Patents by Inventor Zhengfu Li

Zhengfu 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVATE COMMUNICATION WITH MULTIPLE PARTIES
    Publication number: 20180069906
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and system for communication. During operation, the system may receive a message sent by a sender to multiple recipients. The system may determine that a reply mode of the message is set to a private mode which restricts permission to receive replies to the message. The system may receive a reply message sent by a recipient in response to the message. The system may identify, among the sender and the multiple recipients, a communication party with permission to receive the reply message. The system may then send the reply message to the identified communication party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Boyu Yang, Xinglin Ma, Ming Zhang, Hailong Yao, Yun Chen, Weinan He, Huachen Liu, Zhengfu Li