Patents by Inventor Yung-Fong Frank Tang

Yung-Fong Frank Tang 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: 20130067307
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique includes receiving a request for a translation webpage and generating a user interface webpage for the translation webpage. The user interface webpage includes a text input portion, a translated text output portion, a source language selection portion, and a target language selection portion. The source language selection portion includes a quick source language selection icon identifying a potential source language, and a source language selection list including a plurality of potential source languages. The target language selection portion includes a quick target language selection icon identifying a potential target language, and a target language selection list including a plurality of potential target languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Chao Tian, Awaneesh Verma, Joshua James Estelle, Yung-Fong Frank Tang
  • Patent number: 5793381
    Abstract: A character code conversion system that provides round trip fidelity, while ensuring that the resulting character codes are interchangeable with other platforms. The code conversion system is able to map a single source character or a sequence of characters to either a single target character or a sequence of target characters. With round trip fidelity, source text can be converted to target text and then back again to the original source text. The interchangability is ensured by maximizing the use of standard target characters, and by minimizing the use of private characters. The code conversion is particularly useful for converting to/from Unicode characters from/to other character sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter K. Edberg, John I. McConnell, Yung-Fong Frank Tang, Andrew M. Daniels
  • Patent number: 5784069
    Abstract: A code conversion system that takes direction into consideration when converting characters from a source character encoding to a target character encoding is disclosed. The code conversion system is able to map a single source character or a sequence of characters to either a single target character or a sequence of target characters. By determining or resolving the direction of the characters being converted, the code conversion system can then utilize the determined or resolved direction of the characters to ensure that the correct mapping to the target character encoding is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Daniels, Yung-Fong Frank Tang, Peter K. Edberg, John I. McConnell
  • Patent number: 5784071
    Abstract: A code conversion system that takes context into consideration when converting characters from a source character encoding to a target character encoding. The code conversion system is able to map a single source character or a sequence of characters to either a single target character or a sequence of target characters. By determining the context of the characters, the code conversion system can then utilize the determined context of the characters to ensure that the correct mapping to the target encoding is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Yung-Fong Frank Tang, Andrew M. Daniels, Peter K. Edberg, John I. McConnell