Benjamin Wu

US Patent:

7447699, Nov 4, 2008

Filed:

Jul 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/888908

Inventors:

Jonathan E. Alexander - San Mateo CA, US
Phillip M. Fernandez - Palo Alto CA, US
David L. Morandi - Palo Alto CA, US
Mehran Sahami - Redwood City CA, US
Benjamin W. Wu - San Carlos CA, US
Salim S. Yusufali - Hayward CA, US

Assignee:

Epiphany, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 3/00
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

707102, 707100, 707101, 715700, 715712, 717113

Abstract:

A method of displaying heterogeneous information includes executing an application program to process one or more activities. Each activity has information nuggets and next step links, and each information nugget is extracted from one or more heterogeneous information sources. Also, each next step link is associated with one or more information nuggets. One of the activities is selected, and an information nugget of the selected activity is displayed in a first region of the graphical user interface. A next step link associated with the displayed information nugget is displayed in a second region of the graphical user interface.

US Patent:

7553157, Jun 30, 2009

Filed:

Sep 24, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/949717

Inventors:

Amir Abolfathi - Woodside CA, US
Jennifer C. Chen - Alhambra CA, US
Chunhua Li - Cupertino CA, US
Robert E. Tricca - Danville CA, US
Benjamin M. Wu - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 6

Abstract:

An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator mounted on the appliance to indicate compliance.

US Patent:

7660820, Feb 9, 2010

Filed:

Nov 12, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/292777

Inventors:

Jonathan E. Alexander - San Mateo CA, US
Phillip M. Fernandez - Palo Alto CA, US
David L. Morandi - Palo Alto CA, US
Mehran Sahami - Redwood City CA, US
Benjamin W. Wu - San Carlos CA, US
Salim S. Yusufali - Hayward CA, US

Assignee:

E.Piphany, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/00
G06F 3/00
G06F 9/46
G06F 3/048
G06F 15/02
G06N 7/00
G06N 7/08

US Classification:

7071041, 707103 Y, 715700, 715809, 715837, 705 9, 706 55, 718100

Abstract:

A system and method are provided that overcome the previously described limitations of prior art systems. The computer system, in fact, uses a set of information objects to interface with heterogeneous information sources. Information objects can be combined to form tasks that can be added, deleted and modified without requiring any modifications to the underlying program. In addition, the computer system allows users to navigate through a task and automatically generates links to related tasks based on the contextual information in which each step in the task is performed. As a result, links to related tasks do not have to be defined ahead of time, but rather can be dynamically generated at run time. This is accomplished by associating a semantic type or multiple semantic types with the information generated during each step. This allows the system to present links to tasks that utilize the same semantic types generated during the previous step.

US Patent:

7824180, Nov 2, 2010

Filed:

Aug 21, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/229291

Inventors:

Amir Abolfathi - Woodside CA, US
Jennifer C. Chen - Alhambra CA, US
Chunhua Li - Cupertino CA, US
Robert E. Tricca - Danville CA, US
Benjamin M. Wu - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 6

Abstract:

An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator mounted on the appliance to indicate compliance.

US Patent:

7878801, Feb 1, 2011

Filed:

Oct 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/250879

Inventors:

Amir Abolfathi - Woodside CA, US
Jennifer C. Chen - San Francisco CA, US
Chunhua Li - Cupertino CA, US
Robert E. Tricca - Danville CA, US
Benjamin M. Wu - San Marino CA, US
Eric E. Kuo - Foster City CA, US
Loc X. Phan - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

Align Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

A61C 3/00

US Classification:

433 6

Abstract:

An apparatus for monitoring orthodontic treatment compliance includes an appliance adapted to be worn over one or more teeth; and a compliance indicator mounted on the appliance to indicate compliance.

US Patent:

20220203359, Jun 30, 2022

Filed:

Apr 24, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/605925

Inventors:

- Oakland CA, US
Kuan-Wen Tung - Oakland CA, US
Benjamin M. Wu - San Marino CA, US

International Classification:

B01L 3/00

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a near-field acoustic platform capable of synthesizing high resolution, arbitrarily shaped energy potential wells. A thin and viscoelastic membrane is utilized to modulate acoustic wavefront on a deep, sub-wavelength scale by suppressing the structural vibration selectively on the platform. This new acoustic wavefront modulation mechanism is powerful for manufacturing complex biologic products.

US Patent:

20200370071, Nov 26, 2020

Filed:

May 7, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/868670

Inventors:

- Albuquerque NM, US
Blake Simmons - San Francisco CA, US
Benjamin Chiau-Pin Wu - San Ramon CA, US

International Classification:

C12P 7/16
C12N 9/04
C12P 13/00

Abstract:

The present invention relates to methods of upgrading biomass to provide useful chemical intermediates, fuels, amino acids, nutrients, etc. In particular examples, the biomass is a by-product of ethanol production and is mainly used as high-protein feed. Described herein are methods for upgrading such biomass, such as by implementing pre-treatment conditions and by employing fermentation conditions including modified organisms.

US Patent:

20200089553, Mar 19, 2020

Filed:

Nov 22, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/692924

Inventors:

- Charlotte NC, US
Benjamin Nien-Ting Wu - San Francisco CA, US
Sridhar M. Seetharaman - Princeton NJ, US
Praveen Kumar Kasu - Chennai, IN

Assignee:

BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION - Charlotte NC

International Classification:

G06F 11/00
G06F 9/54
G06F 9/46
G06F 16/2458
G06F 9/50

Abstract:

A computing environment includes an originating system, a plurality of networked communication channels each configured to communicate one or more of a plurality of instructions for calling one or more downstream applications in response to calling of an originating application by the first system, and a resource dependency system for providing automatic resource dependency tracking and maintenance of resource fault propagation. The resource dependency system performs a query configured to identify any application calls performed in a predetermined period of time; for each identified application call, builds a corresponding transaction paragraph comprising a list of all sub-application calls performed in response to the application call; from each transaction paragraph, extracts a chronological sequence of sub-application calls found in the transaction paragraph; forms a tier pathway for each transaction paragraph; and stores each tier pathway in an accessible file.