Patents by Inventor Alex C. Lai

Alex C. Lai 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).

  • Identifying entities based on free text in member records
    Patent number: 9721307
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for identifying entities (such as companies) that are associated with members of an online social network. During operation, the system obtains text strings from member records in the online social network, wherein each text string is an identifier for an entity that is associated with a member. The system also obtains connection information specifying connections among members of the online social network, and possibly location information for the members. Finally, the system uses the text strings, the connection information and the location information to identify entities that are associated with members of the online social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Alex C. Lai, Ke Wang
  • IDENTIFYING ENTITIES BASED ON FREE TEXT IN MEMBER RECORDS
    Publication number: 20140379741
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for identifying entities (such as companies) that are associated with members of an online social network. During operation, the system obtains text strings from member records in the online social network, wherein each text string is an identifier for an entity that is associated with a member. The system also obtains connection information specifying connections among members of the online social network, and possibly location information for the members. Finally, the system uses the text strings, the connection information and the location information to identify entities that are associated with members of the online social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Alex C. Lai, Ke Wang