Patents by Inventor SU-AN LIU

SU-AN LIU 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: 11593735
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s) determines generates a cognitive user profile representing patterns of usage of each of a plurality of users of the transportation resource sharing system, a cognitive resource profile for each resource of the plurality of resources, a cognitive route profile for each route traversed by at least one resource of the plurality of resources, and a cognitive station profile for each station of the plurality of stations. The processor(s) assigns one or more specific resources of the plurality of resources to one or more specific users of the plurality of users and the one or more specific resources of the plurality of resources to one or more specific stations of the plurality of stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yu Gu, Dingcheng Li, Kai Liu
  • Patent number: 11594226
    Abstract: An embodiment includes converting an original audio signal to an original text string, the original audio signal being from a recording of the original text string spoken by a specific person in a source language. The embodiment generates a translated text string by translating the original text string from the source language to a target language, including translation of a word from the source language to a target language. The embodiment assembles a standard phoneme sequence from a set of standard phonemes, where the standard phoneme sequence includes a standard pronunciation of the translated word. The embodiment also associates a custom phoneme with a standard phoneme of the standard phoneme sequence, where the custom phoneme includes the specific person's pronunciation of a sound in the translated word. The embodiment synthesizes the translated text string to a translated audio signal including the translated word pronounced using the custom phoneme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yang Liang, Debbie Anglin, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 11586822
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for adapting regular expressions for different contexts. Embodiments include identifying a regular expression in an initial form provided by a user. Embodiments include retrieving, from a repository, an adapted form of the regular expression based on the initial form. Embodiments include transforming the regular expression based on the adapted form to generate an adapted regular expression. Embodiments include evaluating the adapted regular expression to produce an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Fan Yang, Boyi Tzen, Debbie A. Anglin
  • Publication number: 20230051996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to database replication using heterogenous encoding. Aspects include obtaining a database and analyzing a data pattern of data in the database. Aspects also include identifying a plurality of candidate encoding formats and evaluating a computing cost for encoding the database for each of the plurality of candidate encoding formats. Aspects further include selecting an encoding format from the plurality of candidate encoding formats based at least in part on the computing cost and storing a backup copy of the database using the encoding format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Su Liu, Jun Su, He Fang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230039068
    Abstract: An embodiment for media transit management is provided. The embodiment may include receiving one or more images and one or more pre-set configuration criteria regarding management of an image file. The embodiment may also include monitoring for an attempted sharing of the image file. The embodiment may further include in response to determining each object in the one or more images matches each object in the image file, identifying at least one other user who is attempting to share the image file. The embodiment may also include in response to determining the at least one other user is not authorized to share the image file, analyzing the one or more pre-set configuration criteria correlated with the image file. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the image file does not meet the one or more pre-set configuration criteria, prompting the participating user to respond to a notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Ravithej Chikkala, Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi
  • Publication number: 20230043611
    Abstract: Predicting power usage of a chip may include receiving placement data describing a placement, within the chip, of a plurality of logical components of the chip; providing the placement data as an input to a neural network; and determining, by the neural network, based on the placement data, a predicted power usage of the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: ZHICHAO LI, YAOGUANG WEI, KAI LIU, SU LIU, MANJUNATH RAVI
  • Publication number: 20230017468
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for preventing scams in commerce transactions. The computer system identifies a critical decision-making process of a user in a commerce transaction that involves exposing personal data. The computer system receives current stress factors of the user. The computer system calculates a current stress score of the user, based on the current stress factors, by using a machine learning model that correlates behavioral patterns of the user and stress levels of the user. The computer system determines an abnormal level of the current stress score, based on predetermined thresholds for different abnormal scores. The computer system determines a privacy protection level in the critical decision-making process, based on the abnormal level. The computer system takes an action for preventing scams in the commerce transaction, based on the privacy protection level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Randy A. Rendahl, Su Liu, Jeremy R. Fox, Hamid Majdabadi
  • Patent number: 11555622
    Abstract: A computer system provides intelligent context-based control of air flow. An identity of a user and a location of the user within an area that includes one or more vents associated with a climate control system are identified. User preferences are determined based on the identity of the user. Characteristics of air flow in the area are adjusted based on the user preferences the user and the location of the user, wherein the characteristics of the air flow comprise one or more from a group of: a direction, and a flow rate. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for providing intelligent context-based control of air flow in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ravithej Chikkala, Su Liu, Hamid Majdabadi, Manjunath Ravi
  • Patent number: 11539521
    Abstract: By analyzing a content of a first message, a confidentiality level of the first message is determined. An encryption rule for a first computational complexity level corresponding to the confidentiality level of the first message is selected. The first message is encoded according to the encryption rule. The encoded first message and the confidentiality level of the first message are caused to be sent to a recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yin Xia, Cheng Xu, Xinya Wang
  • Patent number: 11526781
    Abstract: A set of partial words is received. At least one partial word in the set of partial words is completed. The set of partial words with the at least one completed partial word is run through a trained deep neural network, the trained deep neural network inferring a word embedding associated with an unfinished word in the set of partial words. An inferred word is determined based on the inferred word embedding associated with the unfinished word. A sentence may be output, which includes at least the completed partial word and the inferred word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Jinho Lee, Inseok Hwang, Matthew Harrison Tong
  • Patent number: 11526681
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s), monitors multilingual switches performed on a client on behalf of a given user. Based on the monitoring, the processor(s) identifies switch patterns of the given user to generate a service profile for the user of machine learned multilingual switch patterns for the given user. The processor(s) determines a priority order for languages comprising the voice input streams, for the given user. The processor(s) obtains a new translation request initiated by the client, on behalf of the given user and applies the priority order to identify one or more languages spoken in a voice input stream of the new translation request. The processor(s) transmits indicators of the identified one or more languages to the client, where upon receiving the indicators, the client translates the voice input stream from the identified one or more languages to one or more target languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Inseok Hwang, Eric Rozner, Chungkuk Yoo
  • Patent number: 11514220
    Abstract: Predicting power usage of a chip may include receiving placement data describing a placement, within the chip, of a plurality of logical components of the chip; providing the placement data as an input to a neural network; and determining, by the neural network, based on the placement data, a predicted power usage of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhichao Li, Yaoguang Wei, Kai Liu, Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi
  • Patent number: 11501362
    Abstract: An online store offering a product that is currently unavailable can still fulfill an order for the product by querying a multi-store inventory database to see if the product is available from brick-and-mortar stores near the customer. Proximity of local stores is based on a customer location in the customer's profile. Local store selection can be based on product matching policies such as a threshold price difference for the product compared to the online store price. If the customer approves local store pickup, the service generates a voucher to purchase the product directly from the local stores, and presents it to the customer via the online presence. The customer can then redeem the voucher at any of the indicated local stores and pick up the product. When the system receives confirmation of redemption of the voucher, a credit is issued from the online store to the local store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Ravithej Chikkala, Zachary A. Silverstein, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 11494742
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe creating a monitoring package by integrating a personal information management system (PIMS) and a social network profile for a user. Embodiments comprise continuously monitoring e-mail messages, calendar entries, social media posts, and social media comments of the integrated PIMS and social network profile, collecting participant preference information and meeting data from the monitoring package, identifying an upcoming meeting for the user according to the meeting data, and determining a list of participants for the upcoming meeting based on conversation threads associated with the upcoming meeting collected from the monitoring package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Fang Lu, Nadiya Kochura, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20220342918
    Abstract: An audio file format of an audio portion of a natural language content is determined. Using a trained audio language identification model, a human language included in the audio portion is identified. Using a trained audio to text model trained on the human language, the audio portion is converted to a corresponding set of text data. The set of text data is indexed. Using the indexed set of text data responsive to a search query, a search result is generated, the search query specifying a search including a non-textual portion of the natural language content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Debbie Anglin, Boyi Tzen, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 11480710
    Abstract: A computer receives a hotspot and a corresponding incentive, where the hotspot is a geolocation for collecting the weather data. The computer presents the received hotspot and the corresponding incentive to a user. The computer receives the weather data from the drone, transmits the weather data to a server, and updates a scorecard with the incentive corresponding to the hotspot based on determining that the drone reached the hotspot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sushain Pandit, Su Liu, Fang Wang, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11477042
    Abstract: A management layer for electronic or virtual meeting tools is configured to automatically manage a virtual meeting environment established between computing devices using time based controls, data collection, and feedback mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zachary A. Silverstein, Barton Wayne Emanuel, Su Liu, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11455907
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes recognizing, by a computer device, a word as a new learned word for a user; registering, by the computer device, the new leaned word in a user's new learned word list as a registered new learned word; associating, by the computer device, the registered new learned word with related known words in a user's known word library, the known word library including words known to the user; tracking, by the computer device, uses of the related known words by the user; identifying, by the computer device, a used sentence used by the user that contains one of the related known words; and suggesting, by the computer device, to the user a new sentence that replaces the one of the related known words in the used sentence with the new learned word.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Liu, Manjunath Ravi, Zhichao Li, Kai Liu
  • Publication number: 20220292120
    Abstract: An embodiment includes receiving a request to delete a specified document from a primary shard of a sharded database. The embodiment also includes inserting a soft-deletion document to a soft-deletion shard, wherein the soft-deletion document identifies the specified document, which remains in the primary shard. The embodiment also includes receiving a query from a client application, wherein the specified document satisfies the query. The embodiment also includes blocking the specified document from being returned in response to the query while the soft-deletion document associated with the specified document remains in the soft-deletion shard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peng Hui Jiang, Jun Su, Dong Chen, Huai Ying HY Xia, Su Liu
  • Publication number: 20220292578
    Abstract: In an approach for placing an online order, a processor receives a request from a user through a user device to place an online order. A processor identifies a user profile for the user. A processor selects a shopping list from a set of shopping lists stored in the user profile based on shopping patterns and shopping history stored in the user profile. A processor customizes the selected shopping list based on the shopping patterns and shopping history stored in the user profile. A processor places the online order subsequent to receiving a confirmation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hamid Majdabadi, Nadiya Kochura, Yang Liang, Su Liu