Patents by Inventor Yih-Farn Robin Chen
Yih-Farn Robin Chen 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: 10547681Abstract: Encoding a file into a plurality of chunks, wherein a subset of the plurality of chunks may be used to create a functional equivalent of the file. At least one additional chunk is created from the plurality of chunks. The at least one additional chunk is directed to be stored in a cache memory and the plurality of chunks are directed to be stored on at least one storage node. Upon demand for the file, at least one additional chunk is cased to be retrieved from the cache and at least a portion of the plurality of chunks are caused to be retrieved from the at least one storage node and the functional equivalent of the file is constructed through utilization of the at least one additional chunk and the portion of the plurality of chunks.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., The George Washington UniversityInventors: Yu Xiang, Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Vaneet Aggarwal, Tian Lan
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Patent number: 10503809Abstract: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Rittwik Jana, Serban Jora, Bernard S. Renger, Bin Wei
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Patent number: 9955330Abstract: Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Emiliano Miluzzo, Ramon Caceres, Yih-Farn Robin Chen
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Publication number: 20180004667Abstract: Encoding a file into a plurality of chunks, wherein a subset of the plurality of chunks may be used to create a functional equivalent of the file. At least one additional chunk is created from the plurality of chunks. The at least one additional chunk is directed to be stored in a cache memory and the plurality of chunks are directed to be stored on at least one storage node. Upon demand for the file, at least one additional chunk is cased to be retrieved from the cache and at least a portion of the plurality of chunks are caused to be retrieved from the at least one storage node and the functional equivalent of the file is constructed through utilization of the at least one additional chunk and the portion of the plurality of chunks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Yu Xiang, Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Vaneet Aggarwal, Tian Lan
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Publication number: 20170212871Abstract: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin CHEN, Rittwik JANA, Serban JORA, Bernard S. RENGER, Bin WEI
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Patent number: 9619437Abstract: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS and non-RSS information for and to interested parties. This platform may be used for the construction of a personalized blogging agent as well as for a personalized news aggregator.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Rittwik Jana, Serban Jora, Bernard S. Renger, Bin Wei
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Publication number: 20150223043Abstract: Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: Emiliano Miluzzo, Ramon Caceres, Yih-Farn Robin Chen
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Patent number: 9031531Abstract: Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Emiliano Miluzzo, Ramon Caceres, Yih-Farn Robin Chen
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Publication number: 20140141744Abstract: Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Emiliano Miluzzo, Ramon Caceres, Yih-Farn Robin Chen
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Patent number: 8611362Abstract: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Sam John, Serban Jora, Bin Wei
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Patent number: 8351441Abstract: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Sam John, Serban Jora, Bin Wei
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Patent number: 8190687Abstract: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an architecture and method is presented for proving multimedia emergency information. A platform is presented that separates content control and delivery control of emergency multimedia information to provide real-time alerting to recipients.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Rittwik Jana, Huale Huang, Bin Wei
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Publication number: 20090264103Abstract: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Sam John, Serban Jora, Bin Wei
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Patent number: 7581166Abstract: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, correlation, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS, ATOM or other syndicated-style data formats along with non-syndicated content for blogs and for searching by interested parties. Then non-syndicated content may be substantially any type of multimedia content that has not yet been edited or that has been edited. The system and method may receive data content that originated from a syndicated information source along with other data content that originated from a non-syndicated information source. The system and method convert both types of content into, at least, blog information and blog data. The blog information comprising, information that points to a storage location of the blog data. The exemplary method further enables a user to search the blog data regardless of whether the blog data originated from a syndicated data source or non-syndicated data source.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Bernard S Renger, Rittwik Jana, Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Serban Vadim Jora, Bin Wei
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Patent number: 7567575Abstract: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Sam John, Serban Jora, Bin Wei
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Publication number: 20080034056Abstract: A mobile multimedia content aggregation and dissemination platform is provided that aims to automate the creation, collection, correlation, aggregation, and dissemination of RSS, ATOM or other syndicated-style data formats along with non-syndicated content for blogs and for searching by interested parties. Then non-syndicated content may be substantially any type of multimedia content that has not yet been edited or that has been edited. The system and method may receive data content that originated from a syndicated information source along with other data content that originated from a non-syndicated information source. The system and method convert both types of content into, at least, blog information and blog data. The blog information comprising, information that points to a storage location of the blog data. The exemplary method further enables a user to search the blog data regardless of whether the blog data originated from a syndicated data source or non-syndicated data source.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: AT&T CORP.Inventors: BERNARD S. RENGER, RITTWIK JANA, YIH-FARN Robin CHEN, SERBAN Vadim JORA, BIN WEI
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Patent number: 7277693Abstract: A mobile device server includes a flexible architecture having a plurality of components for allowing various mobile devices and protocols to communicate with each other and to receive data from various information spaces. Interface devlets send and receive messages in respective protocols. Access infolets utilize respective access methods to provide an abstract view of various information spaces. Logic applets implement service and/or application logic by processing information from one or more infolets. A further component referred to as a let engine communicates with the devlets, infolets, and applets, and maintains user and device profile information to provide a flexible framework for the mobile device server that can readily support new devices and protocols.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2004Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: AT&T CorpInventors: Ming-Feng Chen, Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Chung-Hwa Herman Rao
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Patent number: 6625624Abstract: The present invention presents a system and method of providing information retrieved from a server from across a communication network that enables archiving services that do not interfere with existing components and protocols. The services enable users to retrieve and/or search for old information, even after such information has evolved or disappeared from the original server. The network resource naming (e.g. URL) format is extended to include archive directives that are intercepted and performed by a proxy server. The proxy interprets the archive directive and executes the specified archival command: e.g., adding the information to a storage repository, searching and retrieving the information from the storage repository, scheduling automatic archiving of specified server information, transparent archiving of information that is accessed by the client or of the client's cache. The information can be easily indexed by a timestamp.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1999Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Chung-Hwa Herman Rao, Ming-Feng Chen
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Publication number: 20030054810Abstract: A mobile service platform includes a plurality of gateways interacting with a plurality of servers via a message queue for providing a platform allows mobile devices to communicate with each other and to securely access corporate and Internet contents and services.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Trevor Jim, Sam John, Serban Jora, Radhakrishnan Muthumanickam, Bin Wei
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Publication number: 20030050062Abstract: A method for providing multimedia data from at least one controllable multimedia source to a mobile device includes providing a request path from the mobile device to a mobile service platform, receiving a request from the mobile device, obtaining a device profile from the mobile device, authenticating the identity of a user of the mobile device, and determining a user profile in response to the user identity. The method further includes authorizing control and access to the at least one multimedia source, providing a control channel from the mobile service platform to at least one multimedia server, providing multimedia data delivery information to the at least one multimedia server, and providing multimedia data to the mobile device in response to the request via the at least one multimedia server.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Inventors: Yih-Farn Robin Chen, Huale Huang, Rittwik Jana, Sam John, Serban Jora, Bin Wei