Patents by Inventor Yu-Jen Dennis Chen

Yu-Jen Dennis 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).

  • Patent number: 9329827
    Abstract: Cropping source images for display on user devices. A source image is cropped and/or resized to correspond to dimensions of a display screen of a device by selecting an area of interest of the source image which will not be lost in the process of resizing the image. Coordinate points are positioned within the image to correspond to dimensions of the display screen on which the image will be displayed and the image is then cropped at the boundaries defined by the coordinate points which include a crop height and a crop width. If needed, the image is then scaled down proportionally to resize the image to a size that corresponds to the dimensions of the display screen of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: FUNMOBILITY, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Lavine, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Peter Rodgers
  • Patent number: 8855334
    Abstract: A method for providing a user with mixed content for a device. The method includes pre-rendering mixed content comprising a mix of a first source track and a second source track identified as being compatible with the first source track. The pre-rendered content is stored in a database. Upon receiving a user request which identifies the first source track as a track to be included in the mixed content for a device, the system retrieves a list of second source tracks having characteristics compatible with the first source track and provides the list to the user. Then, the system receives request identifying the second source track as a track to be included in the mixed content along with the first track. In response, the system retrieves the pre-rendered mixed content from the database and sends the pre-rendered mixed content to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Funmobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Lavine, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Daniel Marius Lyon
  • Publication number: 20140289255
    Abstract: A method of organizing mobile content in a network environment is provided that includes providing pieces of mobile content on a database, selecting one of the pieces of mobile content, receiving a descriptor to be associated with the selected piece of mobile content from user activity, and associating the descriptor to the selected piece of mobile content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FunMobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan NARASIMHAN, Eric F. ALLEN, Skot LEACH, Hudson GEORGE, Lincoln LYDICK, Yu-Jen Dennis CHEN, Adam LAVINE, Silvy Mathews
  • Publication number: 20140258934
    Abstract: A method of providing a link to mobile content on a mobile device includes receiving a plurality of tags at the mobile device, each tag having at least one piece of mobile content associated therewith. The mobile content is in a format suitable for transmission over a wireless communication network. The method also includes scrolling the plurality of tags across a portion of a display screen of a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FunMobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan NARASIMHAN, Skot LEACH, Hudson A. GEORGE, Lincoln LYDICK, Yu-Jen Dennis CHEN, Eric F. Allen, Adam LAVINE
  • Patent number: 8818337
    Abstract: A method of organizing mobile content in a network environment is provided that includes providing pieces of mobile content on a database, selecting one of the pieces of mobile content, receiving a descriptor to be associated with the selected piece of mobile content from user activity, and associating the descriptor to the selected piece of mobile content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: FunMobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan Narasimhan, Eric F. Allen, Skot Leach, Hudson George, Lincoln Lydick, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Adam Lavine, Silvy Mathews
  • Patent number: 8798583
    Abstract: A method of providing a link to mobile content on a mobile device includes receiving a plurality of tags at the mobile device, each tag having at least one piece of mobile content associated therewith. The mobile content is in a format suitable for transmission over a wireless communication network. The method also includes scrolling the plurality of tags across a portion of a display screen of a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Funmobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan Narasimhan, Skot Leach, Hudson A. George, Lincoln Lydick, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Eric F. Allen, Adam Lavine
  • Patent number: 8103314
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a mixed ringtone for a personal device. A user accesses a server, including a template selector and selects a template into which a user-created recording may be mixed. The user then records a recording, which is used by the server in association with the selected template to produce a mixed ringtone. The mixed ringtone is then formatted for the user's device and transmitted to the user's device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Funmobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Lavine, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Hudson A. George, Brad Peralta, Kai Yung, Daniel Marius Lyon, Shaheen Hamid Parkar
  • Patent number: 7647076
    Abstract: Customizing an image for display on a wireless device. A user accesses an image database and selects an image to customize. After the user selects an image, the image is retrieved from the image database based on a profile of the device. A customized image is produced from a composite of the selected image and a text layer generated from user text provided by a user. The customized image is formatted for the user's device based on the device profile and then transmitted to the user's device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Funmobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Lavine, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen
  • Publication number: 20080160967
    Abstract: A method of providing a link to mobile content on a mobile device includes receiving a plurality of tags at the mobile device, each tag having at least one piece of mobile content associated therewith. The mobile content is in a format suitable for transmission over a wireless communication network. The method also includes scrolling the plurality of tags across a portion of a display screen of a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: FunMobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan Narasimhan, Skot Leach, Hudson A. George, Lincoln Lydick, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Eric F. Allen, Adam Lavine
  • Publication number: 20080162503
    Abstract: A method of organizing mobile content in a network environment is provided that includes providing pieces of mobile content on a database, selecting one of the pieces of mobile content, receiving a descriptor to be associated with the selected piece of mobile content from user activity, and associating the descriptor to the selected piece of mobile content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: FunMobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Srivathsan Narasimhan, Eric F. Allen, Skot Leach, Hudson George, Lincoln Lydick, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen, Adam Lavine, Silvy Mathews
  • Publication number: 20010049596
    Abstract: The process of turning plain text into animated sequences using a digital image generator, which can be a computer or digital video system is disclosed. A text string is analyzed to determine the concepts contained in the string. An Animation Compositor is used to compose an animated sequence based on the selected concept. The disclosed invention combined with the animation compositor can take a text string and display an animated story, which is conceptually related to the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventors: Adam Lavine, Yu-Jen Dennis Chen