Patents by Inventor Yaoshiang Ho

Yaoshiang Ho 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: 10445762
    Abstract: Video editor and an online video platform (OVP) computer systems, methods, and medium are provided for automatedly and randomly creating variations of a video, then uploading and market testing the favorability of each video version, such as for: A/B testing of an online commercial. Alternative video element combinations are selected by a user in a video editor application, saved in a data structure as separate video files, randomly combined into a full-length video via the OVP in response to a user activating a URL in a webpage, and then statistically analyzed for favorability, persuasiveness, etc. The video elements that are made into altered versions comprise: video clips, cards, overlays, and background music. Types of alterations comprise: permutations via switching the order of elements; split-testing by creating variations of scenes, cards, and/or background music for timecoded video segments; and dropping by omitting an element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Yaoshiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20150212694
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for increasing a size of content associated with a frame of a web page displayed in a web browser is provided. The method includes determining that the web page contains a plurality of frames, wherein each frame contains content comprising text or image data. The method further includes receiving an indication of selection of one of the plurality of frames and performing a zoom operation for content of the selected one of the plurality of frames. The method further refrains from performing the zoom operation for content of the frames other than the selected one of the plurality of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Yaoshiang Ho
  • Publication number: 20130151615
    Abstract: Configurations for providing a personal media catalog or catalog including different types of media that is owned by a user to enable renting or lending to the user's contact within the user's social graph. The personal media catalog can be provided within a given online social network that can be viewed by the user's contacts. The personal media catalog can be included in the user's profile or in a separate page within the online social network. Additionally, the personal media catalog can be presented in a format facilitates browsing of one or more items in the personal media catalog (e.g., cover flow, gallery, slideshow, etc.). The personal media catalog can one or more different types of media that are available to be rented or lent to the user's contacts, including different types of packaged media (e.g., books, compact discs, digital video discs, magazines, records, tapes, etc.) or electronic/downloadable media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Yaoshiang Ho