Patents by Inventor Xiaoli LIANG

Xiaoli LIANG 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 FOR PREPARING V-TYPE POROUS STARCH
    Publication number: 20240174770
    Abstract: A method for preparing V-type porous starch includes: mixing starch and a first ethanol solution in a reaction kettle, adding concentrated hydrochloric acid to the reaction kettle for acidity regulation, and controlling a temperature of a reaction system in the reaction kettle at 80-150° C.; cooling the reaction kettle, and adding a sodium hydroxide solution to the reaction system in the reaction kettle, until a pH of a mixture in the reaction kettle is neutral, to yield a starch solution; and centrifuging the starch solution, washing a collected precipitate with a second ethanol solution, leaching, drying, cooling, and pulverizing, to yield V-type porous starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Xing ZHOU, Xiaoli LIANG, Zhengyu JIN, Ren WANG, Zhengjun XIE, Jianwei ZHAO, Jie LONG, Long CHEN, Chao QIU
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER LOAD BALANCING BASED ON CORRELATED EVENTS
    Publication number: 20240104618
    Abstract: Methods and systems for balancing online stores amongst servers. Detecting a flash sale associated with a first online store. Identifying an occurrence of a first event correlated to the flash sale associated with the first online store. Identifying a second online store associated with a second event corresponding to the first event. Responsive to identifying the second online store associated with the second event corresponding to the first event, moving the second online store from a first server to a second server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoli LIANG, Kathryn TANG, Gregory CLARKE, Milan SRECKOVIC, Kunal KOHLI
  • Systems and methods for server load balancing based on correlated events
    Patent number: 11880874
    Abstract: Methods and systems for balancing online stores amongst servers. Detecting a flash sale associated with a first online store. Identifying an occurrence of a first event correlated to the flash sale associated with the first online store. Identifying a second online store associated with a second event corresponding to the first event. Responsive to identifying the second online store associated with the second event corresponding to the first event, moving the second online store from a first server to a second server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoli Liang, Kathryn Tang, Gregory Clarke, Milan Sreckovic, Kunal Kohli
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER LOAD BALANCING BASED ON CORRELATED EVENTS
    Publication number: 20230059656
    Abstract: Methods and systems for balancing online stores amongst servers. Detecting a flash sale associated with a first online store. Identifying an occurrence of a first event correlated to the flash sale associated with the first online store. Identifying a second online store associated with a second event corresponding to the first event. Responsive to identifying the second online store associated with the second event corresponding to the first event, moving the second online store from a first server to a second server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoli LIANG, Kathryn TANG, Gregory CLARKE, Milan SRECKOVIC, Kunal KOHLI