Patents by Inventor Yi Qun Zhou

Yi Qun 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).

  • Patent number: 11250716
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying and presenting contextual course recommendations. A browser extension analyzes text within web content that is being displayed on a computing device. The browser extension, as part of the analysis, identifies one or more keywords. The browser extension transmits the one or more keywords over a computer network to a remote computer system. For each keyword, the remote computer system identifies one or more courses and one or more relevance scores, each of which reflects a relevance measure between the keyword and a course of the one or more courses. The remote system transmits, to the browser extension, course identification data that identifies one or more particular courses. The browser extension causes the course identification data to be displayed on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Yi Qun Zhou, Yayuan Hu, Haowen Cao, Ibraheem Abdul Malik
  • Patent number: 10972462
    Abstract: A method for managing account data and handling account recovery requests are disclosed. The method comprises a multi-level identity verification process, including a first level where a specific computing device requesting recovery of an electronic account is requested to identify a trusted contact for the electronic account and a second level where the specific computing device is requested to provide a dynamically generated security code that has been communicated to a trusted contact identified by the specific computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Juanjuan Hu, Kirsten Rauffer, Derek Koh, Yi Qun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200106777
    Abstract: A method for managing account data and handling account recovery requests are disclosed. The method comprises a multi-level identity verification process, including a first level where a specific computing device requesting recovery of an electronic account is requested to identify a trusted contact for the electronic account and a second level where the specific computing device is requested to provide a dynamically generated security code that has been communicated to a trusted contact identified by the specific computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: JUANJUAN HU, KIRSTEN RAUFFER, DEREK KOH, YI QUN ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200074871
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying and presenting contextual course recommendations. A browser extension analyzes text within web content that is being displayed on a computing device. The browser extension, as part of the analysis, identifies one or more keywords. The browser extension transmits the one or more keywords over a computer network to a remote computer system. For each keyword, the remote computer system identifies one or more courses and one or more relevance scores, each of which reflects a relevance measure between the keyword and a course of the one or more courses. The remote system transmits, to the browser extension, course identification data that identifies one or more particular courses. The browser extension causes the course identification data to be displayed on the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yi Qun Zhou, Yayuan Hu, Haowen Cao, Ibraheem Abdul Malik