Patents by Inventor Su Liu

Su 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).

  • Publication number: 20220199086
    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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, YANG LIANG, Debbie Anglin, Fan Yang
  • Publication number: 20220189642
    Abstract: A processor may receive congregation data. The congregation data may be associated with a particular area. The processor may analyze the congregation data. The processor may generate a social movement model of the particular area. The processor may generate one or more routes from a first location to a second location in the particular area based on the social movement model. The one or more routes may reduce the level of exposure to an infectious disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Shunguo Yan, Andrew J. Lavery, Su Liu, Jonathan D. Dunne
  • Publication number: 20220188739
    Abstract: An embodiment includes generating first and second preliminary schedules for respective first and second workers assigned respective first and second tasks, detects a block of time that is part of both the first and second preliminary schedules, and generates respective first and second location predictions for the first and second workers during the block of time. The embodiment calculates a distance between the first and second workers based on the first and second location predictions, and revises, responsive to determining that the distance is less than a threshold value, the second preliminary schedule to replace the first block of time with a second block of time that is not part of the first preliminary schedule. The embodiment generates an access control list that includes the first preliminary schedule as a first access schedule for the first worker for use in responding to access queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Debbie Anglin, Rui Yang, Paul Bernell Finley, JR., Amir Sanjar
  • Publication number: 20220191024
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yin Xia, Cheng Xu, Xinya Wang
  • Patent number: 11361143
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a computer-implemented method for proactive rich text format management. Aspects include obtaining a content item to be displayed to a user and obtaining a preferred rich text format template for the user. Aspects also include applying the preferred rich text format template to the content item to create a customized view of the content item and displaying the customized view of the content item to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anita Govindjee, Su Liu, Kai Liu, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11361039
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for expanding phenological data resources by collecting phenological data from social media sites are provided. The embodiment may include determining one or more species of plants or animals from a plurality of data shared on social media sites. The embodiment may also include extracting phenological information related to the determined plants or animals. The embodiment may further include validating the phenological information against known or already validated information received from crowd source phenological information or a plurality of ecological and biological databases. The embodiment may further include cataloging the validated and filtered phenological information according to a list selected from a group consisting of species, locations, biological or ecological characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan M. Milman, Fang Wang, Su Liu, Jeffrey A. Calcaterra
  • Publication number: 20220174120
    Abstract: A connection request is received for an account, the account associated with a set of devices, the connection request comprising a request to establish communication between a sending device and a device associated with the account. By analyzing device usage data for a first device in the set of devices, an availability score of the first device is determined. The first device is presented for connection based on the availability score of the first device. Responsive to the presenting, the sending device and the first device are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Demetrice Browder
  • Publication number: 20220168382
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition and method for relieving/eliminating morphine-induced analgesic tolerance. The pharmaceutical composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of a short peptide and morphine as active ingredients, and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. The short peptide is a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. In the method, the short peptide and morphine are administered to a subject simultaneously; or the short peptide is injected to the subject followed by administration of the morphine; or a pharmaceutical composition including the short peptide and morphine is administered to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Qiongyao TANG, Zhe ZHANG, Chen CHEN, Mingxi TANG, Yue TENG, Nan ZHOU, Shaoxi KE, Ping DONG, Jingjing WANG, Wanxin SU, Xiaohui WANG, Yanmei XIAO, Su LIU, Long MA, Jun GAN, Xiaoxia ZHU, Sibei RUAN, Feng LING
  • Publication number: 20220172043
    Abstract: A method includes clustering a plurality of weights of a neural network model into a first plurality of clusters and clustering differences between (i) the plurality of weights assigned to a first cluster of the first plurality of clusters and (ii) a centroid value of the first cluster into a second plurality of clusters. The method also includes storing, in a first table, an identifier and a centroid value for each cluster of the second plurality of clusters and for each of the plurality of weights assigned to the first cluster, storing, in a second table, an identifier of a respective cluster of the second plurality of clusters corresponding to that weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Su LIU, Jinho LEE, Inseok HWANG, Matthew Harrison TONG
  • Patent number: 11347381
    Abstract: A set of images and a corresponding set of textual information are received, such that a first textual information is to be presented with a first image. The first textual information is translated into a set of translated textual information, each textual information in the set of translated textual information corresponding to a language in a set of languages. A set of layout parameters is determined for at least one translated textual information. The translated textual information is transformed according to the set of layout parameters and overlaid on the first image. The overlaying causes a pixel of the transformed translated textual information to be superimposed on a pixel of the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yang Liang, Debbie Anglin, Cheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20220156122
    Abstract: An embodiment includes establishing a demand threshold for adding a locale to an installation list based at least in part on selection data indicative of an input from a user. The embodiment also includes monitoring user inputs to a cloud computing environment so as to detect user inputs that include requests to install the locale. The embodiment also includes dynamically updating a demand score associated with the locale based on ongoing detection of locale installation requests during the monitoring of user inputs. The embodiment also includes automatically adding the locale to the installation list upon detecting that the demand score satisfied the demand threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Debbie Anglin, Fan Yang, Boyi Tzen
  • Patent number: 11333794
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for generating a wind map based on multimedia analysis. A computer receives a multimedia source configuration and builds a wind scale reference database. In addition, the computer extracts and processes both wind speed data and contextual data from the multimedia. Moreover, the computer analyses temporal and spatial features, as well as generates a wind map based on the extracted context, extracted wind speed, and analysed temporal and spatial features. Lastly, the wind map generator validates and modifies the wind scale reference database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan M. Milman, Sushain Pandit, Charles D. Wolfson, Su Liu, Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 11334887
    Abstract: A payment card system for authorization and authentication is provided. A computing device monitors one or more transactions to detect various security threats comprising one or more accounts. A computing device determines to elevate a security level associated, at least, with one account based, at least, in part, on detection of, at least, one security threat. A computing device generates at least one temporary personal identification number based, at least, on determination to elevate a security level associated, at least, with one account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nadiya Kochura, Itzhack Goldberg, Su Liu, Fang Lu
  • Publication number: 20220147603
    Abstract: Using a biometric sensor coupled to a touchscreen, fingerprint data is collected from within a plurality of virtual key areas of the touchscreen. A virtual key area in the plurality of virtual key areas comprises an area of the touchscreen configured to display an input prompt and collect touch data responsive to the input prompt. Responsive to determining that the fingerprint data has above a threshold level of similarity with stored fingerprint data associated with each of the virtual key areas and that a sequence of the virtual key areas matches a stored key sequence, access to a protected resource is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Demetrice Browder, Cheng Xu, Debbie Anglin
  • Patent number: 11329939
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system to generate a spatial visualization of topics contained in messages data is provided. A processor retrieves message data associated with a user. A processor determines one or more topics represented by the message data. A processor generates a spatial visualization of one or more user interface elements, where the spatial visualization includes a size and a location for the one or more user interface elements. A processor displays one or more user interface elements corresponding to the one or more topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Xia Mao, Xin Feng, Ya Qing Chen, Wei Jun Zheng, Zhen Hong Ding, Chuan Le Zheng, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 11323402
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and computer system to generate a spatial visualization of topics contained in messages data is provided. A processor retrieves message data associated with a user. A processor determines one or more topics represented by the message data. A processor generates a spatial visualization of one or more user interface elements, where the spatial visualization includes a size and a location for the one or more user interface elements. A processor displays one or more user interface elements corresponding to the one or more topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Xia Mao, Xin Feng, Ya Qing Chen, Wei Jun Zheng, Zhen Hong Ding, Chuan Le Zheng, Su Liu
  • Patent number: 11310182
    Abstract: A text conversation between at least two users is monitored. A first regarding a first topic is detected. A second message received subsequent to the first message regarding a second topic is detected. A third message received subsequent to the second message regarding the first topic is detected. In response to detecting that the third message regards the first topic of the first message, the third message may be displayed immediately adjacent the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Yang Liang, Arun Dev, Cheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11301819
    Abstract: Methods and systems for opportunistic multi-party reminders based on sensory data are provided. A system for providing opportunistic multi-party reminders based on sensory data may include a coordination module that coordinates user schedules for a plurality of parties. Also, the system may include a time prediction module that characterizes one or more times in a user schedule in response to gathered context information for one or more parties in the plurality of parties. Further, the system may include a task completion module that identifies at least one time in the one or more times in a user schedule for completing a task in response to the characterization of the one or more times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Su Liu, Eric Rozner, Inseok Hwang, Jinho Lee
  • Patent number: 11300418
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods, and media for building a prioritized group trip object to generate a social trip plan recommendation. An example method includes receiving a static trip grouping scheme object for a group of users. Generating an interactive customized scheme object (ICSO) for each user based, at least in part, on the received static trip grouping scheme object and on a set of user preferences of the user such that a plurality of ICSOs are generated for the group of users. Merging the plurality of ICSOs to generate a prioritized group trip ICSO. Generating a recommended trip plan for the group based, at least in part, on the prioritized group trip ICSO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Liu, Kai Liu, Zhichao Li, Manjunath Ravi
  • Publication number: 20220110089
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide techniques to locate target devices. An electronic message is sent to a set of landmark devices, signaling each landmark device to transmit echo-request packets to a target device and to other landmark devices and measure network-communication delays. Indications of the network-communication delays are received from the set landmark devices. A first sequence is formed by sorting the set of landmark devices relative to the network-communication delays between the target device and each landmark device. For each respective landmark device, an additional sequence is formed by sorting other landmark devices relative to the network-communication delays between the respective landmark device and the other landmark devices. A sequence-matching operation is applied to the first sequence and the additional sequences to form a ranking of the set of landmark devices relative to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Si Bin FAN, Yu GU, Su LIU, Cheng XU