Patents by Inventor Justin Jia-Zhao Lim
Justin Jia-Zhao Lim 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: 11922345Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a conversation maintained by a messaging service. It may be determined that a first message sent from a first messaging application associated with a first user comprises information identifying a second user. The messaging system may receive information indicative of a date associated with the first message. At least one database may store an association among at least the first message, the second user, and the date. The messaging system may send information indicative of the date still being active in the at least one database to a second messaging application associated with the second user.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Wentao Zheng, Zihao Wang, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Wang Liang
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Publication number: 20230394395Abstract: The present disclosure describes conversation-based messaging techniques. The techniques comprise generating a thread identifier (ID) corresponding to a new conversation based on receiving a user input indicative of starting the new conversation, wherein the user input is received from a user via a predetermined interface element on a user interface; displaying a window overlaid on the user interface in response to receiving the user input via the predetermined interface element, wherein the window comprises a plurality of representative elements corresponding to a plurality of types of conversation attribute; and creating one or more attributes of the new conversation based at least in part on selecting one or more representative elements among the plurality of representative elements, wherein the creating one or more attributes of the new conversation further comprises associating the one or more attributes with the thread ID of the first conversation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Wentao ZHENG, Zihao WANG, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM, Wang LIANG
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Publication number: 20230379277Abstract: A mail processing method and apparatus, a device, a medium, a computer program product, and a computer program provided in the present disclosure, where the method includes: receiving a to-be-sent mail; obtaining, if it is identified that the to-be-sent mail includes an instant messaging group identifier, a group mail address corresponding to the instant messaging group identifier; and taking the group mail address as a recipient address and performing a sending operation on the to-be-sent mail\Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Wentao ZHENG, Bo LI, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM, Jie ZHU
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Patent number: 11799807Abstract: A mail processing method and apparatus, a device, a medium, a computer program product, and a computer program provided in the present disclosure, where the method includes: receiving a to-be-sent mail; obtaining, if it is identified that the to-be-sent mail includes an instant messaging group identifier, a group mail address corresponding to the instant messaging group identifier; and taking the group mail address as a recipient address and performing a sending operation on the to-be-sent mail. In the present disclosure, in a case of receiving, by a mail server, a mail sent by a mail client, if it is identified that the recipient includes an instant messaging group name, the mail is sent to a group address corresponding to the group name, which improves functional integration of email and IM software, thereby providing richer collaborative office functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Wentao Zheng, Bo Li, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Jie Zhu
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Patent number: 11757810Abstract: A mail processing method and apparatus, a device, a medium, a computer program product, and a computer program provided in the present disclosure, where the method includes: receiving a to-be-sent mail; obtaining, if it is identified that the to-be-sent mail includes an instant messaging group identifier, a group mail address corresponding to the instant messaging group identifier; and taking the group mail address as a recipient address and performing a sending operation on the to-be-sent mail. In the present disclosure, in a case of receiving, by a mail server, a mail sent by a mail client, if it is identified that the recipient includes an instant messaging group name, the mail is sent to a group address corresponding to the group name, which improves functional integration of email and IM software, thereby providing richer collaborative office functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Wentao Zheng, Bo Li, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Jie Zhu
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Patent number: 11645466Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a conversation. It may be determined that one or more of the messages comprise information indicative of a topic. An association of the information indicative of the topic and the conversation may be stored in a database. An input may be received indicating a selection of the topic. In response to receiving the input, at least a subset of the conversation, such as one or more of the messages, may be sent to a messaging application. The messaging application may display the subset of the conversation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Zihao Wang, Wang Liang, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Wentao Zheng
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Publication number: 20220247702Abstract: A mail processing method and apparatus, a device, a medium, a computer program product, and a computer program provided in the present disclosure, where the method includes: receiving a to-be-sent mail; obtaining, if it is identified that the to-be-sent mail includes an instant messaging group identifier, a group mail address corresponding to the instant messaging group identifier; and taking the group mail address as a recipient address and performing a sending operation on the to-be-sent mail. In the present disclosure, in a case of receiving, by a mail server, a mail sent by a mail client, if it is identified that the recipient includes an instant messaging group name, the mail is sent to a group address corresponding to the group name, which improves functional integration of email and IM software, thereby providing richer collaborative office functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Wentao ZHENG, Bo LI, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM, Jie ZHU
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Patent number: 11349800Abstract: A messaging system may receive a first message in a conversation. It may be determined that the first message comprises information indicative of an email address associated with an email participant. At least one database may store an association between the email address and the conversation. The messaging service may generate an identifier for identifying the conversation by an external email service associated with the email address and send the identifier to the external email service associated with the email address.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Zihao Wang, Wentao Zheng, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Wang Liang, Ruchir Astavans
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Patent number: 11343114Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a first conversation among a plurality of conversations. It may be determined that a first message in the first conversation comprises information identifying a first group and authorizing the first group to participate in the first conversation. An association between the first group and the first conversation may be stored in at least one database. Data associated with the first group comprising information identifying a plurality of users in the first group may be retrieved from the at least one database. At least a subset of the first conversation may be sent to a plurality of messaging applications associated with the plurality of users based on the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Wentao Zheng, Zihao Wang, Wang Liang, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim
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Patent number: 11290409Abstract: A messaging application may receive a first input indicative of starting a conversation and a second input by a first user. The messaging application may determine that the second input is indicative of at least one attribute associated with the conversation. The messaging application may send to a messaging service data comprising information indicating a start of a new conversation and information indicating that the at least one attribute is associated with the conversation, wherein the messaging service stores in at least one database the at least one attribute associated with a thread identifier of the conversation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventors: Zihao Wang, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim
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Publication number: 20220029942Abstract: A messaging application may receive a first input indicative of starting a conversation and a second input by a first user. The messaging application may determine that the second input is indicative of at least one attribute associated with the conversation. The messaging application may send to a messaging service data comprising information indicating a start of a new conversation and information indicating that the at least one attribute is associated with the conversation, wherein the messaging service stores in at least one database the at least one attribute associated with a thread identifier of the conversation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Zihao WANG, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM
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Publication number: 20220029841Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a first conversation among a plurality of conversations. It may be determined that a first message in the first conversation comprises information identifying a first group and authorizing the first group to participate in the first conversation. An association between the first group and the first conversation may be stored in at least one database. Data associated with the first group comprising information identifying a plurality of users in the first group may be retrieved from the at least one database. At least a subset of the first conversation may be sent to a plurality of messaging applications associated with the plurality of users based on the retrieved data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Wentao ZHENG, Zihao WANG, Wang LIANG, Ruchir ASTAVANS, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM
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Publication number: 20220027834Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a conversation maintained by a messaging service. It may be determined that a first message sent from a first messaging application associated with a first user comprises information identifying a second user. The messaging system may receive information indicative of a date associated with the first message. At least one database may store an association among at least the first message, the second user, and the date. The messaging system may send information indicative of the date still being active in the at least one database to a second messaging application associated with the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Wentao Zheng, Zihao Wang, Ruchir Astavans, Justin Jia-Zhao Lim, Wang Liang
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Publication number: 20220029945Abstract: A messaging system may receive a first message in a conversation. It may be determined that the first message comprises information indicative of an email address associated with an email participant. At least one database may store an association between the email address and the conversation. The messaging service may generate an identifier for identifying the conversation by an external email service associated with the email address and send the identifier to the external email service associated with the email address.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Zihao Wang, Wentao ZHENG, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM, Wang LIANG, Ruchir ASTAVANS
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Publication number: 20220027559Abstract: A messaging system may receive a plurality of messages in a conversation. It may be determined that one or more of the messages comprise information indicative of a topic. An association of the information indicative of the topic and the conversation may be stored in a database. An input may be received indicating a selection of the topic. In response to receiving the input, at least a subset of the conversation, such as one or more of the messages, may be sent to a messaging application. The messaging application may display the subset of the conversation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Zihao WANG, Wang LIANG, Ruchir ASTAVANS, Justin Jia-Zhao LIM, Wentao ZHENG
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Patent number: D937305Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: BYTEDANCE INC.Inventor: Justin Jia-Zhao Lim