Patents by Inventor Ming Qun Chi

Ming Qun Chi 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: 10298531
    Abstract: An emotion function chain may be generated from an email thread and displayed to a user in one or more windows on a computer display of a computer system. An email content analyzer may extract emotion indicators from the body of an email within the email thread. Using the emotion indicators, an attitude factor for an email may be determined. The attitude factors determined from each email within the email thread may be pictorially depicted in the emotion function chain. In response to a user interaction with a pictorial depiction of an attitude factor within the emotion function chain, a second window may generated to display the body of the email used to calculate the attitude factor interacted with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Song Bai, Ming Qun Chi, Hui Huang, Hui Liu, Xiang Xing Shi, Ang Yi
  • Patent number: 10050921
    Abstract: An emotion function chain may be generated from an email thread and displayed to a user in one or more windows on a computer display of a computer system. An email content analyzer may extract emotion indicators from the body of an email within the email thread. Using the emotion indicators, an attitude factor for an email may be determined. The attitude factors determined from each email within the email thread may be pictorially depicted in the emotion function chain. In response to a user interaction with a pictorial depiction of an attitude factor within the emotion function chain, a second window may generated to display the body of the email used to calculate the attitude factor interacted with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Song Bai, Ming Qun Chi, Hui Huang, Hui Liu, Xiang Xing Shi, Ang Yi
  • Patent number: 9703819
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is determined whether a delta index is beneficial based on the difference between a first version and a second version of a document, wherein the first version is associated with a first index comprising a plurality of keywords appeared in the first version. The delta index is generated for the difference between the first and second versions if the delta index is beneficial, wherein the delta index comprises a first section including information about one or more keywords affected by the difference and the information about the positions of the affected keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Qun Chi, Si Bin Fan, Peng Hui Jiang, Qiang Song
  • Publication number: 20170091311
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is determined whether a delta index is beneficial based on the difference between a first version and a second version of a document, wherein the first version is associated with a first index comprising a plurality of keywords appeared in the first version. The delta index is generated for the difference between the first and second versions if the delta index is beneficial, wherein the delta index comprises a first section including information about one or more keywords affected by the difference and the information about the positions of the affected keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ming Qun Chi, Si Bin Fan, Peng Hui Jiang, Qiang Song
  • Publication number: 20170091238
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is determined whether a delta index is beneficial based on the difference between a first version and a second version of a document, wherein the first version is associated with a first index comprising a plurality of keywords appeared in the first version. The delta index is generated for the difference between the first and second versions if the delta index is beneficial, wherein the delta index comprises a first section including information about one or more keywords affected by the difference and the information about the positions of the affected keywords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ming Qun Chi, Si Bin Fan, Peng Hui Jiang, Qiang Song
  • Publication number: 20160285810
    Abstract: An emotion function chain may be generated from an email thread and displayed to a user in one or more windows on a computer display of a computer system. An email content analyzer may extract emotion indicators from the body of an email within the email thread. Using the emotion indicators, an attitude factor for an email may be determined. The attitude factors determined from each email within the email thread may be pictorially depicted in the emotion function chain. In response to a user interaction with a pictorial depiction of an attitude factor within the emotion function chain, a second window may generated to display the body of the email used to calculate the attitude factor interacted with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Song Bai, Ming Qun Chi, Hui Huang, Hui Liu, Xiang Xing Shi, Ang Yi
  • Publication number: 20160283071
    Abstract: An emotion function chain may be generated from an email thread and displayed to a user in one or more windows on a computer display of a computer system. An email content analyzer may extract emotion indicators from the body of an email within the email thread. Using the emotion indicators, an attitude factor for an email may be determined. The attitude factors determined from each email within the email thread may be pictorially depicted in the emotion function chain. In response to a user interaction with a pictorial depiction of an attitude factor within the emotion function chain, a second window may generated to display the body of the email used to calculate the attitude factor interacted with.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Song Bai, Ming Qun Chi, Hui Huang, Hui Liu, Xiang Xing Shi, Ang Yi