Eric Liu: Patent List

Eric Liu
Apr 01, 2024
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Patent Summary

  • 36 issued patents

  • 87 filed patents

Issued Patents

  1. US Patent Number: 7059887, Liu, E., Optoelectric Module with Pop-out Tab Based Latching/Delatching Mechanism, filed Feb 2, 2004, Issued June 13, 2006

  2. US Patent Number 819006, Liu, E., Lee, C., Savant, S., Sobczac, P., Computing Device That Detects Hand Presence in Order to Automate the Transition of States, filed 11-30-2007, Issued 6/12/2012

  3. US8350728, Liu, E., Chatterjee, M., Keyboard with integrated and numeric keypad, filed 4/23/2010, Granted 1/8/2013

  4. US8385057 B2, Liu, E., Skillman, P.  FULLY EXTENDABLE DUAL-SEGMENTED HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE, filed 6/8/2010, granted 2/26/2013

  5. US 8385822 B2, Chatterjee, M., Matsuoka, Y., Liu E. et al, Orientation and presence detection for use in configuring operations of computing devices in docked environments, filed Sep 26, 2008, granted Feb 26. 2013

  6. US8433244 B2, Liu, E., Orientation Based Control of Mobile Device, filed Sep 16, 2008, granted Apr 30, 2013

  7. US8482381, Liu E, Multi-purpose detector-based input feature for a computing device, Granted 7/9/2013

  8. US 8527688, Chatterjee M., Matsuoka Y., Liu E., et al., Extending device functionality amongst inductively linked devices, filed Nov 17, 2009, granted Sep 3, 2013.

  9. US8660495 B2, Liu, E., Accessory display system, filed Jul 5, 2011, granted Feb 25, 2014.

  10. US 8688037 B2, Chatterjee, M., Liu, E., Corbridge, M., et al., Magnetic latching mechanism for use in mating a mobile computing device to an accessory device, filed Jun 4, 2009, granted April 1, 2014.

  11. US 8762747 B2, Liu, E., Grange, W., Chatterjee, M., Inductive charging and data transfer for mobile computing devices organized into a mesh network, filed Jun 27, 2011, granted Jun 24, 2014.

  12. US8823489 B2, Liu, E., Systems and methods for generating a derived biometric template, Granted Sep 2, 2014.

  13. US 8872628, Liu, E., Document with Inductive Charging and Data Storage and Transmission, filed 4/1/2011, granted 10/28/2014

  14. US9100694, Chandel; Alok, Liu; Eric H C, Laligand; Pierre-Yves, Koh; Justin, TV mode change in accordance with number of viewers present, filed 3/14/2013, granted 8/4/2015.

  15. US9,191,619, Liu, E., Using an avatar in a videoconferencing system, granted November 17, 2015

  16. US9265074 B2, Eric Liu, Stefan J. Marti, Seung Wook Kim, Alison Wong, Pen-based content transfer system and method thereof, Granted February 16, 2016

  17. US9,552,395, Bayer, J; Liu, Eric; et al; Methods, systems, and media for presenting recommended media content items, filed December 5, 2013, granted January 24, 2017.

  18. US9,712,776, Liu, E., Chan, H, Interfacing a television with a second device, filed March 15, 2013, granted  July 18, 2017.

  19. US 9,723,265 Continuation of US9,191,619, Liu, E., Using an avatar in a videoconferencing system, Granted August 1, 2017

  20. US 9,740,895, Liu, E, Effrat, J, Method and system for identifying and tracking tagged, physical objects, filed May 30, 2014, granted August 22, 2017.

  21. US 9,785,487, Liu, E., Managing device functions based on physical interaction with device modules, Filed: May 12, 2015, Issued October 10, 2017.

  22. US 9,784,257, Liu, E., Device, method and system for changing flexibility of a sheet structure, Filed June 16, 2015, Issued October 10, 2017.

  23. 9,841,939, Liu, E., Methods, systems, and media for presenting requested content on public display devices, Filed December 18, 2014, Issued December 12, 2017.

  24. 9,840,913, Liu, E., Device, system and method for reinforcing a tunnel, Filed October 22, 2015, Issued December 12, 2017

  25. 9,881,058, Liu, E. Methods, systems, and media for displaying information related to displayed content upon detection of user attention, Filed March 14, 2013, Issued January 30, 2018

  26. 9,942,608, Liu,E., TV mode change in accordance with number of viewers present, Filed July 23, 2015, Issued April 10, 2018

  27. 9,977,697, Liu, E., Task management system for a modular electronic device, Filed April 15, 2016, Issued May 22, 2018

  28. 9,990,235, Liu, E., Determining tasks to be performed by a modular entity, Filed April 15, 2016, Issued June 5, 2018

  29. 10,025,636, Liu, E. et al., Modular electronic devices with contextual task management and performance, Filed April 15, 2016, Issued July 17, 2018.

  30. 10,154,311, Liu, E, TV mode change in accordance with number of viewers present, Filed again April 9, 2018, Issued December 11, 2018

  31. 10,381,878, Grundmann, M., Liu, E, Adolf, B., Fleck; M, Banks, S., Adapter for electronic devices, Filed Dec 29, 2016, Issued August 13, 2019

  32. 10,418,856, Adolf; Brian,, Liu; Eric, Systems and methods for wireless charging, November 16, 2016, Issued Sep 17, 2019.

  33. 10,591,656, Liu, E.; Schubert, M, Passive luminescent illuminator, Filed: March 31, 2016, Issue Date: 3/17/2020

  34. 10,880,641 (US11910169B2), Goran, C., Liu, E., Methods, systems, and media for ambient background noise modification based on mood and/or behavior information," Issue Date: 12/29/2020

  35. US11356728B2 Eric HC Liu, Interfacing a television with a second device, Granted 2022-06-07

  36. US11671416 Liu, Eric, Methods, systems, and media for presenting information related to an event based on metadata, Issue Date: 2023-06-06

Publications

Application Number 11/379,552, Skillman, P., Liu, E., Keypad and Sensor Combination to Provide Detection Region that Overlays Keys, filed 4-20-2006, publication US 2007/0247431 A1

US 20130031512 A1, Liu, E., Method and system for providing web content on a mobile device, filed Jul 28, 2011, Published Jan 31, 2013

Patent Filings

Palm/HP

  1. Application Number 11/469374, Zhao, W, Ge, I., Myers, D., Mathias, A., Braslavsky, I., Zabaldo, P., Ang, D., Hamilton, C., Liu, E., Paulson, J., Apparatus and Methods for Providing Location-based Services to a Mobile Computing Device Having a Dual Processor Architecture, filed 8-31-2006

  2. Application Number 11/379,552, Skillman, P., Liu, E., Keypad and Sensor Combination to Provide Detection Region that Overlays Keys, filed 4-20-2006

  3. Application Number 11/830,203, Skillman, P., Haitani, R., Liu, E., Electronic Device with Reconfigurable Keypad, filed 7-30-2007

  4. Application Number 11/832,635, Liu, E., Fangonilo, F., Single Button Contact Request and Response, filed 8-1-2007

  5. Application Number 11/840,916, Liu, E., Lee, S., Changeable Graphics for Keypad, filed 8-17-2007

  6. Application Number 11/849,133, Gioscia, R., Liu, E., Soft User Interface Feature Provided in Combination with Pressable Display Surface, filed 8-31-2007

  7. Application Number 11/948,885, Liu, E., Computing Device that Determines and Uses Applied Pressure from User Interaction with an Input , filed 11-30-2007

  8. Application Number 12/239,656, Chatterjee, M., Liu, E., Grance, J., Corbridge M., Townsend, K., Matsuoka Y., Gilmour, N., ORIENTATION AND PRESENCE DETECTION FOR USE IN CONFIGURING OPERATIONS OF COMPUTING DEVICES IN DOCKED, filed 9-26-2008

  9. Application Number 12/184,241, Chatterjee, M., Liu, E., Wolf, N., MULTI-PURPOSE DETECTOR-BASED INPUT FEATURE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE, filed 7-31-2008

  10. Application Number 12/211,704, Liu, E., ORIENTATION BASED CONTROL OF MOBILE DEVICE, filed 9-16-2008

  11. Application Number 61/142,602, , Corbridge, M., Chatterjee, M., Liu, E., Kumar, R., Crooijmans, W., MAGNETIC CLASP WITH MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS AND ORIENTATION DETECTION, filed 1-05-2009

  12. 61/142,617 Corbridge, M., Chatterjee, M., Carnes, M., Matsuoka, Y., Grange, J., Horowitz, R., Liu, E., Audio Docking Station with Magnetic Power Coupling and Autopairing, filed 1-05-2009

  13. 12/478,763 Manjirnath Chatterjee, Eric Liu, Mark Corbridge, Mukul Kumar, Wim Crooijmans, MAGNETIC LATCHING MECHANISM FOR USE IN MATING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE TO AN ACCESSORY DEVICE, filed 6/4/2009

  14. 12/620478, Corbridge, M., Chatterjee, M., Carnes, M., Matsuoka, Y., Grange, J., Horowitz, R., Liu, E.,Extending Device Functionality Amongst Inductively Linked Devices, filed 11/17/2009

  15. Liu, E., Wolf, N. Quick visual data capture and retrieval model, filed 3/25/2010

  16. Liu, E., Chatterjee, M., Keyboard with Integrated Qwerty and Numeric Keypad, filed, 4/23/2010

  17. 12/703,637, Morishige, M., Wong, K., Liu, E., Input Mechanism For Providing Dynamically Protruding Surfaces for User Interaction, filed 2/10/2010

  18. 12/916,388, Chatterjee, M, Liu, E., Skillman, P. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVELY PAIRING DEVICES TO SHARE DATA OR RESOURCES, filed 10/29/2010

  19. 13/075161, Skillman, P., Liu, E., Townsend, K., Wolf, N., Chatterjee, M.MODE OF OPERATION OF A PORTABLE DEVICE, filed 3/29/2011

  20. 13/051643, Liu, E., Chatterjee, M., Wolf, N. WIRELESS CHARGING APPLICATIONS, filed 3/18/2011

  21. 13/053498, Liu, E., Chatterjee, M., Grange, W. GENERATING A PERSONAL TOPOLOGY DURING INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA TRANSFER, filed 3/22/2011

  22. 13/078163, Liu, E., Rosing, D. DOCUMENT WITH INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION, filed 4/1/2011

  23. 13/092779, Liu, E., SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A DERIVED BIOMETRIC TEMPLATE, filed 4/22/2011

  24. 13/149437, Liu, E., Rowe, G., TRANSPARENT USER INTERFACE LAYER, 5/31/2011

  25. 13/115818 Chatterjee, M., Liu, E. INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA TRANSFER BASED UPON MUTUAL DEVICE CAPABILITIES, 5/25/2011

  26. 13/194419, Liu, E., Chatterjee, M., Boeller, R., Rosing, D, EXHANGING DATA BASED UPON DEVICE PROXIMITY AND CREDENTIALS, filed 7/29/2011

  27. 13/169778, Liu, E., Grange, W., Chatterjee, M. INDUCTIVE CHARGING AND DATA TRANSFER FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES ORGANIZED INTO A MESH NETWORK, filed 6/27/2011

  28. 13/176534 Liu, E. ACCESSORY DISPLAY SYSTEM, filed 7/5/2011

  29. 13/192888, Liu, E. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEB CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE, filed 7/28/2011

  30. 13/193753, Liu, E. PRINTER REGISTRATION, filed 07/29/2011

  31. 13/215501, Chatterjee, M., Liu, E., Grange, W. HOME AUTOMATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE, filed 9/1/2011

  32. 13/246254 Marti, S., Kim, S., Liu, E., Wong, A., SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EDITING ELECTRONIC CONTENT USING A HANDHELD DEVICE, filed 9/27/2011 (picture insertion)

  33. 13/250811 Liu, E., Marti, S, Kim, S, Wong, A., Ott, E., METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING INSTANT HANDWRITTEN INPUT, 700206672US01, filed 9/30/2011

  34. Marti, S., Kim, S, Liu, E., Linking computational actions to 3D space coordinates  82748216

  35. Liu, E., Marti, S, Kim, S., THREE-DIMENSIONAL RELATIONSHIP DETERMINATION 700206665

  36. Kim, S., Marti, S., Liu, E., KEYBOARD-BASED MULTI-TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM USING A DISPLAYED REPRESENTATION OF A USER’S HAND  700207632

  37. 13/249,421, Marti, S., Liu, E., Kim, S., DETERMINING MOTION OF PROJECTION DEVICE, 700207632, filed 9/29/201

  38. 13/267161, Liu, E., Marti, S., Kim, S., Wong, A., Pen-Based Content Transfer System and Method Thereof, 700206671, filed 10/6/2011

  39. Wong, A., Vonshak, I., Liu, E., Marti, S., Kim, S., System and Method for Wirelessly Sharing Data Amongst User Devices

  40. 13/270403, Liu, E., Marti, S., Kim, S., Multiple Input Areas for Pen-based Computing, filed 10/11/2011

  41. 13/276564 Marti, S., Kim, S., Liu, E. Haptic Response Module, filed 10/19/2011

  42. PCT/US2011/060364, Liu, E., Marti S., Kim, S., Touch Shortcuts, filed 11/14/2011

  43. PCT/US2011/063804 Liu, E., Marti, S., Kim, S., Low Power Persistent Audio Recording with Voice Recognition for Wake Up and Processing of Audio Stream, filed 12/7/2011

  44. 13/333148. Liu, E, Marti, S., Kim, S., Relevant Content Delivered Proximate to an open Document or Application on a Mobile Device, filed 12/21/2011

  45. The Triggering of Appropriate Media Based off of the Emotional Tags of Incoming Data 

  46. 13/408,347 Virtual Keyboard Adjustment Based on User Input Offset, filed 2/29/2012

  47. 13/435,734 Marti, S., Kim, S., DiCenso, D., Liu, E. Use of a Sensor to Enable Touch and Type Modes for Hands of a User Via a Keyboard, filed 3/30/2012

Google

  1. 13/596,407, System for Direct Feedback Mechanism for Advertisements, filed Aug 28, 2012

    1. Skipping Inline advertising through user input of brand messaging", GP# GP-14401-00-US (IDF# 17582) August 28, 2012

  2. GP-14844-00-US, Liu, E. Using an Avatar in a Videoconferencing System, filed provisional 8/1/2012 , filed 2/8/2013

    1. Ambient Representation of Presence for TV-based Videoconferencing", GP# GP-14844-00-US61/678,535

  3. Ambient photography which shows more information and possible ads on detection of attention, filed 3/14/2013

  4. "Abstraction of Conversation into Topic Areas for Electronic Privacy", GP-17062-00-US (IDF# 22608), filed 3/13/2013

  5. "Change of state of television based on the number of people in the room", GP-16377-00-US , filed 3/14/2013

  6. Interfacing a Television with a Second Device, filed 3/15/2013

  7. Liu, E., Chan, H., Filtering of content to display using an opportunity engine that identifies other users’ ability to interact in real time, filed 5/20/2013

  8. 14/095,095, Bayer J, Liu E., Chau S, Li C., Methods, Systems, and Media for Presenting Recommended Media Content Items., filed 12/5/2013 , 0715150_201-US

  9. 14/196,837, Liu E, Chandel A, Koh J. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON A LEVEL OF CONVERSATION AND SHARED INTERESTS DURING A SOCIAL EVENT, filed 3/4/2014

  10. Liu, E., Goran, C., Automatic Theme and Color Matching of Images on an Ambient Screen to the Surrounding Environment, filed 5/12/2014

  11. 13/831,055, Liu E., Chandel, A., Koh, J, Laligand, P,  TV MODE CHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NUMBER OF VIEWERS PRESENT, filed 5/27/2014

  12. 13/830,621, “METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION RELATED TO DISPLAYED CONTENT UPON DETECTION OF USER ATTENTION” 03/14/2013 

  13. Interfacing a Television with a Second Device, Filed 03/15/2013

  14. FILTERING OF CONTENT TO DISPLAY USING AN OPPORTUNITY ENGINE THAT IDENTIFIES OTHER USERS ABILITY TO INTERACT IN REAL TIME, Filed 5/20/2013

  15. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON A LEVEL OF CONVERSATION AND SHARED INTERESTS DURING A SOCIAL EVENT, Filed 03/04/2014

  16. Anticipatory Lighting from Device Screens Based on User Profile, Filed 05/13/2014

  17. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRACKING TAGGED, PHYSICAL OBJECTS, Filed 05/30/2014

  18. Automatic Theme and Color Matching of Images on an Ambient Screen to the Surrounding Environment, Filed 05/13/2014

  19. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING REQUESTED CONTENT ON PUBLIC DISPLAY DEVICES, Filed 12/18/2014

  20. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS RELATED TO DISPLAYED CONTENT UPON DETECTION OF USER ATTENTION, Filed 07/10/2014

  21. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR LAUNCHING A MOBILE APPLICATION USING A PUBLIC DISPLAY DEVICE, Filed 12/18/2014

  22. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS RELEVANT TO NEARBY USERS ON A PUBLIC DISPLAY DEVICE, Filed 12/18/2014

  23. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR AMBIENT BACKGROUND NOISE MODIFICATION BASED ON MOOD AND/OR BEHAVIOR INFORMATION, Filed 02/11/2015

  24. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRODUCING SENSORY OUTPUTS CORRELATED WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION, Filed 02/11/2015

  25. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN EVENT BASED ON METADATA, Filed 02/11/2015

  26. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR RECOMMENDING COMPUTERIZED SERVICES BASED ON AN ANIMATE OBJECT IN THE USER'S ENVIRONMENT, Filed 02/11/2015

  27. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT INFORMATION, Filed 02/11/2015

  28. METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PERSONALIZING COMPUTERIZED SERVICES BASED ON MOOD AND/OR BEHAVIOR INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES, Filed 02/11/2015

  29. DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING FLEXIBILITY OF A SHEET STRUCTURE, Filed 06/16/2015

  30. ACTIVATING DEVICE FUNCTIONS BASED ON CONFIGURATIONS OF DEVICE MODULES, Filed 05/12/2015

  31. MANAGING DEVICE FUNCTIONS BASED ON PHYSICAL INTERACTION WITH DEVICE MODULES, Filed 05/12/2015

  32. DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REINFORCING A TUNNEL

  33. GP-24146-00-US and entitled “Augmentation of Communications with Emotional Data,” was filed with the Patent Office on 9/14/15

  34. PASSIVE LUMINESCENT ILLUMINATOR, Schubert, M, and Liu, E, filed March 31, 2016

  35. DETERMINING TASKS TO BE PERFORMED BY A MODULAR ENTITY, filed April 21, 2016

  36. TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, filed April 21, 2016

  37. MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH PREDICTION OF FUTURE TASKS AND CAPABILITIES, filed April 21, 2016

  38. MODULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES \VITH CONTEXTUAL TASK MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE, filed April 21, 2016

  39. Determining Network Configurations for a Modular Computing Entity 

  40. Connection Device for a Modular Computing System

  41. “READING PROGRESS ESTIMATION BASED ON PHONETIC FUZZY MATCHING AND CONFIDENCE INTERVAL.”