Patents by Inventor Wanderley Liu

Wanderley 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).

  • Patent number: 11907267
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for displaying a user interface for frequent pattern (FP) analysis are described. In some cases, data stored at a multi-tenant database server may be analyzed to understand various interactions and patterns between data attributes associated with multiple users, or determine one or more attributes associated with a characterization of an individual (e.g., a persona). The multi-tenant database server may effectively cluster and/or perform calculations on attributes of the data to understand user patterns and determine common personas. The results may then be displayed by a user interface at a user device (e.g., associated with the user).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Salesforce Inc.
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Kexin Xie, Wanderley Liu, Nathan Irace Burke, David Yourdon
  • Patent number: 11556595
    Abstract: A data processing server may receive a set of data objects for frequent pattern (FP) analysis. The set of data objects may be analyzed using an attribute diversity technique. For the set of data attributes of the set of data objects, the server may arrange the attributes in one or more dimensions. The server may initialize a set of centroids on data points and identify mean values of nearby data points. Based on an iteration of the mean value calculation, the server may identify a set of attributes corresponding to final mean values as being groups of similarly frequent attributes. These groups of similarly frequent attributes may be analyzed using an FP analysis procedure to identify frequent patterns of data attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Irace Burke, Kexin Xie, Xingyu Wang, Wanderley Liu, David Yourdon
  • Patent number: 11275768
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting differential support for frequent pattern (FP) analysis are described. Some database systems may analyze data sets to determine FPs of data attributes within the data sets. However, if data distributions for different types of data attributes vary greatly, more frequent data attribute types may skew the FPs away from the less frequent types. To reduce the noise of common attributes while maintaining sensitivity to the less common attributes, the database system may implement multiple minimum support (e.g., frequency) thresholds. For example, the database system may adaptively categorize the different data attribute types into data categories based on their distributions and may dynamically determine support thresholds for the categories. Using different minimum support thresholds for different data categories allows the system to filter out data attribute patterns based on the distributions of the data attribute types in the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Kexin Xie, Wanderley Liu
  • Patent number: 11061937
    Abstract: A database system performs lookalike analysis on a data set including a plurality of user identifiers, which are associated with one or more attribute records. The database system classifies the user identifiers into one or more segments of user identifiers based on the attribute records. The database system performs Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) to calculate a measure of importance of the attribute records relative to the one or more segments. The database system auto-correlates the attribute records based on the numbers of attribute records in the user identifier population and the one or more segments. The database system identifies a set of user identifiers relative to one or more segments using the measures of importance and the auto-correlated parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Jonathan Purnell, Wanderley Liu, Kexin Xie
  • Publication number: 20210157847
    Abstract: A data processing server may receive a set of data objects for frequent pattern (FP) analysis. The set of data objects may be analyzed using an attribute diversity technique. For the set of data attributes of the set of data objects, the server may arrange the attributes in one or more dimensions. The server may initialize a set of centroids on data points and identify mean values of nearby data points. Based on an iteration of the mean value calculation, the server may identify a set of attributes corresponding to final mean values as being groups of similarly frequent attributes. These groups of similarly frequent attributes may be analyzed using an FP analysis procedure to identify frequent patterns of data attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Irace Burke, Kexin Xie, Xingyu Wang, Wanderley Liu, David Yourdon
  • Patent number: 10963519
    Abstract: A data processing server may receive a set of data objects for frequent pattern (FP) analysis. The set of data objects may be analyzed using an attribute diversity technique. For the set of data attributes of the set of data objects, the server may arrange the attributes in one or more dimensions. The server may initialize a set of centroids on data points and identify mean values of nearby data points. Based on an iteration of the mean value calculation, the server may identify a set of attributes corresponding to final mean values as being groups of similarly frequent attributes. These groups of similarly frequent attributes may be analyzed using an FP analysis procedure to identify frequent patterns of data attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Irace Burke, Kexin Xie, Xingyu Wang, Wanderley Liu, David Yourdon
  • Publication number: 20200301966
    Abstract: A data processing server may receive a set of data objects for frequent pattern (FP) analysis. The set of data objects may be analyzed using an attribute diversity technique. For the set of data attributes of the set of data objects, the server may arrange the attributes in one or more dimensions. The server may initialize a set of centroids on data points and identify mean values of nearby data points. Based on an iteration of the mean value calculation, the server may identify a set of attributes corresponding to final mean values as being groups of similarly frequent attributes. These groups of similarly frequent attributes may be analyzed using an FP analysis procedure to identify frequent patterns of data attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Irace Burke, Kexin Xie, Xingyu Wang, Wanderley Liu, David Yourdon
  • Publication number: 20200104408
    Abstract: A database system performs lookalike analysis on a data set including a plurality of user identifiers, which are associated with one or more attribute records. The database system classifies the user identifiers into one or more segments of user identifiers based on the attribute records. The database system performs Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) to calculate a measure of importance of the attribute records relative to the one or more segments. The database system auto-correlates the attribute records based on the numbers of attribute records in the user identifier population and the one or more segments. The database system identifies a set of user identifiers relative to one or more segments using the measures of importance and the auto-correlated parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Jonathan Purnell, Wanderley Liu, Kexin Xie
  • Publication number: 20190362018
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for displaying a user interface for frequent pattern (FP) analysis are described. In some cases, data stored at a multi-tenant database server may be analyzed to understand various interactions and patterns between data attributes associated with multiple users, or determine one or more attributes associated with a characterization of an individual (e.g., a persona). The multi-tenant database server may effectively cluster and/or perform calculations on attributes of the data to understand user patterns and determine common personas. The results may then be displayed by a user interface at a user device (e.g., associated with the user).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Kexin Xie, Wanderley Liu, Nathan Irace Burke, David Yourdon
  • Publication number: 20190362017
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices supporting differential support for frequent pattern (FP) analysis are described. Some database systems may analyze data sets to determine FPs of data attributes within the data sets. However, if data distributions for different types of data attributes vary greatly, more frequent data attribute types may skew the FPs away from the less frequent types. To reduce the noise of common attributes while maintaining sensitivity to the less common attributes, the database system may implement multiple minimum support (e.g., frequency) thresholds. For example, the database system may adaptively categorize the different data attribute types into data categories based on their distributions and may dynamically determine support thresholds for the categories. Using different minimum support thresholds for different data categories allows the system to filter out data attribute patterns based on the distributions of the data attribute types in the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yacov Salomon, Kexin Xie, Wanderley Liu