Patents by Inventor Dongmei Zhang

Dongmei Zhang 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: 20230306035
    Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a solution for automatic recommendation of analysis for a dataset. In this solution, dimension feature information of dimensions of a dataset and operation feature information of candidate analysis operations are extracted. Respective metrics of candidate combinations of the dimensions and candidate analysis operations being suitable for defining an analysis pattern for the dataset are determined based on the dimension and operation feature information. The analysis pattern comprises at least one dimension to be analyzed and at least one analysis operation to be performed on the at least one dimension. A recommendation on an analysis pattern for the dataset is provided based on the determined respective metrics, to indicate a candidate combination. In this way, it is possible to assess and provide a suitable analysis pattern for a given dataset, thereby facilitating quick completion of the data analysis task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Mengyu Zhou, Shi HAN, Dongmei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11734317
    Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is proposed a solution for automatic analysis of a difference between multi-dimensional datasets. In this solution, an analysis request is received for a first dataset and a second dataset, each of which including data items corresponding to a plurality of dimensions. In response to the analysis request, data items corresponding to a first dimension in the first and second datasets are compared. Based on the comparison, a first set of influence factors associated with the first dimension are determined, each influence factor indicating a reason for a difference between the first and second datasets from a respective perspective. An analysis result related to the difference between the first and second datasets is presented based on the first set of influence factors. In this way, it is possible to achieve automatic and efficient analysis of the difference between the different datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Ding, Zhouyu Fu, Shi Han, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230214597
    Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, a clause-based semantic parsing solution is provided. In the solution, a first clause with independent semantics is determined from a target statement. The target statement is converted to a first intermediate statement based on a first logical representation corresponding to the first clause. Subsequently, at least one logical representation corresponding to at least part of semantics of the first intermediate statement is determined. The first logical representation and the at least one logical representation may be used to determine a target logical representation corresponding to semantics of the target statement. Therefore, more accurate semantic parsing can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Zeqi Lin, JianGuang LOU, Dongmei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11687226
    Abstract: A computing device running a tool for visually exploring datasets receives a request for a dataset comprising a plurality of subspaces of a multi-dimensional data structure and in response to receiving a user selection of a data point associated with the dataset, presents a visualization of the calculations associated with the selected data point. The tool allows the user to select one of the calculations, thus causing presentation of a visualization of the selected calculation. A semantic graphical feature is incorporated into the visualization of the selected calculation depending upon a type of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhitao Hou, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230180679
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a simplified cotton cultivation method relying on setting bolls on VBs. Not only can the method form seed cotton yield and increase the yield by at least 10% compared with conventional manual pruning or no-prune technique, but also eliminate pruning and topping. The method is a new, simple and feasible simplified cotton cultivation method. The simplified cotton cultivation method relying on setting bolls on VBs includes the following steps: heading a cotton plant to retain only VBs when cotton grows to squaring stage, namely cutting off the first fruiting branch and an upper main stem thereof from the cotton plant after squaring, and only retaining the vegetative branches for growth and development, squaring, flowering, and setting bolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: HEZHONG DONG, JUNJUN NIE, YANJUN ZHANG, JIANLONG DAI, ZHENGPENG CUI, DONGMEI ZHANG, LIJIE ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20230179501
    Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is provided a solution of providing a health index of a service. In this solution, a plurality of incident information sets associated with a plurality of services are obtained. The plurality of services are provisioned in a computing environment. An incident information set indicates at least one incident reported during operation of a service. Respective health indices are determined for the plurality of services based on respective ones of the plurality of incident information sets and a health classification policy. The respective health indices indicate respective health statuses of the plurality of services and being determined from a same health index range. Through unified use of incident information, the determined health indices can indicate universal and consistent health statuses for different services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Kang, Rulei Yu, Bo Qiao, Pu Zhao, Qingwei Lin, Jian Sun, Li Yang, Xiaofeng Gao, Pochian LEE, Dongmei ZHANG, Zhangwei Xu, Liqun Li, Xu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11659393
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for establishing a security context and relates to the communications field, so as to comprehensively protect UE data. The method includes: acquiring an encryption algorithm of an access node; acquiring a root key and deriving, according to the root key and the encryption algorithm, an encryption key of the access node; sending the encryption key and the encryption algorithm to the access node, so that the access node starts downlink encryption and uplink decryption; sending the encryption algorithm of the access node to the UE so as to negotiate the encryption algorithm with the UE; and instructing the access node to start downlink encryption and uplink decryption and instructing, during algorithm negotiation, the UE to start downlink decryption and uplink encryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongmei Zhang, Jing Chen
  • Publication number: 20230012578
    Abstract: Automatically identifying insights from a dataset and presenting the insights graphically and in natural language text ranked by importance is provided. Different data types and structures in the dataset are automatic recognized and matched with a corresponding specific analysis type. The data is analyzed according to the determined corresponding analysis types, and insights form the analysis are automatically identified. The insights within a given insight type and between insight types are ranked and presented in order of importance. Insights include those having multiple pipelined attributes and other insights include multiple insights identified as having some relationship for the included insights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rui DING, Shi HAN, Dongmei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11556703
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to table detection in a spreadsheet. According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is proposed a solution for determining a table in a spreadsheet. In the solution, respective multiple attributes of multiple cells comprised in the spreadsheet may be extracted. Respective features of the multiple cells may be determined based on the extracted multiple attributes. The multiple cells may be divided into at least one candidate area based on the features. At least one candidate table in the spreadsheet may be determined based on the at least one candidate area. By means of the solution, respective features of the multiple cells comprised in the spreadsheet may be determined based on the respective attributes of the multiple cells, and further, a candidate region where a table might exist may be determined based on the respective features of the multiple cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Haoyu Dong, Shi Han, Zhouyu Fu, Dongmei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220405479
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to conversational data analysis. After a data analysis request is received from a user, heuristic information may be determined based on the data analysis request. The heuristic information mentioned here is not a result for the data analysis request but information which may be used for leading the conversation to proceed. Based on such heuristic information, the user may provide supplementary information associated with the data analysis request, for example, clarify meaning of the data analysis request, submit a relevant further analysis request, and so on. A really desired and meaningful data analysis result can be provided to the user according to the supplementary information provided by the user. Thus, data analysis will become more accurate and effective. While obtaining really helpful information, the user also gains good user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhitao HOU, Jian-Guang LOU, Bo ZHANG, Xiao LIANG, Dongmei ZHANG, Haidong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220381421
    Abstract: An LED lighting device includes a seat, an optical assembly and a light source, according to one embodiment of the present invention. The seat has a baseplate and a sidewall. A chamber is formed between the baseplate and the sidewall. The optical assembly completely covers a light-emitting side of the LED lighting device. The light source is disposed in the chamber of the seat and includes multiple LED arrays. Each of the LED arrays includes an LED chip. The optical assembly includes an optical unit. The optical unit includes multiple first optical members and multiple second optical members corresponding to the first optical members. The LED arrays correspond to the first optical members. Each of the second optical members includes a set of optical walls. The set of optical walls surrounds one of the first optical members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: MINGBIN WANG, ZHICHAO ZHANG, DONGMEI ZHANG, JIFENG XU, TAO JIANG, KUAN LIN
  • Patent number: 11514034
    Abstract: In accordance with implementations of the present disclosure, a solution for converting a natural language query is provided. In this solution, a first natural language query and a second natural language query for one or more data tables are received, wherein semantics of the second natural language query is dependent on the first natural language query. A third natural language query for one or more data tables is generated based on the first natural language query and the second natural language query, wherein semantics of the third natural language query is identical to the semantics of the second natural language query and independent of the first natural language query. In this way, this solution can convert a context-dependent natural language query into a context-independent natural language query, thereby enabling interfacing with any semantic parsers which can convert a natural language query into a computer-executable query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bei Chen, Jian-Guang Lou, Yan Gao, Dongmei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220366129
    Abstract: A solution for spreadsheet table transformation is provided. In this solution, one or more header areas and a data area of a spreadsheet table are detected. A hierarchical structure of each of the header areas is determined by analysis of cell merging and/or indents in the header area, and/or a function relationship between data items in corresponding cells of the data area. The spreadsheet table can be transformed to a relational table based on recognition of the hierarchical structure of the header area. In this way, by facilitating understanding of header structures based on the header hierarchy, it is possible to achieve automated transformation from spreadsheet tables to relational tables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Haoyu DONG, Shi HAN, Dongmei ZHANG, Jennifer M. HALBERSTAM, Xiao LYU
  • Publication number: 20220357840
    Abstract: A computing device running a tool for visually exploring datasets receives a request for a dataset comprising a plurality of subspaces of a multi-dimensional data structure and in response to receiving a user selection of a data point associated with the dataset, presents a visualization of the calculations associated with the selected data point. The tool allows the user to select one of the calculations, thus causing presentation of a visualization of the selected calculation. A semantic graphical feature is incorporated into the visualization of the selected calculation depending upon a type of the calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhitao HOU, Haidong ZHANG, Dongmei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220343062
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein relates to table detection in a spreadsheet. According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, there is proposed a solution for determining a table in a spreadsheet. In the solution, respective multiple attributes of multiple cells comprised in the spreadsheet may be extracted. Respective features of the multiple cells may be determined based on the extracted multiple attributes. The multiple cells may be divided into at least one candidate area based on the features. At least one candidate table in the spreadsheet may be determined based on the at least one candidate area. By means of the solution, respective features of the multiple cells comprised in the spreadsheet may be determined based on the respective attributes of the multiple cells, and further, a candidate region where a table might exist may be determined based on the respective features of the multiple cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Haoyu Dong, Shi Han, Zhouyu Fu, Dongmei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11483705
    Abstract: In one example method for generating an access stratum key in a communication system, a terminal device acquires an input parameter, where the terminal device is communicably coupled to a first network-side device through a first air interface and at the same time is communicably coupled to a second network-side device through a second air interface. The terminal device has access to a core network via the first network-side device, and has access to the core network via the second network-side device which has access to the core network through the first network-side device. The terminal device calculates an access stratum root key of the second air interface according to the input parameter and an access stratum root key of the first air interface, and generates an access stratum key of the second air interface according to the access stratum root key of the second air interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongmei Zhang, Jing Chen, Yang Cui
  • Patent number: 11468056
    Abstract: Automatically identifying insights from a dataset and presenting the insights graphically and in natural language text ranked by importance is provided. Different data types and structures in the dataset are automatic recognized and matched with a corresponding specific analysis type. The data is analyzed according to the determined corresponding analysis types, and insights from the analysis are automatically identified. The insights within a given insight type and between insight types are ranked and presented in order of importance. Insights include those having multiple pipelined attributes and other insights include multiple insights identified as having some relationship for the included insights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Rui Ding, Shi Han, Dongmei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220277005
    Abstract: According to implementations of the subject matter described herein, a solution for semantic parsing of the natural language query is provided. In this solution, a first natural language query for a first data table is received, where the first natural language query comprises words. A first set of knowledge representations associated with the first data table are obtained and the first set of knowledge representations describe, in a structured manner, knowledge required for understanding a natural language query for the first data table. The first natural language query is converted into a first sequence of symbols. A first computer-executable query corresponding to the first natural language query is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Lei Fang, Dongmei ZHANG, Yan Xiao, Jian-Guang Lou, Maria del Mar Gines Marin
  • Patent number: 11429270
    Abstract: A computing device running a tool for visually exploring datasets receives a request for a dataset comprising a plurality of subspaces of a multi-dimensional data structure and in response to receiving a user selection of a data point associated with the dataset, presents a visualization of the calculations associated with the selected data point. The tool allows the user to select one of the calculations, thus causing presentation of a visualization of the selected calculation. A semantic graphical feature is incorporated into the visualization of the selected calculation depending upon a type of the calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhitao Hou, Haidong Zhang, Dongmei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11423229
    Abstract: Implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to conversational data analysis. After a data analysis request is received from a user, heuristic information may be determined based on the data analysis request. The heuristic information mentioned here is not a result for the data analysis request but information which may be used for leading the conversation to proceed. Based on such heuristic information, the user may provide supplementary information associated with the data analysis request, for example, clarify meaning of the data analysis request, submit a relevant further analysis request, and so on. A really desired and meaningful data analysis result can be provided to the user according to the supplementary information provided by the user. Thus, data analysis will become more accurate and effective. While obtaining really helpful information, the user also gains good user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhitao Hou, Jian-Guang Lou, Bo Zhang, Xiao Liang, Dongmei Zhang, Haidong Zhang