Patents by Inventor AN-CHANG LEI

AN-CHANG LEI 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).

  • Publication number: 20190258386
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Chang LEI, Xiao Xia MAO, Wen Wen YANG, Jie ZHU
  • Publication number: 20190178653
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining movement path data that specifies a location of a mobile article over time within a geographical area having an infrastructure feature; determining by machine logic based on map data and based on the movement path data calibrated location data of the mobile article, wherein the determining based on map data and based on the movement path data calibrated location data of the mobile article includes using map data that specifies coordinate location data of the infrastructure feature; and providing one or more output based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Jian ZHANG, Chang LEI, Hu WANG, Cheng ZHANG, Chuang CAO, Shuan Shuan CHEN, Wei Hong LIU
  • Publication number: 20190180722
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for two-dimensional indication in viewing contents. The method comprises in one embodiment displaying a content page in a content display window, wherein at least one of length and width of the content page exceeds the size of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment displaying indicators located at four corners of the content display window, wherein each of the indicators indicates the size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment in response to detecting a user operation that moves the content page relative to the content display window, changing each of the indicators to reflect the current size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Chang LEI, Xiao Xia MAO, Wenwen YANG, Jie ZHU
  • Patent number: 10318133
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Patent number: 10235031
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Patent number: 10209871
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for two-dimensional indication in viewing contents. The method comprises in one embodiment displaying a content page in a content display window, wherein at least one of length and width of the content page exceeds the size of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment displaying indicators located at four corners of the content display window, wherein each of the indicators indicates the size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment in response to detecting a user operation that moves the content page relative to the content display window, changing each of the indicators to reflect the current size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wenwen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180373417
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Chang LEI, Xiao Xia MAO, Wen Wen YANG, Jie ZHU
  • Publication number: 20180188928
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Chang LEI, Xiao Xia MAO, Wen Wen YANG, Jie ZHU
  • Patent number: 9996235
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180107635
    Abstract: A system from updating a document to include revisions made by multiple parties that includes an indexing module for building relationships between atom repositories and source files, and a mapping module builds a relationship between multiple atom repositories produced by indexing module that are associated with a same source file family. The system also includes an atom controlling module for controlling atom adding and atom splitting in the multiple atom repository in response to update, insert and delete operations of information units in the source file. The system can also include a synchronizing engine for synchronizing updates from one version of the source file to all versions of the source file in accordance with the atom controlling module that have been made by all users when be viewed by a single user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ye Qing Chen, Zhen Hong Ding, Chang Lei, Wen Juan Nie, Yi-Hsiu Wei, Ting Wu, Zhao Yang, Chao Zheng
  • Patent number: 9940007
    Abstract: A method to display a representation of multimedia content that includes a progress bar. The method includes shortening a portion of the multimedia content having a start time and an end time from an original length to a shortened length based on a received indication and modifying the progress bar to represent the shortened portion of the multimedia content. The original length of the portion is represented by a curve adjacent to the progress bar, where a first end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the start time, and where a second end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the end time, and the shortened length of the portion is represented by a distance on the progress bar between the location indicating the start time and the location indicating the end time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Hu Wang, Cheng Zhang, Jian Zhang, Chao Zheng
  • Patent number: 9927892
    Abstract: In an approach for managing a user interface a computer identifies a first user that is utilizing the user interface. The computer determines the identified first user is utilizing an aiming tool. The computer receives an input, the input including at least: an orientation of the aiming tool, wherein the orientation includes at least one of: a direction and a force to be applied upon release of the aiming tool. The computer calculates a trajectory from the aiming tool to a first location on the user interface based on the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Chen, Fang Liang Dong, Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Chao Zheng, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170242571
    Abstract: A method to display a representation of multimedia content that includes a progress bar. The method includes shortening a portion of the multimedia content having a start time and an end time from an original length to a shortened length based on a received indication and modifying the progress bar to represent the shortened portion of the multimedia content. The original length of the portion is represented by a curve adjacent to the progress bar, where a first end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the start time, and where a second end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the end time, and the shortened length of the portion is represented by a distance on the progress bar between the location indicating the start time and the location indicating the end time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Hu Wang, Cheng Zhang, Jian Zhang, Chao Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170177170
    Abstract: Progress bar for visually indicating information about a corresponding ordered (for example), time ordered list of items (for example, clickable items representing social media posts). Some embodiments of the progress bar may include one, or more, of the following features: (i) different “interest/interaction statuses” corresponding to the list items; (ii) user interaction zones for jumping the displayed list of items to newly-created items and jumping back to a location in the list where the user was before jumping to the newly-created list items; and/or (iii) adjustable “density” progress bar icons that dynamically vary the number of list items corresponding to a single icon depending up the number of list items loaded to a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Zhen Hong Ding, Fang Liang Dong, Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wenwen Yang, Wei Jun Zheng, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170160905
    Abstract: An indication to activate a first floating point area is received. An indication to select a first floating point area on a touch screen of a device is received. The first floating point is associated with a first section of content on the touch screen of the device. An indication to activate a second floating point area is received. An indication to select a second floating point area on a touch screen of a device is received. The second floating point is associated with a second section of content on the touch screen of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xuelin Wang, Liang Yu, Yan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170115858
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for two-dimensional indication in viewing contents. The method comprises in one embodiment displaying a content page in a content display window, wherein at least one of length and width of the content page exceeds the size of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment displaying indicators located at four corners of the content display window, wherein each of the indicators indicates the size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window. The method further comprises in one embodiment in response to detecting a user operation that moves the content page relative to the content display window, changing each of the indicators to reflect the current size of part of the content page that is outside the corresponding corner of the content display window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wenwen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170109019
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Chang LEI, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170064355
    Abstract: One or more processors determine a common interest associated with a group of individuals based, at least in part, on one or more interests associated with individuals within the group of individuals. One or more processors determine a video output to display to the group of individuals. The video output is anticipated to appeal to at least a portion of the group of individuals based, at least in part, on the common interest associated with the group of individuals. One or more processors display the video output to the group of individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Fang Liang Dong, Kevin T. Grignon, Chang Lei, Dong Ni, Xin Wen Qi, Yi Ping Qu, Fei Sun
  • Publication number: 20170061496
    Abstract: One or more processors determine a common interest associated with a group of individuals based, at least in part, on one or more interests associated with individuals within the group of individuals. One or more processors determine a video output to display to the group of individuals. The video output is anticipated to appeal to at least a portion of the group of individuals based, at least in part, on the common interest associated with the group of individuals. One or more processors display the video output to the group of individuals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Fang Liang Dong, Kevin T. Grignon, Chang Lei, Dong Ni, Xin Wen Qi, Yi Ping Qu, Fei Sun
  • Publication number: 20160283205
    Abstract: In an approach for managing a user interface a computer identifies a first user that is utilizing the user interface. The computer determines the identified first user is utilizing an aiming tool. The computer receives an input, the input including at least: an orientation of the aiming tool, wherein the orientation includes at least one of: a direction and a force to be applied upon release of the aiming tool. The computer calculates a trajectory from the aiming tool to a first location on the user interface based on the received input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Qi Chen, Fang Liang Dong, Chang Lei, Xiao Xia Mao, Wen Wen Yang, Chao Zheng, Jie Zhu