Patents by Inventor An Zhu
An Zhu 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).
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Patent number: 8774223Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for inserting data symbols and pilot symbols in an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) transmission resource utilizing frequency hopping patterns for the data symbols and/or the pilot symbols. Data symbols and pilot symbols are allocated for down link (base station to mobile station) and up link (mobile station to bases station) transmission resources in a two-dimensional time-frequency pattern. For each antenna of a MIMO-OFDM (multiple input multiple output OFDM) communication system, pilot symbols are inserted in a scattered pattern in time-frequency and data symbols are inserted in an identical frequency-hopping pattern in time-frequency as that of other antennas.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong, Jianglei Ma, Ming Jia
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Patent number: 8775324Abstract: The compatibility score of individuals in a social network is computed based on the compatibility of interests expressed by these individuals. The compatibility score between any two interests is calculated as the log of the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express both interests as his/her interests divided by the product of: (i) the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express the first of the two interests as his/her interest and (ii) the estimated probability that a member of the social network will express the second of the two interests as his/her interest. The compatibility score between two individuals is calculated as the sum of the compatibility scores between each interest appearing in a set of interests expressed by the first of the two individuals and each interest appearing in a set of interests expressed by the second of the two individuals.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Xiao Ming Zhu, Christopher Lunt
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Patent number: 8776240Abstract: A Web browser or operating system of a computer maintains a historical URL list of Web sites and Web pages that have been accessed in the past. When a prescan module of antivirus software performs an initial prescan of a computer before the antivirus software is installed, it queries this historical URL list to obtain the URLs that have been accessed in the past. These URLs are sent to a URL online query service located remotely over the Internet in order to determine the status of any of these URLs. Each URL is attempted to be matched with a database of known malicious URLs including associated malicious files and associated cleanup patterns. The query service then informs the requesting computer of the status of a particular URL sent, sending back any related malicious files and any appropriate cleanup pattern. A time period associated with each URL in the database indicates when it is known that the URL was malicious.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Trend Micro, Inc.Inventors: Weimin Wu, Kai Yu, Yiping Shen, Xuewen Zhu, Xingqi Ding
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Patent number: 8775164Abstract: Some embodiments of an efficient string search have been presented. In one embodiment, a string of bytes representing content written in a non-delimited language is received, wherein the content has been classified into a predetermined category. In a single pass through the string of bytes, a set of N-grams is searched for simultaneously. Statistical information on occurrences of the N-grams, if any, in the string of bytes is collected. In some embodiments, a model is generated based on the statistical information, where the model is usable by a content filter to classify content.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: SonicWALL, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Raffill, Shunhui Zhu, Roman Yanovsky, Boris Yanovsky, John Gmuender
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Patent number: 8772451Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for detecting cells or tissue comprising a peptide antigen presented in the context of an MHC or HLA complex. The invention has a wide range of applications including providing a highly sensitive method for detecting cancer cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Altor BioScience CorporationInventors: Shari A. Price-Schiavi, Heather J. Belmont, Kimberlyn F. Card, Xiaoyun Zhu, Hing C. Wong
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Patent number: 8773974Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that enable an OFDM transmitter to be used for transmitting conventional OFDM or a form of transformed OFDM. A technique is provided for transforming a coded and modulated sequence of samples prior to an IFFT that enables the transformed sequence of samples to be transmitted using conventional OFDM or transformed OFDM. The selection of a transform function for transforming the coded and modulated sequence of samples may be based on optimizing the transform function for particular operating conditions between the transmitter and receiver. In some embodiments of the invention OFDM and time transformed OFDM are multiplexed in time and/or frequency in a transmission frame. In some embodiments of the invention a pilot pattern is provided in which the pilot are sent using OFDM and data is sent using OFDM and/or transformed OFDM.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jianglei Ma, Wen Tong, Ming Jia, Hua Xu, Peiying Zhu, Hang Zhang
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Patent number: 8772147Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first set of gate electrodes over a substrate, adjacent gate electrodes of the first set of gate electrodes being separated by a first gap width, and having a first gate width. The method includes forming a second set of gate electrodes over the substrate, adjacent gate electrodes of the second set of gate electrodes being separated by a second gap width less than the first gap width, and having a second gate width greater than the first gate width. The method further includes forming a first set of spacer structures on sidewalls of the first and second sets of gate electrodes. The method further includes forming a second set of spacer structures abutting the first set of spacer structures and removing a subset of the second set of spacer structures over the sidewalls of the second set of gate electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Lee-Wee Teo, Ming Zhu, Hui-Wen Lin, Bao-Ru Young, Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang
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Patent number: 8774182Abstract: A method and system for using a communication network having a relay node to provide wireless communication with a mobile station. A protocol stack is implemented in the relay node in which the protocol stack includes a media access control layer defining a media access control protocol. The media access control protocol defines a set of headers providing media access control layer data plane functions in the relay node.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Hang Zhang, Mo-Han Fong, Peiying Zhu, Jianglei Ma, Wen Tong
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Publication number: 20140186377Abstract: The present invention encompasses prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) binding proteins. The invention relates to antibodies that are wild-type, chimeric, CDR grafted and humanized. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for prostaglandin E2 and neutralize prostaglandin E2 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody, or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Methods of making and methods of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antigen-binding portions, of the invention are useful for detecting prostaglandin E2 and for inhibiting prostaglandin E2 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which prostaglandin E2 activity is detrimental.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: AbbVie, Inc.Inventors: Jijie Gu, Charles W. Hutchins, Rong-Rong Zhu, Jianwei Shen, Maria C. Harris, Eileen Belanger, Tariq Ghayur, Paul R. Hinton, Veronica M. Juan, John Mankovich, Junjian Liu
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Publication number: 20140184961Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed which comprises a plurality of layers arranged in a light emitting direction of a light source, wherein a diaphragm layer configured to enhance an emitting brightness of the display apparatus is arranged on one of the plurality of layers. With such diaphragm layer in the display apparatus, the brightness of the display apparatus can be enhanced by the Fresnel diffraction effects of the diaphragm layer. In the 2D display, for a same brightness, the power consumption in the display apparatus may be reduced. In the 3D display, the brightness of the display apparatus may be improved and the crosstalk may be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jinye Zhu
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Publication number: 20140186906Abstract: Recombinant microbial cells are disclosed herein that produce an oil comprising at least 28 percent eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) measured as a weight percent of dry cell weight. These cells may comprise a polynucleotide sequence encoding an active acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase (LPCAT) comprising at least one amino acid mutation in a membrane-bound O-acyltransferase motif. In addition, the cells may comprise a down-regulation of an endogenous polynucleotide sequence encoding Sou2 sorbitol utilization protein, and/or one or more polynucleotides encoding phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase (PDAT), delta-12 desaturase, a dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) synthase multizyme, delta-8 desaturase, malonyl-CoA synthetase (MCS), or acyl-CoA:lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT). Also disclosed are methods of using the recombinant microbial cells to produce oil containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids such as EPA.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Seung-Pyo Hong, Pamela L. Sharpe, Narendra S. Yadav, Xiaochun Fan, Michael Dauner
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Publication number: 20140189523Abstract: There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) one or more computer programs stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for displaying a welcome screen with a pictorial infographic or a data visualization that graphically represents each of a number of variables relating to the device or one or more of its users.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: CANONICAL LIMITEDInventors: Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, Ivo WEEVERS, Mika MESKANEN, Oren HOREV, Calum PRINGLE, John LEA, Otto GREENSLADE, Marcus HASLAM, Ivanka MAJIC, Xi ZHU
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Publication number: 20140185588Abstract: Provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a method for configuring a neighboring base station and a micro base station, realizing that the micro base station detects information of at least one macro base station nearby and sends the information of the macro base station to a core network device, so that the core network device queries information of other base station(s) adjacent to the macro base station, and sends the information of the other base station(s) to the micro base station to enable the micro base station to configure the other base station(s) as neighboring base station(s) of the micro base station, thus solving the technical problem of a call drop of a terminal during a cell handover caused as the micro base station does not configure the neighboring base station(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei ZHU, Jian WU
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Publication number: 20140184745Abstract: An object tracking device includes a camera with a field of view oriented in a first direction and a mirror with a field of reflection oriented in a second direction. When an object is in a first region in the field of view of the electronic camera, the camera has a direct view of the object and a reflected view of the object from the mirror. A processor coupled with the camera is configured to receive a first image data set and a second image data set from the camera. The first image data set and the second image data set each include the direct view of the object and the reflected view of the object from the mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Fengjun Lv, Fengqing Zhu, Liang Zhou, Pengwei Wang
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Publication number: 20140186263Abstract: A maleimide-functionalized gold nanoparticle is described herein. More specifically, a maleimide-functionalized gold nanoparticle of formula (I): is described, wherein “n” and “m” are integers independently ranging from 1 to 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITYInventors: Ralf Schirrmacher, Jun Zhu, R. Bruce Lennox
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Publication number: 20140185475Abstract: Adaptive neighboring cell measurement scaling by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. The UE may operate alternately in active and inactive states in a periodic manner according to DRX cycle timing for each of a plurality of DRX cycles. Paging messages may be checked for while in the active state during each DRX cycle. If a paging message is received, it may be decoded using a joint detection technique. The UE may adaptively determine whether or not to perform neighboring cell measurements during at least a subset of the DRX cycles, and perform neighboring cell measurements according to the adaptive determination. The adaptive determination may be based on one or more of joint detection of paging messages, one or more previous cell measurements, or an amount of motion of the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhu Ji, Johnson O. Sebeni, Xiantao Sun, Yu-Lin Wang
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Publication number: 20140189549Abstract: There is disclosed a computing device comprising: (a) a display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) one or more computer programs stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for generating UI elements designed to remain in the same screen position as the device size scales from smartphone to tablet to laptop to desktop to TV, providing a consistent UI across all of the respective screen sizes and device types.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: CANONICAL LIMITEDInventors: Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, Ivo WEEVERS, Mika MESKANEN, Oren HOREV, Calum PRINGLE, John LEA, Otto GREENSLADE, Marcus HASLAM, Ivanka MAJIC, Xi ZHU
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Publication number: 20140185954Abstract: A method for matching social network participants includes receiving activity data pertaining to a plurality of participants in a social network. The activity data is parsed to generate activity pattern summaries for each of the participants. The participants are clustered into a plurality of groups according to the activity pattern summaries. At least one participant of influence is determined within at least one group according to the activity data. A social connection is established within the social network between the determined participant of influence and at least one other participant clustered into the same group.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark JH Hsiao, Yue-Min Jiang, June-Ray Lin, Alfred SH Tzao, Xinxin Zhu
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Publication number: 20140189573Abstract: There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) an operating system computer program stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for detecting a swipe gesture, and, in response to the detected swipe gesture, displaying a search bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: CANONICAL LIMITEDInventors: Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, Ivo WEEVERS, Mika MESKANEN, Oren HOREV, Calum PRINGLE, John LEA, Otto GREENSLADE, Marcus HASLAM, Ivanka MAJIC, Xi ZHU
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Publication number: 20140189578Abstract: There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device in which a swipe in from an edge causes the device to behave (e.g. display a UI graphic, open an app, open a control pane, invoke a function), in a way that depends on the specific edge swiped-in from (e.g. left, right, top or bottom).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: CANONICAL LIMITEDInventors: Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, Ivo WEEVERS, Mika MESKANEN, Oren HOREV, Calum PRINGLE, John LEA, Otto GREENSLADE, Marcus HASLAM, Ivanka MAJIC, Xi ZHU