Patents by Inventor Qichuan Zhang

Qichuan Zhang 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).

  • Publication number: 20240382851
    Abstract: A virtual object interaction method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: displaying an adsorbable area on a graphical user interface in response to a touch operation acting on a first short-range interaction skill control, wherein the graphical user interface is provided by a terminal device and comprises a virtual scene and at least one short-range interaction skill control; locking a target virtual object in the virtual scene according to an orientation of a crosshair in the adsorbable area; adsorbing the target virtual object in response to a release operation acting on the first short-range interaction skill control; and performing collision detection for the target virtual object, and initiating interaction with the target virtual object according to a result of the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qichuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240009569
    Abstract: A character jump control method and apparatus in a game, a terminal device and a storage medium are disclosed. The character jump control method in a game includes: displaying a jump control in the graphical user interface; and controlling the virtual character to perform a jump operation corresponding to an air jump from a first starting jump height in response to a received trigger operation for the jump control during a free fall of the virtual character in performing a ground jump, where the first starting jump height may be a current height of the virtual character in the game scene when the trigger operation is received, and the ground jump and the air jump are of jump types with different acceleration modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qichuan ZHANG, Junhong LI
  • Publication number: 20160192011
    Abstract: A social media content communication system includes a display device; a remote controller providing at least one social media communication input element; a remote content server from which content is network accessible; and a set top box coupled to the display device and the remote content server. The set top box is configured for: presenting a graphical user interface (GUI) responsive to remote controller input on the display device; managing content presentation on the display device; presenting a social media sharing interface corresponding to a set of social media services on the display device during content presentation thereon or while such content presentation is paused; receiving by way of the remote controller user input corresponding to a user social media response to content presented on the display device; and automatically communicating by way of the set top box the user's social media response to a user social media account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: VODOKE ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Kok Meng Toh, Qichuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160165285
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering content to a display screen is provided. An interactive user interface is provided for display on the screen, and the user interface includes a selection portion with a plurality of selectable objects, each of which is related to a corresponding screen. Such corresponding screens are displayed when the selectable object is browsed or selected. Instances of browsing and selecting of the selectable objects are tracked and recorded, and the subsequently recorded instances are compiled and an analysis is generated therefrom. Digital advertisements are subsequently introduced into the user interface based on the results of the generated analysis, where the digital advertisements are provided as corresponding screens for the selectable objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: VODOKE ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Kok Meng TOH, Qichuan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150296245
    Abstract: A remote controller for an interactive system for a system delivering content to a display screen is provided. The system includes a set top box coupled between a central content server and a display screen. The remote controller has basic controller functionalities, such as a plurality of keys for controlling various functions to be carried out by the set top box, and an infrared transmitter in the remote controller for carrying out infrared communication. The remote controller includes wireless communications module for establishing a wireless connection between the remote controller and the set top box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: VODOKE ASIA PACIFIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Kok Meng Toh, Qichuan Zhang