Patents by Inventor Hongzhao Huang

Hongzhao Huang 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).

  • Patent number: 10915509
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more place-entity nodes in a heterogeneous graph, wherein the heterogenous graph comprises place-entity nodes, user nodes, and n-gram nodes, and wherein each place-entity node corresponds to a place-entity associated with a particular geographic location, assigning, for each identified place-entity node, an initial quality-score for the place-entity node, and calculating, for each identified place-entity node, a final quality-score for the identified place-entity node, wherein each final quality-score is calculated by iteratively propagating the initial quality-scores corresponding to the identified place-entity nodes, respectively, through the place-entity nodes, n-gram nodes, and user nodes of the heterogeneous graph until the quality-scores associated with the place-entity nodes, n-gram nodes, and user nodes reach convergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongzhao Huang, Peng-Jen Chen, Justin Moore, Yaniv Shmueli
  • Publication number: 20180246913
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying one or more place-entity nodes in a heterogeneous graph, wherein the heterogenous graph comprises place-entity nodes, user nodes, and n-gram nodes, and wherein each place-entity node corresponds to a place-entity associated with a particular geographic location, assigning, for each identified place-entity node, an initial quality-score for the place-entity node, and calculating, for each identified place-entity node, a final quality-score for the identified place-entity node, wherein each final quality-score is calculated by iteratively propagating the initial quality-scores corresponding to the identified place-entity nodes, respectively, through the place-entity nodes, n-gram nodes, and user nodes of the heterogeneous graph until the quality-scores associated with the place-entity nodes, n-gram nodes, and user nodes reach convergence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Hongzhao Huang, Peng-Jen Chen, Justin Moore, Yaniv Shmueli
  • Patent number: 10019466
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an online social network accesses a social graph that includes a number of place-entity nodes each corresponding to a place-entity, and a number of user nodes each corresponding to a user. A heterogeneous graph is generated based on the place-entity nodes, user nodes, and n-gram nodes, each n-gram node corresponding to an n-gram in the name of at least one place-entity. Each n-gram node is connected to corresponding place-entity nodes containing the n-gram, and user nodes with a social networking interaction with the corresponding place-entity nodes. Each place-entity node is assigned an initial quality-score. The quality-scores are propagated through the redirection graph based on the connections between the place-entity nodes, the n-gram nodes, and the user nodes. A final quality-score is assigned to each place-entity node when the propagation of the quality-scores through the redirection graph reaches convergence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongzhao Huang, Peng-Jen Chen, Justin Moore, Yaniv Shmueli
  • Publication number: 20170201851
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an online social network accesses a social graph that includes a number of place-entity nodes each corresponding to a place-entity, and a number of user nodes each corresponding to a user. A heterogeneous graph is generated based on the place-entity nodes, user nodes, and n-gram nodes, each n-gram node corresponding to an n-gram in the name of at least one place-entity. Each n-gram node is connected to corresponding place-entity nodes containing the n-gram, and user nodes with a social networking interaction with the corresponding place-entity nodes. Each place-entity node is assigned an initial quality-score. The quality-scores are propagated through the redirection graph based on the connections between the place-entity nodes, the n-gram nodes, and the user nodes. A final quality-score is assigned to each place-entity node when the propagation of the quality-scores through the redirection graph reaches convergence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hongzhao Huang, Peng-Jen Chen, Justin Moore, Yaniv Shmueli