Patents by Inventor Mengtong Yang

Mengtong Yang 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: 8938448
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for providing alternative market search results are provided. A user search query in a first market is received. Search results relevant to the user search query are identified for the first market in a first language. A user intent to receive search results for the user search query for a second market and in a second language is determined. A search results page is presented that includes headings and search results for the first market in the first language as well as a search result toggle that includes a user-selectable option to present alternative search results for a second market in a second language. Selection of the option to present alternative search results causes search results for the second market and in the second language to be presented in the search results page along with the search results page headings in the first language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Quan Tang, Kun Jing, Yaping Liu, Winny K. So, Mengtong Yang, Pengyang Xu
  • Publication number: 20120278309
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for providing alternative market search results are provided. A user search query in a first market is received. Search results relevant to the user search query are identified for the first market in a first language. A user intent to receive search results for the user search query for a second market and in a second language is determined. A search results page is presented that includes headings and search results for the first market in the first language as well as a search result toggle that includes a user-selectable option to present alternative search results for a second market in a second language. Selection of the option to present alternative search results causes search results for the second market and in the second language to be presented in the search results page along with the search results page headings in the first language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: QUAN TANG, KUN JING, YAPING LIU, WINNY K. SO, MENGTONG YANG, PENGYANG XU
  • Publication number: 20110313798
    Abstract: As will be discussed in greater detail herein, a short-term housing rental management system and method provides tools for housing property managers, owners, renters, and others to better facilitate processes involved with offering and renting housing on a short-term basis. The system adds a more dynamic nature to pricing to be adaptive to changing conditions regarding such factors as timing and demand for particular short-term rental properties. Among other things, the system uses yield management to establish proper margins in rental pricing to increase returns from a rental event while seeking to increase occupancies. The system allows for short-term housing inventory to be offered simultaneously under more than one approach. For instance, the system could offer the short-term housing opportunity for a no commission approach, a merchant approach, and an agent approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Escapia, Inc.
    Inventors: William Barry Furlong, Evan Howd Gull, Steven Douglas Murch, Mengtong Yang
  • Publication number: 20080262879
    Abstract: As will be discussed in greater detail herein, a short-term housing rental management system and method provides tools for housing property managers, owners, renters, and others to better facilitate processes involved with offering and renting housing on a short-term basis. The system adds a more dynamic nature to pricing to be adaptive to changing conditions regarding such factors as timing and demand for particular short-term rental properties. Among other things, the system uses yield management to establish proper margins in rental pricing to increase returns from a rental event while seeking to increase occupancies. The system allows for short-term housing inventory to be offered simultaneously under more than one approach. For instance, the system could offer the short-term housing opportunity for a no commission approach, a merchant approach, and an agent approach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: ESCAPIA, INC.
    Inventors: William Barry Furlong, Evan Howd Gull, Steven Douglas Murch, Mengtong Yang