Patents by Inventor Ding Xiao

Ding Xiao 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: 20250037045
    Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining IT assets are disclosed. An example computer system may include: a processor; and a non-transitory memory storing one or more sets of instructions that when executed by the processor, causes the system to: access or receive asset data for a plurality of IT assets located in a plurality of physical locations; determine, based on the asset data, a plurality of assets due for maintenance; access or receive, in real time, map data for physical locations associated with the plurality of assets; determine a cost matrix for scheduling a route plan for visiting the physical locations associated with the plurality of assets; compute the route plan based on the cost matrix and the map data; generate signals for displaying, at a display of a user device, the route plan; and transmit said signals to the user device for displaying the route plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
    Inventors: Ding XIAO, Christine JOSEPH, Patrick BULMER, Chris S. GILBERT, Soheil BANIFATEMI
  • Publication number: 20150381540
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: James SARGENT, Sylvia Margot ROMARY, Jean-Jacques MOORTGAT, Lachlan MAXWELL, Michael ADKINS, Ding XIAO
  • Patent number: 9160568
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: James Sargent, Sylvia Margot Romary, Jean-Jacques Moortgat, Lachlan Maxwell, Michael Adkins, Ding Xiao
  • Publication number: 20130018972
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: James SARGENT, Sylvia Margot ROMARY, Jean-Jacques MOORTGAT, Lachlan MAXWELL, Michael ADKINS, Ding XIAO
  • Patent number: 8321516
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: James Sargent, Sylvia Margot Romary, Jean-Jacques Moortgat, Lachlan Maxwell, Michael Adkins, Ding Xiao
  • Publication number: 20100115040
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is provided for generating a reputation record and filtering electronic messages, each reputation record including a reputation score and a reputation key. The method includes receiving at least one incoming event notification, including a reputation key; determining, based on the reputation key, whether a corresponding reputation record exists; creating a new reputation record if the corresponding reputation record does not exist; determining a trust determination function based on the incoming event notification; calculating a reputation score based on the determined trust determination function, the incoming event notification, and an attribute associated with the reputation key; storing the calculated reputation score along with the reputation key in either the new reputation record or the corresponding reputation record; and filtering one or more electronic messages based on the calculated reputation score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: James Sargent, Sylvia Margot Romary, Jean-Jacques Moortgat, Lachlan Maxwell, Michael Adkins, Ding Xiao