Patents by Inventor Qi Qu

Qi Qu 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: 12659790
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include receiving, by a wireless communication device, one or more of a plurality of data units corresponding to a first set configured according to a heuristic indicating a quality-of-service (QoS) level corresponding to the first set, determining, by the wireless communication device, a first parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, determining, by the wireless communication device, a second parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, selecting, by the wireless communication device, a second set including at least a subset of the received plurality of data units satisfying the second parameter, and transmitting, by the wireless communication device and according to the QoS level corresponding to the first set, the second set according to the second parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yee Sin Chan, Xiaodi Zhang, Qi Qu
  • Publication number: 20260095815
    Abstract: A wireless device may have at least one processor and a communication interface configured to communicate with a server device. The at least one processor and the communication interface may send, through a service control function, a first service request for initiating a service. The first service request may include an address of the server device and first quality of service (QOS) information relating to the service. The at least one processor and the communication interface may receive, through the service control function, a first session request for establishing a session relating to the service. The first session request may be initiated by the server device and include negotiated QoS information relating to the session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Jiansong Wang, Dong Zheng, Ping Wang, Qi Qu
  • Patent number: 12414176
    Abstract: A first device may include a processor, a first wireless network interface, and a second wireless network interface. The processor may be configured to, while associating with the access point over a first wireless network on a first channel via the first wireless network interface, establish a second wireless network via the second wireless network interface. A group of client devices including one or more client devices can join the second wireless network on the first channel via the second wireless network interface. The processor may be configured to receive, via the first wireless network interface, first information from the access point. The processor may be configured to send, via the second wireless network interface, the first information to the group of client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Guoqing Li, Dong Zheng, Qi Qu, Jie Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250267098
    Abstract: Systems and methods of indicating congestion severity may include a wireless communication endpoint that receives, via a transceiver from a base station, one or more first packets. The one or more first packets may include one or more bits configured by the base station based according to a network congestion level. The wireless communication endpoint may determine the network congestion level from a plurality of network congestion levels. The network congestion level may be based on the one or more bits configured by the base station in the one or more packets. The wireless communication endpoint may selectively update one or more configurations for generating one or more second packets for transmission to the base station. The one or more configurations may be selectively updated according to the network congestion level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Liwen Yu, Qi Qu, Ping Wang, Xiaodi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250267578
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adjusting monitoring periods may include a wireless communication device which receives, from a wireless communication node, an information element comprising a timing offset and a frequency block. The wireless communication device may switch, from a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode to at least one of an RRC-idle mode or an RRC-inactive mode, subsequent to receiving the information element. The wireless communication device may perform a wake-up process at a time determined according to a cycle period, and the timing offset and the frequency block of the information element, to receive a tracking reference signal (TRS) message from the wireless communication node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaodi Zhang, Qi Qu, Ping Wang, Qing Zhao, Yee Sin Chan, Achaleshwar Sahai
  • Publication number: 20250243402
    Abstract: Provided is an acid retarder composition, a well treatment fluid, and a method of treating a subterranean formation for slow-reacting acidizing operations. An acid retarder composition for acidizing a subterranean formation includes a nitrogen-containing derivative of carbonic acid, a quaternary ammonium compound, and a surfactant. Well treatment fluids include an aqueous medium, an acid, and an acid retarder composition including a nitrogen-containing derivative of carbonic acid, a quaternary ammonium compound, a surfactant. Methods of treating a subterranean formation include injecting a well treatment fluid including an aqueous medium, an acid, and an acid retarder composition including a nitrogen-containing derivative of carbonic acid, a quaternary ammonium compound, and a surfactant into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Sumit Bhaduri, Qi Qu, Anna Jensen
  • Publication number: 20250092303
    Abstract: A viscoelastic surfactant formulation may include a zwitterionic surfactant with a general formula (I): where A is a C or SO, E1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 are selected from alkyl groups of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms or is —(CH2)n NHC(O)—R4, where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms and n ranges from 1 to 6; a synergistic co-surfactant containing an alkoxylate co-surfactant; and at least one miscible solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Ahmed I. Rabie, Arnaud Cadix, Rose Ndong, Pascal Herve, Qi Qu, Jian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240349259
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless sidelink communications may include a first wireless communication device which establishes a sidelink (SL) session with a second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may reserve a block of SL slots for transmission of traffic between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device. The first wireless communication device may transmit, to the second wireless communication device, the traffic of the SL session in the block of SL slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Lu, Qi Qu, Ping Wang, Qing Zhao
  • Patent number: 12120703
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a first device to communicate with an access point and a second device. In one aspect, the first device communicates with the access point during the first time interval through a first wireless communication. In one aspect, the first device prevents communication with the access point during the second time interval. In one aspect, the first device communicates, as a soft access point, with a second device during the third time interval within the second time interval through a second wireless communication, the third time interval shorter than the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Qi Qu, Gang Lu, William Louis Abbott
  • Patent number: 12099477
    Abstract: A method of performing synchronous replication from a primary storage system apparatus (PSSA) to a secondary storage system apparatus (SSSA) is provided. The method includes (a) in response to write requests received by the PSSA, (i) calculating metadata changes by the PSSA for accommodating the write requests, (ii) generating, by the PSSA, metadata journal log entries that describe the metadata changes, and (iii) mirroring the metadata journal log entries from the PSSA to the SSSA; (b) regenerating the metadata changes by the SSSA based on the metadata journal log entries mirrored from the PSSA to the SSSA; and (c) writing the regenerated metadata changes to persistent storage of the SSSA. A method performed by the SSSA is also provided. An apparatus, system, and computer program product for performing similar methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Yuan Gu, Tianfang Xiong, Qi Qu, Weibing Zhang, Lei Gao, Wai C. Yim, Chen Gong
  • Publication number: 20240314644
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to false congestion avoidance during handover events. The systems and methods can include a wireless communications interface and one or more processors. The system can detect an event corresponding to a transition of at least one wireless connection, from being between the wireless communications interface and a first network element, to being between the wireless communications interface and a second network element and transmit, via the wireless communication interface to a remote device, a signal comprising at least one of: an indication of the event or an indication to avoid a congestion mitigation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Curt Wong, Qi Qu, Zhu Ji, Jimin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240314636
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for providing quality of service to data streams transmitted via a single protocol stream. A scheduler of a sender can receive profiles corresponding to streams of data generated by an application of the sender. The scheduler can receive, from a receiver receiving the streams of data, congestion information of some the streams of data. The scheduler can determine, according to the congestion information and the profiles, a priority of a first stream with respect to a second stream of the streams of data, for a single protocol stream. An assembler of the sender can generate a plurality of packets of the single protocol stream using first packets of the first stream and second packets of the second stream in accordance with the priority. The sender can transmit to the receiver, the single protocol stream comprising the plurality of packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jimin Liu, Curt Wong, Yi Lu, Jiansong Wang, Ping Wang, Qi Qu
  • Publication number: 20240284523
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying wireless devices may include a wireless communication device which transmits a signal to a wireless communication node. The signal may indicate a device type of the wireless communication device as a two receiver extended reality (XR) device. The wireless communication device and wireless communication node may establish a connection with the wireless communication node, the connection established on a channel within a frequency band between 2.5 gigahertz (GHz) and 5 GHz, according to information of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Zhu Ji, Qi Qu, Yee Sin Chan
  • Patent number: 12018211
    Abstract: Water-in-oil emulsions are provided that include an alkyl propylene diamine and an ethoxylated alcohol as the inverting surfactant, which is present in an amount less than 5 percent by weight of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Stanley Gunawan, Zhihua Zhang, Shaopeng Zhang, Igor Pimkov, Zhenxing Cheng, Qi Qu
  • Publication number: 20240191127
    Abstract: A viscoelastic surfactant formulation may include a zwitterionic surfactant with a general formula (I): where A is a C or SO, E1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 are selected from alkyl groups of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms or is —(CH2). NHC(O)—R4, where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms and n ranges from 1 to 6; a synergistic co-surfactant containing an alkoxylate co-surfactant; and at least one miscible solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Ahmed I. Rabie, Arnaud Cadix, Rose Ndong, Pascal Herve, Qi Qu, Jian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240182778
    Abstract: A viscoelastic surfactant formulation may include a zwitterionic surfactant with a general formula (I): where A is a C or SO, E1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon chain having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 are selected from alkyl groups of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, and R3 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms or is —(CH2)n NHC(O)—R4, where R4 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl chain having less than 22 carbon atoms and n ranges from 1 to 6; a synergistic co-surfactant containing a primary, secondary, or tertiary amine; amido group; amine oxide; or combinations thereof; and at least one miscible solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Ahmed I. Rabie, Arnaud Cadix, Rose Ndong, Pascal Herve, Qi Qu, Jian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11963099
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are related to a first device to communicate with a second device and a third device. In one aspect, the first device determines a first time interval to receive a first beacon frame from the second device. In one aspect, the first device determines, according to the first time interval, a second time interval for the first device to transmit a second beacon frame to a third device. In one aspect, the first device determines a third time interval to operate the first device in a wake up mode. The third time interval may encompass the first time interval and the second time interval. In one aspect, the first device receives the first beacon frame from the second device during the first time interval, and transmits the second beacon frame to the third device during the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Qi Qu, Gang Lu, William Louis Abbott
  • Patent number: 11930411
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a system, a method and a device for selecting between a primary link and a secondary link for AR/VR applications. A console can provide a VR/AR session to a user through a head wearable display. The console can determine that a first measurement of a primary link between the console and a head wearable display is less than a first threshold. The first measurement can include a quality metric of the primary link. The console can activate a secondary link between the console and the head wearable display. The console can determine whether a second measurement of the primary link between the console and the head wearable display is less than a second threshold. The console can transition when the second measurement is less than the second threshold, traffic on the primary link to the activated secondary link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Zheng, Qi Qu, Gang Lu, Yuting Fan, William Louis Abbott
  • Publication number: 20240073734
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include identifying, by a wireless communication device, various of a plurality of data units each respectively corresponding to various types of communication, determining, by the wireless communication device and from various of the plurality of data units, various parameters each indicating an importance of respective ones of the plurality of data units according to the various types of communication, selecting, by the wireless communication device according to various of the parameters satisfying a first heuristic indicative of a type of communication among the types of communication, various selected data units among various of the plurality of data units that correspond to the parameters satisfying a second heuristic corresponding to a quality-of-service (QoS) level for the type of communication, and transmitting, by the wireless communication device according to the second heuristic, various of the selected data units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yee Sin Chan, Xiaodi Zhang, Qi Qu
  • Publication number: 20240049040
    Abstract: Aspects of this technical solution can include receiving, by a wireless communication device, one or more of a plurality of data units corresponding to a first set configured according to a heuristic indicating a quality-of-service (QoS) level corresponding to the first set, determining, by the wireless communication device, a first parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, determining, by the wireless communication device, a second parameter from one or more of the received plurality of data units, selecting, by the wireless communication device, a second set including at least a subset of the received plurality of data units satisfying the second parameter, and transmitting, by the wireless communication device and according to the QoS level corresponding to the first set, the second set according to the second parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhu Ji, Yee Sin Chan, Xiaodi Zhang, Qi Qu