Ning Guo Lin

US Patent:

20030149526, Aug 7, 2003

Filed:

Dec 17, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/169477

Inventors:

Peter Zhou - Riverside CA, US
Dexing Pang - Riverside CA, US
Yiu-Cho Tong - Anaheim CA, US
Ning Lin - Anaheim CA, US
David Addington - Lake Elsinore CA, US
Rowena Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Amro Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Keith Bolton - Parkland FL, US

International Classification:

G01C021/26

US Classification:

701/213000

Abstract:

The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and applications utilizing the convergence of any combination of the following three technologies: wireless positioning or localization technology, wireless communications technology and sensor technology. In particular, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a remote device that includes a sensor for determining or measuring a desired parameter, a receiver for receiving position data from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system, a processor for determining whether or not alert conditions are present and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the measured parameter data and the position data to a central station, such as an application service provider (ASP). The ASP, in turn, may communicate the measured data, position data and notification of any alerts to an end user via an alert device. The present invention also relates to various applications and systems utilizing the capabilities of such a device.

US Patent:

20050250440, Nov 10, 2005

Filed:

Oct 6, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/959421

Inventors:

Peter Zhou - Riverside CA, US
Dexing Pang - Riverside CA, US
Yiu-Cho Tong - Anaheim CA, US
Ning Lin - Anaheim CA, US
David Addington - Lake Elsinore CA, US
Rowena Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Amro Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Keith Bolton - Parkland FL, US

International Classification:

H04Q007/20

US Classification:

455012100, 455456300, 455432300

Abstract:

The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and applications utilizing the convergence of any combination of the following three technologies: wireless positioning or localization technology, wireless communications technology and sensor technology. In particular, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a remote device that includes a sensor for determining or measuring a desired parameter, a receiver for receiving position data from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system, a processor for determining whether or not alert conditions are present and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the measured parameter data and the position data to a central station, such as an application service provider (ASP). The ASP, in turn, may communicate the measured data, position data and notification of any alerts to an end user via an alert device. The present invention also relates to various applications and systems utilizing the capabilities of such a device.

US Patent:

20080186166, Aug 7, 2008

Filed:

Jan 24, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/019313

Inventors:

Peter Y. Zhou - Riverside CA, US
Dexing Pang - Riverside CA, US
Yiu-Cho Alan Tong - Anaheim CA, US
Ning Lin - Anaheim CA, US
David Ralph Addington - Lake Elsinore CA, US
Rowena Lampa Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Amro Albanna - Riverside CA, US
Keith L. Bolton - Parkland FL, US

International Classification:

G08B 29/00
H04Q 7/00
H04B 7/185

US Classification:

34053913, 340506, 34235707

Abstract:

The present invention generally relates to systems, methods and applications utilizing the convergence of any combination of the following three technologies: wireless positioning or localization technology, wireless communications technology and sensor technology. In particular, certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a remote device that includes a sensor for determining or measuring a desired parameter, a receiver for receiving position data from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite system, a processor for determining whether or not alert conditions are present and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the measured parameter data and the position data to a central station, such as an application service provider (ASP). The ASP, in turn, may communicate the measured data, position data and notification of any alerts to an end user via an alert device. The present invention also relates to various applications and systems utilizing the capabilities of such a device.

US Patent:

20110080940, Apr 7, 2011

Filed:

Nov 3, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/611133

Inventors:

John A. Bocharov - Seattle WA, US
Krishna Prakash Duggaraju - Renton WA, US
Lin Liu - Sammamish WA, US
Jack E. Freelander - Monroe WA, US
Ning Lin - Redmond WA, US
Anirban Roy - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 11/04
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

37524001, 709231, 375E07001

Abstract:

A low latency streaming system provides a stateless protocol between a client and server with reduced latency. The server embeds incremental information in media fragments that eliminates the usage of a typical control channel. In addition, the server provides uniform media fragment responses to media fragment requests, thereby allowing existing Internet cache infrastructure to cache streaming media data. Each fragment has a distinguished Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that allows the fragment to be identified and cached by both Internet cache servers and the client's browser cache. The system reduces latency using various techniques, such as sending fragments that contain less than a full group of pictures (GOP), encoding media without dependencies on subsequent frames, and by allowing clients to request subsequent frames with only information about previous frames.

US Patent:

20180160193, Jun 7, 2018

Filed:

Oct 11, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/730301

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Anil K. Ruia - Issaquah WA, US
Himanshu Patel - Redmond WA, US
Ning Lin - Redmond WA, US
Chittaranjan Pattekar - Bothell WA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/643
H04N 21/61
H04N 21/231
H04L 29/08
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

A caching system segments content into multiple, individually cacheable chunks cached by a cache server that caches partial content and serves byte range requests with low latency and fewer duplicate requests to an origin server. The system receives a request from a client for a byte range of a content resource. The system determines the chunks overlapped by the specified byte range and sends a byte range request to the origin server for the overlapped chunks not already stored in a cache. The system stores the bytes of received responses as chunks in the cache and responds to the received request using the chunks stored in the cache. The system serves subsequent requests that overlap with previously requested ranges of bytes from the already retrieved chunks in the cache and makes requests to the origin server only for those chunks that a client has not previously requested.