Patents by Inventor Yuan-Ching Samuel Shen

Yuan-Ching Samuel Shen 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: 20150193804
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for incentivizing users to consume and interact with content. An indication is received of a time span spent by a user viewing content displayed on a display screen at a user device. An indication of a proportion of an area of the display screen filled by the displayed content is also received. A value of an incentive to be awarded to the user is determined based at least upon the time span and the indicated proportion of the area of the display screen. The value of the incentive may also take into account feedback provided by the user on the displayed content, as well as a number of interactions by the user with the displayed content. The incentive is awarded to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Liu, Chien Chih (Jacky) Hsu, Jing-Yeu Jaw, Yuan-Ching (Samuel) Shen
  • Publication number: 20150178754
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are described that incentivize users to provide feedback about, consume, and/or interact with content displayed on a user device. In accordance with embodiments, the user provides feedback about content items displayed on the user device, wherein each instance of feedback is classified into one of a plurality of predefined feedback types. Information related to the number of instances of each type of feedback generated by the user is transmitted from the user device to a server where such information is used to determine the value of an incentive to be awarded to the user. The incentives may take the form of credits that are accumulated in association with a user account and an interface may be provided by which the user can redeem the credits to obtain one or more items of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhen Liu, Chien Chih Hsu, Jing-Yeu Jaw, Yuan-Ching Samuel Shen