Kevin Shyh Chang

US Patent:

7421701, Sep 2, 2008

Filed:

Mar 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/083507

Inventors:

Thu-Tram T. Dinh - San Jose CA, US
Shyh-Mei F. Ho - Cupertino CA, US
Jenny ChengYin Hung - Fremont CA, US
Kevin Yu Chang Lo - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

719313, 709219, 707 10

Abstract:

A system is disclosed for facilitating conversational and non-conversational transactions between thin-clients and MFS-based IMS applications. The system includes components for storing conversation attributes associated with a conversational transaction between a thin-client and an MFS-based IMS application, the conversation attributes comprising connection information and conversation-specific information. Next, one or more transaction messages from the thin-client are preprocessed based on a transaction message type. The stored conversation attributes are updated in response changes in the conversation attributes caused by the one or more transaction messages. Then, a conversation output message is formatted for the thin-client. The system may include a security module that authenticates user, a connection module that establishes a connection with an MFS-based IMS application, a state module that preserves and maintains conversation attributes, and a control module to process a transaction message having one or more transaction message types.

US Patent:

8091091, Jan 3, 2012

Filed:

Jul 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/168451

Inventors:

Thu-Tram T. Dinh - San Jose CA, US
Shyh-Mei F. Ho - Cupertino CA, US
Jenny ChengYin Hung - Fremont CA, US
Kevin Yu Chang Lo - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

719313, 709217, 709219, 70799901

Abstract:

An apparatus is disclosed for facilitating conversational and non-conversational transactions between thin-clients and MFS-based IMS applications. The apparatus stores conversation attributes associated with a conversational transaction between a thin-client and an MFS-based IMS application, the conversation attributes comprising connection information and conversation-specific information. Next, one or more transaction messages from the thin-client are preprocessed based on a transaction message type. The stored conversation attributes are updated in response changes in the conversation attributes caused by the one or more transaction messages. Then, a conversation output message is formatted for the thin-client. The apparatus may include a security module that authenticates user, a connection module that establishes a connection with an MFS-based IMS application, a state module that preserves and maintains conversation attributes, and a control module to process a transaction message having one or more transaction message types.

US Patent:

8196038, Jun 5, 2012

Filed:

Feb 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/703051

Inventors:

Kelly Berger - Los Altos CA, US
Adnan Asar - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin Chang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Krys Taylor - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tanya Cheng - Mountain View CA, US
Alessandro Isaacs - San Mateo CA, US

Assignee:

Shutterfly, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715243

Abstract:

A system, method and graphical user interface (GUI) are described for managing a contacts and calendar database within an online stationery/card service. For example, a system implemented by an online stationery/card service allowing a user to personalize and send non-electronic stationery/cards is described, the system comprising: a graphical user interface for personalizing and sending non-electronic stationery/cards comprising: a reminder list comprised a plurality of reminder entries, each of the reminder entries identifying an upcoming event including events generated based on a specified relationship between the user and one or more contacts stored in a contacts database of the user; a recommendation region comprising a plurality of stationery/card design recommendations, the recommendation region populated with stationery/card designs associated with a specified one or the one or more entries in the reminder list, including the events generated based on the specified relationship between the user and each of the contacts; and a stationery/card personalization engine executed in response to the user selecting one of the stationery/card design recommendations from the recommendation region, the stationery personalization engine providing the end user with a set of personalization options related to the selected stationery/card design, and generating personalized stationery with the selected stationery/card design based on user input.

US Patent:

8234181, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Feb 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/703130

Inventors:

Kelly Berger - Los Altos CA, US
Adnan Asar - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin Chang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Krys Taylor - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tanya Cheng - Mountain View CA, US
Alessandro Isaacs - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

Shutterfly, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 265

Abstract:

A system implemented by an online stationery/card service is described allowing a user to personalize and send non-electronic stationery/cards, the system comprising: a Web-based GUI for designing stationery/cards and envelopes for the stationery/cards comprising: an envelope design region for designing an envelope to be used for mailing the stationery/cards selected by the end user, the envelope design region comprising: a return address region comprising one or more text boxes for entering a return address of the end user; an address region comprising one or more text boxes for entering the address of a recipient, wherein the address region includes a first link to generate a list of contacts in the user's contacts database and a second link to generate one or more options for contacting the recipient when the user does not know the address of the recipient.

US Patent:

8239290, Aug 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/638844

Inventors:

Kelly Berger - Los Altos CA, US
Adnan Asar - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin Chang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Krys Taylor - Sunnyvale CA, US
Bryan Wu - San Francisco CA, US
Dimitre Piskyulev - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Shutterfly, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

705 271, 700235, 700233

Abstract:

A graphical user interface, system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, one embodiment of the invention comprises a graphical user interface comprising: a first region for displaying the listing of contacts received from the stationery service contacts manager, the contacts within the listing of contacts selectable via a user input device; a second region comprising a series of data field for entering a new contact via a user input device; a third region displaying a list of contacts to whom the online stationery service will mail stationery directly on behalf of the end user, the contacts within the third region selected from the first region or entered in the second region; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts.

US Patent:

8255290, Aug 28, 2012

Filed:

Dec 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/638833

Inventors:

Kelly Berger - Los Altos CA, US
Adnan Asar - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kevin Chang - Sunnyvale CA, US
Krys Taylor - Sunnyvale CA, US
Bryan Wu - San Francisco CA, US
Dimitre Piskyulev - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Shutterfly, Inc. - Redwood City CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 265, 705 143, 705 261, 705 264, 705 11, 705 37, 705 271, 705 50, 715264, 715752, 715810, 715844, 709206, 709207

Abstract:

A system and method are described for managing a contacts database within an online stationery service. For example, a system implemented within an online stationery service according to one embodiment comprises: a stationery service contacts manager to manage a set of contacts data within a stationery service contacts database in response to user input; a stationery personalization engine providing an end user with a set of selectable stationery templates, the stationery personalization engine receiving an indication that an end user has selected a particular one of the stationery templates, and generating personalized stationery with the selected template based on user input; the stationery service contacts manager providing address information for each of a set of user-selected contacts to receive a the personalized stationery by non-electronic mail; and a print module to generate a print job to print the personalized stationery and envelopes containing the address information for the user-selected contacts, the print module transmitting a link to an external print service for uniquely identifying the print job, the external print service accessing the link from the online stationery service using the link; wherein the external print service mails the printed stationery in the printed envelopes on behalf of the end user.

US Patent:

8463797, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Jul 20, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/839307

Inventors:

Zachary Levow - Mountain View CA, US
Kevin Chang - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Barracuda Networks Inc. - Cambell CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707749, 707690, 707701, 707758

Abstract:

An apparatus, system, and method for measuring the similarity of diverse binary objects, such as files, is disclosed. The method comprises determining a plurality of digital signatures in each of a plurality of dissimilar objects, for each digital signature, accessing a location in a store which has object identifiers for each object which also exhibits at least one instance of the digital signature, writing into the store the object identifiers of all the objects which have the corresponding pattern and the number of times the pattern is found, and making a list of all the objects which share a pattern found in each object. Analyzing the list determines the degree of similarity of a particular object with each of a plurality of diverse binary objects.

US Patent:

8620951, Dec 31, 2013

Filed:

Jun 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/486742

Inventors:

Jianming He - Cupertino CA, US
Kevin D. Chang - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707769, 707608, 707790, 707813, 707821, 707899

Abstract:

Systems and methods for returning results to a query based upon topic are disclosed herein. Aspects disclosed can be particularly useful when searching for videos or other media content for which associated textual information are generally relatively sparse compared to other types of content. Text associated with the query can be semantically associated with various domain topics by mapping one or more words included in the query to one or more domain topics based upon a conditional probability of the domain topic given the query. A set of results can be identified based upon a conditional probability of the result given the domain topic.