Patents by Inventor Wing Ming Chan

Wing Ming Chan 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).

  • System and method for assigning permissions to access data and perform actions in a computer system
    Patent number: 9239930
    Abstract: A method for setting permissions for a group of users of a computer system. The method includes receiving data that defines a role for a first group of users, the role including one or more permissions each defining a permitted activity of the first group of users with respect to data of users in a second group of users, and setting the one or more permissions based on the defined role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: SuccessFactors, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Littlefield, Jessica P. Yang, Edward E. Yip, Kim Man Chan, Edward Lu, Brigitte Wing-Ming Chan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS TO ACCESS DATA AND PERFORM ACTIONS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120240193
    Abstract: A method for setting permissions for a group of users of a computer system. The method includes receiving data that defines a role for a first group of users, the role including one or more permissions each defining a permitted activity of the first group of users with respect to data of users in a second group of users, and setting the one or more permissions based on the defined role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Paul LITTLEFIELD, Jessica P. Yang, Edward E. Yip, Kim Man Chan, Edward Lu, Brigitte Wing-Ming Chan
  • Computer system with remotely duplicated and dynamically reconfigurable memory
    Patent number: 5771344
    Abstract: First and second data processing systems located at first and second sites are configured with the first data processing system having a primary memory unit at the first site and a mirror memory unit at the second site with the first and second sites coupled by a single-mode optical fiber. Fiber optic switches at the first and second sites can be reconfigured to coupled the mirror disc to the second data processing system with minimal delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Tandem Computers Incorporated
    Inventors: Wing Ming Chan, Wouter Senf, Timothy C. K. Chou, Mark H. Roettgering, Nusret Yurutucu, Craig F. Adams