Patents by Inventor Zhilong Qian

Zhilong Qian 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: 8589442
    Abstract: Techniques for intersystem Single Sign-On use intersystem user ID mapping to map user IDs of multiple systems. In one implementation, a method obtains a user's ID information associated with a first system, and obtains the user's ID information associated with a second system from the user's ID information associated with the first system according to the intersystem user ID mapping table. The first system sends the user's ID information associated with the second system to the second system, which may allow the user to automatically log on upon successful user ID verification. The user ID information communicated between the systems may be encrypted and decrypted using digital signature techniques. Systems for accomplishing the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Yongming Wu, Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng
  • Patent number: 8412997
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for resending messages with a minimized number of retries and maximized timeliness of delivering the message to the receiving party. The method sets a retry period for a message that needs to be resent, determines a retry time according to the retry period, and sends the message after the retry time is reached. The retry period increases as the number of retries increases. The method and the system can ensure reliable delivery of notification messages and support many transmission protocols between different systems, does not require the receiving party to implement complicated interaction protocols to reliably receive a notification message, and is suitable for widespread use in the Internet. Moreover, the disclosure supports multiple transaction processing, can be used as a common business transaction application platform, and allows flexible expansion of multiple transactions and multiple protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng, Lei Li
  • Publication number: 20120284190
    Abstract: Techniques for intersystem Single Sign-On use intersystem user ID mapping to map user IDs of multiple systems. In one implementation, a method obtains a user's ID information associated with a first system, and obtains the user's ID information associated with a second system from the user's ID information associated with the first system according to the intersystem user ID mapping table. The first system sends the user's ID information associated with the second system to the second system, which may allow the user to automatically log on upon successful user ID verification. The user ID information communicated between the systems may be encrypted and decrypted using digital signature techniques. Systems for accomplishing the method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongming Wu, Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng
  • Patent number: 8250095
    Abstract: Techniques for intersystem Single Sign-On use intersystem user ID mapping to map user IDs of multiple systems. In one implementation, a method obtains a user's ID information associated with a first system, and obtains the user's ID information associated with a second system from the user's ID information associated with the first system according to the intersystem user ID mapping table. The first system sends the user's ID information associated with the second system to the second system, which may allow the user to automatically log on upon successful user ID verification. The user ID information communicated between the systems may be encrypted and decrypted using digital signature techniques. Systems for accomplishing the method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Yongming Wu, Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110173495
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for reliable intersystem message notification that can ensure reliable delivery of notification messages. The method includes the following steps: storing notification messages persistently; sending a new stored notification message or a retry notification message; and resending the notification message in an event that there is a failure of message notification. The described method and apparatus support multiple transmission protocols between different systems. The receiving party can reliably receive notification messages without implementing complicated interaction protocols. The present disclosure therefore is applicable for widespread use in the Internet. Moreover, the method and apparatus also supports multiple transaction processing, can be used as an universal business transaction application platform, and at the same time allows flexible expansion of multiple transactions and multiple protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng, Lei Li
  • Publication number: 20090300449
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for resending messages with a minimized number of retries and maximized timeliness of delivering the message to the receiving party. The method sets a retry period for a message that needs to be resent, determines a retry time according to the retry period, and sends the message after the retry time is reached. The retry period increases as the number of retries increases. The method and the system can ensure reliable delivery of notification messages and support many transmission protocols between different systems, does not require the receiving party to implement complicated interaction protocols to reliably receive a notification message, and is suitable for widespread use in the Internet. Moreover, the disclosure supports multiple transaction processing, can be used as a common business transaction application platform, and allows flexible expansion of multiple transactions and multiple protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng, Lei Li
  • Publication number: 20080082434
    Abstract: A payment system includes a central account registration system to bind multiple payment platforms into an account federation to accomplish convenient and secure cross-platform payment. The central account registration system assigns a federation user ID to each federation user and stores mapping information between the user's federation user ID and the user's account in its payment platform. Upon receiving an operation request of a first user from a first payment platform, the central account registration system provides the account information of a second payment platform to the first payment platform according to a federation user ID of a second user. Payment system is then able to make a cross-platform payment between the first payment platform and the second payment platform based on the account information provided by the central account registration system. A method of making payment using the payment system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhilong Qian, Li Wang
  • Publication number: 20070240206
    Abstract: Techniques for intersystem Single Sign-On use intersystem user ID mapping to map user IDs of multiple systems. In one implementation, a method obtains a user's ID information associated with a first system, and obtains the user's ID information associated with a second system from the user's ID information associated with the first system according to the intersystem user ID mapping table. The first system sends the user's ID information associated with the second system to the second system, which may allow the user to automatically log on upon successful user ID verification. The user ID information communicated between the systems may be encrypted and decrypted using digital signature techniques. Systems for accomplishing the method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongming Wu, Zhilong Qian, Li Cheng