Thai M Tran

US Patent:

D467445, Dec 24, 2002

Filed:

Jul 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/145232

Inventors:

Mark Saffell - Manhattan Beach CA
Robert Stewart - Grapevine TX
David Ritch - Malibu CA
Thai Tran - Fort Worth TX

Assignee:

Steelcase Development Corporation - Caledonia MI

International Classification:

0601

US Classification:

D 6374, D6370, D6379

US Patent:

7127414, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Oct 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/419704

Inventors:

Amr A. Awadallah - Stanford CA, US
Thai Tran - Palo Alto CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 26

Abstract:

Methods for generating comparison shopping data are provided. One example method includes receiving a request for a desired item and generating an item table for the desired item. The item table is assembled from current on-line data that includes e-commerce purchasing information. Once the item table is assembled, the item table is displayed for the requested item such that the displayed information can inform an on-line buyer of the best current purchasing alternatives for the requested item. In one aspect of this method, the desired item can be selected form a data base of classified advertising. Once the classified advertising item is selected, the item table is generated and displayed along with the selected classified advertising item. In one example, the item table can include merchant name information, price information, availability information, new and used information, tax and shipping information, prior purchaser ratings, and total cost information. The displayed information will therefore provide an on-line purchaser with a powerful array of information to enable the making of an intelligent on-line purchasing decision.

US Patent:

7359893, Apr 15, 2008

Filed:

Mar 31, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/816460

Inventors:

Pasha Sadri - San Jose CA, US
Eckart Walther - Palo Alto CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 5, 707 10, 709219, 709224

Abstract:

Techniques are described for delivering search results pages to the users of a search engine, where one or more search result listings on the search results pages include one or more items that are associated with links to resources that satisfy a related search and that satisfy a specified condition. The items that are delivered with the search results may be associated with a party that is different than the party that controls the resource to which the link is associated, and may be delivered such that any item that is displayed based on the item's association with a link to a resource is displayed in a frame of display that is different than a frame of the display in which the link to which the item is associated is displayed.

US Patent:

7499914, Mar 3, 2009

Filed:

Apr 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/819082

Inventors:

Ali Diab - Atherton CA, US
Scott A. Gatz - San Francisco CA, US
Shyam Kapur - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Ku - Fremont CA, US
Chuck Kung - Los Altos CA, US
Phu Hoang - San Francisco CA, US
Qi Lu - San Jose CA, US
Lynne Pogue - Menlo Park CA, US
Yuan Kui Shen - Cupertino CA, US
Norman Shi - Fremont CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Eckart Walther - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeff Weiner - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Yahoo! Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 3, 707 4, 707 5, 707 6

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis.

US Patent:

7639163, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/732545

Inventors:

Thai Tran - Torrance CA, US

Assignee:

Alpine Electronics, Inc. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G08G 1/123

US Classification:

34099519, 3409952, 34099527

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for a navigation system displays a route guidance list that lists information on roads that intersect with a calculated route to the destination in an organized and simplified manner. The method includes the steps of calculating a route to a destination specified by a user, retrieving information on intersecting roads that intersect with the calculated route; and displaying a route guidance list which lists road names on which the calculated route is established and a distance associated with the intersecting road. The route guidance list shows one integrated road name if there are two or more identical road names consecutively on the calculated route and an overall distance of the identical road names that intersect with the calculated route.

US Patent:

7640099, Dec 29, 2009

Filed:

Apr 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/732564

Inventors:

Thai Tran - Torrance CA, US

Assignee:

Alpine Electronics, Inc. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G01C 21/30

US Classification:

701209, 701201, 701300, 34099516, 34099519

Abstract:

A method and apparatus allows a user to input a tentative destination which is proximate to an intended destination when the address data for the intended destination is not found in the map database. The method includes the steps of allowing a user to specifying an intended destination in the navigation system and searching address data for the intended destination, notifying the user that the address data is not found in the map database, selecting a method for inputting data indicating a tentative destination which is considered proximate to the intended destination, allowing the user to specify the tentative destination through the selected input method, and determining a location of the tentative destination and detecting address data indicating the location of the tentative destination.

US Patent:

7747598, Jun 29, 2010

Filed:

Jan 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/698583

Inventors:

Florian Michel Buron - Mountain View CA, US
Ramesh Balakrishnan - Sunnyvale CA, US
James Christopher Norris - Mountain View CA, US
James Robert Muller - Palo Alto CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen - Seaforth, AU

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707705, 707729, 707728, 707724, 707723

Abstract:

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, determining key words corresponding to the location search query, identifying one or more documents that correspond to the key words in the location search query, and providing to a client system information identifying at least one location corresponding to the one or more documents.

US Patent:

7792883, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Dec 10, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/953806

Inventors:

Florian Michel Buron - Zurich, CH
Ramesh Balakrishnan - San Francisco CA, US
James Christopher Norris - Mountain View CA, US
James Robert Muller - Palo Alto CA, US
Thai Tran - Redwood City CA, US
Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen - Seaforth, AU

Assignee:

Google Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707918

Abstract:

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographical features that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographical features in accordance with a score that is based, at least in part, on proximity of the geographical features to a geographical viewport region of a client system, to produce a set of ranked geographical features, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to the at least one of the ranked geographical features.