Patents by Inventor Wen Min Dou

Wen Min Dou 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).

  • Data change alerts in a collaborative environment
    Patent number: 10552529
    Abstract: A method for generating data change alerts in a collaboration environment and highlighting changes. The method generates a message that contains information on a data change event, in response to a first user changing data in a cell of a data table. The method further determines whether there is a representational object that is based on the data being changed, and if so, alerting a second user, who is associated with the representational object, of the data change. Moreover, the data change is highlighted in the representational object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Feng Huo, Wen Min Dou, Hua Shao, Jonathan Dunne
  • DATA CHANGE ALERTS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180321829
    Abstract: A method for generating data change alerts in a collaboration environment and highlighting changes. The method generates a message that contains information on a data change event, in response to a first user changing data in a cell of a data table. The method further determines whether there is a representational object that is based on the data being changed, and if so, alerting a second user, who is associated with the representational object, of the data change. Moreover, the data change is highlighted in the representational object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Qi Feng Huo, Wen Min Dou, Hua Shao, Jonathan Dunne
  • CONCEALMENT OF CONTENT IN A SHARED DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20170364499
    Abstract: A first set of concealment attributes is received from a first user. The first set of user concealment attributes are associated with a document. A first set of document concealment attributes is received from the user. The first set of document concealment attributes are associated with the document. The document, based on the first set of concealment attributes and the first set of document concealment attributes, is stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Wen Min Dou, Qi Feng Huo, Yu Ji, Kam Sing Kuan, Hua Shao, Jin Jing Xie, Yu Wang, Lin Yuan, Hai Feng Zhang