Patents by Inventor Jianling Zhong

Jianling Zhong 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: 11475085
    Abstract: Machine learning based method for generating personalized query suggestions is described. Different users may have different search intent even when they are inputting the same search query. The technical problem of personalizing search query suggestions produced by a machine learning model is addressed by extending the sequence to sequence machine learning model framework to be able to take into consideration additional, personalized features of the user, such as, e.g., profile industry, language, geographic location, etc. This methodology includes an offline model training framework as well as an online serving framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jianling Zhong, Weiwei Guo, Lin Guo, Huiji Gao, Bo Long
  • Publication number: 20220030676
    Abstract: A door for a microwave oven is provided. The door (34) include a door frame (44) having a first side and a second side, an outer glass (40) coupled with the first side of the door frame (44), and a glass assembly (52) coupled with the second side of the door frame (44). The glass assembly (52) includes a first substantially transparent glass substrate (70), a second substantially transparent glass substrate (72), and an electrically conductive mesh layer (74) between the first and second substantially transparent glass substrates (70,72). The mesh layer (74) includes a plurality of wires having a diameter less than 0.04 mm, The shielding performance of the door (34) is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vince Huang, Xishuo Qiu, Ping Wu, Wenhao Xie, Song Zhao, Jianling ZHONG
  • Patent number: 11232154
    Abstract: A neural related query generation approach in a search system uses a neural encoder that reads through a source query to build a query intent vector. The approach then processes the query intent vector through a neural decoder to emit a related query. By doing so, the approach gathers information from the entire source query before generating the related query. As a result, the neural encoder-decoder approach captures long-range dependencies in the source query such as, for example, structural ordering of query keywords. The approach can be used to generate related queries for long-tail source queries, including long-tail source queries never before or not recently submitted to the search system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Weiwei Guo, Lin Guo, Jianling Zhong, Huiji Gao, Bo Long
  • Patent number: 11188937
    Abstract: Techniques for extracting features of entities and targets that can be applied in a set of applications, such as entity selection prediction, audience expansion, feed relevance, and job recommendation. In one technique, entity interaction data is stored that indicates, for each of multiple entities, one or more targets that are associated with items with which the entity interacted. Token association data is stored that indicates, for each of multiple tokens, one or more targets that are associated with the token. Then, using one or more machine learning techniques, entity embeddings and target embeddings are generated based on the entity interaction data and the token association data. Later, a request for content is received from a particular entity. Based on at least one entity embedding, a content item for the particular entity is identified. The content item is transferred over a computer network and presented to the particular entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Huiji Gao, Jianling Zhong, Haishan Liu
  • Publication number: 20210263982
    Abstract: Machine learning based method for generating personalized query suggestions is described. Different users may have different search intent even when they are inputting the same search query. The technical problem of personalizing search query suggestions produced by a machine learning model is addressed by extending the sequence to sequence machine learning model framework to be able to take into consideration additional, personalized features of the user, such as, e.g., profile industry, language, geographic location, etc. This methodology includes an offline model training framework as well as an online serving framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jianling Zhong, Weiwei Guo, Lin Guo, Huiji Gao, Bo Long
  • Patent number: 10846587
    Abstract: Herein are techniques to use an artificial neural network to score the relevance of content items for a target and techniques to rank the content items based on their scores. In embodiments, a computer uses a plurality of expansion techniques to identify expanded targets for a content item. For each of the expanded targets, the computer provides inputs to an artificial neural network to generate a relevance score that indicates a relative suitability of the content item for that target. The computer ranks the expanded targets based on the relevance score generated for each of the expanded targets. Based on the ranking, the computer selects a subset of targets from the available expanded targets as the expanded targets for whom the content item is potentially most relevant. The computer stores an association between the content item and each target in the subset of expanded targets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Haishan Liu, Huiji Gao, Jianling Zhong
  • Publication number: 20200311146
    Abstract: A neural related query generation approach in a search system uses a neural encoder that reads through a source query to build a query intent vector. The approach then processes the query intent vector through a neural decoder to emit a related query. By doing so, the approach gathers information from the entire source query before generating the related query. As a result, the neural encoder-decoder approach captures long-range dependencies in the source query such as, for example, structural ordering of query keywords. The approach can be used to generate related queries for long-tail source queries, including long-tail source queries never before or not recently submitted to the search system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Weiwei Guo, Lin Guo, Jianling Zhong, Huiji Gao, Bo Long
  • Publication number: 20190370854
    Abstract: Techniques for extracting features of entities and targets that can be applied in a set of applications, such as entity selection prediction, audience expansion, feed relevance, and job recommendation. In one technique, entity interaction data is stored that indicates, for each of multiple entities, one or more targets that are associated with items with which the entity interacted. Token association data is stored that indicates, for each of multiple tokens, one or more targets that are associated with the token. Then, using one or more machine learning techniques, entity embeddings and target embeddings are generated based on the entity interaction data and the token association data. Later, a request for content is received from a particular entity. Based on at least one entity embedding, a content item for the particular entity is identified. The content item is transferred over a computer network and presented to the particular entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Huiji Gao, Jianling Zhong, Haishan Liu
  • Publication number: 20190034783
    Abstract: Herein are techniques to use an artificial neural network to score the relevance of content items for a target and techniques to rank the content items based on their scores. In embodiments, a computer uses a plurality of expansion techniques to identify expanded targets for a content item. For each of the expanded targets, the computer provides inputs to an artificial neural network to generate a relevance score that indicates a relative suitability of the content item for that target. The computer ranks the expanded targets based on the relevance score generated for each of the expanded targets. Based on the ranking, the computer selects a subset of targets from the available expanded targets as the expanded targets for whom the content item is potentially most relevant. The computer stores an association between the content item and each target in the subset of expanded targets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Haishan Liu, Huiji Gao, Jianling Zhong