Patents by Inventor Ziliang CHEN

Ziliang CHEN 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).

  • Automatically adjusting timestamps from remote systems based on time zone differences
    Patent number: 10567557
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes data received from a remote system. During operation, the system sends, from a computer system to a remote system, a request for a local time at the remote system and records a time of transmission of the request. Next, the system obtains, from the remote system, a response to the request, wherein the response includes the local time of the remote system. The system then computes a difference between the time of transmission and the local time of the remote system to determine a time offset that accounts for a time difference between the computer system and the remote system. Finally, the system uses the time offset to standardize timestamps in time-series data received from the remote system, wherein standardizing the timestamps associated with the time-series data comprises adjusting the timestamps to conform to a time standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Lai Qiang Ding, Ziliang Chen, Junqing Hao, Ting Wang
  • AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING TIMESTAMPS FROM REMOTE SYSTEMS BASED ON TIME ZONE DIFFERENCES
    Publication number: 20170201606
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes data received from a remote system. During operation, the system sends, from a computer system to a remote system, a request for a local time at the remote system and records a time of transmission of the request. Next, the system obtains, from the remote system, a response to the request, wherein the response includes the local time of the remote system. The system then computes a difference between the time of transmission and the local time of the remote system to determine a time offset that accounts for a time difference between the computer system and the remote system. Finally, the system uses the time offset to standardize timestamps in time-series data received from the remote system, wherein standardizing the timestamps associated with the time-series data comprises adjusting the timestamps to conform to a time standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SPLUNK INC.
    Inventors: Lai Qiang DING, Ziliang CHEN, Junqing HAO, Ting WANG