Patents by Inventor Liao LIN

Liao LIN 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).

  • Patent number: 10810269
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a second-degree friend query method. The method includes storing a first-degree friend of each account, querying for the first-degree friend after receiving a second-degree friend query command, and query the first-degree friend to obtain a second-degree friend. A storage module stores the first-degree friend relationships. The second-degree friend is obtained through a query according to the first-degree friend in real time. The present disclosure further discloses a second-degree friend query apparatus and system corresponding to the foregoing method and a storage medium. The system includes a processing server and a storage server. The storage server stores a first-degree friend for each account, and queries for and returns the first-degree friend at the request of the processing server. The processing server controls an entire query procedure, and obtains a second-degree friend after twice queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liao Lin, Yifeng Shi, Shushen Pan, Cong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180293316
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a second-degree friend query method. The method includes storing a first-degree friend of each account, querying for the first-degree friend after receiving a second-degree friend query command, and query the first-degree friend to obtain a second-degree friend. A storage module stores the first-degree friend relationships. The second-degree friend is obtained through a query according to the first-degree friend in real time. The present disclosure further discloses a second-degree friend query apparatus and system corresponding to the foregoing method and a storage medium. The system includes a processing server and a storage server. The storage server stores a first-degree friend for each account, and queries for and returns the first-degree friend at the request of the processing server. The processing server controls an entire query procedure, and obtains a second-degree friend after twice queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Liao LIN, YIFENG SHI, SHUSHEN PAN, CONG WANG
  • Patent number: 10025859
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a second-degree friend query method. The method includes storing a first-degree friend of each account, querying for the first-degree friend after receiving a second-degree friend query command, and query the first-degree friend to obtain a second-degree friend. A storage module stores the first-degree friend relationships. The second-degree friend is obtained through a query according to the first-degree friend in real time. The present disclosure further discloses a second-degree friend query apparatus and system corresponding to the foregoing method and a storage medium. The system includes a processing server and a storage server. The storage server stores a first-degree friend for each account, and queries for and returns the first-degree friend at the request of the processing server. The processing server controls an entire query procedure, and obtains a second-degree friend after twice queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liao Lin, Yifeng Shi, Shushen Pan, Cong Wang
  • Publication number: 20150278364
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a second-degree friend query method. The method includes storing a first-degree friend of each account, querying for the first-degree friend after receiving a second-degree friend query command, and query the first-degree friend to obtain a second-degree friend. A storage module stores the first-degree friend relationships. The second-degree friend is obtained through a query according to the first-degree friend in real time. The present disclosure further discloses a second-degree friend query apparatus and system corresponding to the foregoing method and a storage medium. The system includes a processing server and a storage server. The storage server stores a first-degree friend for each account, and queries for and returns the first-degree friend at the request of the processing server. The processing server controls an entire query procedure, and obtains a second-degree friend after twice queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: LIAO LIN, YIFENG SHI, SHUSHEN PAN, CONG WANG
  • Publication number: 20150161275
    Abstract: A method for presenting social network search results, includes: obtaining a keyword, and obtaining search results according to the keyword; obtaining a social attribute type; obtaining information corresponding to the social attribute type in the search results according to the social attribute type, and statistically analyzing the information according to the social attribute type to obtain an analysis result; presenting the analysis result according to the social attribute type. In addition, a device for presenting social network search results and a storage medium are also provided. The method and the device for presenting social network search results and the storage medium can make operations of a user more convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shushen PAN, Yi Wu, Jing Zhang, Cong Wang, Yifeng Shi, Liao Lin, Xingjun Huang, Jun Liu, Ming Ma
  • Publication number: 20140181117
    Abstract: According to an example, a search request is received, and the search request comprises a search keyword and information of a current user; interpersonal relationship chain data of the current user are obtained according to the information of the current user; person information corresponding to the interpersonal relationship chain data of the current user is searched for a person matching the search keyword; and the person matching the search keyword is taken as a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yifeng SHI, Shushen PAN, Jianguo HE, Liao LIN, Xu WEN, Weibo WANG, Liang WANG