Patents by Inventor Tiaohua Lin

Tiaohua Lin 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).

  • Computer implemented system and method for high level controlled searching through a problem space
    Patent number: 6233572
    Abstract: A system and method for searching a problem space. In an exemplary application, the search constructs a plan associated with a business enterprise and the problem space is a model of the enterprise. The search is divided into subsearches. Each subsearch is performed by a subsearch process having its own goal data, termination data, problem data, problem selection process, move process, and script. The script of a subsearch determines whether the current state of the search shall be advanced by a move of that subsearch or by another subsearch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: i2 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Crawford, Jr., Brian M. Kennedy, Tiaohua Lin, Narayan Venkatasubramanyan, Arun Kunchithapatham, Karel Zeithammer