.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Nanu Brates, Bhavinkumar Shah, Yiyoung Tony Sun
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Publication number: 20110084613Abstract: An apparatus and method thereof for igniting and operating a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp during an in service life, and powering down the lamp when an end-of-life (EOL) lamp condition is detected. The apparatus and method defines a series of thresholds of lamp voltage asymmetry, or rectification thresholds, and monitors the lamp rectification from ignition through normal operation. The detection scheme is masked off for a predetermined period of time when the lamp is initially started. Thereafter, the rectification threshold of the lamp voltage asymmetry is gradually reduced over time, until a defined minimum rectification threshold level is reached and maintained. The method continuously monitors the lamp voltage and records whenever the lamp voltage asymmetry is higher than the rectification threshold level at any lamp voltage cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 14, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nanu BRATES, Bhavinkumar SHAH, Yiyoung Tony SUN
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Publication number: 20110029566Abstract: Methods for providing a privacy setting for a target user in a social network utilizing an electronic computing device are presented, the method including: causing the electronic computing device to retrieve a current privacy setting for a common profile item, where the common profile item corresponds with the target user and each of a number of users, and where the common profile item is one of a number of common profile items; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a common profile item sensitivity value for the common profile item based on the current privacy setting; causing the electronic computing device to calculate a common profile item visibility value for the common profile item based on the a current privacy setting and the sensitivity value for the common profile item; and causing the electronic computing device to calculate the privacy score of the target user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tyrone W.A. Grandison, Sherry Guo, Kun Liu, Michael Maximilien, Dwayne L. Richardson, Tony Sun
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Publication number: 20100257577Abstract: Methods for managing privacy settings for a social network using an electronic computing device are presented including: causing the electronic computing device to receive a triggering event on the social network; and causing the electronic computing device to determine a number of privacy indices in response to the triggering event, where the number of privacy indices correspond with at least one target user, where the number of privacy indices are normalized from a summation of a number of privacy scores, where the number of privacy scores are each derived from a sum of attribute scores, and where the sum of attribute scores are each derived from a weighted sensitivity value of an attribute and a user relationship distance value of a user and the target user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tyrone W.A. Grandison, Sherry Guo, Kun Liu, Michael Maximilien, Dwayne L Richardson, Tony Sun
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Patent number: 7469940Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting a discharge lamp lighting device from damage due to mis-wiring of a source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device. The protection apparatus includes a detector, a comparer and an inhibitor. The detector samples at least one monitor point associated with the discharge lamp lighting device to obtain at least one detection voltage. The comparer compares the at least one detection voltage with a reference voltage. The inhibitor inhibits an operation of the discharge lamp lighting device when the comparer determines that a mis-wiring of the source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device exists.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony Sun, Takeshi Goriki, Kenichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20080143270Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting a discharge lamp lighting device from damage due to mis-wiring of a source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device. The protection apparatus includes a detector, a comparer and an inhibitor. The detector samples at least one monitor point associated with the discharge lamp lighting device to obtain at least one detection voltage. The comparer compares the at least one detection voltage with a reference voltage. The inhibitor inhibits an operation of the discharge lamp lighting device when the comparer determines that a mis-wiring of the source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony SUN, Takeshi GORIKI, Kenichi FUKUDA
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Patent number: 7365951Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting a discharge lamp lighting device from damage due to mis-wiring of a source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device. The protection apparatus includes a detector, a comparer and an inhibitor. The detector samples at least one monitor point associated with the discharge lamp lighting device to obtain at least one detection voltage. The comparer compares the at least one detection voltage with a reference voltage. The inhibitor inhibits an operation of the discharge lamp lighting device when the comparer determines that a mis-wiring of the source of electrical power to the discharge lamp lighting device exists.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony Sun, Takeshi Goriki, Kenichi Fukuda
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Patent number: 6864645Abstract: Circuit and method for driving a gas discharge lamp having a bridge converter. The bridge converter includes a plurality of switches. A controller turns on and off the plurality of switches. The circuit further includes a zero current sensor circuit. The controller senses at least one voltage differential to control a length of time that at least one of the at least four switches is on. The controller controls when at least one of the plurality of switches is turned on in accordance with an output of the zero cross sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony Sun, Takeshi Goriki, Hiroyasu Eriguchi
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Publication number: 20040183463Abstract: Circuit and method for driving a gas discharge lamp having a bridge converter. The bridge converter includes a plurality of switches. A controller turns on and off the plurality of switches. The circuit further includes a zero current sensor circuit. The controller senses at least one voltage differential to control a length of time that at least one of the at least four switches is on. The controller controls when at least one of the plurality of switches is turned on in accordance with an output of the zero cross sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Yiyoung Tony Sun, Takeshi Goriki, Hiroyasu Eriguchi