Patents by Inventor Yunqi Sun

Yunqi Sun 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).

  • Method and apparatus for storing relationship data for accounts and contacts
    Patent number: 7917506
    Abstract: A method of storing data related to a first entity in a relationship and a second entity in the relationship in a database is disclosed. The method may include entering a name description of the second entity in the relationship into a second converse relationship field of a relationship entity, storing the name description of the second entity entered in the second converse relationship field of the relationship entity, storing a name description of the first entity in the relationship into a first converse relationship field of a relationship entity, allowing access to the stored name description of the second entity stored in the second converse relationship field of the relationship entity by accessing the first entity in the relationship and allowing access to the stored name description of the first entity stored in the first converse relationship field of the relationship entity by accessing the second entity in the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy M. Kolpak, Veronica Y. Law, Yunqi Sun
  • Method and apparatus for storing relationship data for accounts and contacts
    Publication number: 20060184506
    Abstract: A method of storing data related to a first entity in a relationship and a second entity in the relationship in a database is disclosed. The method may include entering a name description of the second entity in the relationship into a second converse relationship field of a relationship entity, storing the name description of the second entity entered in the second converse relationship field of the relationship entity, storing a name description of the first entity in the relationship into a first converse relationship field of a relationship entity, allowing access to the stored name description of the second entity stored in the second converse relationship field of the relationship entity by accessing the first entity in the relationship and allowing access to the stored name description of the first entity stored in the first converse relationship field of the relationship entity by accessing the second entity in the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremy Kolpak, Veronica Law, Yunqi Sun