Patents by Inventor Xiu-Feng Lin

Xiu-Feng Lin 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).

  • Expert locator based on user polling
    Patent number: 9141668
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for locating experts is provided. The method includes receiving a first query from a first user requesting the identity of persons having desired skills. The names of persons in a database having the desired skills are then identified. A second query is sent to a plurality of additional users requesting the verification of the information relating to the skills of the identified persons. Responses from the plurality of users are used to amend the information relating to skills of the identified persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Barsoba, David Thomas Britt, Al Chakra, Xiu-Feng Lin
  • Expert locator based on user polling
    Patent number: 9110950
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for locating experts is provided. The method includes receiving a first query from a first user requesting the identity of persons having desired skills. The names of persons in a database having the desired skills are then identified. A second query is sent to a plurality of additional users requesting the verification of the information relating to the skills of the identified persons. Responses from the plurality of users are used to amend the information relating to skills of the identified persons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Barsoba, David T. Britt, Al Chakra, Xiu-Feng Lin
  • EXPERT LOCATOR BASED ON USER POLLING
    Publication number: 20140337380
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for locating experts is provided. The method includes receiving a first query from a first user requesting the identity of persons having desired skills. The names of persons in a database having the desired skills are then identified. A second query is sent to a plurality of additional users requesting the verification of the information relating to the skills of the identified persons. Responses from the plurality of users are used to amend the information relating to skills of the identified persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Fernando BARSOBA, David T. BRITT, Al CHAKRA, Xiu-Feng LIN
  • EXPERT LOCATOR BASED ON USER POLLING
    Publication number: 20110161129
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for locating experts is provided. The method includes receiving a first query from a first user requesting the identity of persons having desired skills. The names of persons in a database having the desired skills are then identified. A second query is sent to a plurality of additional users requesting the verification of the information relating to the skills of the identified persons. Responses from the plurality of users are used to amend the information relating to skills of the identified persons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fernando Barsoba, David T. Britt, Al Chakra, Xiu-Feng Lin