Patents by Inventor Vernon W. Hui

Vernon W. Hui 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: 11934844
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that relay domain-event objects within an enhanced multi-platform data stream to listen for and react to digital events indicated by the domain-event objects that occur across a wide variety of computing platforms. Specifically, the disclosed systems can receive domain-event objects within the multi-platform data stream. From among the domain-even objects transmitted through the multi-platform data stream, the disclosed systems can identify a domain-event object that is relevant to a digital-analytics platform by identifying domain-event objects that include properties satisfying domain-event-listener rules. Based on an entity identifier and an object event from the relevant domain-event object, the disclosed systems can perform a platform action within the digital-analytics platform (e.g., to react to a change in another platform as indicated by the domain-event object).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Qualtrics, LLC
    Inventors: Vernon W. Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
  • Patent number: 11853537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that provide a graphical user interface for intuitively generating digital action sequences across one or more digital platforms. For example, the disclosed systems generate graphical user interfaces with tools to construct digital action sequences of platform actions performed based on event triggers. To facilitate building such digital action sequences, in some cases, the disclosed systems provide data for digital-action-sequence templates for easy selection of pre-matched event triggers and platform actions or tools to mix-and-match combinations of specific event triggers and platform actions. By providing such intuitive tools in a centralized graphical user interface, the disclosed systems can connect events across multiple platforms or across disconnected components of a single platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Qualtrics, LLC
    Inventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
  • Publication number: 20230385859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for intelligently generating an efficient new data set for storage in non-temporary storage during ingestion of other inefficient data sets. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems ingests a subset of a second data set of operational data items along with a first data set of response data items based on correlations between the subset of operational data items and the response data items. Thus, the disclosed systems provide a robust solution to efficiently ingesting data sets while avoiding computing storage and processing waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W. Hui, Kenyon Porter
  • Publication number: 20230147910
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that relay domain-event objects within an enhanced multi-platform data stream to listen for and react to digital events indicated by the domain-event objects that occur across a wide variety of computing platforms. Specifically, the disclosed systems can receive domain-event objects within the multi-platform data stream. From among the domain-even objects transmitted through the multi-platform data stream, the disclosed systems can identify a domain-event object that is relevant to a digital-analytics platform by identifying domain-event objects that include properties satisfying domain-event-listener rules. Based on an entity identifier and an object event from the relevant domain-event object, the disclosed systems can perform a platform action within the digital-analytics platform (e.g., to react to a change in another platform as indicated by the domain-event object).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Vernon W. Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
  • Publication number: 20230121261
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods that provide a graphical user interface for intuitively generating digital action sequences across one or more digital platforms. For example, the disclosed systems generate graphical user interfaces with tools to construct digital action sequences of platform actions performed based on event triggers. To facilitate building such digital action sequences, in some cases, the disclosed systems provide data for digital-action-sequence templates for easy selection of pre-matched event triggers and platform actions or tools to mix-and-match combinations of specific event triggers and platform actions. By providing such intuitive tools in a centralized graphical user interface, the disclosed systems can connect events across multiple platforms or across disconnected components of a single platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Evan Paul Child, Vernon W. Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
  • Patent number: 11544079
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that relay domain-event objects within an enhanced multi-platform data stream to listen for and react to digital events indicated by the domain-event objects that occur across a wide variety of computing platforms. Specifically, the disclosed systems can receive domain-event objects within the multi-platform data stream. From among the domain-even objects transmitted through the multi-platform data stream, the disclosed systems can identify a domain-event object that is relevant to a digital-analytics platform by identifying domain-event objects that include properties satisfying domain-event-listener rules. Based on an entity identifier and an object event from the relevant domain-event object, the disclosed systems can perform a platform action within the digital-analytics platform (e.g., to react to a change in another platform as indicated by the domain-event object).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Qualtrics, LLC
    Inventors: Vernon W Hui, Joseph Scott Reese
  • Patent number: 11120176
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to quickly process stored objects to generate an accurate estimate of the number of live objects that will be responsive to a client's filtering request defined at least in part based on a filtering parameter. Stored objects generated from user interactions with webpages are modified to simulate live objects and processed by a live object-intake simulator. The simulated results are then filtered using the filtering parameter to form a subset of matching objects. An estimate of the number of live objects produced by the filtering parameter is generated using at least the count of the objects in the subset. A confidence metric of the estimate is computed, in some cases using a statistical model. Under certain conditions, the estimate is delivered, the confidence metric is delivered, and/or live object intake based on the filtering parameter is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Anping Wang, Kendra Mariko Chen, Hyunjung Lee, John Patrick Connelly, Vernon W. Hui, Sanjeev Khodaskar, Jeevan Gheevarghese Joseph, Matthew P. Abrams
  • Patent number: 11017303
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for accurately and quickly processing distributed stored objects to provide a timely and accurate prediction of the number of live objects a parameterized file request will produce. Stored objects representing previous user webpage visit interactions are stored in different storage locations in a data store. The stored objects at each storage location are processed in parallel by hashing stored objects with a hash function such that they are spread somewhat uniformly into buckets. Sub-buckets in each bucket are formed that correspond to selected category identifiers. Also in parallel, K-minimum values are computed for each sub-bucket to estimate the count of stored objects in the data store. The K-minimum values for sub-buckets corresponding to the same category ID across all buckets are combined, in some cases harmonically, and used to generate a predicted number of live objects responsive to a parameterized file request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Adison H. Wongkar, Padmanabhan Natarajan, Jeevan Gheevarghese Joseph, Kendra Mariko Chen, Vernon W. Hui
  • Patent number: 10733079
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to end-to-end testing of applications using simulated data. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that test applications in a production environment by dynamically generating and tracking the simulated data in real time. In some implementations, an expected number of simulated user profiles (e.g., based on a protocol for generating simulated user profiles) can be compared against an actual number of simulated user profiles stored in a state machine to identify issues within the end-to-end environment of the application being tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Vernon W. Hui
  • Patent number: 10572903
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: David Abraham Wiener, James Kong Hsu, Stephen J. Papa, Sherene Wael Hilal, Kendra Mariko Chen, Vernon W. Hui, Ben Hekster, John Patrick Connelly
  • Patent number: 10521818
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vernon W. Hui, Hong Bao, James Kong Hsu, John Patrick Connelly, Stephen J. Papa, Edward L. Wallace, Mayank Ashwin Dedhia
  • Publication number: 20180349254
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to end-to-end testing of applications using simulated data. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods that test applications in a production environment by dynamically generating and tracking the simulated data in real time. In some implementations, an expected number of simulated user profiles (e.g., based on a protocol for generating simulated user profiles) can be compared against an actual number of simulated user profiles stored in a state machine to identify issues within the end-to-end environment of the application being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventor: Vernon W. Hui
  • Publication number: 20180322401
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for accurately and quickly processing distributed stored objects to provide a timely and accurate prediction of the number of live objects a parameterized file request will produce. Stored objects representing previous user webpage visit interactions are stored in different storage locations in a data store. The stored objects at each storage location are processed in parallel by hashing stored objects with a hash function such that they are spread somewhat uniformly into buckets. Sub-buckets in each bucket are formed that correspond to selected category identifiers. Also in parallel, K-minimum values are computed for each sub-bucket to estimate the count of stored objects in the data store. The K-minimum values for sub-buckets corresponding to the same category ID across all buckets are combined, in some cases harmonically, and used to generate a predicted number of live objects responsive to a parameterized file request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Adison H. Wongkar, Padmanabhan Natarajan, Jeevan Gheevarghese Joseph, Kendra Mariko Chen, Vernon W. Hui
  • Publication number: 20180322229
    Abstract: Techniques are provided to quickly process stored objects to generate an accurate estimate of the number of live objects that will be responsive to a client's filtering request defined at least in part based on a filtering parameter. Stored objects generated from user interactions with webpages are modified to simulate live objects and processed by a live object-intake simulator. The simulated results are then filtered using the filtering parameter to form a subset of matching objects. An estimate of the number of live objects produced by the filtering parameter is generated using at least the count of the objects in the subset. A confidence metric of the estimate is computed, in some cases using a statistical model. Under certain conditions, the estimate is delivered, the confidence metric is delivered, and/or live object intake based on the filtering parameter is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Anping Wang, Kendra Mariko Chen, Hyunjung Lee, John Patrick Connelly, Vernon W. Hui, Sanjeev Khodaskar, Jeevan Gheevarghese Joseph, Matthew P. Abrams
  • Patent number: 9967621
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which personalization data is used to select and order video highlight clips for a personalized highlight reel that a user may play to view, such as part of a narrative arranged for that user. The narrative may include introductory content, transition content and/or ending content. The narrative may include advertising content and/or ending content. The narrative may be rearranged in response to an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Rovi Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Trevor C. Armstrong, David J. Jurenka, Jeanie Michelle DuMont, Michael L. Christian, Todd Gordon Stevens, Vernon W. Hui, Ashish Gupta, David W. Stevens, Adam Lee Potratz, Langdon Ward Beeck
  • Publication number: 20160132938
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Abraham WIENER, James Kong HSU, Stephen J. PAPA, Sherene Wael HILAL, Kendra Mariko CHEN, Vernon W. HUI, Ben HEKSTER, John Patrick CONNELLY
  • Publication number: 20160055542
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vernon W. HUI, Hong BAO, James Kong HSU, John Patrick CONNELLY, Stephen J. PAPA, Edward L. WALLACE, Mayank Ashwin DEDHIA
  • Publication number: 20130160051
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which personalization data is used to select and order video highlight clips for a personalized highlight reel that a user may play to view, such as part of a narrative arranged for that user. The narrative may include introductory content, transition content and/or ending content. The narrative may include advertising content and/or ending content. The narrative may be rearranged in response to an event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trevor C. Armstrong, David J. Jurenka, Jeanie Michelle DuMont, Michael L. Christian, Todd Gordon Stevens, Vernon W. Hui, Ashish Gupta, David W. Stevens, Adam Lee Potratz, Langdon Ward Beeck