Patents by Inventor Xiaozhi YAN

Xiaozhi YAN 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).

  • Social media with multi-level relationships
    Patent number: 9894170
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a framework for customizing multiple levels of relationships between entities in a social media network. In accordance with one aspect, n number of levels of entities related to a user of an account in the social media network may be defined with a multi-level entities module, and a list of entities in relationship to the user from level 1 to n may be determined, where level 1 entities are in a direct relationship to the user, level i entities are in a direct relationship with level i?1 entities, where i is from 1 to n, and entities in level 2 to n are in an indirect relationship to the user. The entities list may then be displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SUCCESSFACTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi Yan, Yue Peter Zhao
  • SOCIAL MEDIA WITH MULTI-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20160182659
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a framework for customizing multiple levels of relationships between entities in a social media network. In accordance with one aspect, n number of levels of entities related to a user of an account in the social media network may be defined with a multi-level entities module, and a list of entities in relationship to the user from level 1 to n may be determined, where level 1 entities are in a direct relationship to the user, level i entities are in a direct relationship with level i?1 entities, where i is from 1 to n, and entities in level 2 to n are in an indirect relationship to the user. The entities list may then be displayed to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaozhi YAN, Yue, Peter ZHAO