Patents by Inventor Bangyong Liang
Bangyong Liang 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).
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Patent number: 11176143Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for location-aware content detection. In particular, content may be grouped into topic clusters (e.g., images, articles, and/or websites may be grouped into a football cluster, an earthquake cluster, etc.). A topic of a cluster may be assigned a global ranking (e.g., based upon an importance of a topic on a global scale) and/or local rankings for local regions (e.g., based upon importance of a topic to various local regions). A local ranking may be based upon user interaction with content associated with the topic (e.g., many users from Japan may be reading about the earthquake). In this way, content may be provided to users based upon global rankings and/or local rankings (e.g., content from around the world about the earthquake may be presented to users in Japan and/or other areas that have expressed interest in the earthquake).Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bangyong Liang, Ju Liang, Jin Jiang, Xiaosong Yang
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Publication number: 20150026196Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for location-aware content detection. In particular, content may be grouped into topic clusters (e.g., images, articles, and/or websites may be grouped into a football cluster, an earthquake cluster, etc.). A topic of a cluster may be assigned a global ranking (e.g., based upon an importance of a topic on a global scale) and/or local rankings for local regions (e.g., based upon importance of a topic to various local regions). A local ranking may be based upon user interaction with content associated with the topic (e.g., many users from Japan may be reading about the earthquake). In this way, content may be provided to users based upon global rankings and/or local rankings (e.g., content from around the world about the earthquake may be presented to users in Japan and/or other areas that have expressed interest in the earthquake).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Bangyong Liang, Ju Liang, Jin Jiang, Xiaosong Yang
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Patent number: 8296045Abstract: The present invention provides a traffic information processing apparatus and method, the apparatus comprises a format unifying device which unifies input traffic information with different formats to traffic information with unified format; and a traffic information integrating device which corrects and/or complements the traffic information with unified format based on a knowledge base to obtain traffic information which is consistent with each other, so as to integrate the traffic information, wherein the knowledge base is external to the apparatus or internal to the apparatus. The traffic information processing apparatus and method according to the present invention can process traffic information with spatial inconsistence, temporal inconsistence and semantic inconsistence so as to integrate effectively the traffic information from a variety of heterogeneous information sources and ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of traffic data.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: NEC (China) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongwei Qi, Qiangze Feng, Yuguang Liu, Toshikazu Fukushima, Bangyong Liang, Xin Meng
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Patent number: 8180628Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for expanding a query requirement, comprising: a query requirement understanding device which generates an explicit query requirement according to a user query request; and a query requirement expanding device which generates an implicit query requirement associated with the explicit query requirement. The query requirement understanding device generates an explicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching a knowledge base and a language base, and the query requirement expanding device generates an implicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching the knowledge base, the language base and a relevancy database. The present invention further provides a method for expanding a query requirement. The apparatus and method for expanding a query requirement according to the present invention can facilitate a user's query and provide the user with an accurate, comprehensive query answer.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: NEC (China) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qiangze Feng, Hongwei Qi, Toshikazu Fukushima, Bangyong Liang, Xin Meng, Yuguang Liu
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Patent number: 8078647Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible ontology data import/export method and apparatus. The ontology data import apparatus comprises: an ontology data format analyzer for analyzing a format of input ontology data, and performing format determination by utilizing an ontology format database which stores formats of those successfully imported ontologies if it is a private unknown format; and an unknown format data importer for separating and importing the data into an ontology database which stores ontologies, in accordance with a result of the format determination by the ontology data format analyzer. Further, the ontology data export apparatus comprises a keyword-based and query-language-combined ontology exporter and an ontology data export format analyzer, and the keyword-based and query-language-combined ontology exporter outputs a query result returned from the ontology database in accordance with the export format returned from the ontology data export format analyzer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: NEC (China) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bangyong Liang, Hongwei Qi, Qiangze Feng
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Publication number: 20090112903Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible ontology data import/export method and apparatus. The ontology data import apparatus comprises: an ontology data format analyzer for analyzing a format of input ontology data, and performing format determination by utilizing an ontology format database which stores formats of those successfully imported ontologies if it is a private unknown format; and an unknown format data importer for separating and importing the data into an ontology database which stores ontologies, in accordance with a result of the format determination by the ontology data format analyzer. Further, the ontology data export apparatus comprises a keyword-based and query-language-combined ontology exporter and an ontology data export format analyzer, and the keyword-based and query-language-combined ontology exporter outputs a query result returned from the ontology database in accordance with the export format returned from the ontology data export format analyzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: NEC (CHINA) CO., LTDInventors: Bangyong LIANG, Hongwei Qi, Qiangze FENG
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Publication number: 20090037087Abstract: The present invention provides a traffic information processing apparatus and method, the apparatus comprises a format unifying device which unifies input traffic information with different formats to traffic information with unified format; and a traffic information integrating device which corrects and/or complements the traffic information with unified format based on a knowledge base to obtain traffic information which is consistent with each other, so as to integrate the traffic information, wherein the knowledge base is external to the apparatus or internal to the apparatus. The traffic information processing apparatus and method according to the present invention can process traffic information with spatial inconsistence, temporal inconsistence and semantic inconsistence so as to integrate effectively the traffic information from a variety of heterogeneous information sources and ensure the accuracy, completeness and reliability of traffic data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: NEC (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongwei QI, Qiangze FENG, Yuguang LIU, Toshikazu FUKUSHIMA, Bangyong LIANG, Xin MENG
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Publication number: 20090012778Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for expanding a query requirement, comprising: a query requirement understanding device which generates an explicit query requirement according to a user query request; and a query requirement expanding device which generates an implicit query requirement associated with the explicit query requirement. The query requirement understanding device generates an explicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching a knowledge base and a language base, and the query requirement expanding device generates an implicit query requirement including a query concept and a question type by searching the knowledge base, the language base and a relevancy database. The present invention further provides a method for expanding a query requirement. The apparatus and method for expanding a query requirement according to the present invention can facilitate a user's query and provide the user with an accurate, comprehensive query answer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: NEC (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiangze Feng, Hongwei Qi, Toshikazu Fukushima, Bangyong Liang, Xin Meng, Yuguang Liu