Patents by Inventor Li-Ju Chen
Li-Ju Chen 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: 10393535Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ITRI)Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
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Publication number: 20190155459Abstract: A first message may be displayed within a main chat room. The first message may be associated with a first topic. A second message may be displayed below the first message. The second message may be associated with a second topic. A third message may be received. The third message may be determined to be associated with the first topic. In response to the determining, the third message may be displayed by offsetting the third message below the first message, wherein the third message is displayed above the second message. The offsetting the third message below the first message may indicate a hierarchical relationship between the first message and the third message.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, Tzuching Kuo, Lin Chung Liang
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Patent number: 10268340Abstract: A first message may be displayed within a main chat room. The first message may be associated with a first topic. A second message may be displayed below the first message. The second message may be associated with a second topic. A third message may be received. The third message may be determined to be associated with the first topic. In response to the determining, the third message may be displayed by offsetting the third message below the first message, wherein the third message is displayed above the second message. The offsetting the third message below the first message may indicate a hierarchical relationship between the first message and the third message.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Tzuching Kuo, Lin Chung Liang
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Patent number: 10216617Abstract: A method to detect and diagnose where an error occurs in a source code that is associated with a software program or a website is provided. The method may include receiving a log report associated with the software program or the website, whereby by the log report is sent based on a hidden tag associated with the software program or the website. The method may also include analyzing the received log report. The method may further include detecting at least one error based on the analysis of the received log report. The method may include reverting back to a previous line in the source code associated with the software program or the website, whereby the reverting is based on the detection of the at least one error.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hsiao-Yung Chen, Li-Ju Chen, Wan-Ping Ting, Yu-Hsing Wu
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Publication number: 20180341718Abstract: A method of Webpage navigation can include a computer device loading a Webpage having at least a first portion and a second portion, arranging the Webpage in order to present the first portion in the display area of the computer device and to place the second portion out of the display area, and presenting a navigation map corresponding to the Webpage in the display area. In response to a control command input with respect to the navigation map, the Webpage can be arranged in order to present the second portion in the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, John J.Y. Hsu, Bor-Ping Pan, Rick M.F. Wu
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Patent number: 10042953Abstract: A method of Webpage navigation can include a computer device loading a Webpage having at least a first portion and a second portion, arranging the Webpage in order to present the first portion in the display area of the computer device and to place the second portion out of the display area, and presenting a navigation map corresponding to the Webpage in the display area. In response to a control command input with respect to the navigation map, the Webpage can be arranged in order to present the second portion in the display area.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Li-Ju Chen, John J. Y. Hsu, Bor-Ping Pan, Rick M. F. Wu
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Publication number: 20180113786Abstract: A method to detect and diagnose where an error occurs in a source code that is associated with a software program or a website is provided. The method may include receiving a log report associated with the software program or the website, whereby by the log report is sent based on a hidden tag associated with the software program or the website. The method may also include analyzing the received log report. The method may further include detecting at least one error based on the analysis of the received log report. The method may include reverting back to a previous line in the source code associated with the software program or the website, whereby the reverting is based on the detection of the at least one error.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Hsiao-Yung Chen, Li-Ju Chen, Wan-Ping Ting, Yu-Hsing Wu
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Patent number: 9936022Abstract: A device, server, method, and computer program product for reading an e-book are provided. The e-book may include at least a content identifier corresponding to a content in the e-book. The device may include a content navigator configured to present the content according to a command from a user and a processing unit configured to acquire the content identifier corresponding to the content presented by the content navigator, send the content identifier to a server, and receive from the server a message associated with the content. An output unit configured to output the message to the user may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, Gary Chih-Yuan Lin, Chien-Chiao Tu, Shih-Yeh Wang, Ming-Chun Hsiao
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Patent number: 9916223Abstract: A method to detect and diagnose where an error occurs in a source code that is associated with a software program or a website is provided. The method may include receiving a log report associated with the software program or the website, whereby by the log report is sent based on a hidden tag associated with the software program or the website. The method may also include analyzing the received log report. The method may further include detecting at least one error based on the analysis of the received log report. The method may include reverting back to a previous line in the source code associated with the software program or the website, whereby the reverting is based on the detection of the at least one error.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hsiao-Yung Chen, Li-Ju Chen, Wan-Ping Ting, Yu-Hsing Wu
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Publication number: 20180066950Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
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Patent number: 9891957Abstract: An appliance, user information device, method, and computer program product for collaborating with resources residing in multiple information devices. The user information device may communicate with the appliance, and the appliance may further communicate with a first assisting device, wherein the first assisting device has access to a first resource capable of performing a first operation. The user information device includes a device communication interface, a processor configured to execute at least one application, the at least one application configured to generate a first command associated with the first operation via the processor, and a resource agent program executable by the processor, the resource agent program configured to send the first command to the appliance via the device communication interface, the first command operable for enabling performance of the first operation using the first resource when the appliance sends the first command to the first assisting device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Cheng-Ta Lee, Kang Liang Liu, Rick M F Wu
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Publication number: 20180039383Abstract: A method and system are provided for browsing. The method includes receiving a selection by a user of a particular summary entry from a set of summary entries displayed by an information hub. Each of the summary entries is a respective summary of a respective detailed entry from a set of detailed entries accessible from different ones of a plurality of destination applications. The method further includes generating, by a hardware processor, metadata information about related detailed entries to the particular information summary entry selected by the user. The method also includes generating a custom view for a display device. The custom view includes the respective detailed entry for the particular information summary selected by the user and suggestions of related detailed entries determined from the set of detailed entries using the metadata information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, Ching-Wei Cheng, Yu-Chun Lin, Joey H.Y. Tseng, Hsieh-Lung Yang
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Publication number: 20180036629Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a text object comprising a plurality of text statements, inputting the text object into a text analyzer executing on a processor, the text analyzer configured to analyze the plurality of text statements in the text object based at least in part on a structure of the plurality of statements in the text object, classifying a first statement of the plurality of statements as including at least one of a performance index and an action, defining, based on the analyzing and classifying, a mission comprising the first statement as the at least one of the performance index and the action, and deploying, in a gamification system, the mission and a plurality of backend computing resources for the mission.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Li-Ju CHEN, Po-Cheng CHIU, Raymund JR. LIN, Ying-Chen YU
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Patent number: 9880018Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user. The method includes: accessing a map database of an exhibition; accessing a history database that stores a plurality of records indicative of booths visited by a previous visitor in the exhibition; accessing a user record that includes data indicative of the booths which the user has visited; determining similarity level between each record in the history database and the user record, selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level so as for the selected record to function as a reference record, usable to determine the booths not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition, and determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and the map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
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Patent number: 9860171Abstract: Message routing is implemented by a computer device. A global ring is connected via a network, wherein the global ring is associated with a distributed hash table (DHT) and includes a plurality of nodes which are divided exclusively into groups in advance. A first group of nodes is determined from the plurality of grouped nodes. Using the DHT for a message to be routed, a first node is located from the first group of nodes, as a routing destination.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Cheng-Ta Lee, Jeffrey C. H. Liu, Joey H. Y. Tseng
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Patent number: 9785431Abstract: A method for developing an application comprises: one or more processors selecting at least one service associated with an application; and one or more processors creating a binding between the application and the at least one service. Creating the binding is performed by generating, in association with the application, a profile for the at least one service, where the profile contains at least one parameter associated with the at least one service. One or more processors automatically instantiate the at least one parameter in the at least one service based on an environment in which the application runs.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Jun Chang Ma, Xin Sheng Mao, Jia Tan, Bo Yang, Xing Fei Yang
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Patent number: 9723471Abstract: Triggering an event of interest in a mobile device based on communications established with nearby wireless devices can include receiving a challenge of the event of interest; obtaining a corresponding expression of a combination key with reference to the event in response to the challenge; receiving an identified data of the wireless devices in the vicinity of the mobile device; comparing the identified data with the expression to determine if the expression is a true value; and executing the event of interest in response to the true value.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Li-Ju Chen, Wei-Hsiang Hsiung, Rick M. F. Wu, Ming-Hsun Wu
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Publication number: 20170169127Abstract: A method of Webpage navigation can include a computer device loading a Webpage having at least a first portion and a second portion, arranging the Webpage in order to present the first portion in the display area of the computer device and to place the second portion out of the display area, and presenting a navigation map corresponding to the Webpage in the display area. In response to a control command input with respect to the navigation map, the Webpage can be arranged in order to present the second portion in the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Li-Ju Chen, John J.Y. Hsu, Bor-Ping Pan, Rick M.F. Wu
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Publication number: 20170161169Abstract: A method to detect and diagnose where an error occurs in a source code that is associated with a software program or a website is provided. The method may include receiving a log report associated with the software program or the website, whereby by the log report is sent based on a hidden tag associated with the software program or the website. The method may also include analyzing the received log report. The method may further include detecting at least one error based on the analysis of the received log report. The method may include reverting back to a previous line in the source code associated with the software program or the website, whereby the reverting is based on the detection of the at least one error.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Hsiao-Yung Chen, Li-Ju Chen, Wan-Ping Ting, Yu-Hsing Wu
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Patent number: 9612827Abstract: A method to detect and diagnose where an error occurs in a source code that is associated with a software program or a website is provided. The method may include receiving a log report associated with the software program or the website, whereby by the log report is sent based on a hidden tag associated with the software program or the website. The method may also include analyzing the received log report. The method may further include detecting at least one error based on the analysis of the received log report. The method may include reverting back to a previous line in the source code associated with the software program or the website, whereby the reverting is based on the detection of the at least one error.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Hsiao-Yung Chen, Li-Ju Chen, Wan-Ping Ting, Yu-Hsing Wu