Patents by Inventor Yongcheng Li

Yongcheng Li 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: 10068102
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for generating a temporary data access token for a subset of data for a specific period of time for a non-registered user who did not register with a computer providing access to the subset of the data. In response to the non-registered user attempting to access the subset of data with the temporary data access token, it is determined whether the temporary data access token is valid for the subset of data based on the specified period of time. In response to the temporary data access token being valid, the subset of data is provided to the non-registered user. In response to the temporary data access token not being valid, access is denied to the subset of data by the non-registered user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Yongcheng Li, Yuping Connie Wu
  • Patent number: 10050712
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a location of an optical splitter are provided. With the method, optical network units in a PON network are classified into K clusters based on locations of the optical network units with a K-means clustering-based algorithm. Distances between multiple optical network units in the same cluster are small. If it is determined that the number of the optical network units in each of the clusters does not exceed a threshold, a central office is added into the K clusters to obtain K new clusters; and for each of the new clusters, a location of an optical splitter corresponding to the new cluster is determined, so as to ensure that a sum of distances between the location of the optical splitter and locations of all elements in the new cluster is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gangxiang Shen, Hao Chen, Yongcheng Li
  • Publication number: 20180136488
    Abstract: A method for making a hydrogel, photochromic contact lens including supplying a first lens composition comprising a contact lens monomer and a photochromic material to a front contact lens mold and supplying a second lens composition to said contact lens mold wherein the viscosity of said first composition is at least about 1000 cp greater than the viscosity of said second contact lens composition, and the makeup of said second composition matches the of said first composition to reduce strain between said compositions of the resulting lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Donnie J. Duis, Yongcheng Li, Leilani K. Sonoda, Holly L. Grammer
  • Patent number: 9967363
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for activity analysis for monitoring and updating a personal profile. User activities are monitored to create a user activity log. The user activity log and a user profile are analyzed using one or more profile entity to activity mappings to identify one or more suggestions for updating the user profile. The one or more suggestions are provided to update the user profile. In response to acceptance of at least one of the suggestions, the user profile is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-wei Chen, Joseph D. Johnson, Yongcheng Li, Samuel R. McHan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180116207
    Abstract: This invention relates to antimicrobial polymeric articles containing metal salt particles having a particle size of less than about 200 nm dispersed throughout the polymer and methods for their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Shivkumar Mahadevan, Amit Khanolkar, Osman Rathore, Yongcheng Li, Craig W. Walker, Thomas R. Rooney
  • Patent number: 9961161
    Abstract: Provided are techniques for activity analysis for monitoring and updating a personal profile. User activities are monitored to create a user activity log. The user activity log and a user profile are analyzed using one or more profile entity to activity mappings to identify one or more suggestions for updating the user profile. The one or more suggestions are provided to update the user profile. In response to acceptance of at least one of the suggestions, the user profile is updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-wei Chen, Joseph D. Johnson, Yongcheng Li, Samuel R. McHan, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180103645
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming stabilized metal salt particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Amit Khanolkar, Ture Kindt-Larsen, Jens-Erik Sorensen, Gerald L. Yewey, Yongcheng Li
  • Patent number: 9904074
    Abstract: A method for making a hydrogel, photochromic contact lens including supplying a first lens composition comprising a contact lens monomer and a photochromic material to a front contact lens mold and supplying a second lens composition to said contact lens mold wherein the viscosity of said first composition is at least about 1000 cp greater than the viscosity of said second contact lens composition, and the makeup of said second composition matches the of said first composition to reduce strain between said compositions of the resulting lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Donnie J. Duis, Yongcheng Li, Leilani K. Sonoda, Holly L. Grammer
  • Patent number: 9872501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming stabilized metal salt particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Khanolkar, Ture Kindt-Larsen, Jens-Erik Sorensen, Gerald L Yewey, Yongcheng Li
  • Patent number: 9864742
    Abstract: A system to apply persona styles to written communications. The system includes a communication analyzer and a modification engine. The communication analyzer receives an element of original content of a written communication. The communication analyzer also receives a selection of a persona style. The selected persona style defines a communication style. The modification engine presents a substitute element to a user in response to a determination that the element of the original content of the written communication is incompatible with the selected persona style. The substitute element is compatible with the selected persona style.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Li Chen, Yongcheng Li, Govindaraj Sampathkumar, Ryan Urquhart
  • Publication number: 20170331580
    Abstract: A design method for a quasi-coarse wavelength division multiplexing optical network is provided. A spectral grid of an optical channel has a pre-set fixed bandwidth, and the pre-set fixed bandwidth is at least 200 GHz. A modulation format of the optical channel is adaptively selected according to actual rate requirements and physical channel conditions, thus selecting an optimal modulation format achieve a tradeoff between the total cost of IP router ports and regenerators and the served number of traffic demand. The above technical solution effectively resolves the technical problems in the prior art of high construction costs and low spectral efficiency of elastic optical networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gangxiang SHEN, Yongcheng LI, Mingyi GAO
  • Publication number: 20170288778
    Abstract: A method and a device for determining a location of an optical splitter are provided. With the method, optical network units in a PON network are classified into K clusters based on locations of the optical network units with a K-means clustering-based algorithm. Distances between multiple optical network units in the same cluster are small. If it is determined that the number of the optical network units in each of the clusters does not exceed a threshold, a central office is added into the K clusters to obtain K new clusters; and for each of the new clusters, a location of an optical splitter corresponding to the new cluster is determined, so as to ensure that a sum of distances between the location of the optical splitter and locations of all elements in the new cluster is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Gangxiang SHEN, Hao CHEN, Yongcheng LI
  • Patent number: 9716685
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to auto-entry of addresses in an electronic message and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for cautious auto-entry for messaging systems. In one embodiment of the invention, a cautious auto-completion method can be provided. The method include auto-completing a messaging address provided in a messaging client; computing a similar name set (SNS) value for the auto-completed messaging address; and, posting a warning if the SNS value exceeds an SNS threshold. As used herein, an SNS includes a list of similar messaging addresses having similarities likely to result in an unintended auto-completed messaging address in a messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Li Chen, Yongcheng Li, Lun Xiao
  • Patent number: 9619780
    Abstract: A method for improving information exchange in a social network environment. Actions (e.g., copying) being performed on an electronic object (e.g., e-mail) are detected. Furthermore, the entry of the electronic object in a social networking website is detected thereby identifying an association between this electronic object and this social networking website. Rule patterns are identified based on these detected actions and these associations. Indications of these associations are stored in terms of concept nodes in a hierarchical tree using the identified rule patterns. Social networking feeds of interest are then searched using the hierarchical tree as well as a current electronic object of a user (e.g., status message on a social networking feed, e-mail). The user would then be provided an opportunity to repost an information nugget from the current electronic object in one or more of these social networking feeds of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Chen, John R. Hind, Joseph D. Johnson, Yongcheng Li, Josef Scherpa
  • Patent number: 9613339
    Abstract: A system and computer program product for improving information exchange in a social network environment. Actions (e.g., copying) being performed on an electronic object (e.g., e-mail) are detected. Furthermore, the entry of the electronic object in a social networking website is detected thereby identifying an association between this electronic object and this social networking website. Rule patterns are identified based on these detected actions and these associations. Indications of these associations are stored in terms of concept nodes in a hierarchical tree using the identified rule patterns. Social networking feeds of interest are then searched using the hierarchical tree as well as a current electronic object of a user (e.g., status message on a social networking feed, e-mail). The user would then be provided an opportunity to repost an information nugget from the current electronic object in one or more of these social networking feeds of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Chen, John R. Hind, Joseph D. Johnson, Yongcheng Li, Josef Scherpa
  • Publication number: 20170071211
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for forming stabilized metal salt particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Amit Khanolkar, Ture Kindt-Larsen, Jens-Erik Sorensen, Gerald L Yewey, Yongcheng Li
  • Patent number: 9461956
    Abstract: A tool for analyzing accessible data to provide recommendations to a user for how to manage communications. The tool receives a request to provide a recommendation for how to manage a specific communication. The tool requests accessible data for the specific communication. The tool determines a recommendation for how to manage the specific communication. The tool presents the recommendation for how to manage the specific communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-wei Chen, Joseph D. Johnson, Yongcheng Li, Samuel R. McHan, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9323800
    Abstract: Included are method, article of manufacture, and device that serve to identify one or more tracked categories in a document, the tracked category representing a portion of the document, identify a change in one or more of the tracked categories of the document, identify a client to notify of the change in the tracked category, and send a notification to a client, where the notification provides notice that a change has occurred in a tracked category of a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lun Xiao, John Raithel Hind, Yongcheng Li
  • Patent number: 9286400
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method comprises detecting a request to display a tag cloud, where the tag cloud includes a plurality of tags and the tags hyperlink to related web content. The method can also comprise determining a user's interests and preferences based on the information provided by the user. The method can include using the information to determine the tags relevant to the user's preferences and interests. The method can also include displaying the tags in the tag cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Yongcheng Li, Yuping C. Wu
  • Patent number: 9260544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ionic silicone hydrogel polymers displaying improved thermal stability. More specifically, the present invention relates to a polymer formed from reactive components comprising at least one silicone component and at least one ionic component comprising at least one anionic group. The polymers of the present invention display good thermal stability and desirable protein uptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Osman Rathore, Zohra Fadli, Mark Lada, James D. Ford, Azaam Alli, Yongcheng Li