Patents by Inventor Ming Tian

Ming Tian 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: 9210117
    Abstract: An invitation information push method includes after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, a server sending invitation information to a number of clients corresponding to invited users carried in the invitation request, wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1. Each client, upon receiving the invitation information, creating an invitation information guide to guide the users who have not registered the microblog to register the microblog. The method further comprises, when a predetermined time is reached, a server actively sending invitation information to at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered the microblog.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuewei Chen, Huanyu Zhou, Ming Tian
  • Publication number: 20150312340
    Abstract: A data synchronization method is provided. The data synchronization method includes providing a first server with a master flag and a write flag for a data block; providing a second server; and importing a snapshot of the data block to the second server. The method further includes configuring a synchronizing flag for the data block on the second server; synchronizing, by a synchronizing component, data of the data block on the first server to the second server; and removing the write flag of the data block on the first server when the data block is to be migrated out of the first server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: ZHIHAO ZHOU, MING TIAN, LI LIU, XINGCAI JIANG
  • Publication number: 20150295870
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for shielding harassment by a mention in user generated content (UGC) are provided. The method includes: receiving a UGC publication request; parsing the UGC publication request to determine whether a mentioned object is included; determining whether the UGC publication request meets a preset harassment determining condition if it is determined that the mentioned object is included; and forbidding sending message content of the UGC publication request to the mentioned object if the preset harassment determining condition is met. A defect of processing after occurrence of harassment by a mention is overcome, beforehand processing for the harassment by a mention in UGC is implemented, and the efficiency of processing the harassment by a mention in UGC is improved; moreover, automatic shielding of the harassment by a mention in UGC is implemented, and a defect of manual examination is overcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Xingcai JIANG, Lihua HUANG, Ming TIAN
  • Publication number: 20150286653
    Abstract: A data synchronization method for a multi-level associative storage architecture includes: receiving, by a master module, a request of an external write operation, writing data into a write buffer of the master module, and recording a digit sequence according to the write operation on the write buffer of the master module; flushing data from the write buffer to solid-state disk (SSD) files when a data amount in the write buffer of the master module reaches a threshold; recording, by the master module, a digit sequence for a flush operation; separately synchronizing, by the master module, the write operation and the flush operation to a slave module according to orders of digits in different digit sequences; and receiving, by the slave module, the synchronous write operation and synchronous flush operation, and separately synchronizing the data of the master module to corresponding locations of a local write buffer and local SSD files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jun Shu, Ming Tian, Lihua Huang
  • Publication number: 20150288182
    Abstract: A method for generating electric substation load transfer control parameters includes adjusting elements in a fundamental scale matrix according to a condition change of a power grid, wherein the fundamental scale matrix is constructed based on the topology structure of the power grid, and the elements in the fundamental scale matrix represent switch information and risk values of paths between nodes of the power grid, wherein the switch information represents number of switching times required for connecting two nodes of the power grid; and performing operations on the adjusted fundamental scale matrix to generate switch information and risk values of paths for electric substation load transfer control, as electric substation load transfer control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Zhen Huang, Feng Jin, Qi Ming Tian, Wen Jun Yin, Ya Nan Zhang, Ming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150281379
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for releasing services on a server in stages is provided, the method comprising setting a number of accounts that can access a new service and releasing the new service to the accounts in a first time period; setting an access rate for the new service and releasing the new service in accordance with the access rate in a second time period; and releasing the new service to the entire server in a third time period. In accordance with the method and apparatus for releasing services on a server in stages in this embodiment, new service can be released in different ways to suit different situations, which reduces the risk in releasing the new service, and improves efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ming Tian, Lihua Huang
  • Publication number: 20150276876
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a grid data record processing method and apparatus. The method comprising: acquiring influence parameters of lag time of an insulator on which flashover is occurred, the lag time being a time interval from the insulator flashover to tripping of a corresponding breaker in a substation is caused; determining the lag time according to the acquired influence parameters of the lag time and a lag time evaluation model; and determining trip-up records caused by the insulator flashover from grid data records according to the lag time. With the method and apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention, trip-up records caused by insulator flashover can be efficiently determined from grid data records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Feng Jin, Jun Mei Qu, Qi Ming Tian, Ya Nan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150256502
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for processing social network information. The method includes: establishing a list of posted information for each user; adding received newly-posted information of a user to the list of posted information of the corresponding user; acquiring, after receiving an access request of a client, the list of associated users of a user designated in the access request; separately reading a predetermined amount of information from the list of posted information of each user in the list of associated users; and returning all the read information posted by the associated users to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Hongjie WU, Ming TIAN, Zhongwei LI
  • Patent number: 9122353
    Abstract: A multi-touch method includes, in response to at least one finger of a user pointing toward a computer screen, recognizing an eye and at least one finger in an image frame taken by a camera; mapping a first coordinate of the recognized finger in the image frame to a second coordinate of the finger on the computer screen; mapping a third coordinate the recognized eye in the image frame to a fourth coordinate of the eye on the computer screen; determining whether the fourth coordinate is in the proximity of the second coordinate; in response to a positive decision, determining the second coordinate as a multi-touch point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Dong, Yu Hui Fu, Qi Ming Tian, Ming Xie, Wen Jun Yin, Wei Zhao
  • Patent number: 9123577
    Abstract: Electrical isolation in non-volatile memory is provided by air gaps formed using sacrificial films of differing etch rates. A high etch rate material is formed in an isolation trench. Flowable chemical vapor deposition processes are used to form high etch rate films, and curing is performed to increase their etch rate. A low etch material is formed over the high etch rate material and provides a controlled etch back between charge storage regions in a row direction. A discrete low etch rate layer can be formed or the high etch rate material can be oxidized to form an upper region with a lower etch rate. A controlled etch back enables formation of a wrap-around dielectric and control gate structure in the row direction with minimized variability in the dimensions of the structures. At least a portion of the high etch rate material is removed to form air gaps for isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Hitomi Fujimoto, Hiroaki Iuchi, Ming Tian, Daisuke Maekawa
  • Patent number: 9099496
    Abstract: A stack can be patterned by a first etch process to form an opening defining sidewall surfaces of a patterned material stack. A masking layer can be non-conformally deposited on sidewalls of an upper portion of the patterned material stack, while not being deposited on sidewalls of a lower portion of the patterned material stack. The sidewalls of a lower portion of the opening can be laterally recessed employing a second etch process, which can include an isotropic etch component. The sidewalls of the upper portion of the opening can protrude inward toward the opening to form an overhang over the sidewalls of the lower portion of the opening. The overhang can be employed to form useful structures such as an negative offset profile in a floating gate device or vertically aligned control gate electrodes for vertical memory devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Ming Tian, Jayavel Pachamuthu, Atsushi Suyama, James Kai, Raghuveer S. Makala, Yao-Sheng Lee, Johann Alsmeier, Henry Chien, Masanori Terahara, Hirofumi Watatani
  • Publication number: 20150215264
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a common message sending method, an electronic device, and a non-transitory storage medium. According to user numbers on a platform, followers of a first user are acquired to construct a first subset, followers of a second user are acquired to construct a second subset. Common followers in the first subset and the second subset are acquired. A common message is sent to the common followers. The present disclosure further relates to an electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium. The common message sending method, the electronic device, and the storage medium according to the present disclosure achieve efficient, fast sending of a common message by massive, comparison of followers to send a common message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: XUWEI ZHAN, MING TIAN, ZHONGWEI LI
  • Publication number: 20150212534
    Abstract: A method for generating electric substation load transfer control parameters includes adjusting elements in a fundamental scale matrix according to a condition change of a power grid, wherein the fundamental scale matrix is constructed based on the topology structure of the power grid, and the elements in the fundamental scale matrix represent switch information and risk values of paths between nodes of the power grid, wherein the switch information represents number of switching times required for connecting two nodes of the power grid; and performing operations on the adjusted fundamental scale matrix to generate switch information and risk values of paths for electric substation load transfer control, as electric substation load transfer control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Zhen Huang, Feng Jin, Qi Ming Tian, Wen Jun Yin, Ya Nan Zhang, Ming Zhao
  • Publication number: 20150213100
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data synchronization method and system. Update data from external is written to a first data storage system in a write operation by a first writing module. The write operation is recorded and a binary log (BinLog) is generated according to the update data by a generating module. The BinLog is written separately to a cache pool and a BinLog file in a magnetic disk by a second writing module. When performing synchronization for the update data, the cache pool is searched for the BinLog corresponding to the update data, and the BinLog is sent to a second data storage system for data synchronization by a synchronization module. A synchronization scheme for asynchronous transmission based on a cache pool and a BinLog file is disclosed. A data storage system is separated from a data synchronization system for updating data copies to a latest state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: XINGCAI JIANG, MING TIAN, LI LIU, LIHUA HUANG, ZHONGWEI LI
  • Publication number: 20150169678
    Abstract: According to an example, a client transmits to a server a querying request for querying number of visits of a UGC. The server obtains the number of visits of the UGC according to retrieved times of the UGC in a UGC system and provides the number of visits to the client. The client displays the number of visits of the UGC in association with the UGC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Haiyang TAO, Lixian XIAO, Xingcai JIANG, Ming TIAN, Yunni FAN, Lihua HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150127757
    Abstract: Devices and methods are provided for sending messages. For example, a receiving user list corresponding to a specific message to be sent is acquired; a first timeline refresh request associated with a first receiving user in the receiving user list is received; and upon the capture of the first timeline refresh request, the specific message is sent to a client associated with the first receiving user that refreshes a timeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Li Liu, Jun Shu, Ming Tian, Yao Wang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 8990331
    Abstract: A microblog server receives sharing information required for sharing a microblog message transmitted by a microblog client. Generate a microblog data packet according to the sharing information, and transmit the microblog data packet to an instant messaging (IM) client, such that the IM client displays the microblog message to be shared according to the microblog data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Yu Ku, Ming Tian
  • Patent number: 8932948
    Abstract: A NAND flash memory chip is formed by depositing two N-type polysilicon layers. The upper N-type polysilicon layer is then replaced with P-type polysilicon and barrier layer in the array area only, while maintaining the upper N-type polysilicon layer in the periphery. In this way, floating gates are substantially P-type while gates of peripheral transistors are N-type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jongsun Sel, Tuan Pham, Ming Tian
  • Patent number: 8930501
    Abstract: A distributed data storage system and method are disclosed. The distributed data storage system includes: an interface machine process module; at least one service process module; and at least one storage module. The interface machine process module is configured to receive a storage request containing data to be stored from a storage requester and distribute the storage request to one of the at least one service process module; the service process module is configured to receive the storage request from the interface machine process module and assign a storage identifier for the date contained in the storage request; the at least one storage module is configured to store the data according to the storage identifier assigned by the service process module. The distributed data storage system and method of the present invention can provide stable, simple, highly efficient, and low cost mass data storage and read/write services for users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming Tian, Jun Shu, Weihua Chen, Sihua Zhuang, Huan Xiong
  • Publication number: 20150006658
    Abstract: Method, system and device for acquiring directionally published microblog messages are disclosed. A first client acquires an instruction for reading a microblog message from a first user, wherein the instruction comprises a keyword of the first user; the first client extracts directionally published microblog messages matching with the keyword of the first user from an outbox of a second user, wherein the second user is followed the first user and has a directional publishing authority; and the first terminal displays the extracted directionally published microblog messages to the first user. Through the solutions provided the present disclosure, a first user only needs to access an outbox of a second user for acquiring a microblog message, and thus the first user does not need to delete the microblog message. The operation of the first user is simplified, and thereby the user experience will be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Zhihao Zhou, Ming Tian, Li Liu