Patents by Inventor Junlan Feng, JR.

Junlan Feng, JR. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry
    Patent number: 9213758
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry from a client via a network. The method and apparatus receive the inquiry from a client via a network. Based on the inquiry, question-answer pairs retrieved from the network are analyzed to determine a response to the inquiry. The QA pairs are not predefined. As a result, the QA pairs have to be analyzed in order to determine whether they are responsive to a particular inquiry. Questions of the QA pairs may be repetitive and, without more, will not be useful in determining whether their corresponding answer responds to an inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Junlan Feng, Jr., Mazin Gilbert, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Gokhan Tur
  • Method and Apparatus for Responding to an Inquiry
    Publication number: 20140205985
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for responding to an inquiry from a client via a network. The method and apparatus receive the inquiry from a client via a network. Based on the inquiry, question-answer pairs retrieved from the network are analyzed to determine a response to the inquiry. The QA pairs are not predefined. As a result, the QA pairs have to be analyzed in order to determine whether they are responsive to a particular inquiry. Questions of the QA pairs may be repetitive and, without more, will not be useful in determining whether their corresponding answer responds to an inquiry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Junlan Feng, JR., Mazin Gilbert, Dilek Hakkani-Tur, Gokhan Tur