Patents by Inventor Richard Junqiang Qian

Richard Junqiang Qian 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).

  • HELIX SEARCH INTERFACE FOR FASTER BROWSING
    Publication number: 20190130041
    Abstract: Maintaining search context within a series of searches while preserving screen real estate on a computing device leads to improvements in the functionality of those computing devices and improves the user experience thereon. A helical navigation structure allows users to navigate back and forth in a search session to maintain a prior search's context to keep searches consistent while refining the search without sacrificing real estate on the display device or having to start new search sessions. New categories or subcategories that the user can explore replace search elements that handle less-refined search levels, and when a search element associated with a content item is selected, the user is provided a new interface to choose whether to explore that content or continue refining the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Page McKee, Sarvesh Nagpal, Kiraz Baysal, Manish Mittal, Richard Junqiang Qian
  • Advanced streaming format table of contents object
    Patent number: 7676495
    Abstract: A computer memory product having stored thereon a digital media file, the memory product comprising a computer readable memory, and a data file including at least two digital data portions; a header object including a table of contents (TOC) object containing data regarding the data file; and a second data object following the first header object containing data representing digital media wherein the TOC object is disposed between the first header object and the second data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Junqiang Qian
  • Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital images database
    Patent number: 6925207
    Abstract: A method for expediting a search of a digital image database comprises, for each digital image, constructing a set of at least two abstracted images varying in level of detail and searching the abstracted images. Selected ones of the abstracted images are down-loaded to a user thereby reducing download time through a finite bandwidth communicative medium relative to the time needed to download complete digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan, Richard Junqiang Qian
  • Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital image database
    Patent number: 6356658
    Abstract: A method for expediting a search of a digital image database comprises, for each digital image, constructing a set of at least two abstracted images varying in level of detail and searching the abstracted images. Selected ones of the abstracted images are downloaded to a user thereby reducing download time through a finite bandwidth communicative medium relative to the time needed to download complete digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan, Richard Junqiang Qian
  • Method for fast return of abstracted images from a digital image database
    Patent number: 6285788
    Abstract: A method for expediting a search of a digital image database comprises, for each digital image, constructing a set of at least two abstracted images varying in level of detail and searching the abstracted images. Selected ones of the abstracted images are down-loaded to a user thereby reducing download time through a finite bandwidth communicative medium relative to the time needed to download complete digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Muhammed Ibrahim Sezan, Richard Junqiang Qian