Patents by Inventor Yiwei MA

Yiwei MA 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: 12289283
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable instruction media, and other embodiments are described for automated image processing and insight presentation. One embodiment involves receiving a plurality of ephemeral content messages from a plurality of client devices, and processing the messages to identify content associated with at least a first content type. A set of analysis data associated with the first content type is then generated from the messages, and portions of the messages associated with the first content type are processed to generate a first content collection. The first content collection and the set of analysis data are then communicated to a client device configured for a display interface comprising the first content collection and a representation of at least a portion of the set of analysis data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Harsh Agrawal, Xuan Huang, Jung Hyun Kim, Yuncheng Li, Yiwei Ma, Tao Ning, Ye Tao
  • Publication number: 20250104107
    Abstract: A survey distribution system receives a selection of a first subset of a user population. For example, an administrator of the system may select one or more user attributes of the users among the user population. In response, the survey distribution system identified the first subset of users based on the selected attributes. In some example embodiments, the administrator of the system may additionally define a maximum or minimum number of users to be exposed to the content, as well as targeting parameters for the content, such as a period of time in which to distribute the content to the first subset of users, as well as location criteria, such that the content may only be distributed to users located in specific areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Tolga Can, Yu Chen, Yiwei Ma, Joshua Siegel, Shuo Wu
  • Patent number: 12190339
    Abstract: A survey distribution system receives a selection of a first subset of a user population. For example, an administrator of the system may select one or more user attributes of the users among the user population. In response, the survey distribution system identified the first subset of users based on the selected attributes. In some example embodiments, the administrator of the system may additionally define a maximum or minimum number of users to be exposed to the content, as well as targeting parameters for the content, such as a period of time in which to distribute the content to the first subset of users, as well as location criteria, such that the content may only be distributed to users located in specific areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Tolga Can, Yu Chen, Yiwei Ma, Joshua Siegel, Shuo Wu
  • Patent number: 12143887
    Abstract: A visitation tracking system tracks user visitation to locations of interest to generate and report visualizations of the user visitation data. The visitation tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to receive a user input specifying a location of interest, cause display of a presentation of a set of proximity borders within a region in response to the user input specifying the location of interest, wherein the region is based on the location of interest, receives a selection of a region to monitor (e.g., proximity borders, geo-fences), detects entries of client devices to a geo-fence represented by the region to monitor, and causes display of a notification in response to the detection of the entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Masoud Akhoondi, Yiwei Ma, Nima Khajehnouri, Rohan Monga, Shuo Wu
  • Publication number: 20240340257
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for monitoring user activity on a messaging platform. The operations include receiving, from a first client device, a request to access a group portal associated with a group of users; in response to receiving the request, generating, for display in a first section of the group portal, a first identifier of a first user of the group of users; accessing activity information associated with the first user being descriptive of one or more messages sent by a second client device of the first user to a set of recipients; and generating, for display in a second section of the group portal, the activity information associated with the first user excluding contents of the one or more messages sent by the second client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Yiwei Ma, Juliet Shen, Jerome Sinocruz, Mai Chi Tran, Yamill Antonio Vallecillo, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Patent number: 12073161
    Abstract: A system includes a controller that is configured to generate a node control signal and a plurality of switch control signals, a plurality of programmable emulators, each of the plurality of programmable emulators being configurable as one of a plurality of node types responsive to the node control signal, and a plurality of switches that are programmable to couple ones of the plurality of programmable emulators to each other responsive to the plurality of switch control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Leon M. Tolbert, Yiwei Ma, Kevin Louis Tomsovic, Kai Sun, Shuoting Zhang, Jingxin Wang, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 12047339
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for monitoring user activity on a messaging platform. The operations include receiving, from a first client device, a request to access a group portal associated with a group of users; in response to receiving the request, generating, for display in a first section of the group portal, a first identifier of a first user of the group of users; accessing activity information associated with the first user being descriptive of one or more messages sent by a second client device of the first user to a set of recipients; and generating, for display in a second section of the group portal, the activity information associated with the first user excluding contents of the one or more messages sent by the second client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Yiwei Ma, Juliet Shen, Jerome Sinocruz, Mai Chi Tran, Yamill Antonio Vallecillo, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Patent number: 12020268
    Abstract: A survey distribution system receives a selection of a first subset of a user population. For example, an administrator of the system may select one or more user attributes of the users among the user population. In response, the survey distribution system identified the first subset of users based on the selected attributes. In some example embodiments, the administrator of the system may additionally define a maximum or minimum number of users to be exposed to the content, as well as targeting parameters for the content, such as a period of time in which to distribute the content to the first subset of users, as well as location criteria, such that the content may only be distributed to users located in specific areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Tolga Can, Yu Chen, Yiwei Ma, Joshua Siegel, Shuo Wu
  • Publication number: 20240170929
    Abstract: An electric power system emulator apparatus includes a plurality of nodes arrayed in first and second dimensions and a plurality of transmission path emulator circuits, respective ones of which are configured to be connected between adjacent ones of the nodes in the first and second dimensions. The apparatus further includes a control circuit configured to control the transmission path emulator circuits to emulate transmission paths of an electric power system. The control circuit may be configured to control the transmission path emulator circuits to emulate transmission lines and/or transformers. The transmission path emulator circuits may include respective power electronics converter circuits. The apparatus may further include source/load emulator circuits configured to be coupled to the nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Jingxin Wang, Yiwei Ma
  • Patent number: 11929550
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector includes an insulating portion configured in a cylindrical shape; an outer conducting portion configured in a cylindrical shape and disposed to surround an outer circumferential surface of the insulating portion; and an inner conducting portion disposed inside the insulating portion in a hollow shape and having both ends protruding from the insulating portion, the insulating portion electrically separating the outer conducting portion from the inner conducting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiwei Ma, Rongbiao Su, Yuanwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11923666
    Abstract: An electric power system emulator apparatus includes a plurality of nodes arrayed in first and second dimensions and a plurality of transmission path emulator circuits, respective ones of which are configured to be connected between adjacent ones of the nodes in the first and second dimensions. The apparatus further includes a control circuit configured to control the transmission path emulator circuits to emulate transmission paths of an electric power system. The control circuit may be configured to control the transmission path emulator circuits to emulate transmission lines and/or transformers. The transmission path emulator circuits may include respective power electronics converter circuits. The apparatus may further include source/load emulator circuits configured to be coupled to the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Jingxin Wang, Yiwei Ma
  • Publication number: 20240056766
    Abstract: A visitation tracking system tracks user visitation to locations of interest to generate and report visualizations of the user visitation data. The visitation tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to receive a user input specifying a location of interest, cause display of a presentation of a set of proximity borders within a region in response to the user input specifying the location of interest, wherein the region is based on the location of interest, receives a selection of a region to monitor (e.g., proximity borders, geo-fences), detects entries of client devices to a geo-fence represented by the region to monitor, and causes display of a notification in response to the detection of the entries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Masoud Akhoondi, Yiwei Ma, Nima Khajehnouri, Rohan Monga, Shuo wu
  • Patent number: 11864053
    Abstract: A visitation tracking system tracks user visitation to locations of interest to generate and report visualizations of the user visitation data. The visitation tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to receive a user input specifying a location of interest, cause display of a presentation of a set of proximity borders within a region in response to the user input specifying the location of interest, wherein the region is based on the location of interest, receives a selection of a region to monitor (e.g., proximity borders, geo-fences), detects entries of client devices to a geo-fence represented by the region to monitor, and causes display of a notification in response to the detection of the entries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SNAP INC.
    Inventors: Masoud Akhoondi, Yiwei Ma, Nima Khajehnouri, Rohan Monga, Shuo Wu
  • Publication number: 20230353521
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing operations for monitoring user activity on a messaging platform. The operations include receiving, from a first client device, a request to access a group portal associated with a group of users; in response to receiving the request, generating, for display in a first section of the group portal, a first identifier of a first user of the group of users; accessing activity information associated with the first user being descriptive of one or more messages sent by a second client device of the first user to a set of recipients; and generating, for display in a second section of the group portal, the activity information associated with the first user excluding contents of the one or more messages sent by the second client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Yiwei Ma, Juliet Shen, Jerome Sinocruz, Mai Chi Tran, Yamill Antonio Vallecillo, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Publication number: 20230289165
    Abstract: A data processing method and apparatus for an application, a device, and a storage medium. The method is performed by a computer device, and includes: obtaining a software installation package of a target application based on an adjustment instruction for the target application, the software installation package including N database file sets in a one-to-one correspondence with N subservices, and the N database file sets being obtained from N images in a one-to-one correspondence with the N subservices, adjusting, according to P database file sets in the N database file sets, P subservices corresponding to the P database file sets in the N database file sets to a version indicated by a target version identifier, to obtain data information of P adjusted subservices, and storing the data information of the P adjusted subservices in a database to obtain an adjusted target application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Yiwei MA
  • Patent number: 11754637
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing components for use in a power system includes at least one power amplifier circuit configured to be coupled to the component and a control circuit configured to operate the power amplifier circuit responsive to at least one state of a component emulator for the component included in a system emulator for the power system. The component emulator may include at least one power electronics converter circuit and the control circuit may be configured to control at least one of a voltage and a current of the at least one power amplifier circuit responsive to at least one of a voltage and a current of the at least one power electronics converter circuit. The control circuit may be further configured to control the component emulator responsive to at least one state of the at least one power amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Jingxin Wang, Yiwei Ma
  • Publication number: 20230146563
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable instruction media, and other embodiments are described for automated image processing and insight presentation. One embodiment involves receiving a plurality of ephemeral content messages from a plurality of client devices, and processing the messages to identify content associated with at least a first content type. A set of analysis data associated with the first content type is then generated from the messages, and portions of the messages associated with the first content type are processed to generate a first content collection. The first content collection and the set of analysis data are then communicated to a client device configured for a display interface comprising the first content collection and a representation of at least a portion of the set of analysis data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Harsh Agrawal, Xuan Huang, Jung Hyun Kim, Yuncheng Li, Yiwei Ma, Tao Ning, Ye Tao
  • Patent number: 11601391
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable instruction media, and other embodiments are described for automated image processing and insight presentation. One embodiment involves receiving a plurality of ephemeral content messages from a plurality of client devices, and processing the messages to identify content associated with at least a first content type. A set of analysis data associated with the first content type is then generated from the messages, and portions of the messages associated with the first content type are processed to generate a first content collection. The first content collection and the set of analysis data are then communicated to a client device configured for a display interface comprising the first content collection and a representation of at least a portion of the set of analysis data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Harsh Agrawal, Xuan Huang, Jung Hyun Kim, Yuncheng Li, Yiwei Ma, Tao Ning, Ye Tao
  • Patent number: 11515702
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for protecting and controlling a microgrid with a dynamic boundary are disclosed. One method includes detecting a fault in a microgrid that includes a dynamic point-of-common-coupling (PCC), in response to determining that the microgrid is operating in a grid-connected mode, isolating the fault by tripping a microgrid side smart switch and a grid side smart switch that are located immediately adjacent to the fault, initiating the reclosing of the grid side smart switch, and initiating the reclosing for the microgrid side smart switch via resynchronization if the grid side smart switch is successfully reclosed, and in response to determining that the microgrid is operating in an islanded mode, isolating the fault by tripping a microgrid side smart switch that is located immediately adjacent to the fault, and initiating the reclosing of the microgrid side smart switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Dingrui Li, Yilu Liu, Yiwei Ma, Ishita Ray, Leon M. Tolbert, He Yin, Lin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220345435
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, computer readable instruction media, and other embodiments are described for automated image processing and insight presentation. One embodiment involves receiving a plurality of ephemeral content messages from a plurality of client devices, and processing the messages to identify content associated with at least a first content type. A set of analysis data associated with the first content type is then generated from the messages, and portions of the messages associated with the first content type are processed to generate a first content collection. The first content collection and the set of analysis data are then communicated to a client device configured for a display interface comprising the first content collection and a representation of at least a portion of the set of analysis data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Harsh Agrawal, Xuan Huang, Jung Hyun Kim, Yuncheng Li, Yiwei Ma, Tao Ning, Ye Tao