Patents by Inventor Xian Xiang Hu

Xian Xiang Hu 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: 8548797
    Abstract: A content-providing entity receives a relatively short text from a user and attempts to determine, automatically, based on that short text (and on other available clues), a language that the user can read and understand. The content-providing entity may then provide, to the user, documents that are written in the determined language. The content-providing entity may determine a language of the input text based on several factors in combination: (a) the service provider's “market,” which is determined based on at least a portion of the URL of the Internet site to which the user directed his browser; (b) the user's “region,” which is determined based on the source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the IP packets that the user sends to the Internet site; (c) the “script” in which the short user-entered text is written; and (d) a statistical analysis of the frequency of the characters present in the short user-entered text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Yookyung Kim, Shuang Guo, Xian Xiang Hu, Xin Li
  • Publication number: 20100114559
    Abstract: A content-providing entity receives a relatively short text from a user and attempts to determine, automatically, based on that short text (and on other available clues), a language that the user can read and understand. The content-providing entity may then provide, to the user, documents that are written in the determined language. The content-providing entity may determine a language of the input text based on several factors in combination: (a) the service provider's “market,” which is determined based on at least a portion of the URL of the Internet site to which the user directed his browser; (b) the user's “region,” which is determined based on the source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the IP packets that the user sends to the Internet site; (c) the “script” in which the short user-entered text is written; and (d) a statistical analysis of the frequency of the characters present in the short user-entered text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Yookyung Kim, Shuang Guo, Xian Xiang Hu, Xin Li
  • Publication number: 20090313117
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems or devices for enabling targeted advertising of goods and services are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Xian Xiang Hu