Patents by Inventor Hongfan Qian

Hongfan Qian 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).

  • METADATA SEARCH BASED ON SEMANTICS
    Publication number: 20160357758
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus of enriching search results with metadata are provided to receive a plurality of metadata associated with an entity and storing the plurality of metadata in a repository. A search request associated with the entity is received and search results that comprise a portion of the plurality of metadata stored in the repository are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Min He, David Kung, Suryanarayana Mangipudi, Hongfan Qian
  • Metadata search based on semantics
    Patent number: 9449117
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus of enriching search results with metadata are provided to receive a plurality of metadata associated with an entity and storing the plurality of metadata in a repository. A search request associated with the entity is received and search results that comprise a portion of the plurality of metadata stored in the repository are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Min He, David Kung, Suryanarayana Mangipudi, Hongfan Qian
  • METADATA SEARCH BASED ON SEMANTICS
    Publication number: 20150213021
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus of enriching search results with metadata are provided to receive a plurality of metadata associated with an entity and storing the plurality of metadata in a repository. A search request associated with the entity is received and search results that comprise a portion of the plurality of metadata stored in the repository are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Min He, David Kung, Suryanarayana Mangipudi, Hongfan Qian