Yue M Liu

7379918, May 27, 2008

Jul 30, 2004

10/903942

Xiaoxi Tan - Issaquah WA, US
Caglar Gunyakti - Sammamish WA, US
Ravindra Nath Pandya - Clyde Hill WA, US
Aidan T. Hughes - Bellevue WA, US
Kristjan Hatlelid - Sammamish WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06Q 99/00

705 59, 705 64, 705 67

A method for reactivation of software products includes activating a first software product associated with a reactivation policy group. A hardware identifier derived from the computer hardware configuration is bound with the first software product activation. A second software product is activated having an associated reactivation binding list. Reactivation is requested for the first software product and an updated hardware identifier is associated with a reactivation policy group of the first software product. The second software product may be spared the request for reactivation if the second product can be associated with the reactivation of the first software product given the binding list is compatible with the reactivation policy group.

7447917, Nov 4, 2008

Nov 12, 2003

10/706018

Xiaoxi Tan - Issaquah WA, US
Caglar Gunyakti - Sammamish WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US
Karan S. Dhillon - Bellevue WA, US
Kristian E. Hatlelid - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 11/30
H04L 9/00
H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16

713193, 713165, 725115, 725145

A state store having state information therein is stored on a computing device. Information at least nearly unique to the computing device is obtained, and a number of locations at which at least a portion of the state store is to be stored at is determined. Pseudo-random file names and corresponding paths are generated based at least in part on the obtained information, whereby the generated file names and corresponding paths are likewise at least nearly unique to the computing device, and the generated file names and path are paired to form the locations. Thereafter, the state store is stored according to the generated locations.

7509477, Mar 24, 2009

Apr 12, 2006

11/401887

Dzmitry Suponau - Bellevue WA, US
Jay Girotto - Kirkland WA, US
Qiang Wu - Sammamish WA, US
Rohit Vishwas Wad - Redmond WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 12/00

711216, 711220, 707 1

A method and system that aggregates data associated with one or more entities from different data sources are provided. The data sources include documents, web pages, or images that have information about one or more entities. The information is extracted from the data sources based on criteria that define the entities. The extracted information is utilized to generate a hash identifier that corresponds to each entity and one or more storage locations. The one or more storage locations and associated hash identifiers are utilized to store the extracted information corresponding to the entities, and the extracted information for each entity is structured as a virtual page that is stored in an index having references to the data sources.

7634632, Dec 15, 2009

Jan 8, 2009

12/350713

Dzmitry Suponau - Bellevue WA, US
Jay Girotto - Kirkland WA, US
Qiang Wu - Sammamish WA, US
Rohit Vishwas Wad - Redmond WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 13/00

711216, 707 3, 7155011, 715526

A method and system that aggregates data associated with one or more entities from different data sources are provided. The data sources include documents, web pages, or images that have information about one or more entities. The information is extracted from the data sources based on criteria that define the entities. The extracted information is utilized to generate a hash identifier that corresponds to each entity and one or more storage locations. The one or more storage locations and associated hash identifiers are utilized to store the extracted information corresponding to the entities, and the extracted information for each entity is structured as a virtual page that is stored in an index having references to the data sources. The index storing the virtual pages is notified or updated when the associated data sources are modified.

7774623, Aug 10, 2010

Sep 22, 2008

12/235394

Xiaoxi Tan - Issaquah WA, US
Caglar Gunyakti - Sammamish WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US
Karan S. Dhillon - Bellevue WA, US
Kristian E. Hatlelid - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 29/06
G06F 11/30
G06F 7/04
H04N 7/173
H04N 7/16

713193, 713165, 726 26, 725115, 725145

A state store having state information therein is stored on a computing device. Information at least nearly unique to the computing device is obtained, and a number of locations at which at least a portion of the state store is to be stored at is determined. Pseudo-random file names and corresponding paths are generated based at least in part on the obtained information, whereby the generated file names and corresponding paths are likewise at least nearly unique to the computing device, and the generated file names and path are paired to form the locations. Thereafter, the state store is stored according to the generated locations.

7921106, Apr 5, 2011

Aug 3, 2006

11/462090

Hua Chen - Beijing, CN
Zaiqing Nie - Beijing, CN
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US
Qiang Wu - Sammamish WA, US
Wei-Ying Ma - Beijing, CN

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707723, 707731

Search results are ranked by applying sub-relevancies within a search result list. This permits search result lists to be further refined into more manageable relevant groupings from a user's perspective. The sub-relevancies or ‘group-by’ parameters are derived from search result attributes. Attribute values from the attributes are employed in a ranking scheme to group the search results based on attribute value relevancy. The grouped search results can then be displayed to users via a search result page. In one instance users can select which attribute value is used to group the search result list. Ranking processes are based on object ranking algorithms that consider each attribute value as an object type. Some instances provide for search result list group condensing based on relevancy of the attribute values as well. A top-k instance can be employed to limit the search results to control the amount of time required for processing groupings.

8065534, Nov 22, 2011

Jun 21, 2010

12/819556

Xiaoxi Tan - Issaquah WA, US
Caglar Gunyakti - Sammamish WA, US
Yue Liu - Issaquah WA, US
Karan S. Dhillon - Bellevue WA, US
Kristian E. Hatlelid - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 29/06
G06F 11/30
G06F 1/26

713193, 713153, 713162, 713165, 713187, 726 34

A state store having state information therein is stored on a computing device. Information at least nearly unique to the computing device is obtained, and a number of locations at which at least a portion of the state store is to be stored at is determined. Pseudo-random file names and corresponding paths are generated based at least in part on the obtained information, whereby the generated file names and corresponding paths are likewise at least nearly unique to the computing device, and the generated file names and path are paired to form the locations. Thereafter, the state store is stored according to the generated locations.

20050223789, Oct 13, 2005

Feb 13, 2003

10/504993

Yue Liu - Ridgewood NJ, US

G01B021/08

07315000R

A composition comprising an unsaturated oil such as corn oil, vegetable oil or sesame oil, a liquid hydrocarbon such as heptane, a C-Calkoxy-C-Calkanol such as 2-ethoxyethanol and an oil-soluble dye is employed for accurate, rapid, and highly reproducible determinations of the treatment level and performance of fluorochemically treated grease-repellent paper, which is used for example in food service.