Patents by Inventor Zhixian Yan

Zhixian Yan 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).

  • Methods and systems for on-device social grouping
    Patent number: 10402915
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for social grouping are provided to perform social grouping of a user's contacts based on the user's interactions with the contacts. A set of attributes associated with interactions between a user and a set of contacts may be determined by a first device. The set of attributes associated with the interactions may be related to the first device. The set of contacts may be organized into a set of groups based on the set of attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yang, Zhixian Yan, Lu Luo, Xuan Bao, Haipeng Zhang, Emmanuel Munguia Tapia
  • On-device social grouping for automated responses
    Patent number: 10341421
    Abstract: Social grouping using a device may include determining, by the device, a set of attributes associated with interactions between a user and a set of contacts, wherein the set of attributes associated with the interactions is related to the device. The contacts may be organized into groups. The groups may be hierarchically ordered with at least one of the groups being a subgroup of another one of the groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuan Bao, Jun Yang, Zhixian Yan, Lu Luo, Evan Welbourne, Yifei Jiang
  • Context recognition and social profiling using mobile devices
    Patent number: 9549042
    Abstract: A method for using Bluetooth® information for inferring user context and computing sociability is presented. The method includes receiving wireless sensor data from wireless sensor communication for an electronic device. Information units are formed using the wireless sensor data. User context is inferred using the information units. An entropy metric is computed based on the inferred user context. Social profiling is created based on the entropy metric and one or more user context characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixian Yan, Jun Yang, Emmanuel M. Tapia
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-DEVICE SOCIAL GROUPING
    Publication number: 20150227611
    Abstract: Social grouping using a device may include determining, by the device, a set of attributes associated with interactions between a user and a set of contacts, wherein the set of attributes associated with the interactions related to the device. The contacts may be organized into a plurality of groups. The plurality of groups may be hierarchically ordered with at least one group of the plurality of groups being a subgroup of another group of the plurality of groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Xuan Bao, Jun Yang, Zhixian Yan, Lu Luo, Evan Welbourne, Yifei Jiang
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ON-DEVICE SOCIAL GROUPING
    Publication number: 20140337340
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for social grouping are provided to perform social grouping of a user's contacts based on the user's interactions with the contacts. A set of attributes associated with interactions between a user and a set of contacts may be determined by a first device. The set of attributes associated with the interactions may be related to the first device. The set of contacts may be organized into a set of groups based on the set of attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yang, Zhixian Yan, Lu Luo, Xuan Bao, Haipeng Zhang, Emmanuel Munguia Tapia
  • CONTEXT RECOGNITION AND SOCIAL PROFILING USING MOBILE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140302790
    Abstract: A method for using Bluetooth® information for inferring user context and computing sociability is presented. The method includes receiving wireless sensor data from wireless sensor communication for an electronic device. Information units are formed using the wireless sensor data. User context is inferred using the information units. An entropy metric is computed based on the inferred user context. Social profiling is created based on the entropy metric and one or more user context characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixian Yan, Jun Yang, Emmanuel M. Tapia