Patents by Inventor Xingjun Ni

Xingjun Ni 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).

  • Patent number: 9811655
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and system for managing user accounts. The method includes receiving a registration request from a current user, wherein the registration request comprises a login name main part, determining, in a database, whether a conflicting old user exists, wherein a conflicting old user corresponds to another user that has a conflicting login name main part that is the same as the login name main part received in connection with the registration request, in the event that a conflicting old user exists, executing a login password differentiation process that requires a user to register a different login password that is different from a login password associated with the conflicting old user, and storing the different login password to the database in connection with a registration of the current user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Jianbo Qian, Xingjun Ni, Feng Yu
  • Publication number: 20150324579
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a method and system for managing user accounts. The method includes receiving a registration request from a current user, wherein the registration request comprises a login name main part, determining, in a database, whether a conflicting old user exists, wherein a conflicting old user corresponds to another user that has a conflicting login name main part that is the same as the login name main part received in connection with the registration request, in the event that a conflicting old user exists, executing a login password differentiation process that requires a user to register a different login password that is different from a login password associated with the conflicting old user, and storing the different login password to the database in connection with a registration of the current user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jianbo Qian, Xingjun Ni, Feng Yu
  • Publication number: 20140095381
    Abstract: The disclosed online transaction method and system uses payment platform acting as an intermediary agent between the merchant and the shipping company to handle the payment. While the payment platform receives payment from the shipping company, the merchant receives payment from the payment platform. The method and system do not require buyers to use the payment method provided by an intermediary transaction platform to make a payment. Instead, the buyer may pay directly to the shipping company. Unlike conventional transaction method based on COD, however, the disclosed online transaction method and system centrally manage a logistics platform or multiple logistics operations run by logistics companies. The merchant does not receive the payment from the logistics company, but rather receive the payment from a centralized payment platform to ensure secure and fast payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoming Hu, Shi Yu ZHU, Liang Zhang, Feng Yu, Xiaoning Qi, Xingjun Ni, Jun Li DU
  • Patent number: 8626596
    Abstract: The disclosed online transaction method and system uses payment platform acting as an intermediary agent between the merchant and the shipping company to handle the payment. While the payment platform receives payment from the shipping company, the merchant receives payment from the payment platform. The method and system do not require buyers to use the payment method provided by an intermediary transaction platform to make a payment. Instead, the buyer may pay directly to the shipping company. Unlike conventional transaction method based on COD, however, the disclosed online transaction method and system centrally manage a logistics platform or multiple logistics operations run by logistics companies. The merchant does not receive the payment from the logistics company, but rather receive the payment from a centralized payment platform to ensure secure and fast payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoming Hu, Jun Li Du, Xingjun Ni, Xiaoning Qi, Feng Yu, Liang Zhang, Shi Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 8316373
    Abstract: Concurrent processing of business transaction data uses a time slice-centered scheme to cope with the situation where multiple requests demand a same resource at the same time. The method divides the processing time into multiple time slices, allocates each request to a corresponding time slice, and iteratively processing requests according to their corresponding time slices. The method does not require the requests to be processed one by one, and therefore does not cause a situation where other requests have to wait until the current request has been completely processed. Moreover, if a certain time slice has been allocated multiple requests of a same type, the requests are collectively processed as if they were a single request to reduce the frequencies of resource locking and unlocking, as well as the waiting time in a queue for resource access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Li Cheng, Xingjun Ni, Xu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110125616
    Abstract: A method and a system use buffered bookkeeping to update an account timely for a user to see the account information without having to wait until the next accounting date. The method records request events to generate a buffer record of the request events for an account having high-volume concurrent transactions, and fetches and processes the buffer record periodically at predetermined time intervals or recursively for bookkeeping of the request events in the account without waiting for the next accounting date. The transaction funds in the account are made available for inquiries and become accessible after only a short period of time upon the occurrence of the transaction. The length of the delay is configurable according to the level of concurrent transactions of the account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Xingjun Ni, Li Cheng, Xu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110119675
    Abstract: Concurrent processing of business transaction data uses a time slice-centered scheme to cope with the situation where multiple requests demand a same resource at the same time. The method divides the processing time into multiple time slices, allocates each request to a corresponding time slice, and iteratively processing requests according to their corresponding time slices. The method does not require the requests to be processed one by one, and therefore does not cause a situation where other requests have to wait until the current request has been completely processed. Moreover, if a certain time slice has been allocated multiple requests of a same type, the requests are collectively processed as if they were a single request to reduce the frequencies of resource locking and unlocking, as well as the waiting time in a queue for resource access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Li Cheng, Xingjun Ni, Xu Zhao
  • Publication number: 20100287068
    Abstract: The disclosed online transaction method and system uses payment platform acting as an intermediary agent between the merchant and the shipping company to handle the payment. While the payment platform receives payment from the shipping company, the merchant receives payment from the payment platform. The method and system do not require buyers to use the payment method provided by an intermediary transaction platform to make a payment. Instead, the buyer may pay directly to the shipping company. Unlike conventional transaction method based on COD, however, the disclosed online transaction method and system centrally manage a logistics platform or multiple logistics operations run by logistics companies. The merchant does not receive the payment from the logistics company, but rather receive the payment from a centralized payment platform to ensure secure and fast payment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoming Hu, Jun Li Du, Xingjun Ni, Xiaoning Qi, Feng Yu, Liang Zhang, Shi Yu Zhu