Patents by Inventor Yi Yan Zhou

Yi Yan Zhou 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).

  • Publication number: 20240128616
    Abstract: A battery pack, comprising a first cell and a second cell connected in series, the first cell having a current cut-off device and having a first failure voltage, the current cut-off device being configured to be able to break a circuit in response to a voltage value of the first cell reaching or exceeding the first failure voltage, and the second cell having no current cut-off device. The battery pack may use a soft pack battery as the second cell, having advantages such as high energy density, low impedance, high discharge power, a low rate of temperature rise during high-rate discharge, and flexibility in dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yi ZHANG, Yun Yan JIA, Si Xing ZHOU, Jia Wei CHEN
  • Patent number: 10902028
    Abstract: Generating a wizard includes receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy, receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files, and loading the received content files and the received scheme. The received content files can be tagged using the received scheme. A wizard can be generated using the received scheme. The generated wizard is capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deirdre S. Longo, Jenifer Schlotfeldt, Michael F. Priestley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180096050
    Abstract: Generating a wizard includes receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy, receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files, and loading the received content files and the received scheme. The received content files can be tagged using the received scheme. A wizard can be generated using the received scheme. The generated wizard is capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Deirdre S. Longo, Jenifer Schlotfeldt, Michael F. Priestley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9898524
    Abstract: Generating a wizard includes receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy, receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files, and loading the received content files and the received scheme. The received content files can be tagged using the received scheme. A wizard can be generated using the received scheme. The generated wizard is capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deirdre S. Longo, Jenifer Schlotfeldt, Michael F. Priestley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9535591
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program product for information browsing comprises: obtaining screen partition information of an electronic device; obtaining a position of a user's current input on the screen; obtaining file segmentation information describing a mapping relationship between file segments and screen partitions; determining a file segment corresponding to the user's current input based on the screen partition information, the position of the user's current input on the screen, and the file segmentation information; and displaying a preview of the determined file segment that corresponds to the user's current input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Huang, Yu Liu, Yin Qian, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9230034
    Abstract: A method for related page identification based on page hierarchy and subject hierarchy includes receiving, by a computer, an identification of a current page from a user, the current page being located in a first page hierarchy; identifying a subject tag in the current page; locating the identified subject tag in a subject hierarchy; identifying a related page that is related to the current page based on the subject hierarchy, the related page being located in a second page hierarchy; determining a scope of the related page with respect to the current page based on the first page hierarchy and the second page hierarchy by the computer; navigating the second page hierarchy to determine a suggested page for the user, the suggested page having a desired scope with respect to the current page; and suggesting the suggested page to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Priestly, Alyson-Kathleen Riley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140289666
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program product for information browsing comprises: obtaining screen partition information of an electronic device; obtaining a position of a user's current input on the screen; obtaining file segmentation information describing a mapping relationship between file segments and screen partitions; determining a file segment corresponding to the user's current input based on the screen partition information, the position of the user's current input on the screen, and the file segmentation information; and displaying a preview of the determined file segment that corresponds to the user's current input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHENG HUANG, YU LIU, YIN QIAN, YI YAN ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20140149413
    Abstract: Generating a wizard includes receiving a scheme as an input source to form a received scheme, wherein the received scheme is a taxonomy, receiving a defined set of content files to form received content files, and loading the received content files and the received scheme. The received content files can be tagged using the received scheme. A wizard can be generated using the received scheme. The generated wizard is capable of use with an application utilizing the scheme, wherein a change in the received scheme is directly represented in the generated wizard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Deirdre S. Longo, Jenifer Schlotfeldt, Michael F. Priestley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130019210
    Abstract: A method for related page identification based on page hierarchy and subject hierarchy includes receiving, by a computer, an identification of a current page from a user, the current page being located in a first page hierarchy; identifying a subject tag in the current page; locating the identified subject tag in a subject hierarchy; identifying a related page that is related to the current page based on the subject hierarchy, the related page being located in a second page hierarchy; determining a scope of the related page with respect to the current page based on the first page hierarchy and the second page hierarchy by the computer; navigating the second page hierarchy to determine a suggested page for the user, the suggested page having a desired scope with respect to the current page; and suggesting the suggested page to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Priestly, Alyson-Kathleen Riley, Wen Ke Xue, Yi Yan Zhou