Liu, Santa Clara
Alice Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130238975 | OFF-LINE PRESENTATION OF WEB CONTENT - An enhanced reader can provide a user with an off-line browsing experience that is essentially indistinguishable from an on-line browsing experience. In particular, the enhanced reader can allow a user to access essentially all elements (e.g. hypertext elements) in a selected page of web content as well as navigation information such as next/previous page. The user can use the navigation information to view web content in its original form as well as navigate from page to page in those situations where the web content spans more than one page. This off-line navigation experience can be enabled by software that automatically archives web content as part of a background process while a user's device is in an on-line state. In this way, the user's off-line and on-line browsing experiences are substantially indistinguishable from each other. | 09-12-2013 |
20130275853 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING BACKWARD/FORWARD PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CERTAIN TYPES OF DYNAMIC WEB PAGES - A method for improving backward and forward web browser performance is described. In one embodiment, backward and forward web performance is enhanced by ignoring unload handler scripts and caching web pages. Web elements with unload handler scripts are examined. In a first pass, if the web page elements are not determined to be significant, then the related unload handler scripts can be ignored, enabling the web page to be cached. In a second pass, if the web page element is significant, but the unload handler script is determined to be insignificant, then the unload handler script can be ignored and the web page can be cached. | 10-17-2013 |
20140173414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAVING DYNAMIC WEB PAGES - One embodiment of a method for archiving and restoring web pages can remove elements from web data to be stored as web archive data that can cause two or more substantially similar elements to appear within a web page later created from the web archive data. In another embodiment, a web page can be constructed from web archive data. This constructed web page may not be displayed, but can be inspected for substantially similar elements so that those elements can be removed. After the elements are removed, then the web page can be displayed to a user. Either embodiment can be used alone or in parallel to reduce the appearance of substantially similar elements within a web page constructed from a web archive. | 06-19-2014 |
Bao Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150073848 | DEAL STAGE DATA VISUALIZATION AND USER INTERFACE - Data visualizations and user interfaces help managers view the totality of deal opportunities in progress and identify potential shortfalls. A deal stage visualization includes deal stage regions corresponding with deal stages and arranged along a first axis. Deal icons represent individual pending deals and are assigned to one of the deal stages. The set of deal icons associated with each deal stage form a deal icon set. The deal stage visualization also includes a second axis representing aggregate values of the deal stages. Each deal icon set is associated with a display region having a displayed size along the second axis that is proportional to an aggregate value of its included deal icons. Different icon sets with different aggregate deal values will have different size scrollable display areas. The size of the display area associated with an icon set remains unchanged during scrolling. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073865 | DATA VISUALIZATION AND USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING AND PREDICTION OF DEAL PERFORMANCE - Data visualizations and user interfaces help managers monitor progress in meeting their performance targets and explore hypothetical situations for meeting performance targets. A pending deal visualization is partitioned into first and second portions representing times prior to and following a performance period deadline. Deal icons are arranged in either portion based on their expected deal closing dates. Deal icons may also be positioned based on their probabilities of successful completion. A performance goal visualization includes indicators for the progress towards a performance goal. A user may move deal icons between the first and second portions in the pending deal visualization to explore hypothetical changes in deal closing dates and view the impact on goal progress in the performance goal visualization. Proposed changes to expected deal closing dates may be saved for future reference and/or distributed to other users to act on these changes. | 03-12-2015 |
20150073866 | DATA VISUALIZATION AND USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO CUSTOMERS - Data visualizations and user interfaces help managers identify promising deals requiring additional attention as well as other deals receiving a disproportionate amount of effort relative to their expected return. A deal forecast visualization positions deal icons at a distance from an origin point based on deal attribute values of associated pending deals. Deal icons may be positioned based on deal attributes including deal activity levels and expected closing dates. Deal attribute values may be retrieved from a CRM application. Visual indicators may provide additional information about pending deals. Deal icons may be scaled, colored, and/or shaded based on one or more attribute values of their respective pending deals. Additionally, the data visualization may be partitioned into circular segments, with each segment enclosing related deal icons and having an angular size based on the aggregate value of an attribute of the enclosed deal icons. | 03-12-2015 |
Cheng-Yi Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140270479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION OF IMAGES - Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying the vanishing point, vanishing direction and road width of an image using scene identification algorithms and a new edge-scoring technique. | 09-18-2014 |
Clifton Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140106753 | DYNAMIC CARRIER SWITCHING - A rule server detects a condition pertaining to a switch of a user device to a preferred wireless carrier, and sends a message to the user device indicating a switch to the preferred wireless carrier. | 04-17-2014 |
Daborah Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20100280894 | INVOICING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a computerized method facilitates invoicing for transactions in a network-based transaction system. The method includes identifying a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party, identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria relating to combining transactions into a single invoice, and providing to the first entity an indication of the combinability of transactions of the first and second transactions into the single invoice. The method can also be implemented on a machine readable medium. | 11-04-2010 |
Deborah Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20160055463 | INVOICING SYSTEM - A method to facilitate invoicing for transactions established utilizing a network-based transaction system includes supporting establishment of transactions between a plurality of entities in the network-based transaction system, and identifying as part of an invoice generation process, a plurality of transactions to which a first entity is a party. The method further includes identifying first and second transactions from the plurality of transactions that satisfy combinable criteria, and generating an invoice for at least the first and second transactions that satisfy the combinable criteria. The method can also be implemented in a system and on a machine-readable medium. | 02-25-2016 |
Deborah Yee-Ky Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20080249818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ON-LINE DONATIONS - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to generate a donation badge for display on a web page; link the donation badge with an account on a payment site; receive a donation from a donor via the donation badge; and credit the donation to the account linked to the donation badge. | 10-09-2008 |
20090006988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE STOREFRONT - In an example embodiment, a method for providing a portable and interactive storefront is provided. The method may comprise receiving information associated with a product to be placed in electronic commerce. Content is therefore generated based on the received information, in which the content may provide an interactive storefront. A link to the content is generated and then provided. | 01-01-2009 |
20090119212 | REQUEST MONEY SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - In some example embodiments, a system and method is illustrated as including receiving a funds request that contains an identifier to uniquely identify a first member of a social networking community, the funds request including an amount of funds requested. Further, this method may include receiving a funds authorization from a grantor of funds. Additionally, this method may include transmitting a funds transfer instruction based upon the funds authorization. Moreover, this method may include transferring the amount of funds requested from an account held by the grantor of funds to an account held by the first member of a social networking community. | 05-07-2009 |
20090132423 | SEND MONEY PLUG IN FOR WEB MAILS - In one example embodiment, a system and method is shown as including receiving an email address selection displayed as part of a screen widget, the screen widget included within the display of an interface associated with an Internet-utilizing application. Further, this method may, for example, include executing a plug in having a send money function, the plug in associated with the Internet-utilizing application, the send money function executed due, in part, to a signal received from an input device. The method may additionally include generating a payment request identifying a recipient of funds by the e-mail address selection. | 05-21-2009 |
20100010921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ON-LINE DONATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations associated with media content is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to integrate a payment button with an associated item of media content on a web page; link the payment button with an account on a payment site; receive a donation from a donor via the payment button; and credit the donation to the account linked to the payment button. | 01-14-2010 |
20120041854 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ON-LINE DONATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations associated with media content is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to integrate a payment button with an associated item of media content on a web page; link the payment button with an account on a payment site; receive a donation from a donor via the payment button; and credit the donation to the account linked to the payment button. | 02-16-2012 |
20120271766 | REQUEST MONEY SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - In example embodiments, a system and method provides receiving a funds request that contains an identifier to uniquely identify a first member of a first social network, an identifier to uniquely identify a second member of a second social network, and an amount of funds to be exchanged between the first and the second member. The information in the funds request is received via a user interface provided by the first social network that is customized to the first member. A funds authorization from the second member is received. An exchange of the amount of funds between an account held by the first member of the first social network and an account held by the second member of the second social network based on the receiving of the funds authorization is implemented. The first and the second social network are each a community of members that share a common interest. | 10-25-2012 |
20140074715 | REQUEST MONEY SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - In some example embodiments, a system and method is illustrated as including receiving a funds request that contains an identifier to uniquely identify a first member of a social networking community, the funds request including an amount of funds requested. Further, this method may include receiving a funds authorization from a grantor of funds. Additionally, this method may include transmitting a funds transfer instruction based upon the funds authorization. Moreover, this method may include transferring the amount of funds requested from an account held by the grantor of funds to an account held by the first member of a social networking community. | 03-13-2014 |
20140279287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE STOREFRONT - In an example embodiment, a method for providing a portable and interactive storefront is provided. The method may comprise receiving information associated with a product to be placed in electronic commerce. Content is therefore generated based on the received information, in which the content may provide an interactive storefront. A link to the content is generated and then provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ON-LINE DONATIONS - A computer-implemented method and apparatus for processing on-line donations is disclosed. An example embodiment includes elements to generate a donation badge for display on a web page; link the donation badge with an account on a payment site; receive a donation from a donor via the donation badge; and credit the donation to the account linked to the donation badge. | 10-16-2014 |
Dezhong Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130327956 | PHOSPHOR LAYER DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection system for detecting a fluorescent layer formed in a fluorescent layer forming system is disclosed. The detection system of the present invention includes a light source module, a light detecting module and a light transmitting module, wherein the light source module emits a detecting light to a fluorescent layer, the detecting light is then converted by the fluorescent layer to a light to be detected, the light to be detected is received by the light detecting module, and detection data are formed. A control instruction is transmitted to the fluorescent layer forming system according to the control instruction to control the fluorescent layer forming system, such that a desired fluorescent layer is formed on an object, and optical property of fluorescent layers in each fabrication is consistent. | 12-12-2013 |
Eric Hc Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140036027 | USING AN AVATAR IN A VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM - System and methods for videoconferencing using an avatar are described. The presence of a user may be detected by analyzing video captured by a digital camera. The avatar may be provided to a remote device to represent the detected user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140267909 | INTERFACING A TELEVISION WITH A SECOND DEVICE - A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card, the plurality of interactive functions configured to instigate an action via the second device; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode. | 09-18-2014 |
20140344358 | FILTERING OF CONTENT TO DISPLAY USING AN OPPORTUNITY ENGINE THAT IDENTIFIES OTHER USERS ABILITY TO INTERACT IN REAL TIME - This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate identifying topic(s) from incoming data items from a plurality of data sources, identifying other data items that relate to the topic(s), identifying users that have an interest in the topic(s), identifying availability of the users, rating the topic(s), and presenting a filtered set of topics based upon the identifications and ratings. | 11-20-2014 |
20150134653 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING RECOMMENDED MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - In accordance with some implementations of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms for presenting recommended media content items are provided. In some implementations, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: receiving a query from a user; determining search terms from the received query; determining location information corresponding to the user and popularity information associated with a plurality of media content items and a plurality of content sources; selecting a media content item from the plurality of media content items based at least in part on the popularity information associated with each of the plurality of media content items and the search terms from the received query, wherein the selected media content item is available from the plurality of content sources; selecting at least one content source from the plurality of content sources based at least in part on the location information associated with the user and the popularity information associated with each of the plurality of content sources; and causing a recommendation interface to be presented to the user, wherein the recommendation interface includes the selected media content item that is provided from the at least one selected content source. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135225 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PRESENTING SUGGESTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, systems, and media for presenting suggestions of media content are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: determining an item of media content; determining a probability of the item of media content being watched at one or more times based on at least one of: a characteristic of a person; a characteristic of a group; and a characteristic of the item of media content; creating a user interface which suggests that the item of media content be watched at one or more times based on the determined probability; and presenting the user interface. | 05-14-2015 |
20150332622 | Automatic Theme and Color Matching of Images on an Ambient Screen to the Surrounding Environment - Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are provided for automatically matching the theme of an image on an ambient screen to its surroundings. In some implementations, one or more real time environmental conditions of a room in which a primary display screen is located are evaluated. The primary display screen is controllable by computer system via a network or a client device coupled to it. The environmental conditions include the current time, the current date, the current season, the geographic location, the ambient light level and color temperature, and/or the ambient sound level. A design style associated with the room is identified. Then a media content item having visual characteristics based on the design style and the environmental conditions is sent to the primary display screen for display. | 11-19-2015 |
20150334457 | TV Mode Change in Accordance with Number of Viewers Present - Systems and methods for changing TV operating mode in accordance with number of viewers present. In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining a total number of viewers of a connected TV, the connected TV having a plurality of operating modes and the total number is one or more; in accordance with a determination that the total number of viewers is within a first predefined range of a plurality of predefined ranges; placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a first operating mode unrelated to media content being displayed on the connected TV; and in accordance with a determination that the total number of viewers is within a second predefined range of the plurality of predefined ranges: placing or maintaining the connected TV in or into a second operating mode unrelated to the media content, the second operating mode is different from the first operating mode. | 11-19-2015 |
20160029458 | Anticipatory Lighting from Device Screens Based on User Profile - Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are provided for determining the mood of the user, deriving an appropriate lighting scheme, and then implementing that lighting scheme on all devices within a predetermined proximity to that user. Furthermore, when a user begins a task, the devices can track the user and use lighting from nearby screens to offer functional lighting. | 01-28-2016 |
20160037130 | USING AN AVATAR IN A VIDEOCONFERENCING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for videoconferencing using an avatar are described. The presence of a user may be detected by analyzing video captured by a digital camera. The avatar may be provided to a remote device to represent the detected user. | 02-04-2016 |
Han-Din Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150037048 | LOW VOLTAGE PHOTODETECTORS - A low voltage photodetector structure including a semiconductor device layer, which may be Ge, is disposed over a substrate semiconductor, which may be Si, for example within a portion of a waveguide extending laterally within a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip. In exemplary embodiments where the device layer is formed over an insulator layer, the insulator layer is removed to expose a surface of the semiconductor device layer and a passivation material formed as a replacement for the insulator layer within high field regions. In further embodiments, controlled avalanche gain is achieved by spacing electrodes in a metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) architecture, or complementary doped regions in a p-i-n architecture, to provide a field strength sufficient for impact ionization over a distance not significantly more than an order of magnitude greater than the distance that a carrier must travel so as to acquire sufficient energy for impact ionization. | 02-05-2015 |
Haowei Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150269739 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOREGROUND OBJECT SEGMENTATION - Embodiments of apparatus and methods for foreground object segmentation are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a color modeler to build a color model based at least in part on a boundary of a foreground object in an image frame. The apparatus may further include a segmentation processor to segment the foreground object from a background of the image frame, based at least in part on the color model. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 09-24-2015 |
Hong-Hsing Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120172324 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING THE RISK OF AGENT-INDUCED LIVER TOXICITY - The present disclosure relates generally to a co-formulation or co-administration of acetaminophen with one or more chemicals that are metabolites or their derivatives in the methionine and glutathione biosynthesis pathways, for protection against acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity. The formulation may comprise acetaminophen and diet supplements such as S-methylmethionine (SMM). The present disclosure also encompasses methods of providing pain or fever relief with protection against acetaminophen-induced liver injury with the formulations described herein. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include co-formulation or co-administration of an agent and one or more other chemicals for reducing agent-induced liver toxicity via depletion of glutathione. | 07-05-2012 |
Hsin-Yuo Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120140647 | Communications Techniques For Bursty Noise Environments - Techniques are disclosed that involve communicating in bursty noise environments. For instance, a source device may send a probing packet to a destination device. This probing packet is for determining whether the communications medium (e.g., one or more frequency channels) is currently exhibiting a busy or jammed (e.g., due to bursty noise) condition. More particularly, based on whether an acknowledgment of the probing packet is received, the source device determines whether the channel is jammed (or busy) or clear. For example, an unacknowledged probing packet indicates that the channel is jammed or busy, while an acknowledged probing packet indicates that the channel is clear. If the channel is determined to be clear, then the source device may transmit one or more data packets to the destination device. Such data packet transmissions may be in accordance with a non rate-adaptive technique. | 06-07-2012 |
Hua A. Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120275461 | Systems and Methods for Implementing Multi-Topology Support for Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) of a Multiprotocol Label Switching Network - System and method for support multiple topology in Label Distribution Protocol of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network are disclosed. The system includes a number of network elements and a communication mechanism used to connect the network elements. The network elements discover LDP peers within the network topology, and create and maintain LDP sessions for each of the network topologies. The network elements further establish LSPs by mapping network layer routing information within each network topology to data link layer switches paths. Furthermore, the communication mechanism enables the network elements to advertise the multi-topology capability and exchange the mapping information of label and FECs within each network topology. | 11-01-2012 |
Hua Autumn Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090303904 | System and Method for Multi-Topology Support - A system and method for providing multi-topology support in RSVP-TE in a multi-protocol label switching network is provided. A method includes reserving path states for a traffic engineered label switched path (TE LSP), and releasing the reserved path states. The TE LSP is established within a single network topology in an environment of multiple network topologies, and the reserving path states includes sending a first resource reservation protocol with traffic engineering (RSVP-TE) message containing multi-topology information. | 12-10-2009 |
20110090786 | RSVP-TE GRACEFUL RESTART UNDER FAST RE-ROUTE CONDITIONS - According to one embodiment, in response to at least one of a link failure and node failure of a protected label switched path (LSP), network traffic is switched onto a protection path according to a fast re-reroute (FRR) scheme. A HELLO session is established with the remote node that is not immediately adjacent to the network element, including exchanging one or more HELLO messages with the remote node, each HELLO message having a time-to-live (TTL) value of greater than one if IP forwarding is used. The TTL value of the HELLO message is set to one if the HELLO message is sent via tunnel. In response to a request to restart, a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) traffic engineering (TE) graceful restart (GR) procedure is performed using information obtained from the one or more HELLO messages exchanged with the remote node during the HELLO session. | 04-21-2011 |
20120008632 | Sharing Resource Reservations Among Different Sessions In RSVP-TE - A method to optimize resource allocation in a network employing MPL S, the method including the steps of communicating with a second node to establish a first LSP that includes a first node and the second node using an extension of RSVP-TE in a first RSVP-TE session having a group identifier. A resource controllable by the network element is allocated to the first LSP and is associated with the group identifier. The steps including communicating with a third node in the network to establish a second LSP that includes the first node and the third node using the extension of RSVP-TE through a second RSVP-TE session that is different than the first session and has the same group identifier. The resource is shared between the first LSP and the second LSP, because the same group identifier is associated with the first RSVP-TE session and second RSVP-TE session. | 01-12-2012 |
Jiangxia Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120304244 | MALWARE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - In some embodiments, a malware analysis system includes receiving a potential malware sample from a firewall; analyzing the potential malware sample using a virtual machine to determine if the potential malware sample is malware; and automatically generating a signature if the potential malware sample is determined to be malware. In some embodiments, the potential malware sample does not match a preexisting signature, and the malware is a zero-day attack. | 11-29-2012 |
20150319136 | MALWARE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - In some embodiments, a malware analysis system includes receiving a potential malware sample from a firewall; analyzing the potential malware sample using a virtual machine to determine if the potential malware sample is malware; and automatically generating a signature if the potential malware sample is determined to be malware. In some embodiments, the potential malware sample does not match a preexisting signature, and the malware is a zero-day attack. | 11-05-2015 |
Jingjing Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130109172 | HIGH TEMPERATURE TUNGSTEN METALLIZATION PROCESS | 05-02-2013 |
20140187038 | HIGH TEMPERATURE TUNGSTEN METALLIZATION PROCESS - Embodiments of the invention provide an improved process for depositing tungsten-containing materials. In one embodiment, the method for forming a tungsten-containing material on a substrate includes forming an adhesion layer containing titanium nitride on a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate, forming a tungsten nitride intermediate layer on the adhesion layer, wherein the tungsten nitride intermediate layer contains tungsten nitride and carbon. The method further includes forming a tungsten barrier layer (e.g., tungsten or tungsten-carbon material) from the tungsten nitride intermediate layer by thermal decomposition during a thermal annealing process (e.g., temperature from about 700° C. to less than 1,000° C.). Subsequently, the method includes optionally forming a nucleation layer on the tungsten barrier layer, optionally exposing the tungsten barrier layer and/or the nucleation layer to a reducing agent during soak processes, and forming a tungsten bulk layer on or over the tungsten barrier layer and/or the nucleation layer. | 07-03-2014 |
20150315707 | REMOTE PLASMA SOURCE BASED CYCLIC CVD PROCESS FOR NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND DEPOSITION - Methods for making a nanocrystalline diamond layer are disclosed herein. A method of forming a layer can include activating a deposition gas comprising an alkane and a hydrogen containing gas at a first pressure, delivering the activated deposition gas to the substrate at a second pressure which is less than the first pressure, forming a nanocrystalline diamond layer, treating the layer with an activated hydrogen containing gas to remove one or more polymers from the surface and repeating the cycle to achieve a desired thickness. | 11-05-2015 |
Jixiang Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20140356873 | Derivatives of 1,2-dihydro-7-hydroxyquinolines Containing Fused Rings - The present invention describes novel dyes, including coumarins, rhodamines, and rhodols that incorporate additional fused aromatic rings. The dyes of the invention absorb at a longer wavelength than structurally similar dyes that do not possess the fused aromatic rings. Many of the dyes of the invention are useful fluorescent dyes. The invention includes chemically reactive dyes, dye-conjugates, and the use of such dyes in staining samples and detecting ligands or other analytes. | 12-04-2014 |
20140378344 | Carbofluorescein Lactone Ion Indicators and Their Applications - Fluorescent dyes useful for preparing fluorescent metal ion indicators, the fluorescent indicators themselves, and the use of the fluorescent indicators for the detection, discrimination and quantification of metal cations are provided. | 12-25-2014 |
20150050685 | VIOLET LASER EXCITABLE DYES AND THEIR METHOD OF USE - The present invention provides dye compounds optimally excited at about 400 nm and have a Stokes shift of at least about 80 nm. These dyes find use in detection of analyte in a sample and the preparation of dye-conjugates. | 02-19-2015 |
20150247863 | DERIVATIVES OF 1,2-DIHYDRO-7-HYDROXYQUINOLINES CONTAINING FUSED RINGS - The present invention describes novel dyes, including coumarins, rhodamines, and rhodols that incorporate additional fused aromatic rings. The dyes of the invention absorb at a longer wavelength than structurally similar dyes that do not possess the fused aromatic rings. Many of the dyes of the invention are useful fluorescent dyes. The invention includes chemically reactive dyes, dye-conjugates, and the use of such dyes in staining samples and detecting ligands or other analytes. | 09-03-2015 |
Kim Quo-That Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120195413 | TELEPHONY SESSION MANAGEMENT FOR DATA SERVICES - Data services are managed within the context of telephony services. Using the telephony services to manage the data services allows for authentication, authorization, and accounting of the data services within the framework of the telecommunication services. | 08-02-2012 |
Lei Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090106012 | PERFORMANCE MODELING FOR SOA SECURITY APPLIANCE - A device, system, and method are directed towards optimizing a security apparatus within a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Performance data is gathered for the SOA. A plurality of queuing performance models are generated based on a plurality of components comprising a user land, a kernel, and a Central Processing Unit (CPU). The generation may be based on an incremental online training based on the gathered data, on a simulation based on the gathered data, on a probability distribution function, on an operational law, or the like. Derivative points are determined based on the plurality of queuing performance models. The derivative points are maximized by tuning at least one parameter of the user land, at least one parameter of the kernel, and/or at least one parameter of the CPU within at least another simulation and/or increment of the online training. The security apparatus is optimized based on the at least one parameters. | 04-23-2009 |
Lili Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20100057482 | ROUNDTRIP MERGE OF BPEL PROCESSES AND BPMN MODELS - In one embodiment, a method of performing a merge operation can include: mapping a business process modeling notation (BPMN) model to a business process execution language (BPEL) model; modifying the BPMN model to form a modified BPMN model; modifying the BPEL model to form a modified BPEL model; when the merge operation is a forward merge operation: exporting the modified BPMN model to an exported BPEL model; performing an activity level outline merge for added information technology (IT) scopes and branches from the modified BPEL model; performing an activity level detail merge for added IT details from the modified BPEL model; and performing an attribute level merge for updated branch conditions in the merged BPEL model; and when the merge operation is a reverse merge operation, adding scopes and branches from the modified BPEL model to the BPMN model. | 03-04-2010 |
Minjun Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20110191373 | Customized Reporting and Mining of Event Data - Event data (e.g., log messages) are represented as sets of attribute/value pairs. An index maps each attribute/value pair or attribute/value tuple to a pointer that points to event data which contains the attribute/value pair or attribute/value tuple. An attribute co-occurrence map or matrix can be generated that includes attribute names that co-occur together. Queries and custom reports can be generated by projecting event data into one or more attributes or attribute/value pairs, and then determining statistics on other attributes using a combination of the inverted index, the attribute co-occurrence map or matrix, operations on sets and/or math and statistical functions. | 08-04-2011 |
Mo Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150280778 | DIFFERENTIAL INTERCONNECT WITH STUB TRACES - This disclosure relates generally to an electronic assembly and method having a first electrical connection point and a second electrical connection point and a differential interconnect coupling the first electrical connection point to the second electrical connection point, the differential interconnect including first and second transmission traces including a interior edges and a exterior edges opposite the interior edges, the second interior edge facing the first interior edge, and stub traces, each stub trace coupled to one of the first and second transmission traces and projecting from one of the first interior edge, the first exterior edge, the second interior edge, and the second exterior edge. A substantially equal number of stub traces project from the first exterior edge and the second exterior edge. At least twice as many stub traces project from the first and second exterior edges as project from the first and second interior edges. | 10-01-2015 |
Qingguo Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20100215995 | MAGNETIC STATE OF CHARGE SENSOR FOR A BATTERY - A battery includes multiple conductive battery plates and a complex electrolytic material located between the conductive battery plates. The battery also includes a conductive sensor wire located within the complex electrolytic material. The conductive sensor wire may be configured to generate a magnetic field within the complex electrolytic material based on an electrical signal flowing through the conductive sensor wire. The battery may further include a temperature sensor wire within the complex electrolytic material. | 08-26-2010 |
20100295550 | ADAPTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT TERMINAL FOR A BATTERY - A battery includes multiple conductive plates and a permeable electrolytic material and an ion membrane located between the conductive plates. The battery also includes at least one wire located within one or more of the permeable electrolytic material and the ion membrane. The at least one wire can be configured to regulate a flow of ions through the ion membrane based on an electrical signal flowing through the at least one wire. The at least one wire could also be configured to generate a magnetic field within the permeable electrolytic material based on another electrical signal flowing through the at least one wire. The battery could further include a temperature sensor wire within the permeable electrolytic material. | 11-25-2010 |
Quanwei Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090143983 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DYNAMICALLY CALIBRATED PRESSURE SENSOR - A navigation system includes a pressure sensor, a calibration module in communication with the pressure sensor, and an altitude module in communication with the calibration module. The calibration module is configured to determine a dynamic pressure proportionality coefficient based at least in part on a static pressure proportionality coefficient, a measured pressure value from the pressure sensor, and a velocity value. The altitude module is configured to calculate a sensor-based altitude value based at least in part on the determined dynamic pressure proportionality coefficient. | 06-04-2009 |
Shaobo Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130054615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC HIGH-VALUE LISTING FEEDS FOR ONLINE COMPUTER USERS - A system and method for providing automatic high-value listing feeds for online computer users is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes obtaining publisher information corresponding to a plurality of publisher content items from a plurality of publisher sites; obtaining merchant information including value information corresponding to the plurality of publisher content items; using a processor, the publisher information, and the merchant information to generate a set of high-value feeds for transfer to the plurality of publisher sites, the set of high-value feeds each being ranked corresponding to a quality score computed for each listing item of each high-value feed; and transferring the set of high-value feeds to corresponding publisher sites of the plurality of publisher sites. | 02-28-2013 |
Sijie Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150088683 | RECOMMENDING AN ITEM PAGE - The present disclosure addresses systems and methods to facilitate recommending an item page. The system may receive a reference to the item from a first device that corresponds to a first person. The system may generate an item page that refers to the item. The generating of the item page may be based on the received reference to the item. The system may detect that a quantity of received comments directed to the item exceeds a threshold amount. The received comments may be received by the system from a plurality of devices that correspond to second persons other than a seller of the item. An address of the generated item page may be sent to a second device that corresponds to a seller of the item. The sending of the address may be in response to the system detecting that the quantity of the received comments exceeds the threshold amount. | 03-26-2015 |
Ting Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130130431 | Lattice Matchable Alloy for Solar Cells - An alloy composition for a subcell of a solar cell is provided that has a bandgap of at least 0.9 eV, namely, Ga | 05-23-2013 |
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Wenbo Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20160062430 | MITIGATION OF POWER SUPPLY DISTURBANCE FOR WIRED-LINE TRANSMITTERS - A wired-line transmitter may include architecture that provides control of the current profile during power-up and/or power-down of the transmitter. The current profile may include a sloped ramp up during power-up and/or a sloped ramp down during power-down. The sloped ramps of the current profile mitigate supply bouncing during power-up and/or power-down. Individual enable signals may be derived from an enable signal provided to the transmitter. These individual enable signals may be provided (or turned off) in a time delayed (e.g., staggered) manner to provide the sloped ramps for the current profile. | 03-03-2016 |
Wenjun Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20150342092 | HEATSINK WITH INTERNAL CAVITY FOR LIQUID COOLING - A heatsink with an internal cavity for liquid cooling includes: a first part having a first group of fins extending into the internal cavity; a second part attached to the first part so that the internal cavity is formed, the second part having a second group of fins that extend into the internal cavity and that are configured to fit among the first group of fins; an inlet into the internal cavity on at least one of the first and second parts; and an outlet from the internal cavity on at least one of the first and second parts. | 11-26-2015 |
Xian Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130111187 | DATA READ AND WRITE METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
Xiumei Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20110181891 | Systems Configured to Generate Output Corresponding to Defects on a Specimen - Systems configured to generate output corresponding to defects on a specimen and systems configured to generate phase information about defects on a specimen are provided. One system includes an optical subsystem that is configured to create interference between a test beam and a reference beam. The test beam and the reference beam are reflected from the specimen. The system also includes a detector that is configured to generate output representative of the interference between the test and reference beams. The interference increases contrast between the output corresponding to the defects and output corresponding to non-defective portions of the specimen. | 07-28-2011 |
Yanghua Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130290418 | Client Assisted Multicasting for Audio and Video Streams - A method, a system and computer readable storage media facilitate receiving a data stream from a host media server that is outside of a network, designating a multicasting source within the network to receive the data stream from the host media server, and multicasting the data stream from the multicasting source to a plurality of client devices within the network. | 10-31-2013 |
20150120830 | Distributed Audio Mixing and Forwarding - A scalable media conferencing system minimizes delay while maintaining a consistent session across all of the distributed media servers handling the conference session. Each of the media servers sends a list of the local top streams and their importance. A global list of top streams is created and disseminated to all of the media servers. Each of the media servers then forwards any local stream that is on the list of global top streams to all of the other media servers. Once a media server receives all of the streams on the list of global top streams, it locally mixes the streams together and outputs the mixed stream to the endpoints that are locally connected to that media server. | 04-30-2015 |
Yincai Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20100283535 | System and Method for a Reference Generator - In one embodiment, a circuit for generating a reference voltage between a first output and a second output, has a first follower transistor that includes a first control node, a first follower node coupled to a first output, and a first supply node, and a second follower transistor that includes a second control node, a second follower node coupled to a second output and a second supply node. A first voltage drop circuit is coupled between a circuit supply node and the second supply node. The circuit is biased such that the voltage between the circuit supply node and the second supply node is greater than the voltage between the circuit supply node and the first supply node, and such that the voltage between the circuit supply node and the second control node is greater than the voltage between the circuit supply node and the first control node. | 11-11-2010 |
20100327944 | Signal Buffer Amplifier - A signal buffer amplifier with high linearity is provided. A circuit includes a first transistor having a first gate terminal, a first source terminal, and a first drain terminal. The circuit also includes a second transistor having a second gate terminal, a second source terminal, and a second drain terminal, the second drain terminal coupled to the first source terminal. The circuit further includes a first signal path coupled in between a signal input and the first gate terminal, a second signal path coupled in between the signal input and the second gate terminal, and a signal output coupled to the second source terminal. The first signal path includes a filter. | 12-30-2010 |
Zaide Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120317338 | Solid-State Disk Caching the Top-K Hard-Disk Blocks Selected as a Function of Access Frequency and a Logarithmic System Time - A solid state disk (SSD) caches disk-based volumes in a heterogeneous storage system, improving the overall storage-system performance. The hottest data blocks are identified based on two factors: the frequency of access, and temporal locality. Temporal locality is computed using a logarithmic system time. IO latency is reduced by migrating these hottest data blocks from hard-disk-based volumes to the solid-state flash-memory disks. Some dedicated mapping metadata and a novel top-K B-tree structure are used to index the blocks. Data blocks are ranked by awarding a higher current value for recent accesses, but also by the frequency of accesses. A non-trivial value for accesses in the past is retained by accumulating the two factors over many time spans expressed as a logarithmic system time. Having two factors, access frequency and the logarithmic system time, provides for a more balanced caching system. | 12-13-2012 |
20140365722 | Solid-State Disk Caching the Top-K Hard-Disk Blocks Selected as a Function of Access Frequency and a Logarithmic System Time - A solid state disk (SSD) caches disk-based volumes in a heterogeneous storage system, improving the overall storage-system performance. The hottest data blocks are identified based on two factors: the frequency of access, and temporal locality. Temporal locality is computed using a logarithmic system time. IO latency is reduced by migrating these hottest data blocks from hard-disk-based volumes to the solid-state flash-memory disks. Some dedicated mapping metadata and a novel top-K B-tree structure are used to index the blocks. Data blocks are ranked by awarding a higher current value for recent accesses, but also by the frequency of accesses. A non-trivial value for accesses in the past is retained by accumulating the two factors over many time spans expressed as a logarithmic system time. Having two factors, access frequency and the logarithmic system time, provides for a more balanced caching system. | 12-11-2014 |
Ziyang Liu, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130132403 | TENANT PLACEMENT IN MULTITENANT CLOUD DATABASES WITH DATA SHARING - A method for tenant placement in a multi-tenant system is shown that includes creating a weighted graph of tenants and sharing relationships between tenants, where a weight for each tenant and each sharing relationship represents an associated degree of resource consumption; and adding one or more tenants to a database using a processor based on said weighted graph and a database capacity, such that the combined weight of the added tenants and the sharing relationships belonging to the added tenants are within the database capacity. If a tenant cannot be added to the database without exceeding the database capacity, a new database is created and the one or more tenants are added to the new database, subject to a new database capacity. The adding and creating steps are repeated until all tenants have been added to a database. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132404 | TENANT PLACEMENT IN MULTITENANT CLOUD DATABASES WITH ONE-TO-MANY DATA SHARING - Methods for generating a data fetching plan in a multi-tenant system include placing tenants in consecutively allocated databases according to a weighted graph of tenants and sharing relationships between tenants, where at least one sharing relationship includes multiple accessing tenants accessing a given set of data from a provider tenant. For each sharing relationship, if a current database has one or more accessing tenants and does not have the provider tenant, data is fetched from the latest-allocated database prior to the current database that has accessing tenants, if such a database exists; if a current database has the provider tenant, data is provided to the earliest-allocated database after the current database that has accessing tenants if such a database exists. The fetching and providing steps are repeated for each allocated database. | 05-23-2013 |
20140122374 | COST EXPLORATION OF DATA SHARING IN THE CLOUD - A method to facilitate data sharing for cloud applications includes determining one or more cost levers for a cloud service provider to share data among applications; determining a costing function that considers a resource cost of creating and maintaining the sharing, potential penalties to be paid if a service level agreement (SLA) is breached by the cloud service provider, and overprovisioning of services from the provider; and interactively answering what-if questions on pricing of services to allow a consumer to explore the cost of data sharing from the provider. | 05-01-2014 |
20140188532 | Multitenant Database Placement with a Cost Based Query Scheduler - Systems and methods are disclosed for placing tenants in a cloud based database server, by estimating with a processor a cost of placing a set of tenants on a server using a simulator; estimating a relative importance of different tenant's queries; and selecting an optimal server for each tenant based with a cost-based schedular to maximize profit using the simulator. | 07-03-2014 |
20150149434 | Visionary Query Processing in Hadoop Utilizing Opportunistic Views - Systems and methods are disclosed for query processing in a big data analytics platform by enumerating plans for a current query using a processor; building a dominance graph for the current query; for each plan, determining a regret value and a score for the plan based on the regret value and cost; and selecting query plans in an online fashion for query processing in big data analytics platforms where intermediate results are materialized and can be reused later. | 05-28-2015 |
20150154670 | Online Optimization and Fair Costing for Dynamic Data Sharing in a Cloud Data Market - A system for fair costing of dynamic data sharing in a cloud market is disclosed. The system uses an online method for sharing plan selection, as well as a set of fair costing criteria and a method that maximizes fairness. | 06-04-2015 |