Patents by Inventor Huazhong Ning

Huazhong Ning 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: 11216503
    Abstract: Implementations provide an improved system for presenting search results based on entity associations of the search items. An example method includes generating first-level clusters of items responsive to a query, each cluster representing an entity in a knowledge base and including items mapped to the entity, merging the first-level clusters based on entity ontology relationships, applying hierarchical clustering to the merged clusters, producing final clusters, and initiating display of the items according to the final clusters. Another example method includes generating first-level clusters from items responsive to a query, each cluster representing an entity in a knowledge base and including items mapped to the entity, producing final clusters by merging the first-level clusters based on an entity ontology and an embedding space that is generated from an embedding model that uses the mapping, and initiating display of the items responsive to the query according to the final clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jilin Chen, Peng Dai, Lichan Hong, Tianjiao Zhang, Huazhong Ning, Ed Huai-Hsin Chi
  • Patent number: 10496691
    Abstract: Implementations provide an improved system for presenting search results based on entity associations of the search items. An example method includes generating first-level clusters of items responsive to a query, each cluster representing an entity in a knowledge base and including items mapped to the entity, merging the first-level clusters based on entity ontology relationships, applying hierarchical clustering to the merged clusters, producing final clusters, and initiating display of the items according to the final clusters. Another example method includes generating first-level clusters from items responsive to a query, each cluster representing an entity in a knowledge base and including items mapped to the entity, producing final clusters by merging the first-level clusters based on an entity ontology and an embedding space that is generated from an embedding model that uses the mapping, and initiating display of the items responsive to the query according to the final clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jilin Chen, Peng Dai, Lichan Hong, Tianjiao Zhang, Huazhong Ning, Ed Huai-Hsin Chi
  • Patent number: 10474688
    Abstract: A system and method of recommending a bundle of content items to a user, including storing a plurality of content items in a computer system, determining a respective co-selection score for each pair of content items among the plurality of content items, the co-selection score indicating a probability that a given pair of content items among the plurality of content items will both be downloaded by a user of the computer system, and outputting, to a first user, a plurality of content items comprising a sub-set of the plurality of content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Wei Chai, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Patent number: 10430452
    Abstract: The user feedback module receives from a user device a selection of a seed media item. The seed media item includes a seed label. The user feedback module further generates a list, the list includes the seed label and a set of related labels based on the seed label. The seed label and each related label include a separate label weight. The user feedback module also identifies multiple media items associated with an associate label. The associate label includes at least one of the seed label or a related label of the first set of related labels. The user feedback module also transmits to the user device a first media item from the multiple media items. The user feedback module adjusts the label weight of the associate label based on a user feedback on the first media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: David Alexander Ross, Christopher Tim Althoff, Huazhong Ning, Mohamad Tarifi, Douglas Eck
  • Patent number: 10241772
    Abstract: A method is described that includes comprising receiving, by a first computing device and from a second computing device, an indication of user interaction with a first application. The method also includes determining, by the first computing device and based on the user interaction with the first application, a user engagement score associated with the first application, the user engagement score indicating at least one of how frequently or how long the user uses the first application. The method also includes responsive to determining that the user engagement score does not satisfy a threshold user engagement score, determining, by the first computing device and from a set of applications that are alternatives to the first application, a second application to substitute for the first application. The method further includes sending, by the first computing device and to the second computing device, for display, an indication of the second application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Haichun Chen
  • Publication number: 20180129664
    Abstract: A system and method of recommending a bundle of content items to a user, including storing a plurality of content items in a computer system, determining a respective co-selection score for each pair of content items among the plurality of content items, the co-selection score indicating a probability that a given pair of content items among the plurality of content items will both be downloaded by a user of the computer system, and outputting, to a first user, a plurality of content items comprising a sub-set of the plurality of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Huazhong NING, Wei CHAI, Hrishikesh ARADHYE
  • Patent number: 9817895
    Abstract: A system and method for associating videos with geographic locations is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a location module, a tagging module and a database association module. The communication module receives a video uploaded by a content provider and a set of video data describing the video. The location module determines that the video describes a geographic location included in a geographic map based at least in part on the video data. The tagging module determines one or more travelling tags for the video based at least in part on the video data. The database association module associates the video and the one or more travelling tags with the geographic location so that the video with the one or more travelling tags is included in the geographic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20170177572
    Abstract: The user feedback module receives from a user device a selection of a seed media item. The seed media item includes a seed label. The user feedback module further generates a list, the list includes the seed label and a set of related labels based on the seed label. The seed label and each related label include a separate label weight. The user feedback module also identifies multiple media items associated with an associate label. The associate label includes at least one of the seed label or a related label of the first set of related labels. The user feedback module also transmits to the user device a first media item from the multiple media items. The user feedback module adjusts the label weight of the associate label based on a user feedback on the first media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: David Alexander Ross, Christopher Tim Althoff, Huazhong Ning, Mohamad Tarifi, Douglas Eck
  • Patent number: 9684656
    Abstract: A method for creating personalized and continuous playlists for a content sharing platform based on user history is disclosed. The method includes grouping content items into groups based on whether users access the content items close together in time and whether the content items appear together in search results and are both selected by the users, the groupings representing a relatedness between pairs of the content items, determining probabilities that the users transition between the groups when viewing the content items, assigning, for a user of the users, a score to each group in a subset of the groups, wherein the scores represents preferences of the user for viewing the content items of the subset, selecting, for the user, a group in the subset based on the assigned scores and the probabilities, and providing a content item from the selected group to include in a playlist generated for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Huazhong Ning
  • Patent number: 9619470
    Abstract: A user feedback module, executable by a processing device from memory is disclosed. The user feedback module receives from a user device a selection of a seed media item. The seed media item includes a seed label. The user feedback module further generates a list, the list includes the seed label and a set of related labels based on the seed label. The seed label and each related label include a separate label weight. The user feedback module also identifies multiple media items associated with an associate label. The associate label includes at least one of the seed label or a related label of the first set of related labels. The user feedback module also transmits to the user device a first media item from the multiple media items. The user feedback module adjusts the label weight of the associate label based on a user feedback on the first media item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander Ross, Christopher Tim Althoff, Huazhong Ning, Mohamad Tarifi, Douglas Eck
  • Patent number: 9477757
    Abstract: A method includes generating a ranking model and a baseline mixing weight for each latent user category from a plurality of latent user categories based on a community preference dataset and one or more latent variables that relate the users from the community of users to the latent user categories. The method also includes generating a personalized mixing weight for each latent user category for a specified user based on an individual preference dataset, the ranking models for the latent user category, and one or more latent variables that relate the specified user to the latent user categories. The method also includes adjusting the personalized mixing weight for each latent user category for the specified user based on the baseline mixing weights, and generating ranking output for at least some objects from the plurality of objects using the personalized mixing weights and the ranking models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Zhen Li, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20160253684
    Abstract: Systems and methods of structures reviews through auto-generated tags are provided that include providing, with a computing device having an input device and a display device, a user interface to receive a review for an object from a reviewer, selecting a set of tags from an object tag collection stored in a database communicatively coupled to the computing device according to the object and the reviewer, displaying, by the display device of the computing device, the selected set of tags on a display, receiving an input, by the input device, to remove one or more of the displayed tags, and storing, by a storage device, the remaining tags of the set of tags that are submitted according to the received input for the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Cheng Sheng, Wei Chai, Hrishikesh Balkrishna Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20160132783
    Abstract: A system and method of determining sets of related terms in a target domain based on a probability of co-occurrence in a source domain user model and a target domain user model of a same user, creating an adapted user model for a first user based on the sets of related terms, and merging the adapted user model with a target domain user model for the first user to form a merged user model for the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Cheng Sheng, Wei Chai
  • Publication number: 20160125034
    Abstract: A system and method of annotating an application, including obtaining input signals associated with a target application, wherein the input signals are obtained from a plurality of sources, obtaining first annotation data from the obtained input signals, generating second annotation data in a machine-understandable form based on the first annotation data, and associating the second annotation data with the target application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Weilong Yang, Tianhong Fang, Min-hsuan Tsai, Hrishikesh Balkrishna Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20160124959
    Abstract: A system and method of recommending a bundle of content items to a user, including storing a plurality of content items in a computer system, determining a respective co-selection score for each pair of content items among the plurality of content items, the co-selection score indicating a probability that a given pair of content items among the plurality of content items will both be downloaded by a user of the computer system, and outputting, to a first user, a plurality of content items comprising a sub-set of the plurality of content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Huazhong NING, Wei CHAI, Hrishikesh ARADHYE
  • Publication number: 20160012066
    Abstract: A system and method for associating videos with geographic locations is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a location module, a tagging module and a database association module. The communication module receives a video uploaded by a content provider and a set of video data describing the video. The location module determines that the video describes a geographic location included in a geographic map based at least in part on the video data. The tagging module determines one or more travelling tags for the video based at least in part on the video data. The database association module associates the video and the one or more travelling tags with the geographic location so that the video with the one or more travelling tags is included in the geographic map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Patent number: 9179192
    Abstract: A system and method for associating videos with geographic locations is disclosed. The system comprises a communication module, a location module, a tagging module and a database association module. The communication module receives a video uploaded by a content provider and a set of video data describing the video. The location module determines that the video describes a geographic location included in a geographic map based at least in part on the video data. The tagging module determines one or more travelling tags for the video based at least in part on the video data. The database association module associates the video and the one or more travelling tags with the geographic location so that the video with the one or more travelling tags is included in the geographic map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20150220525
    Abstract: A user feedback module, executable by a processing device from memory is disclosed. The user feedback module receives from a user device a selection of a seed media item. The seed media item includes a seed label. The user feedback module further generates a list, the list includes the seed label and a set of related labels based on the seed label. The seed label and each related label include a separate label weight. The user feedback module also identifies multiple media items associated with an associate label. The associate label includes at least one of the seed label or a related label of the first set of related labels. The user feedback module also transmits to the user device a first media item from the multiple media items. The user feedback module adjusts the label weight of the associate label based on a user feedback on the first media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Alexander Ross, Christopher Tim Althoff, Huazhong Ning, Mohamad Tarifi, Douglas Eck
  • Patent number: 8971645
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for video categorization using heterogeneous signals are disclosed. One aspect of the disclosed embodiments is a method for categorizing a plurality of video streams. The method includes determining a plurality of features of at least some of the plurality of video streams, determining a category of a first video stream of the plurality of video stream based on its plurality of features, identifying, using a processor, a relationship between the first video stream and a second video stream of the plurality of videos, the relationship having an associated weight, and updating, using the processor, the category of the first video stream based on a first message determined using the associated weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Huazhong Ning, Zhen Li, Hrishikesh Aradhye
  • Publication number: 20150039620
    Abstract: A method for creating personalized and continuous playlists for a content sharing platform based on user history is disclosed. The method includes grouping content items into groups based on whether users access the content items close together in time and whether the content items appear together in search results and are both selected by the users, the groupings representing a relatedness between pairs of the content items, determining probabilities that the users transition between the groups when viewing the content items, assigning, for a user of the users, a score to each group in a subset of the groups, wherein the scores represents preferences of the user for viewing the content items of the subset, selecting, for the user, a group in the subset based on the assigned scores and the probabilities, and providing a content item from the selected group to include in a playlist generated for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Huazhong Ning