Patents by Inventor Tao Tao

Tao Tao 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM-FITTING SERVICES TO CONSUMER REQUIREMENTS
    Publication number: 20140114805
    Abstract: Systems and methods for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements are provided. A method for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements, comprises acquiring a request for the service solution from a consumer via a conversational interface, and issuing a query to a service knowledge base to obtain a set of service knowledge representation items from the service knowledge base and analyzing each service knowledge representation item to determine whether a custom-fit service solution can be developed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Jim A. Laredo, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Chang-Shing Perng, Tao Tao
  • Catalyst composition with halo-malonate internal electron donor and polymer from same
    Patent number: 8697827
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are procatalyst compositions, catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present procatalyst compositions contain a halo-malonate and a 2-fluoro-malonate in particular. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity, improve catalyst activity, and also improve hydrogen response during polymerization. Propylene-based polymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a melt flow rate greater than 50 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • SELF-SERVICE INTERFACE FOR POLICY CONTROL IN THE CLOUD
    Publication number: 20140101013
    Abstract: One embodiment of a computer readable storage medium contains an executable program for providing a cloud-based service to an enterprise comprising a plurality of members, where the program causes a processor to perform steps including receiving at least a portion of a policy a first user within the enterprise, where the policy defines a limit on usage of the cloud-based service by at least some of the plurality of members, receiving a request for the cloud-based service from a second user associated with one of the plurality of members, and automatically responding to the request in accordance with the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: SALMAN A. BASET, Fausto Bernardini, Rong N. Chang, Chang-Shing Perng, Edward C. So, Chunqiang Tang, Tao Tao
  • SELF-SERVICE INTERFACE FOR POLICY CONTROL IN THE CLOUD
    Publication number: 20140101005
    Abstract: One embodiment a method for providing a cloud-based service to an enterprise comprising a plurality of members includes receiving at least a portion of a policy a first user within the enterprise, where the policy defines a limit on usage of the cloud-based service by at least some of the plurality of members, receiving a request for the cloud-based service from a second user associated with one of the plurality of members, and automatically responding to the request in accordance with the policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: SALMAN A. BASET, Fausto Bernardini, Rong N. Chang, Chang-Shing Perng, Edward C. So, Chunqiang Tang, Tao Tao
  • User-driven index selection
    Patent number: 8682811
    Abstract: Techniques for index building are described. Clickcounts of respective training URLs may indicate a number of times that corresponding training URLs were clicked in search engine results. A machine learning algorithm implemented on a computer computes a trained model that is then stored. The clickcounts and respective URLs are passed to the machine learning algorithm to train the model to predict probabilities based on feature vectors of URLs. An index of web pages is built for a set of URLs that identify the web pages. Feature vectors for the URLs are computed. Probabilities of the web pages of the URLs being searched in the future by users may be computed by processing the feature vectors with the trained model. The probabilities may be used to determine which of the URLs to include in the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chris J. Burges, Denyong Zhou, Xiao Li, Yan Ke, Tao Tao, Xiaodong Fan
  • Procatalyst Composition with Alkoxyalkyl 2-Propenoate Internal Electron Donor and Polymer from Same
    Publication number: 20140046009
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present catalyst compositions contain an internal electron donor of an alkoxyalkyl 2-propenoate and optionally a mixed external electron donor. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity and polymer stiffness. Polypropylene homopolymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a xylene solubles content less than 4 wt % and a TMF greater than 172.0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • METHOD FOR REMOVING BURRS OF BATTERY ELECTRODE PLATES BY INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA DRY ETCHING
    Publication number: 20140042121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for removing burrs of battery electrode plates using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) dry etching, in which an induction coil is used for ionizing reaction gas. A DC bias is applied to accelerate the ionized reaction gas to bombard the burrs of electrode plate, removing burrs that formed in machining processes using physical bombardment. The equipment used in the present invention is an ICP etch system. The method according to the present invention can completely remove the burrs of electrode plate, thereby effectively preventing short circuits caused by burrs penetrating the membrane separator in the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Nanjing University
    Inventors: RONG ZHANG, TING ZHI, TAO TAO, ZHILI XIE, ZHIGUO YU, BING LIU, PENG CHEN, XIANGQIAN XIU, YI LI, PING HAN, YI SHI, YOUDOU ZHENG
  • Three and four atom bridged dicarbonate compounds as internal donors in catalysts for polypropylene manufacture
    Patent number: 8633126
    Abstract: A solid, hydrocarbon-insoluble, catalyst component useful in polymerizing olefins, said catalyst component containing magnesium, titanium, and halogen, and further containing an internal electron donor having a structure: [R1—O—C(O)—O—]xR2 wherein R1 is independently at each occurrence, an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; x is 2-4; and R2 is an aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon, or substituted hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, provided that there are from 3 to 4 atoms in the shortest chain connecting a first R1—O—C(O)—O— group and a second R1—O—C(O)—O— group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joseph N. Coalter, III, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao, Kuanqiang Gao
  • Procatalyst Composition with Substituted 1,2-Phenylene Aromatic Diester Internal Donor and Method
    Publication number: 20140011670
    Abstract: Disclosed are procatalyst compositions having an internal electron donor which include a substituted phenylene aromatic diester and optionally an electron donor component. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present procatalyst compositions exhibit high activity and produce propylene-based olefins with broad molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • Production of Substituted Phenylene Aromatic Diesters
    Publication number: 20140012035
    Abstract: Synthesis pathways for a precursor to 5-tert-butyl-3-methyl-1, 2-phenylene dibenzoate are provided. The precursor is methylcatechol and/or 5-tert-butyl-3-methylcatechol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Kuanqiang Gao, Tao Tao
  • Production of substituted phenylene aromatic diesters and compositions
    Patent number: 8604235
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides processes for the production of substituted phenylene aromatic diesters and the resultant compositions. The processes include reacting an aromatic diol with an aromatic carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof. The aromatic diol and/or the aromatic carboxylic acid (or derivative thereof) is/are substituted. The reaction forms a substituted phenylene aromatic diester with the structure (II): wherein R1-R14 are the same or different. At least one of R1-R14 is selected from a substituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a heteroatom, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao, Kuanqiang Gao, James X. Shu
  • Procatalyst composition with substituted amide ester internal electron donor
    Patent number: 8604144
    Abstract: Disclosed are procatalyst compositions having an internal electron donor which includes a substituted amide ester and optionally an electron donor component. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present procatalyst compositions exhibit improved catalyst activity and/or improved catalyst selectivity and produce propylene-based olefins with broad molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao, Kuanqiang Gao, James X. Shu
  • VOLTAGE SLOPE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DRIVER CIRCUIT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20130313993
    Abstract: A drive circuit includes a first transistor coupled in series with a second transistor at a first intermediate node coupled to a load. An amplifier has an output driving a control terminal of the second transistor. The amplifier includes a first input coupled to a second intermediate node and a second input coupled to a reference voltage. A feedback circuit is coupled between the first intermediate node and the second intermediate node. A slope control circuit is coupled the second intermediate node. The slope control circuit injects a selected value of current into the second intermediate node, that current operating to control the output of the amplifier in setting a slope for change in voltage at the first intermediate node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Wang, Tao Tao Huang
  • Spam score propagation for web spam detection
    Patent number: 8595204
    Abstract: A SPAM detection system is provided. The system includes a graph clustering component to analyze web data. A link analysis component can be associated with the graph clustering component to facilitate SPAM detection in accordance with the web data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer T. Chayes, Christian H. Borgs, Krishna Chaitanya Gade, John E. Hopcroft, Seyed Vahab Mirrokni, Amit Prakash, Tao Tao
  • Fastener
    Patent number: 8585336
    Abstract: A fastener includes a bolt, a ring engaged around the bolt, and a coil spring. The bolt includes a head, a threaded engaging portion, a shaft portion between the head and the threaded engaging portion, and a bottom flange extending radially and outwards from an end of the shaft portion connecting the threaded engaging portion. The shaft portion includes a main part connecting the head, a tail part connecting the bottom flange, and a guiding part connecting the main part and the tail part. A diameter of tail part is smaller than a diameter of the main part. A diameter of the guiding part increases from the tail part to the main part along an axial direction of the bolt. The coil spring coils the shaft portion and is sandwiched between the head of the bolt and the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Furui Precise Component (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Tao, Bo Hong
  • CURRENT SLOPE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER DRIVER CIRCUIT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20130300394
    Abstract: A low side driver includes a first transistor coupled in series with a second transistor at a low side voltage node for a load. A capacitance is configured to store a voltage and a voltage buffer circuit has an input coupled to receive the voltage stored by the capacitance and an output coupled to drive a control node of the second transistor with the stored voltage. A current source supplies current through a switch to the capacitance and the input of the voltage buffer circuit. The switch is configured to be actuated by an oscillating enable signal so as to cyclically source current from the current source to the capacitance and cause a stepped increase in the stored voltage which is applied by the buffer circuit to the control node of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Wang, Tao Tao Huang
  • Mobile multimedia broadcast transmission system
    Patent number: 8576696
    Abstract: A mobile multimedia broadcast transmission system is provided, which comprises: a Reed-Solomon (RS) coding and byte interleaving unit, a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) coder, a bit interleaver, a constellation mapping unit, a frequency domain symbol generator, a scrambler, an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) unit, a time domain framing unit, and a transmitter. According to the technical solutions provided in the present invention, the system can provide high-quality mobile multimedia services for users in a 6 MHz operation bandwidth. Furthermore, an optimized selection is performed on RS coding according to the operation bandwidth of the system, thereby selecting an appropriate coding mode according to different channel conditions. Accordingly, the byte interleaver is optimized, such that suitable interleaving parameters can be used to perform byte interleaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Timi Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qihong Ge, Dong Bai, Tao Tao, Qiusheng Wang, Wen Chen
  • Procatalyst Composition with Alkoxypropyl Ester Internal Electron Donor and Polymer from Same
    Publication number: 20130289228
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present catalyst compositions include an internal electron donor with an alkoxypropyl ester. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity. Propylene-based polymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a melt flow rate greater than 4 g/10 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao
  • LINK SPAM DETECTION USING SMOOTH CLASSIFICATION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20130282632
    Abstract: A spam detection system is disclosed. The system includes a classifier training component that receives a first set of training pages labeled as normal pages and a second set of training pages labeled as spam pages. The training component trains a web page classifier based on both the first set of training pages and the second set of training pages. A spam detector then receives unlabeled web pages uses the web page classifier to classify the unlabeled web pages as spam pages or normal pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Dengyong Zhou, Christopher J.C. Burges, Tao Tao
  • Amide ester internal electron donor and process
    Patent number: 8551903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a procatalyst composition having an amide ester internal electron donor. The process includes pre-halogenating a procatalyst precursor before reaction with the amide ester and forming the procatalyst composition. Ziegler-Natta catalyst compositions containing the present procatalyst composition exhibit improved catalyst activity and/or improved catalyst selectivity and produce propylene-based olefins with broad molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Clark C. Williams, Tak W. Leung, Tao Tao, Kuanqiang Gao, James X. Shu