Patents by Inventor Liya Fan

Liya Fan 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: 10846082
    Abstract: A comment quality system for improving comments for source code includes a processor and memory. An operating system is executed by the processor and memory. A comment quality application, executed by the processor and memory, is configured to receive data relating to a number of source code comments that are associated with source code developed in a code developer application, generate a desired number of comments based on an estimated quality of comments for a code developer and a number of reviewers of the source code, and send feedback to the code developer application based on the desired number of comments for the source code and the number of source code comments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Haibo Lin, Zhong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190205124
    Abstract: A comment quality system for improving comments for source code includes a processor and memory. An operating system is executed by the processor and memory. A comment quality application, executed by the processor and memory, is configured to receive data relating to a number of source code comments that are associated with source code developed in a code developer application, generate a desired number of comments based on an estimated quality of comments for a code developer and a number of reviewers of the source code, and send feedback to the code developer application based on the desired number of comments for the source code and the number of source code comments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Liya FAN, Haibo LIN, Zhong ZHENG
  • Patent number: 10171287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multi-user analytical system and corresponding device and method. The device includes an interception module configured to intercept a user's request for a first core object, wherein the first core object belongs to core object; a transformation module configured to create, in response to the request being a creation request, the first core object specific to the user; a mapping module configured to interpret, in response to the request being a non-creation request, the request as a request for the first core object specific to the user. The present invention also includes an isolation method for the multi-user analytical system. The technical solutions provided in the present invention can effectively enable multiple users to share physical resources in the analytical system, and the users are isolated from each other in a substantially transparent way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Chang Jie Guo, Xi Sun, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 10043153
    Abstract: Automatically associating information technology resource patterns with specific information technology products by receiving a set of data about information technology assets, matching a subset of that data to a pattern in a set of patterns, determining that the subset of the data represents a product associated with that pattern, reporting this determination; receiving feedback on the accuracy of the determination, and updating pattern set information in response to that feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Nicholas C. M. Fuller, Jian Qiu, Zhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 9934074
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 9891950
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 9852012
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Publication number: 20170214773
    Abstract: A method for optimizing migration efficiency of a data file over network is provided. Specifically, a total time of compression time of the data file, transfer time of the data file over the network, and decompression time of the data file, is minimized by adaptively selecting compression methods to compress each data block of the data file. For selecting a compression method for a data block, information entropy of the data block is analyzed, and a real status of computing and system resources is considered. Further, trade-off among the resource usage, compassion speed and compression ratio is made to calculate an optimized transmission solution over the network for each data block of the data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Yong Deng Hu, He Yuan Huang, Chen Tian, Jian Wang, Zhe Yan, Ke Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170139747
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 9635512
    Abstract: The invention relates to compressed data transmission in wireless data communication. Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network. A disclosed method for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network, includes the steps of: receiving data for updating residue encoding schema from a monitoring server; constructing a residue encoding schema based on the data, thereby producing a constructed residue encoding schema; and storing the constructed residue encoding schema such that the constructed residue encoding schema will become the current residue encoding schema; where: the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that each residue of the constructed residue encoding schema corresponds to a code; and the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that a residue having a relatively high probability of occurrence corresponds to a code of relatively short length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Xi Sun, Yuzhou Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170060630
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Publication number: 20170060643
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 9532179
    Abstract: The invention relates to compressed data transmission in wireless data communication. Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network. A disclosed method for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network, includes the steps of: receiving data for updating residue encoding schema from a monitoring server; constructing a residue encoding schema based on the data, thereby producing a constructed residue encoding schema; and storing the constructed residue encoding schema such that the constructed residue encoding schema will become the current residue encoding schema; where: the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that each residue of the constructed residue encoding schema corresponds to a code; and the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that a residue having a relatively high probability of occurrence corresponds to a code of relatively short length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Xi Sun, Yuzhou Zhang
  • Patent number: 9521218
    Abstract: A method for optimizing migration efficiency of a data file over network is provided. Specifically, a total time of compression time of the data file, transfer time of the data file over the network, and decompression time of the data file, is minimized by adaptively selecting compression methods to compress each data block of the data file. For selecting a compression method for a data block, information entropy of the data block is analyzed, and a real status of computing and system resources is considered. Further, trade-off among the resource usage, compassion speed and compression ratio is made to calculate an optimized transmission solution over the network for each data block of the data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Yong Deng Hu, He Yuan Huang, Chen Tian, Jian Wang, Zhe Yan, Ke Zhang
  • Patent number: 9510155
    Abstract: The invention relates to compressed data transmission in wireless data communication. Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network. A disclosed method for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network, includes the steps of: receiving data for updating residue encoding schema from a monitoring server; constructing a residue encoding schema based on the data, thereby producing a constructed residue encoding schema; and storing the constructed residue encoding schema such that the constructed residue encoding schema will become the current residue encoding schema; where: the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that each residue of the constructed residue encoding schema corresponds to a code; and the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that a residue having a relatively high probability of occurrence corresponds to a code of relatively short length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Xi Sun, Yuzhou Zhang
  • Patent number: 9411645
    Abstract: A method for scheduling MapReduce tasks includes receiving a set of task statistics corresponding to task execution within a MapReduce job, estimating a completion time for a set of tasks to be executed to provide an estimated completion time, calculating a soft decision point based on a convergence of a workload distribution corresponding to a set of executed tasks, calculating a hard decision point based on the estimated completion time for the set of tasks to be executed, determining a selected decision point based on the soft decision point and the hard decision point, and scheduling upcoming tasks for execution based on the selected decision point. The method may also include estimating a map task completion time and estimating a shuffle operation completion time. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ning Duan, Liya Fan, He Yuan Huang, Jian Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Patent number: 9355106
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a system for locating sensor data. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an index table; intercepting a query for sensor data in runtime; extracting a characteristic parameter from a query condition; locating a block identifier of matching sensor data storage blocks in the index table by using the characteristic parameter; and loading the storage blocks into a memory space of a working processor; where the index table contains mapping relationships between block identifiers of sensor data storage blocks and characteristic attributes of sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Ning Duan, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Ke Hu, Wei Sun, Yu Ying Wang, Zhi Hu Wang
  • Publication number: 20160026968
    Abstract: Automatically associating information technology resource patterns with specific information technology products by receiving a set of data about information technology assets, matching a subset of that data to a pattern in a set of patterns, determining that the subset of the data represents a product associated with that pattern, reporting this determination; receiving feedback on the accuracy of the determination, and updating pattern set information in response to that feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Nicholas C. M. Fuller, Jian Qiu, Zhe Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150310335
    Abstract: A performance prediction model for a target data analytics application, where: (i) a reference data analytics application similar to the target data analytics application is determined; (ii) a configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application are acquired; and (iii) the performance prediction model for the target data analytics application is determined based on the configuration-performance data pair of the target data analytics application and a configuration-performance data pair of the at least one reference data analytics application. This can reduce the time required to accumulate the configuration-performance data pairs for determining the performance prediction model by combining the configuration-performance data pairs of the existing data analytics applications, thereby accelerating determination of the performance prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Liya Fan, Chang Sheng Li, Jing Min Xu, Lin Yang
  • Publication number: 20150215817
    Abstract: The invention relates to compressed data transmission in wireless data communication. Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network. A disclosed method for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network, includes the steps of: receiving data for updating residue encoding schema from a monitoring server; constructing a residue encoding schema based on the data, thereby producing a constructed residue encoding schema; and storing the constructed residue encoding schema such that the constructed residue encoding schema will become the current residue encoding schema; where: the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that each residue of the constructed residue encoding schema corresponds to a code; and the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that a residue having a relatively high probability of occurrence corresponds to a code of relatively short length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Wen Hao An, Liya Fan, Bo Gao, Xi Sun, Yuzhou Zhang