Patents by Inventor Qili Zhang

Qili 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).

  • Scheduling system with methods for peer-to-peer scheduling of remote users
    Patent number: 6016478
    Abstract: An electronic Personal Information Manager (PIM) including a peer-to-peer group scheduling/calendar system is described. The group scheduling/calendar system provides methods for peer-to-peer group scheduling among users, including those users who only have simple e-mail support (i.e., do not have access to the group scheduling/calendar system itself). If a user is able to receive and respond to e-mail, he or she is able to participate in group scheduling in an automated fashion. Under user control, the system generates a scheduling invitation incorporating different formats. Each format includes, in order of increasing content richness, a simple text embedded scheduling invitation, an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) form embedded scheduling invitation, and a proprietary binary "MIME" (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) scheduling invitation. Each format is designed to transfer the highest degree of information content which a particular target client type can handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Starfish Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Qili Zhang, Jin T. Teh, Philippe Richard Kahn
  • Pocketed index card interface for an electronic personal information manager of a programmed computer system with a display screen
    Patent number: D388776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Starfish Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Qili Zhang, Yao Yonghe