Patents by Inventor Linping Tang

Linping Tang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11128582
    Abstract: This application discloses an emoji recommendation method and apparatus. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of a social network client application; detecting occurrence of a trigger event that corresponds to a preset condition for triggering delivery of an emoji recommendation from the social network server to a first user; retrieving one or more emoji recommendations from the social network server, wherein the one or more emoji recommendations are selected from an emoji library for the first user in accordance with social behavior information of the first user; and displaying the one or more emoji recommendations on the first user interface, including displaying one or more editing controls to adjust one or more parameters for calculating a correlation degree of the user and a respective emoji based on one or more attributes of the one or more emoji recommendations retrieved from the social network server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaibin Chen, Lin Li, Linping Tang, Changpeng Pan, Dong Huang
  • Patent number: 10861107
    Abstract: A method, including: at a client terminal of a user of a social network platform: displaying a first network resource published by a first resource publisher; displaying a resource rewarding affordance in association with the first network resource or an identifier of the first resource publisher; detecting user selection of the resource rewarding affordance; and in accordance with a determination that the resource rewarding affordance has been selected while the resource rewarding affordance is displayed in association with the first network resource or the identifier of the first resource publisher, initiating a resource rewarding operation to reward the first resource publisher on the social network platform, wherein the resource rewarding operation transfers reward goods from a social network account of the user to a social network account of the first resource publisher on the social network platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wen Zha, Kaibin Chen, Changpeng Pan, Dong Huang, Linping Tang, Ge Liang
  • Publication number: 20180255009
    Abstract: This application discloses an emoji recommendation method and apparatus. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of a social network client application; detecting occurrence of a trigger event that corresponds to a preset condition for triggering delivery of an emoji recommendation from the social network server to a first user; retrieving one or more emoji recommendations from the social network server, wherein the one or more emoji recommendations are selected from an emoji library for the first user in accordance with social behavior information of the first user; and displaying the one or more emoji recommendations on the first user interface, including displaying one or more editing controls to adjust one or more parameters for calculating a correlation degree of the user and a respective emoji based on one or more attributes of the one or more emoji recommendations retrieved from the social network server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kaibin CHEN, Lin LI, Linping TANG, Changpeng PAN, Dong HUANG
  • Patent number: 10063547
    Abstract: A third-party application client performs authorization authentication with a user client and a platform server. The third party application obtains an access token and an open ID. The third-party application client interacts with the platform server for information related to the user ID by using the token, calls the user client or is called by the user client according to the open ID. The third-party application client may interact with the platform server for the information related to the user ID by using the token, so that other resources or information of the user accumulated for the platform server can be used by the third-party application client continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaolong Zhang, Bin Zhang, Yuetong Mai, Runda Cai, Jisheng Huang, Kunfeng Rong, Sixin Gu, Yi Duan, Linping Tang, Wa Ye, Xixi Wang, Hongyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20180012308
    Abstract: A method, including: at a client terminal of a user of a social network platform: displaying a first network resource published by a first resource publisher; displaying a resource rewarding affordance in association with the first network resource or an identifier of the first resource publisher; detecting user selection of the resource rewarding affordance; and in accordance with a determination that the resource rewarding affordance has been selected while the resource rewarding affordance is displayed in association with the first network resource or the identifier of the first resource publisher, initiating a resource rewarding operation to reward the first resource publisher on the social network platform, wherein the resource rewarding operation transfers reward goods from a social network account of the user to a social network account of the first resource publisher on the social network platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Wen ZHA, Kaibin CHEN, Changpeng PAN, Dong HUANG, Linping TANG, Ge LIANG
  • Patent number: 9667695
    Abstract: A method and device for publishing promotion contents and computer storage medium are described. The compatibility of the promotion content publishing method can be enhanced and an accurate delivery of the promotion content can be achieved. In the method, a description file is issued to the client. The client then downloads promotion content suitable for its own operation system platform and device according to the description file. Thus the method can be used in different platforms and devices including iOS, Android, WinCE, S60v3, S60v5 and etc. The server can identify the platform of the client, the type of the device and the function opened on the client, thus an accurate delivery of promotion content to specific type of client can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guo Ling, Yang Guo, Ganrong Yang, Yuan Zhao, Liangliang Fan, Linping Tang, Leteng Weng, Juanjuan Liang
  • Publication number: 20150180870
    Abstract: A third-party application client performs authorization authentication with a user client and a platform server. The third party application obtains an access token and an open ID. The third-party application client interacts with the platform server for information related to the user ID by using the token, calls the user client or is called by the user client according to the open ID. The third-party application client may interact with the platform server for the information related to the user ID by using the token, so that other resources or information of the user accumulated for the platform server can be used by the third-party application client continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaolong ZHANG, Bin ZHANG, Yuetong MAI, Runda CAI, Jisheng HUANG, Kunfeng RONG, Sixin GU, Yi DUAN, Linping TANG, Wa YE, Xixi WANG, Hongyang WANG
  • Publication number: 20140330892
    Abstract: A method and device for publishing promotion contents and computer storage medium are described. The compatibility of the promotion content publishing method can be enhanced and an accurate delivery of the promotion content can be achieved. In the method, a description file is issued to the client. The client then downloads promotion content suitable for its own operation system platform and device according to the description file. Thus the method can be used in different platforms and devices including iOS, Android, WinCE, S60v3, S60v5 and etc. The server can identify the platform of the client, the type of the device and the function opened on the client, thus an accurate delivery of promotion content to specific type of client can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Guo LING, Yang GUO, Ganrong YANG, Yuan ZHAO, Liangliang FAN, Linping TANG, Leteng WENG, Juanjuan LIANG
  • Publication number: 20140324414
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide methods and apparatus for displaying an emoticon. In an exemplary method, an instant message can be received and a pre-set keyword contained in the instant message can be determined. An emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message can then be obtained and displayed on a chat interface displaying the instant message. Accordingly, an exemplary apparatus for displaying an emoticon can include a first obtaining module, a second obtaining module, and/or a displaying module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Xiaolong Zhang, Qianya Lin, Min Li, Yingxia Lin, Weicang Zhang, Linping Tang