Patents by Inventor Yifan Xu

Yifan Xu 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: 20210019470
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Patent number: 10878176
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Publication number: 20200183899
    Abstract: A computer system processes data records in a multi-tenant environment to ensure data quality. A plurality of records from a plurality of data sources are processed to provide a data quality metric for each field of the plurality of records based on record values in the field. A threshold range satisfying a specificity level of a data source is selected for each data quality metric. The data quality metric is compared to the threshold range to determine whether the data quality metric violates the threshold. A data quality report is provided for the plurality of records, wherein the data quality report indicates whether the data quality metric of each field violates the selected threshold range. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for processing data records in a multi-tenant environment to ensure data quality in substantially the same manner described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, James Natale, Matthew Hagenbuch, Matthew M. Pohlman
  • Publication number: 20200118653
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for ensuring quality in electronic health data. Data processing pipelines among different tenants are monitored for data artifacts generated from electronic health data, where a “data artifact” refers to the tangible by-products produced during the processing of the electronic health record datasets generated by the electronic health record systems as well as the datasets themselves. Out of the generated data artifacts, those data artifacts that are produced from the same stage of the data processing pipelines among the different tenants are aggregated. A set of metrics at various levels of a dataset hierarchy are produced from the aggregated data artifacts. Such metrics provide information about a quality of the electronic health data. A quality report, which may include flagged issues with the datasets, is then generated and presented to a user based on an analysis of the produced set of metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Hagenbuch, Yifan Xu, James Natale, Matthew M. Pohlman
  • Publication number: 20180232344
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Patent number: 9971746
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Patent number: 9753901
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for detecting columns of an electronic page based on a render of the electronic page and identification of one or more columns based on the render. A column of interest may be identified based on detecting the one or more columns based on a physical position of the column, a column size, and/or the content within the column. The column of interest may be used to index or categorize the electronic page as the most relevant information corresponding to the page may be contained in the column of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, Xiaofeng Mi
  • Patent number: 9494435
    Abstract: A system and method for evaluating driver performance is provided. The system includes a GPS navigation module for locating a running vehicle; a running vehicle data collection module for collecting data of the vehicle; a vehicle specifications memory for storing specifications of the vehicle; a road maps memory for storing maps of an area so as to identify the location of the vehicle by cooperating with the GPS navigation module; a road evaluation parameters memory for storing road evaluation parameters of the vehicle, and outputting evaluation parameters of the vehicle by cooperating with the road maps memory; and an evaluation module for combining the data of the vehicle from the running vehicle data collection module, the road evaluation parameters of the vehicle from the road evaluation parameters memory, and the specifications of the vehicle from the vehicle specifications memory, evaluating the combination, and outputting an evaluation report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Xiamen King Long Motor Vehicle Inspection Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, Xiaobing Chen, Weihong Ye, Fangming Zhou, Beisi Lin
  • Publication number: 20150322873
    Abstract: A fuel-saving self-adjusting system for a vehicle engine adapted to the actual conditions of a road, including an information center and a plurality of onboard computers respectively mounted on a plurality of vehicles. Each of the onboard computers has a vehicle controlling module for adjusting a response of the engine of each vehicle so as to reduce adverse influences of improper driving manners. An optimized standard road resistance characteristic coefficient is applied as a more reliable reference to reduce the fuel consumption of the vehicle efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaobing Chen, Yifan Xu, Fangming Zhou, Weihong Ye, Wei Li, Guoqiang Chen, Lei Huang
  • Publication number: 20150213118
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining summary content for resources in a domain. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a first resource belonging to a particular domain, selecting an anchor in the first resource linking to a second resource belonging to the particular domain, identifying particular text content in the first resource that is subordinate to the anchor that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, based on determining that the second resource includes the particular text content that is subordinate to the anchor, generating a domain template for the particular domain, the domain template specifying a location of the particular text content in the second resource, and determining, for each respective resource belonging to the particular domain having a structure matching the domain template, respective text content for the respective resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Sun, Yifan Xu
  • Patent number: 9080669
    Abstract: A system and method of selecting optimum gear of automobile is provided. The system includes a data processor; a running vehicle data collection module; an output module; and a memory. The memory is stored with universal characteristic curve of an engine, gear ratios of a gearbox, speed reduction ratios, and a tire radius. The running vehicle data collection module collects and sends a current vehicle speed, revolutions of the engine, and an output torque of the engine to the data processor. The data processor processes the universal characteristic curve of the engine, the gear ratios of the gearbox, the speed reduction ratios, and the tire radius to determine a current gear and an optimum gear. The data processor outputs the optimum gear to the output module if the current gear is not the optimum gear. The system can select optimum gear in real time and lower fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Xiamen King Long Motor Vehicle Inspection Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, Xiaobing Chen, Weihong Ye, Fangming Zhou, Qiangsheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20150012192
    Abstract: A system and method of selecting optimum gear of automobile is provided. The system includes a data processor; a running vehicle data collection module; an output module; and a memory. The memory is stored with universal characteristic curve of an engine, gear ratios of a gearbox, speed reduction ratios, and a tire radius. The running vehicle data collection module collects and sends a current vehicle speed, revolutions of the engine, and an output torque of the engine to the data processor. The data processor processes the universal characteristic curve of the engine, the gear ratios of the gearbox, the speed reduction ratios, and the tire radius to determine a current gear and an optimum gear. The data processor outputs the optimum gear to the output module if the current gear is not the optimum gear. The system can select optimum gear in real time and lower fuel consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, Xiaobing Chen, Weihong Ye, Fangming Zhou, Qiangsheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20140358430
    Abstract: A system and method for evaluating driver performance is provided. The system includes a GPS navigation module for locating a running vehicle; a running vehicle data collection module for collecting data of the vehicle; a vehicle specifications memory for storing specifications of the vehicle; a road maps memory for storing maps of an area so as to identify the location of the vehicle by cooperating with the GPS navigation module; a road evaluation parameters memory for storing road evaluation parameters of the vehicle, and outputting evaluation parameters of the vehicle by cooperating with the road maps memory; and an evaluation module for combining the data of the vehicle from the running vehicle data collection module, the road evaluation parameters of the vehicle from the road evaluation parameters memory, and the specifications of the vehicle from the vehicle specifications memory, evaluating the combination, and outputting an evaluation report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Yifan Xu, Xiaobing Chen, Weihong Ye, Fangming Zhou, Beisi Lin
  • Patent number: 8017316
    Abstract: Methods for identifying a candidate compound with an ability to modulate cation transport through a transient receptor potential (TRP) channel in a cell are disclosed. The methods can include (a) providing a cell expressing a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding an transient receptor potential (TRP) channel gene product or a functional fragment or derivative thereof; (b) contacting the cell with the candidate compound; (c) comparing cation transport in the cell in the absence of the candidate compound with cation transport in the cell in the presence of the candidate compound; and (d) identifying a candidate compound through the comparing step that modulates cation transport in the cell through the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel. Also disclosed are nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for insect TRP channel gene products, antibodies that bind to the disclosed TRP channels, and recombinant host cells the include the disclosed biosequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: William D. Tracey, Jr., Nancy Stearns, Lixian Zhong, Yifan Xu, Jason Caldwell, Allison Weaver, Angela Hofhine
  • Publication number: 20090176229
    Abstract: Methods for identifying a candidate compound with an ability to modulate cation transport through a transient receptor potential (TRP) channel in a cell are disclosed. The methods can include (a) providing a cell expressing a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding an transient receptor potential (TRP) channel gene product or a functional fragment or derivative thereof; (b) contacting the cell with the candidate compound; (c) comparing cation transport in the cell in the absence of the candidate compound with cation transport in the cell in the presence of the candidate compound; and (d) identifying a candidate compound through the comparing step that modulates cation transport in the cell through the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel. Also disclosed are nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for insect TRP channel gene products, antibodies that bind to the disclosed TRP channels, and recombinant host cells the include the disclosed biosequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: William D. Tracey, JR., Nancy Stearns, Lixian Zhong, Yifan Xu, Jason Caldwell, Allison Weaver, Angela Hofhine
  • Patent number: D910472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: QUANJIAO YIMAIKE E-COMMERCE LLC.
    Inventor: Yifan Xu