Patents by Inventor Zhong Tian

Zhong Tian 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).

  • Publication number: 20050267795
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for dynamically assembling a business process model. An apparatus is configured in a company terminal connected with a network, and has a model building unit for building a business process model for the company, characterized in that the apparatus further includes: a retrieving unit for retrieving to obtain the business process model of other company from the network, and an assembling unit for assembling the business process model of the company with that of the other company to obtain an integrated business process model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Tian, Jun Zhu, Jian Wang, Hai Liang, Wei Ding
  • Publication number: 20050188922
    Abstract: According to the present invention, since the inside of a hole formed in a sidewall of a process vessel of a plasma processing unit is filled with a dielectric, a propagation rate of the electromagnetic wave to a pickup antenna is improved when an electromagnetic wave generated due to abnormality in plasma such as abnormal discharge is to be detected via the hole. Accordingly, it is possible to improve detection sensitivity without any change in size or length of the hole. Consequently, abnormal discharge in plasma processing can be detected with high accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishibashi, Cai zhong Tian
  • Publication number: 20050091093
    Abstract: A system and method for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprises modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity; modeling business operations of the entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators; mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and, measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against the key performance indicators. The business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. A business level modeling language is further implemented for formally representing the business operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: INERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kumar Bhaskaran, Stephen Buckley, Nathan Caswell, Hung-Yang Chang, Joachim Frank, Rainer Hauser, Ying Huang, Shubir Kapoor, Jana Koehler, Santhosh Kumaran, Prabir Nandi, Anil Nigam, Zhong Tian, Jian Wang, Frederick Wu, Jun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20050080609
    Abstract: A system for analyzing a business process integration and management (BPIM) solution includes an assembler which assembles a plurality of solution artifacts to form a platform independent solution template, a simulator which simulates an execution of a BPIM solution based on the platform independent solution template, and an analyzer for analyzing a performance of the BPIM solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kumar Bhaskaran, Ying Huang, Santhosh Kumaran, Prabir Nandi, Zhong Tian, Jian Wang, Jun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20050080640
    Abstract: A system for generating a business process integration and management (BPIM) solution includes an assembler which assembles a plurality of solution artifacts to form a platform-independent solution template, a template implementer which implements the platform-independent solution template to form a template implementation, and a customizer which customizes the template implementation to generate a BPIM solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kumar Bhaskaran, Ying Huang, Shubir Kapoor, Santhosh Kumaran, Prabir Nandi, Zhong Tian, Jian Wang, Frederick Wu
  • Publication number: 20040083242
    Abstract: The invention provides method and apparatus for locating data in a data file and for transforming the data. The method comprises the steps: determining the data unit to be located in the data file; determining a type for the data unit, the type including “Text”, “SingleLine”, “MultiLine”, “Block” and “Iterator”; when the type of the data unit is not “Text”, selecting a different data unit as the location reference for the data unit; generating the location description for the data unit, based on the type of the data unit and the position relationship between the data unit and the different data unit, the description including the type of the data unit, one or more location elements for locating the data unit and including “Top”, “Bottom”, “Left” and “Right”, each of the location elements including a combination of attributes so as to determine the position of the location element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Wei Sun, Zhong Tian
  • Publication number: 20020004773
    Abstract: This invention discloses methods and systems for certificate revocation list (CRL) consolidation and access. In an example embodiment, the system comprises: a plurality of certificate authorities (CAs); a plurality of CRL retrieval agents associated with CRL distribution mechanisms of CAs, for consolidating the CRLs from multiple CAs; CRL databases, for storing the consolidated CRLs from multiple CRL retrieval agents and the replication of CRLs; and CRL access API. Therefore, an application can access the nearest CRL database to determine whether a digital certificate has been revoked via a set of unified APIs without bothering the detailed of CRL distribution mechanisms. In addition, the system of the invention is also adapted for consolidating and accessing all kinds of black lists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Jing Min Xu, Zhong Tian, Leo Y. Liu
  • Patent number: 6199072
    Abstract: A method for creating archives on removable mass storage media, comprising steps of: digitizing data to be archived into digitized archives; extracting record information representing details about the archives; storing the record information in archive directory files; and storing the digitized archives and archive directory files onto the removable mass storage media. Also described is a digital archive server for loading archives created by the method of the invention. The server reads the archive directory files and loads them into the database of the digital library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhimin Jian, Zhong Tian