Patents by Inventor Zhongnan Li

Zhongnan Li 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: 11657363
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method for assigning items to pickers including: determining a priority of an ordered item; inserting the item into an ordered data structure based on the priority of the item; iteratively, for items in the ordered data structure: determining an item physical location corresponding to a first unassigned item in the ordered data structure; determining a plurality of picker physical locations corresponding to locations of user devices of pickers; calculating a plurality of distances between the item physical location and picker physical locations among the plurality of picker physical locations; assigning the first unassigned item by: identifying a closest picker corresponding to a shortest distance of the plurality of distances; selecting the identified picker; correlating the first unassigned item with the selected picker in a data structure; and sending information of the item and physical location to the user device of the picker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Park, Chang Geun Jin, Lianxi Bai, Seon Sook Hong, Kyeong Suk Jin, Eung Soo Lee, Woong Kim, Xiufang Zhu, Zhongnan Li, Leming Lv, Jaehyun Kim, Yong-Cho Hwang, Erik Rehn
  • Publication number: 20220292586
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method item correlation including: receiving an indication of an order comprising at least one item; determining if the order is urgent based on an amount of time remaining until the items must ship to a customer; determining a location of each of a plurality of pickers; iteratively, for items in the order: identifying a picker closest to the item, the picker having a current job priority; correlating the closest picker and the item in a data structure; re-correlating, in the data structure, at least one item previously correlated with the closest picker to an alternate picker in response to the current job priority not being urgent; sending, to a user device of the closest picker, a location and item identifier associated with the item; and storing, in the data structure, a completion flag in correlation with the item upon receipt of an item-complete message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: CHANG GEUN JIN, LIANXI BAI, SUNG JIN PARK, SANG HO LEE, HYUN YOP JUNG, JEONG SEOK OH, SUN HEE HWANG, EUNG SOO LEE, WOONG KIM, XIUFANG ZHU, ZHONGNAN LI, LEMING LV, JAEHYUN KIM, YONG-CHO HWANG, ERIK REHN
  • Patent number: 11379907
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method item correlation including: receiving an indication of an order comprising at least one item; determining if the order is urgent based on an amount of time remaining until the items must ship to a customer; determining a location of each of a plurality of pickers; iteratively, for items in the order: identifying a picker closest to the item, the picker having a current job priority; correlating the closest picker and the item in a data structure; re-correlating, in the data structure, at least one item previously correlated with the closest picker to an alternate picker in response to the current job priority not being urgent; sending, to a user device of the closest picker, a location and item identifier associated with the item; and storing, in the data structure, a completion flag in correlation with the item upon receipt of an item-complete message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
    Inventors: Chang Geun Jin, Lianxi Bai, Sung Jin Park, Sang Ho Lee, Hyun Yop Jung, Jeong Seok Oh, Sun Hee Hwang, Eung Soo Lee, Woong Kim, Xiufang Zhu, Zhongnan Li, Leming Lv, Jaehyun Kim, Yong-Cho Hwang, Erik Rehn
  • Publication number: 20220188910
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method item correlation including: receiving an indication of an order comprising at least one item; determining if the order is urgent based on an amount of time remaining until the items must ship to a customer; determining a location of each of a plurality of pickers; iteratively, for items in the order: identifying a picker closest to the item, the picker having a current job priority; correlating the closest picker and the item in a data structure; re-correlating, in the data structure, at least one item previously correlated with the closest picker to an alternate picker in response to the current job priority not being urgent; sending, to a user device of the closest picker, a location and item identifier associated with the item; and storing, in the data structure, a completion flag in correlation with the item upon receipt of an item-complete message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: CHANG GEUN JIN, Lianxi BAI, Sung Jin PARK, Sang Ho LEE, Hyun Yop JUNG, Jeong Seok OH, Sun Hee HWANG, Eung Soo LEE, Woong KIM, Xiufang ZHU, Zhongnan LI, Leming LV, Jaehyun KIM, Yong-Cho HWANG, Erik REHN
  • Publication number: 20220129848
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method for assigning items to pickers including: determining a priority of an ordered item; inserting the item into an ordered data structure based on the priority of the item; iteratively, for items in the ordered data structure: determining an item physical location corresponding to a first unassigned item in the ordered data structure; determining a plurality of picker physical locations corresponding to locations of user devices of pickers; calculating a plurality of distances between the item physical location and picker physical locations among the plurality of picker physical locations; assigning the first unassigned item by: identifying a closest picker corresponding to a shortest distance of the plurality of distances; selecting the identified picker; correlating the first unassigned item with the selected picker in a data structure; and sending information of the item and physical location to the user device of the picker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Jin PARK, Chang Geun JIN, Lianxi BAI, Seon Sook HONG, Kyeong Suk JIN, Eung Soo LEE, Woong KIM, Xiufang ZHU, Zhongnan LI, Leming LV, Jaehyun KIM, Yong-Cho HWANG, Erik REHN
  • Patent number: 11176513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computerized method for assigning items to pickers including: determining a priority of an ordered item; inserting the item into an ordered data structure based on the priority of the item; iteratively, for items in the ordered data structure: determining an item physical location corresponding to a first unassigned item in the ordered data structure; determining a plurality of picker physical locations corresponding to locations of user devices of pickers; calculating a plurality of distances between the item physical location and picker physical locations among the plurality of picker physical locations; assigning the first unassigned item by: identifying a closest picker corresponding to a shortest distance of the plurality of distances; selecting the identified picker; correlating the first unassigned item with the selected picker in a data structure; and sending information of the item and physical location to the user device of the picker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Coupang Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Jin Park, Chang Geun Jin, Lianxi Bai, Seon Sook Hong, Kyeong Suk Jin, Eung Soo Lee, Woong Kim, Xiufang Zhu, Zhongnan Li, Leming Lv, Jaehyun Kim, Yong-Cho Hwang, Erik Rehn
  • Patent number: 10605860
    Abstract: A device includes a first die including a pseudo-random binary sequence (“PRBS”) generator that outputs test signals on parallel lanes. The device further includes a second die comprising a PRBS checker that compares at least a portion of the test signals with reference signals to identify a particular lane associated with an error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Credo Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Yifei Dai
  • Publication number: 20190041455
    Abstract: A device includes a first die including a pseudo-random binary sequence (“PRBS”) generator that outputs test signals on parallel lanes. The device further includes a second die comprising a PRBS checker that compares at least a portion of the test signals with reference signals to identify a particular lane associated with an error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Credo Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Yifei Dai
  • Patent number: 9973829
    Abstract: A method and system for video communications between a terminal and a server. A first terminal establishes a communication connection with a server through a communication protocol. Local video data displayed in a video zone of the first terminal and other data displayed in a preset whiteboard zone of the first terminal are sent-to the server, to allow the server to send the local video data and the other data to one or more second terminals to be displayed. Complex content can be shown in one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many video communications applications to satisfy the demand and experience of video communications in the scenes of chats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shezhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Hao Nian
  • Patent number: 9258526
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and system for audio/video communication, and a client. The method includes setting up a connection with a server for audio/video communication, opening multiple windows for the audio/video communication; obtaining an enabling instruction for enabling audio/video communication of any one of the windows for audio/video communication amongst the multiple windows for audio/video communication; disabling audio/video communication for other windows for audio/video communication amongst the multiple windows for audio/video communication according to the enabling instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Pu Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, Jiajun Chen
  • Publication number: 20150082204
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for video communications and a terminal, server and system for video communications. The method includes: a first terminal establishing a communication connection with a server by means of a communication protocol; sending local video data of the first terminal and data in a first preset whiteboard zone to the server, to allow that the server to send the local video data and the data indicated in the first preset whiteboard zone to one or more than one second terminals except the first terminal to be displayed. By proving a first preset whiteboard zone in the process of video communications and sending data in the first preset whiteboard zone among the second terminals through a server, the present invention can make complex content be shown in one-to-one, one-to-many or many-to-many video communications applications to satisfy the demand and experience of video communications in the scenes of chats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Hao NIAN
  • Publication number: 20140372911
    Abstract: Provided is an interactive interface display control method, instant communication tool and computer storage medium. The interactive interface displayed control method, comprising the following steps: acquiring a contact list and a message of a friend in a contact list; generating an image block corresponding to the friend in the contact list; and displaying the message of the friend in the image block. The interactive interface display control method, the instant communication tool, and computer storage medium are realized by generating a corresponding image block for each friend in the contact list, and then displaying the message of the friend in the image block, thereby a user can view the message of the friend directly from the image block in the interface, which simplifies and facilities the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zhongnan LI, Xin JIN, Lei LI, Wenxiang WANG, Yida DING, Wentao WANG, Shourun ZENG, Yan CHEN, Junbiao CHEN, Guang YANG, Yecheng XIAN, Zurong WU, Shundong GAO, Yehui LIN
  • Publication number: 20140223300
    Abstract: An implementation of the present invention provides a remote assistance method, system and terminal. The method comprises: establishing a connection between an assisted terminal and an assisting terminal through a communication protocol; designating a window that needs assistance and sending a screenshot of the window to the assisting terminal by the assisted terminal; displaying the screenshot of the window, executing an assistance operation on the screenshot of the window, and sending assistance operation information corresponding to the assistance operation to the assisted terminal by the assisting terminal; executing the assistance operation specified by the assisting terminal on the window that needs assistance by the assisted terminal, according to the assistance operation information. The implementation of the present invention improves operation accuracy and protects user's privacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhongnan LI, Sijian ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140192139
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and system for audio/video communication, and a client. The method includes setting up a connection with a server for audio/video communication, opening multiple windows for the audio/video communication; obtaining an enabling instruction for enabling audio/video communication of any one of the windows for audio/video communication amongst the multiple windows for audio/video communication; disabling audio/video communication for other windows for audio/video communication amongst the multiple windows for audio/video communication according to the enabling instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhongnan Li, Pu Wang, Xiaoyu Liu, Jiajun Chen