Patents by Inventor WENCHANG ZHOU

WENCHANG ZHOU 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).

  • Method and System for Online Conversion Attribution
    Publication number: 20210266356
    Abstract: A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Shariq Rizvi, Ameet Ranadive, Abhishek Shrivastava, Wenchang Zhou, Bill Darrow, Santosh Kancha, Travis Lull, Tom Larson, Yimin Wu, Xiaochuan Qin
  • Method and system for online conversion attribution
    Patent number: 11012494
    Abstract: A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Shariq Rizvi, Ameet Ranadive, Abhishek Shrivastava, Wenchang Zhou, Bill Darrow, Santosh Kancha, Travis Lull, Tom Larson, Yimin Wu, Xiaochuan Qin
  • Method and System for Online Conversion Attribution
    Publication number: 20200236157
    Abstract: A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Shariq Rizvi, Ameet Ranadive, Abhishek Shrivastava, Wenchang Zhou, Bill Darrow, Santosh Kancha, Travis Lull, Tom Larson, Yimin Wu, Xiaochuan Qin
  • Method and system for online conversion attribution
    Patent number: 10594767
    Abstract: A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Shariq Rizvi, Ameet Ranadive, Abhishek Shrivastava, Wenchang Zhou, Bill Darrow, Santosh Kancha, Travis Lull, Tom Larson, Yimin Wu, Xiaochuan Qin
  • Toner cartridge with a toner switch assembly
    Patent number: 10394163
    Abstract: A toner cartridge is provided. The toner cartridge can be removably mounted on an imaging device. The toner cartridge includes a housing with a toner storage; a toner outlet aligned with a toner inlet on the imaging device; and a switch assembly disposed between the toner outlet and the toner inlet and controlling toner in the toner cartridge to flow from the toner outlet into the toner inlet. The switch assembly slides between a first position to open the toner outlet and a second position to close the toner outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: APEX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchang Zhou, Wanhong Huang
  • Method and system for online conversion attribution
    Patent number: 10187447
    Abstract: A system for online conversion attribution. The system includes a short uniform resource locator (URL) service programmed to, in response to receiving a short URL from a device: provide a cookie that includes a short URL ID to the device, and provide a short URL descriptor including the short URL ID to a user mapping service. The system further includes the user mapping service programmed to receive the short URL descriptor, receive a social media descriptor including a social media ID, map the short URL ID to the social media ID using the short URL descriptor and the social media descriptor, and attribute, using the mapping, a conversion on a website accessed using the device based upon receipt of the short URL ID from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Shariq Rizvi, Ameet Ranadive, Abhishek Shrivastava, Wenchang Zhou, Bill Darrow, Santosh Kancha, Travis Lull, Tom Larson, Yimin Wu, Xiaochuan Qin
  • TONER CARTRIDGE WITH A TONER SWITCH ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180095381
    Abstract: A toner cartridge is provided. The toner cartridge can be removably mounted on an imaging device. The toner cartridge includes a housing with a toner storage; a toner outlet aligned with a toner inlet on the imaging device; and a switch assembly disposed between the toner outlet and the toner inlet and controlling toner in the toner cartridge to flow from the toner outlet into the toner inlet. The switch assembly slides between a first position to open the toner outlet and a second position to close the toner outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: WENCHANG ZHOU, WANHONG HUANG
  • Toner cartridge with a toner switch assembly
    Patent number: 9869949
    Abstract: A toner cartridge is provided. The toner cartridge can be removably mounted on an imaging device. The toner cartridge includes a housing with a toner storage; a toner outlet aligned with a toner inlet on the imaging device; and a switch assembly disposed between the toner outlet and the toner inlet and controlling toner in the toner cartridge to flow from the toner outlet into the toner inlet. The switch assembly slides between a first position to open the toner outlet and a second position to close the toner outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: NINESTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenchang Zhou, Wanhong Huang
  • TONER CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20160327886
    Abstract: A toner cartridge is provided. The toner cartridge can be removably mounted on an imaging device. The toner cartridge includes a housing with a toner storage; a toner outlet aligned with a toner inlet on the imaging device; and a switch assembly disposed between the toner outlet and the toner inlet and controlling toner in the toner cartridge to flow from the toner outlet into the toner inlet. The switch assembly slides between a first position to open the toner outlet and a second position to close the toner outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: WENCHANG ZHOU, WANHONG HUANG