Patents by Inventor Tony Yip

Tony Yip 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).

  • Image capture device having light field image capture mode, 2D image capture mode, and intermediate capture mode
    Patent number: 10154197
    Abstract: An image capture device, such as a camera, has multiple modes including a light field image capture mode, a conventional 2D image capture mode, and at least one intermediate image capture mode. By changing position and/or properties of the microlens array (MLA) in front of the image sensor, changes in 2D spatial resolution and angular resolution can be attained. In at least one embodiment, such changes can be performed in a continuous manner, allowing a continuum of intermediate modes to be attained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng, Kurt Akeley
  • Systems and methods of secure data exchange
    Patent number: 9762553
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Todd Ford, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Richard David Anstey, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Amir M. Azmi, Selom Harry Azuma, Wade Michael Callison, Clement Cazalot, Mayank Choudhary, Peter W. Cleary, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Fuat Ertunc, Simon Genzer, John William Giudice, Douglas McLean Gordon, Jonathan Gorin, Mushegh Hakhinian, John Held, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ganesh Kannan, John Landy, David Scott Lindsay, Dario R. Lirio, Himali Mahajan, Olivier Mangez, Kevin L. McCarthy, Kevin McNulty, Jerry Lee Meyer, Anupam Miharia, Constantin Miroslav, Andrew James Mitchell, Uli P. Mittermaier, Harshal Morparia, Alex Negrea, Yana Nikolayeva, Madhavi Parimi, Matthew A. Porzio, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Liviu Rozin, Godsway Sappor, Glenn Schwartz, Fahim Siddiqui, Nanu Swamy, Paul Tearnen, Karla Toyloy-Mattera, Sudhakar Velamoor, Margin Vora, Michael Joseph Waluk, Charlie Weiblen, Peter Wenzel, Jeffery Chi Wong, Tony Yip, Khurram Ghafoor
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE DATA EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20170142076
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Todd Ford, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Richard David Anstey, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Amir M. Azmi, Selom Harry Azuma, Wade Michael Callison, Clement Cazalot, Mayank Choudhary, Peter W. Cleary, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Fuat Ertunc, Simon Genzer, John William Giudice, Douglas McLean Gordon, Jonathan Gorin, Mushegh Hakhinian, John Held, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ganesh Kannan, John Landy, David Scott Lindsay, Dario R. Lirio, Himali Mahajan, Olivier Mangez, Kevin L. McCarthy, Kevin McNulty, Jerry Lee Meyer, Anupam Miharia, Constantin Miroslav, Andrew James Mitchell, Uli P. Mittermaier, Harshal Morparia, Alex Negrea, Yana Nikolayeva, Madhavi Parimi, Matthew A. Porzio, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Liviu Rozin, Godsway Sappor, Glenn Schwartz, Fahim Siddiqui, Nanu Swamy, Paul Tearnen, Karla Toyloy-Mattera, Sudhakar Velamoor, Margin Vora, Michael Joseph Waluk, Charlie Weiblen, Peter Wenzel, Jeffrey Chi Wong, Tony Yip, Khurram Ghafoor
  • Systems and methods of secure data exchange
    Patent number: 9613190
    Abstract: An example method for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment includes establishing, by a secure exchange facility and managed by an intermediate organizational entity, a procedure that allows a user from a first entity to share access to computer data content with a user from a second entity based on indicated access rights. The method includes transforming the computer data content into DRM protected content, utilizing a DRM engine provided by a separate entity. The method includes granting access to the content to the second user, providing permissioned control to entities utilizing a number of data storage nodes, and managing secure data exchange of the content and metadata, without the secure exchange facility having access to the content. The method includes operations to support content services including data transformation, filtering, analytics, and searching tools for the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Intralinks, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Todd Ford, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Richard David Anstey, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Amir M. Azmi, Selom Harry Azuma, Wade Michael Callison, Clement Cazalot, Mayank Choudhary, Peter W. Cleary, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Fuat Ertunc, Simon Genzer, John William Giudice, Douglas McLean Gordon, Jonathan Gorin, Mushegh Hakhinian, John Held, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ganesh Kannan, John Landy, David Scott Lindsay, Dario R. Lirio, Himali Mahajan, Olivier Mangez, Kevin L. McCarthy, Kevin McNulty, Jerry Lee Meyer, Anupam Miharia, Constantin Miroslav, Andrew James Mitchell, Uli P. Mittermaier, Harshal Morparia, Alex Negrea, Yana Nikolayeva, Madhavi Parimi, Matthew A. Porzio, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Liviu Rozin, Godsway Sappor, Glenn Schwartz, Fahim Siddiqui, Nanu Swamy, Paul Tearnen, Karla Toyloy-Mattera, Sudhakar Velamoor, Margin Vora, Michael Joseph Waluk, Charlie Weiblen, Peter Wenzel, Jeffery Chi Wong, Tony Yip, Khurram Ghafoor
  • IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE MODE, 2D IMAGE CAPTURE MODE, AND INTERMEDIATE CAPTURE MODE
    Publication number: 20160316144
    Abstract: An image capture device, such as a camera, has multiple modes including a light field image capture mode, a conventional 2D image capture mode, and at least one intermediate image capture mode. By changing position and/or properties of the microlens array (MLA) in front of the image sensor, changes in 2D spatial resolution and angular resolution can be attained. In at least one embodiment, such changes can be performed in a continuous manner, allowing a continuum of intermediate modes to be attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng, Kurt Akeley
  • Light field image capture device having 2D image capture mode
    Patent number: 9411122
    Abstract: A dual-mode light field camera or plenoptic camera is enabled to perform both 3D light field imaging and conventional high-resolution 2D imaging, depending on the selected mode. In particular, an active system is provided that enables the microlenses to be optically or effectively turned on or turned off, allowing the camera to selectively operate as a 2D imaging camera or a 3D light field camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Lytro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE DATA EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20150310188
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for managing digital rights management (DRM) protected content sharing in a networked secure collaborative computer data exchange environment through a secure exchange facility managed by an intermediate organizational entity amongst users of a plurality of other organizational entities, wherein computer data content and access rights for the computer data content is shared between a first and second user, the computer data content and access rights for the computer data content are transformed into a DRM protected computer data content through communications with a DRM engine, wherein the DRM engine is selected based on a content type of the computer data content, and the DRM engine is provided by an entity other than the intermediate organizational entity and other than any of the plurality of other organizational entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Todd Ford, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Richard David Anstey, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Amir M. Azmi, Selom Harry Azuma, Wade Michael Callison, Clement Cazalot, Mayank Choudhary, Peter W. Cleary, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Fuat Ertunc, Simon Genzer, John William Giudice, Douglas McLean Gordon, Jonathan Gorin, Mushegh Hakhinian, John Held, Ronald W. Hovsepian, Ganesh Kannan, John Landy, David Scott Lindsay, Dario R. Lirio, Himali Mahajan, Olivier Mangez, Kevin L. McCarthy, Kevin McNulty, Jerry Lee Meyer, Anupam Miharia, Constantin Miroslav, Andrew James Mitchell, Uli P. Mittermaier, Harshal Morparia, Alex Negrea, Yana Nikolayeva, Madhavi Parimi, Matthew A. Porzio, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Liviu Rozin, Godsway Sappor, Glenn Schwartz, Fahim Siddiqui, Nanu Swamy, Paul Tearnen, Karla Toyloy-Mattera, Sudhakar Velamoor, Margin Vora, Michael Joseph Waluk, Charlie Weiblen, Peter Wenzel, Jeffrey Chi Wong, Tony Yip, Khurram Ghafoor
  • LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING 2D IMAGE CAPTURE MODE
    Publication number: 20150247986
    Abstract: A dual-mode light field camera or plenoptic camera is enabled to perform both 3D light field imaging and conventional high-resolution 2D imaging, depending on the selected mode. In particular, an active system is provided that enables the microlenses to be optically or effectively turned on or turned off, allowing the camera to selectively operate as a 2D imaging camera or a 3D light field camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng
  • Light field image capture device having 2D image capture mode
    Patent number: 9077901
    Abstract: A dual-mode light field camera or plenoptic camera is enabled to perform both 3D light field imaging and conventional high-resolution 2D imaging, depending on the selected mode. In particular, an active system is provided that enables the microlenses to be optically or effectively turned on or turned off, allowing the camera to selectively operate as a 2D imaging camera or a 3D light field camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Lytro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng
  • CUSTOMIZABLE SECURE DATA EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150163206
    Abstract: In embodiments, the disclosure provides a secure data exchange system that includes a data management facility; and a plurality of data storage nodes. The data management facility manages content sharing between entities of data stored in the data storage nodes, wherein the data is stored by a user of a first entity and comprises content and metadata. The data management facility only has access to the metadata of the user data for managing of the data in the plurality of data storage nodes and not the content. The data management facility may be geographically distributed at a plurality of data management sites and the data storage nodes may exist inside and outside of a firewall of the first entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin L. McCarthy, Jerry Lee Meyer, Sudhakar Velamoor, David Scott Lindsay, Visal Chandrakant Acharya, Benedict Robert Dsilva, Paul Tearnen, Peter Wenzel, John Held, Charlie Weiblen, Ganesh Kannan, Madhavi Parimi, Selom Harry Azuma, Himali Mahajan, Dario R. Lirio, Michael Joseph Waluk, John Landy, Fahim Siddiqui, Christopher Todd Ford, Margin Vora, Matthew A. Porzio, Harshal Morparia, Yana Nikolayeva, Tony Yip, Mayank Choudhary, Liviu Rozin, Ronald W. Hovsepian, John William Giudice, Vedang Shailesh Purohit, Wasif Qayyum Awan, Peter W. Cleary
  • LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING 2D IMAGE CAPTURE MODE
    Publication number: 20150070474
    Abstract: A dual-mode light field camera or plenoptic camera is enabled to perform both 3D light field imaging and conventional high-resolution 2D imaging, depending on the selected mode. In particular, an active system is provided that enables the microlenses to be optically or effectively turned on or turned off, allowing the camera to selectively operate as a 2D imaging camera or a 3D light field camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jerome Chandra Bhat, Brandon Elliott Merle Clarke, Graham Butler Myhre, Ravi Kiran Nalla, Steven David Oliver, Tony Yip Pang Poon, William D. Houck, II, Colvin Pitts, Yi-Ren Ng
  • CONFIGURING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON LIGHT-FIELD PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20140176592
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, the present may be used to apply a wide variety of processes to a two-dimensional image generated from light-field data. One or more parameters, such as light-field parameters and/or device capture parameters may be included in metadata of the two-dimensional image, and may be retrieved and processed to determine the appropriate value(s) of a first setting of the process. The process may be applied uniformly, or with variation across subsets of the two-dimensional image, down to individual pixels. The process may be a noise filtering process, an image sharpening process, a color adjustment process, a tone curve process, a contrast adjustment process, a saturation adjustment process, a gamma adjustment process, a combination thereof, or any other known process that may be desirable for enhancing two-dimensional images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Lytro, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett Wilburn, Tony Yip Pang Poon, Colvin Pitts, Chia-Kai Liang, Timothy Knight, Robert Carroll
  • Automated software deployment triggered by state differences in distributed systems
    Patent number: 8458690
    Abstract: An automated arrangement for deploying software updates to a distributed system based on state differences is provided in which a manifest defines a target snapshot of the desired state of the system after it is updated. A snapshot of the current distributed system state is taken and a state difference between the current state and the target state is calculated. A rule-based engine applies pre-defined rules to generate a sequence of actions that when performed will bring the distributed system to the target state. Accordingly, rather than have to focus on how to change the distributed system, software developers and system administrators may instead specify the target distributed system state in the manifest and the present automated deployment arrangement will perform the required actions to deploy the updates and achieve the desired state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Junbo Zhang, Tony Yip, Shu Zhang, Lois Wang, Tianxiang Chen, Eric Zheng
  • AUTOMATED SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT TRIGGERED BY STATE DIFFERENCES IN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100281473
    Abstract: An automated arrangement for deploying software updates to a distributed system based on state differences is provided in which a manifest defines a target snapshot of the desired state of the system after it is updated. A snapshot of the current distributed system state is taken and a state difference between the current state and the target state is calculated. A rule-based engine applies pre-defined rules to generate a sequence of actions that when performed will bring the distributed system to the target state. Accordingly, rather than have to focus on how to change the distributed system, software developers and system administrators may instead specify the target distributed system state in the manifest and the present automated deployment arrangement will perform the required actions to deploy the updates and achieve the desired state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junbo Zhang, Tony Yip, Shu Zhang, Lois Wang, Tianxiang Chen, Eric Zheng
  • Centralized configuration data management for distributed clients
    Patent number: 7827199
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Managing client configuration data
    Patent number: 7590669
    Abstract: Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The configuration data is stored in a memory area and relates to an operation of one or more entities. In response to the received request, computer-executable instructions identify a plurality of the entities affected by the change and implement the change for the identified plurality of entities in accordance with the function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Kok Wai Chan, Rui Chen, Rahul Shrikant Newaskar, Anthony Toivonen
  • Tracking offline user activity and computing rate information for offline publishers
    Publication number: 20080270233
    Abstract: Architecture that leverages enabling technologies for tracking offline activity of a user, and rating performance of offline/online publishers of content and/or advertisements. Knowledge about user offline interests can be accumulated and used to target the user with smart advertisements when offline or online. Moreover, the performance of publishers of the offline content computed by merchants who contract with publishers to provide the best exposure. In support thereof, rate information in the form of response rate and conversion rate can be computed and analyzed for each offline publisher. A publisher referral ID for a publisher is inserted into detectable indicia associated with offline media such as print media, audio media, video media, etc. When a user interacts with the offline content using a cell phone, the captured information is forwarded to an online advertisement component framework for responding to the user interaction (e.g., a purchase transaction or request for further information).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Yip, Junbo Zhang, Lois Wang, Jacky Wang
  • Centralized Configuration Data Management For Distributed Clients
    Publication number: 20080196107
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Centralized configuration data management for distributed clients
    Patent number: 7383271
    Abstract: System and method for managing a plurality of clients. A request to implement a change in configuration data is received from a user. The configuration data relates to an operation of a client. The received request is stored in a memory area. Computer-executable instructions request topology data from the memory area based on the configuration data to identify the client. The requested topology data is received from the memory area. Computer-executable instructions identify a notification service associated with the client and notify the identified notification service of the change in the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Maximiliano Maccanti, Baskaran Dharmarajan, Walter Oliver, Claudia Irene Bond, Scott M. Anson, Juanya Davon Williams
  • Method and system for staged web service upgrade from an existing version to a different version
    Patent number: 7380003
    Abstract: Managing a web service provided by a plurality of servers coupled to a data communication network. Two versions of the web service are executed on the plurality of servers and a selected version of the web service is identified for execution based on a request from a user for access the web service. While access to the web service is permitted via at least one server, the web service is updated on at least one other server. One or more servers providing the web service may specify a default version of the web service as the selected version if the request from the user does not specify a version of the web service for access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Quiang Michael Guo, Ying-Kin Tony Yip, Neelamadhaba Mahapatro, Rui Chen