Patents by Inventor Jun Lang

Jun Lang 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: 11741072
    Abstract: An interactive recommendation system is provided. The system comprises an information generation module configured to: provide a set of information contents for outputting in an information interface, wherein each of the set of information contents is associated with an information item; receive a selection of one of the set of information contents that signals the user's interest or disinterest in an information item; determine, based on a model and history data related to prior activities of the user including a plurality of selections from the set of information contents, one or more information items to be included in recommendation information for the user; provide the recommendation information for outputting in a recommendation information interface; and update, based on the history data, the set of information contents for outputting in the information interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Jun Tao, Shuyu Ai, Xu Xie, Keyao Zhu, Yun Liu, Jianhua Wen, Yuliang Yan, Jun Lang, Luo Si
  • Patent number: 11347758
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing search data. For a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement, the disclosure mines entity information for the historical search query and uses that as an answer recommended to users. Thus, the accuracy of entity information recommended to users is improved, and the current problem of poor search results for a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Pengjun Xie, Xin Zhou, Jun Lang
  • Publication number: 20200226142
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing search data. For a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement, the disclosure mines entity information for the historical search query and uses that as an answer recommended to users. Thus, the accuracy of entity information recommended to users is improved, and the current problem of poor search results for a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Pengjun XIE, Xin ZHOU, Jun LANG
  • Patent number: 10635678
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing search data. For a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement, the disclosure mines entity information for the historical search query and uses that as an answer recommended to users. Thus, the accuracy of entity information recommended to users is improved, and the current problem of poor search results for a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Pengjun Xie, Xin Zhou, Jun Lang
  • Publication number: 20200104288
    Abstract: An interactive recommendation system is provided. The system comprises an information generation module configured to: provide a set of information contents for outputting in an information interface, wherein each of the set of information contents is associated with an information item; receive a selection of one of the set of information contents that signals the user's interest or disinterest in an information item; determine, based on a model and history data related to prior activities of the user including a plurality of selections from the set of information contents, one or more information items to be included in recommendation information for the user; provide the recommendation information for outputting in a recommendation information interface; and update, based on the history data, the set of information contents for outputting in the information interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jun TAO, Shuyu AI, Xu XIE, Keyao ZHU, Yun LIU, Jianhua WEN, Yuliang YAN, Jun LANG, Luo SI
  • Patent number: 10381232
    Abstract: A method may include providing a surface feature on a substrate, the surface feature comprising a feature shape a feature location, and a dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane; depositing a layer comprising a layer material on the surface feature; and directing ions in an ion exposure at an angle of incidence toward the substrate, the angle of incidence forming a non-zero angle with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, wherein the ion exposure comprises the ions and reactive neutral species, the ion exposure reactively etching the layer material, wherein the ions impact a first portion of the surface feature and do not impact a second portion of the surface feature, and wherein an altered surface feature is generated, the altered surface feature differing from the surface feature in at least one of: the dimension along the first direction, the feature shape, or the feature location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Simon Ruffell, Huixiong Dai, Jun Lang, John Hautala
  • Publication number: 20190205769
    Abstract: Data processing method, apparatus, device and computer readable storage media are provided. A first product object is selected. One or more candidate product objects that are similar to the first product object are determined. A candidate question set is constructed for the first product object based on existing user questions of the one or more candidate product objects. Based on the candidate question set of the first product object, a recommended question set of the first product object is constructed. The data processing method, apparatus, device and computer readable storage media of the embodiments of the present disclosure are capable of pushing questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Pengjun XIE, Jun Lang, Luo SI
  • Publication number: 20190079925
    Abstract: A method including acquiring a product title and extracting at least one descriptor from the product title; acquiring weight values of users for the at least one descriptor respectively, the weight values being obtained by calculation according to historical behavior data of the users; selecting a reconstruction descriptor from the at least one descriptor according to the weight values; and generating a reconstructed title of the product title by using the reconstruction descriptor. By using the example embodiments of the present disclosure, personalized reconstructed titles are customized for different users, thus improving the efficiency of finding preferred products by the users through searching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jingang Wang, Qiu Long, Jun Lang, SI Luo
  • Publication number: 20180374141
    Abstract: The present application provides information pushing methods and systems. A demand object of a user is determined according to historical behavior data of the user, and user generated content (UGC) associated with the demand object of the user is pushed to the user, so that the pushed information is more credible. Further, the present application can be applied to an e-commerce website to increase users' purchasing power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Yangyang Kang, Changlong Sun, Jun Lang
  • Publication number: 20180261463
    Abstract: A method may include providing a surface feature on a substrate, the surface feature comprising a feature shape a feature location, and a dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane; depositing a layer comprising a layer material on the surface feature; and directing ions in an ion exposure at an angle of incidence toward the substrate, the angle of incidence forming a non-zero angle with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, wherein the ion exposure comprises the ions and reactive neutral species, the ion exposure reactively etching the layer material, wherein the ions impact a first portion of the surface feature and do not impact a second portion of the surface feature, and wherein an altered surface feature is generated, the altered surface feature differing from the surface feature in at least one of: the dimension along the first direction, the feature shape, or the feature location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Ruffell, Huixiong Dai, Jun Lang, John Hautala
  • Patent number: 9984889
    Abstract: A method may include providing a surface feature on a substrate, the surface feature comprising a feature shape a feature location, and a dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane; depositing a layer comprising a layer material on the surface feature; and directing ions in an ion exposure at an angle of incidence toward the substrate, the angle of incidence forming a non-zero angle with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, wherein the ion exposure comprises the ions and reactive neutral species, the ion exposure reactively etching the layer material, wherein the ions impact a first portion of the surface feature and do not impact a second portion of the surface feature, and wherein an altered surface feature is generated, the altered surface feature differing from the surface feature in at least one of: the dimension along the first direction, the feature shape, or the feature location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Ruffell, Huixiong Dai, Jun Lang, John Hautala
  • Publication number: 20180089325
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus and a client of processing information recommendation are disclosed. The method includes expanding a search term into at least one search sentence based on a preconfigured information corpus in response to determining that the search term is a broad search term; obtaining recommended information that matches the search sentence from a selected information set; and presenting at least one piece of the recommended information. Using the method or apparatus embodiment of the present disclosure, recommended information matching a search sentence may be pushed to a user. The recommended information not only enriches the space of selection for the user, but also provides additional search guidance to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yuliang Yan, Jun Lang, Heng Huang, Yunchuan Wang, Ji Mou
  • Publication number: 20180060419
    Abstract: An example method for generating a prompting keyword may include receiving a target search keyword sent by a client terminal and determining a target scene keyword corresponding to the target search keyword. The target scene keyword may indicate an application scenario of an object corresponding to the target search keyword. The method may further include obtaining, based on the target scene keyword, a target prompting keyword corresponding to the target scene keyword to ensure to generate target prompting keywords more comprehensive and effectively help users to improve search efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Pengjun XIE, Qiu Long, Kang Sun, Jun Lang
  • Publication number: 20180053234
    Abstract: The present application provides methods, systems, and electronic devices for generating and presenting data object description information. The generation method includes: obtaining an evaluation information set of a data object; extracting at least one current feature word set and at least one current sentiment word set from the evaluation information set; determining a representative feature word of each current feature word set respectively; determining a representative sentiment word corresponding to each representative feature word respectively according to a sentiment word associated with a feature word in each current feature word set; and generating description information based on at least one representative feature word and a respective corresponding representative sentiment word.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Changlong Sun, Qiu Long, Jun Lang
  • Publication number: 20180011857
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for processing search data. For a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement, the disclosure mines entity information for the historical search query and uses that as an answer recommended to users. Thus, the accuracy of entity information recommended to users is improved, and the current problem of poor search results for a historical search query that includes a knowledge requirement is solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Pengjun XIE, Xin ZHOU, Jun LANG
  • Publication number: 20170358006
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for processing and displaying online review data of products. In one implementation, a method for processing and displaying online review data may include: acquiring the review data of a target object in accordance with an access trigger instruction of a target user; determining whether an association relationship exists between the target user and a user corresponding to the review data in a pre-established multidimensional user relationship table; in response to the association relationship existing, acquiring the association relationship; and displaying an identifier of the association relationship. Embodiments consistent with the present disclosure optimize the display of review data of a target object, which can help a user better understand the target object, thereby improving the credibility of the review data of the target object and improving user experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Sheng LI, Pengjun XIE, Changlong SUN, Jun LANG
  • Publication number: 20170263460
    Abstract: A method may include providing a surface feature on a substrate, the surface feature comprising a feature shape a feature location, and a dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane; depositing a layer comprising a layer material on the surface feature; and directing ions in an ion exposure at an angle of incidence toward the substrate, the angle of incidence forming a non-zero angle with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, wherein the ion exposure comprises the ions and reactive neutral species, the ion exposure reactively etching the layer material, wherein the ions impact a first portion of the surface feature and do not impact a second portion of the surface feature, and wherein an altered surface feature is generated, the altered surface feature differing from the surface feature in at least one of: the dimension along the first direction, the feature shape, or the feature location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Simon Ruffell, Huixiong Dai, Jun Lang, John Hautala
  • Publication number: 20160320950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information search navigation method and apparatus. The disclosed methods and apparatus operate using a process comprises the following steps: monitoring a user operation on a search result page; determining search words corresponding to the search result page when the operation satisfies the preset condition; acquiring and displaying the pre-generated guide information corresponding to the search words, wherein the guide information carries a plurality of keyword tags; and displaying the search result page corresponding to the keyword tags operated by the user. The server can display the guide information corresponding to the search words on the search result page, and also present a more accurate search result page to the user based on the user's keyword tags operation. This improves the efficiency of target information lookup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Yangyang Kang, Changlong Sun, Jun Lang
  • Patent number: 9053527
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting defects on a wafer are provided. One method includes identifying one or more characteristics of first raw output generated for a wafer that correspond to one or more geometrical characteristics of patterned features formed on the wafer and assigning individual output in second raw output generated for the wafer to different segments based on the identified one or more characteristics of the first raw output and based on the individual output in the second raw output and individual output in the first raw output that were generated at substantially the same locations on the wafer such that the one or more geometrical characteristics of the patterned features that correspond to each of the different segments in the second raw output are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Lang, Kan Chen, Lisheng Gao, Junqing Huang
  • Patent number: 8211563
    Abstract: A wet-to-use organic cell battery includes a container filled with an electrolyte that is made from organic materials, an electrolyte solution, such as water, can be repeatedly added into the container to mix with the electrolyte, and two electrodes electrically connected to a mixture of the electrolyte and the electrolyte solution, and insulated from each other. Thus, the organic cell battery of the present invention has the advantages of being able to preserve the electrodes from consumption and rustiness, being refreshable, and being benign to environment and public health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: National Formosa University
    Inventors: Chung-Pin Liao, Bin-Huang Yang, Jun-Lang Chen