Patents by Inventor Guli Lin

Guli Lin 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).

  • Determining a characteristic group
    Patent number: 9785989
    Abstract: Determining a characteristic group is disclosed, including: retrieving stored mapping relationship data for first objects and second objects, wherein the mapping relationship data describes connections between the first objects and the second objects; determining a candidate group including at least some of the first objects and at least some of the second objects based at least in part on the mapping relationship data, wherein any first object included in the candidate group is associated with another first object included in the candidate group via one or more other first object(s) or second object(s) included in the candidate group; determining a first characteristic value associated with the candidate group based at least in part on a number of first objects that are included in the candidate group; and determining whether the candidate group comprises a characteristic group based at least in part on the first characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Haijie Gu, Jidong Shao, Guli Lin, Shui Liu
  • Method and apparatus of identifying a website user
    Patent number: 9639844
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of identifying a website user are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Guli Lin, Depin Chen, Zhiqiang Chen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF IDENTIFYING A WEBSITE USER
    Publication number: 20140201048
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of identifying a website user are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Guli Lin, Depin Chen, Zhiqiang Chen
  • DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC GROUP
    Publication number: 20140122294
    Abstract: Determining a characteristic group is disclosed, including: retrieving stored mapping relationship data for first objects and second objects, wherein the mapping relationship data describes connections between the first objects and the second objects; determining a candidate group including at least some of the first objects and at least some of the second objects based at least in part on the mapping relationship data, wherein any first object included in the candidate group is associated with another first object included in the candidate group via one or more other first object(s) or second object(s) included in the candidate group; determining a first characteristic value associated with the candidate group based at least in part on a number of first objects that are included in the candidate group; and determining whether the candidate group comprises a characteristic group based at least in part on the first characteristic value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Chen, Haijie Gu, Jidong Shao, Guli Lin, Shui Liu