Patents by Inventor Albert THAMBIRATNAM

Albert THAMBIRATNAM 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: 11245543
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying an abnormal usage of an electronic device are provided. A usage behavior of the electronic device may be monitored. Usage information associated with the usage behavior may be obtained. The usage information may be provided to a personal usage model established for a user of the electronic device. An abnormal usage of the electronic device may be determined based at least on the usage information through the personal usage model. A notification of the abnormal usage may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhiwei Fan, Albert Thambiratnam
  • Publication number: 20220004652
    Abstract: A method for providing images, comprising: performing authentication of an entity (1010);obtaining identity information of the entity based on the authentication (1020); obtaining one or more images associated with the entity based at least on the identity information of the entity (1030); and providing the one or more images, wherein each image in the one or more images is attached with a privacy label (1040).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Dehua CUI, Albert THAMBIRATNAM, Chenyang CUI
  • Publication number: 20210406595
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for automatically generating a training data set for object recognition. Profile information of a plurality of objects may be obtained. For each object among the plurality of objects, a group of initial images associated with the object may be collected based on identity information of the object included in profile information of the object. The group of initial images may be filtered to obtain a group of filtered images associated with the object. A group of training data pairs corresponding to the object may be generated through labeling each of the group of filtered images with the identity information of the object. The group of training data pairs may be added into the training data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Dehua CUI, Albert THAMBIRATNAM, Ming ZHONG, Wenhui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210144418
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing video recommendation. At least one reference factor for the video recommendation may be determined, wherein the at least one reference factor indicates preferred importance of visual information and/or audio information in at least one video to be recommended. A ranking score of each candidate video in a candidate video set may be determined based at least on the at least one reference factor. At least one recommended video may be selected from the candidate video set based at least on ranking scores of candidate videos in the candidate video set. The at least one recommended video may be provided to a user through a terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Bo HAN, Qiao LUAN, Yang WANG, Albert THAMBIRATNAM
  • Publication number: 20210126809
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for identifying an abnormal usage of an electronic device are provided. A usage behavior of the electronic device may be monitored. Usage information associated with the usage behavior may be obtained. The usage information may be provided to a personal usage model established for a user of the electronic device. An abnormal usage of the electronic device may be determined based at least on the usage information through the personal usage model. A notification of the abnormal usage may be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Zhiwei Fan, Albert THAMBIRATNAM