Patents by Inventor Sun Mao

Sun Mao 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: 20240005089
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for document auto-completion. In an aspect, an instruction for creating a document may be received. The document may be presented in response to the instruction, at least a first section in the document including content suggested according to context information associated with the document. An edit operation to the document may be received. Content suggested in response to the edit operation may be presented in at least a second section in the document. In another aspect, context information associated with completion of a document may be identified. Content of at least one section in the document may be generated, the content being suggested based at least on the context information. The content may be presented in the at least one section in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Si Meng, Jinge Yao, Chin-Yew Lin, Zhang Li, Fangrong Chen, Tao Wu, Sun Mao, Vincent Etter, Genglin Huang, Jing Liu, Peter Kurt Allenspach, Bogdan Popp
  • Patent number: 11797756
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may be used for document auto-completion. In an aspect, an instruction for creating a document may be received. The document may be presented in response to the instruction, at least a first section in the document including content suggested according to context information associated with the document. An edit operation to the document may be received. Content suggested in response to the edit operation may be presented in at least a second section in the document. In another aspect, context information associated with completion of a document may be identified. Content of at least one section in the document may be generated, the content being suggested based at least on the context information. The content may be presented in the at least one section in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Si Meng, Jinge Yao, Chin-Yew Lin, Zhang Li, Fangrong Chen, Tao Wu, Sun Mao, Vincent Etter, Genglin Huang, Jing Liu, Peter Kurt Allenspach, Bogdan Popp
  • Publication number: 20230144977
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for providing form service assistance. Feature information corresponding to content in a target application may be extracted. It may be determined, based at least on the feature information, to recommend a form service for the content. A recommendation prompt of the form service may be presented. In response to receiving a confirmation to the recommendation prompt, the form service may be initiated with at least the feature information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Si MENG, Si-Qing CHEN, Sun MAO, Tao WU, Fangrong CHEN, Siliang PI, Genglin HUANG, Anqi Du, Kun LIU, Xiaofei YANG, Yamin WANG
  • Publication number: 20220138410
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for document auto-completion. In an aspect, an instruction for creating a document may be received. The document may be presented in response to the instruction, at least a first section in the document including content suggested according to context information associated with the document. An edit operation to the document may be received. Content suggested in response to the edit operation may be presented in at least a second section in the document. In another aspect, context information associated with completion of a document may be identified. Content of at least one section in the document may be generated, the content being suggested based at least on the context information. The content may be presented in the at least one section in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Si Meng, Jinge YAO, Chin-Yew Lin, Zhang Li, Fangrong Chen, Tao Wu, Sun Mao, Vincent Etter, Genglin Huang, Jing LIU, Peter Kurt ALLENSPACH, Bogdan POPP
  • Publication number: 20210097133
    Abstract: A system and method for personalizing a display of a recommendation in a user interface element of an application is described. The system accesses application activities of a user of the application. A user preference is formed based on the application activities. The system identifies a context of a current activity of the application and generates a content recommendation in the application based on the context of the current activity of the application and the user preference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Huakai Liao, Debapriya Pal, Sun Mao, Erik Thomas Oveson, Huitian Jiao, Daniel M Cheung, Derek Martin Johnson, Bogdan Popp
  • Patent number: 5685024
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanism for automatically changing closestool seat sanitary cover mainly includes a roll-up mechanism and a specially designed closestool seat. The roll-up mechanism includes a supply reel on which continuous sleeve-like sanitary cover is wound, an upper and a lower reels for pulling used sanitary cover away from the closestool seat, and a motor for rotating the upper and the lower reels in opposite directions. The closestool seat is substantially a C-shaped member having two end portions separately pointing to the supply reel and to the upper and the lower reels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventors: Henry Chu, Sun-Mao Hu
  • Patent number: 4258175
    Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, and X.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine; n is an integer of from 1 to about 100; a, b, c, and d are each integers of from about 0 to about 4; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen and alkyl of from about 1 to about 15 carbon atoms; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkylene containing from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, alkylenyl containing from about 2 to about 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkylene of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkylene of from about 1 to about 5 carbon atoms, and cycloalkylenyl of the formula ##STR3## and A is selected from the group consisting of R.sup.3 CR.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Velsicol Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Sun-Mao Chen