Patents by Inventor Wen-Tai Hsieh

Wen-Tai Hsieh 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: 20130117793
    Abstract: A real-time translation system for digital televisions and method thereof. It includes a real-time translation server, an operating unit, and a digital television apparatus including a digital signal receiver, a display device, an Internet-enabled device, an operation signal receiving module, and a processor. The processor is connected to the digital signal receiver, the display device, the Internet-enabled device, and the operation signal receiving module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Ping-Che YANG, Liang-Pu CHEN, Tsun KU, Wen-Tai HSIEH
  • Patent number: 8374847
    Abstract: The invention discloses an error-detecting method for a Chinese article, handling a Chinese sentence including a first erroneous Chinese character string in a first location. The method includes subdividing the first erroneous Chinese character string into a plurality of first subgroups, wherein each of the first subgroups consists of two consecutive and non-consecutive Chinese characters out of the first erroneous Chinese character string. The method further includes providing a database containing a plurality of first correct Chinese character strings and a plurality of corresponding first correct indices, wherein the first correct indices consist of two consecutive and non-consecutive Chinese characters out of the first correct Chinese character strings. The method further includes acquiring one of the first correct indices according to the first subgroup, and one of the first correct Chinese character strings according to the acquired first correct index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Tsun Ku, Shih-Hung Wu, Wen-Nan Wang, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Ta-Hung Hung
  • Patent number: 8364749
    Abstract: Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources are provided. The system comprises a first client and a tagging index server. The first client extracts at least one first resource characteristic of a first resource, wherein the first resource characteristic comprises at least a first tag. The tagging index server receives the first resource characteristic of the first resource from the first client via a network. The tagging index server performs a content based comparison according to the first resource characteristic and at least one second resource characteristic of a second resource, and determines whether to establish an association between the first tag and at least one second tag of the second resource characteristic according to a result of the content based comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Jay Szetu, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Wei-Shen Lai, Han-Chao Lee, Seng-cho T. Chou, Yen-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 8346541
    Abstract: A method for constructing a Chinese dictionary is disclosed, including determining a probability for nominalization of a Chinese term with a given collocation term according to a determination rule and the correlation between the Chinese term and its corresponding collocations, wherein the Chinese term is determined to be a verb part-of-speech. The method further includes modifying the verb part-of-speech of the Chinese term with the given collocation term to an appropriate part-of-speech when the probability for nominalization of the Chinese term with the given collocation term is higher than a predetermined value, and storing the correlation between the Chinese term, the given collocation term and the appropriate part-of-speech in a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Wen-Nan Wang, Jason S. Chang, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Tsun Ku, Chien-Cheng Wu, Yu-Ru Chen
  • Patent number: 8244732
    Abstract: A named entity marking apparatus, a named entity marking method, and a computer program product thereof are provided. The named entity marking apparatus comprises a processor and a storage unit, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the storage unit. The storage unit is stored with an electronic document and a named entity database. The processor marks the electronic document into a first marked document by a first set of the named entity database. The processor decides a second set of the named entity database according to the first marked document. The processor re-marks the electronic document into a second marked document by the second set of the named entity database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Ping-Che Yang, Tsun Ku, Wei-Shen Lin, Chia-Ching Lu, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120109624
    Abstract: A text conversion method and a text conversion system are provided. A term mapping table recording a term mapping relationship between a source language and a target language is provided. A tokenization process is performed on a paragraph in the source language to obtain tokenization results. The tokenization results are compared with the term mapping table to determine each source language term in the paragraph is belonging to a first type or a second type. The source language terms belonging to the first type are converted into corresponding target language terms according to the term mapping table. Regarding each source language term of the second type, one of multiple corresponding candidate target language terms is selected as the target language term according to a co-occurrence relevance of relevant terms, wherein each relevant term is constituted by one candidate target language term and words before and after that in the paragraph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Ping-Che Yang, Shih-Hung Wu, Tsun Ku, Chien-Hui Lin, Chia-Ching Lu, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20120077156
    Abstract: A data processing system applying optical identification devices includes a printed matter having a plurality of encoded data printed thereon; an optical identification device for reading at least one encoded data from the printed matter; and a data processing device coupled to the optical identification device and storing a plurality of content data for reading the at least one encoded data through the optical identification device, obtaining at least one first data corresponding to an operation and one second data corresponding to one of the content data from the read encoded data and performing the corresponding operation of the first data on the one of the content data that the second data corresponds to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Shen LIN, Chia-Ching Lu, Tsun Ku, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8073849
    Abstract: A system for constructing data tag based on a concept relation network is disclosed. A tagging module collects input tags from users to create a tag table accordingly. A count of each tag used is calculated and compared with a predefined threshold value to generate two tag count tables. Relations between each tag and others are calculated. Additionally, an incremental concept is applied to maintain tags in the concept relation network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Wei-Shen Lai, Yi-Chi Chen, Cuo-Yen Lin, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110258194
    Abstract: A named entity marking apparatus, a named entity marking method, and a computer program product thereof are provided. The named entity marking apparatus comprises a processor and a storage unit, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the storage unit. The storage unit is stored with an electronic document and a named entity database. The processor marks the electronic document into a first marked document by a first set of the named entity database. The processor decides a second set of the named entity database according to the first marked document. The processor re-marks the electronic document into a second marked document by the second set of the named entity database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Ping-Che YANG, Tsun KU, Wei-Shen LIN, Chia-Ching LU, Wen-Tai HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20110246486
    Abstract: Methods and systems for extracting domain phrases are provided. First, a domain phrase database including a plurality of domain phrases is provided. For a candidate phrase, it is determined whether the candidate phrase is a domain phrase according to an occurrence condition of at least one part of the candidate phrase in the domain phrases of the domain phrase database and the occurrence condition of the at least one part of the candidate phrase at different relative positions in respective domain phrases in respective domain phrases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Ting-Chun Peng, Chia-Chun Shih, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110078800
    Abstract: Digital content management methods and systems are provided. First, device ID of a first electronic device is received, and a data license including at least the device ID of the first electronic device, and a control license including at least a read authorization for a digital content are generated. Then, the digital content and the control license are packed as a content package, and the content package and the data license are respectively transmitted to the first electronic device. An electronic device determines whether the device ID of the electronic device conforms to the device ID recorded in the data license. If so, the digital content in the content package is allowed to be read according to the control license. A new data license is generated for the digital content according to the device ID of a second electronic device. The new data license is stored to the second electronic device, and the data license in the first electronic device is abrogated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Kai-Liang KO, Yung-Sen JANG, Jay SZETU, Wen-Tai HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20100138217
    Abstract: A method for constructing a Chinese dictionary is disclosed, including determining a probability for nominalization of a Chinese term with a given collocation term according to a determination rule and the correlation between the Chinese term and its corresponding collocations, wherein the Chinese term is determined to be a verb part-of-speech. The method further includes modifying the verb part-of-speech of the Chinese term with the given collocation term to an appropriate part-of-speech when the probability for nominalization of the Chinese term with the given collocation term is higher than a predetermined value, and storing the correlation between the Chinese term, the given collocation term and the appropriate part-of-speech in a storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
    Inventors: Wen-Nan Wang, Jason S. Chang, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Tsun Ku, Chien-Cheng Wu, Yu-Ru Chen
  • Publication number: 20100131362
    Abstract: The invention discloses an advertising apparatus for generating a link corresponding to an advertisement, including a member module and an advertisement generation module. The member module generates a first public member ID for an advertiser account, wherein the advertiser account is logged onto a social networking platform on a first electronic device. The advertisement generation module generates the link including the first public member ID, and transmits the link to the first electronic device through the internet. The link is displayed on an editable space provided by the advertiser account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Chun-Ming LIANG, Jay SZETU, Shih-Chun CHOU, Wen-Tai HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20100063798
    Abstract: The invention discloses an error-detecting method for a Chinese article, handling a Chinese sentence including a first erroneous Chinese character string in a first location. The method includes subdividing the first erroneous Chinese character string into a plurality of first subgroups, wherein each of the first subgroups consists of two consecutive and non-consecutive Chinese characters out of the first erroneous Chinese character string. The method further includes providing a database containing a plurality of first correct Chinese character strings and a plurality of corresponding first correct indices, wherein the first correct indices consist of two consecutive and non-consecutive Chinese characters out of the first correct Chinese character strings. The method further includes acquiring one of the first correct indices according to the first subgroup, and one of the first correct Chinese character strings according to the acquired first correct index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Tsun KU, Shih-Hung WU, Wen-Nan WANG, Wen-Tai HSIEH, Ta-Hung HUNG
  • Publication number: 20090164584
    Abstract: Collaborative tagging systems and methods for resources are provided. The system comprises a first client and a tagging index server. The first client extracts at least one first resource characteristic of a first resource, wherein the first resource characteristic comprises at least a first tag. The tagging index server receives the first resource characteristic of the first resource from the first client via a network. The tagging index server performs a content based comparison according to the first resource characteristic and at least one second resource characteristic of a second resource, and determines whether to establish an association between the first tag and at least one second tag of the second resource characteristic according to a result of the content based comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Jay Szetu, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Wei-Shen Lai, Han-Chao Lee, Seng-cho T. Chou, Yen-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 7543030
    Abstract: An instant message is received from a first daemon corresponding to a first instant messaging application type originating with a first client, and transmits the instant message to a second daemon corresponding to a second instant messaging application type originating with a second client. A third daemon receives the instant message using communication protocol corresponding to the first instant messaging application type. A message switching unit acquires the second instant messaging application type corresponding to the third daemon identity, and acquires a second daemon identity. A fourth daemon transmits the instant message to the second daemon corresponding to the second daemon identity using communication protocol corresponding to the second instant messaging application type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Hsieh, Shih-Chun Chou, Yung-Fang Yang, Lu-Ping Chang
  • Publication number: 20090138443
    Abstract: A method for searching for a knowledge owner in a network community is executed in conjunction with a network platform database of a network platform, and includes the following steps: (A) extracting at least one keyword from a question submitted by an asker X; (B) using the at least one keyword as a topic, searching the network platform database for network users Y1˜Yn who have participated in discussions on the topic; (C) analyzing discussion histories of the network users Y1˜Yn on the network platform and finding at least one index value for each of the network users Y1˜Yn according to the discussion histories; and (D) according to the index values, selecting at least one knowledge owner associated with the topic from the network users Y1˜Yn and recommending the at least one knowledge owner to the asker X. A system for executing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: I-Kun HUANG, Wen-Tai HSIEH, Jyun-Cheng WANG, Jung-Chang HO
  • Publication number: 20090100078
    Abstract: A system for constructing data tag based on a concept relation network is disclosed. A tagging module collects input tags from users to create a tag table accordingly. A count of each tag used is calculated and compared with a predefined threshold value to generate two tag count tables. Relations between each tag and others are calculated. Additionally, an incremental concept is applied to maintain tags in the concept relation network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Wei-Shen Lai, Yi-Chi Chen, Cuo-Yen Lin, Wen-Tai Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20080114573
    Abstract: In a tag organization method a plurality of tags are received for tagging network resources. A range of resources tagged by each tag is determined for generating a hierarchical relationship network of tags according to the range of resources tagged by each tag. The hierarchical relationship network serves a graphical guide to facilitate resource searches, adjustment of search scope, to improve recall and precision, and ameliorate basic tag differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Wen-Tai Hsieh, Wei-Shen Lai
  • Patent number: 7212919
    Abstract: Guide route generation methods and systems. A target object is first selected by a visitor. The similarity or interest of candidate objects corresponding to the target object is calculated. Recommended objects are selected from the candidate objects according to the corresponding similarity or interest. A guide route is generated to link the recommended objects. The interest of the visitor is dynamically determined. If the interest is changed, the interest of the candidate objects is re-calculated, and recommended objects are re-selected from the candidate objects to generate a new guide route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Shih-Chun Chou, Wen-Tai Hsieh, Yung-Fang Yang