Patents by Inventor Michelle Xue Zhou
Michelle Xue Zhou 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).
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Patent number: 10720081Abstract: The present teaching relates to matching users with items. In one example, information related to one or more users is obtained from one or more sources including an online source. The information is transformed into one or more psychological needs of each user. One or more items are obtained. Each item is associated with abilities to satisfy one or more psychological needs. The one or more users are matched with the one or more items based on the users' psychological needs and the items' abilities to satisfy psychological needs to generate a matching result. The matching result is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: JUJI, INC.Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Patent number: 10635752Abstract: The present teaching relates to obtaining information from a user via a bot. In one example, a request is obtained to collect information in connection with a user. A statement is generated to be expressed to the user for facilitating a conversation between the user and the bot based on the request. Information is received in connection with the user and collected during the conversation. The collected information characterizes the user in a plurality of modalities. The collected information is automatically analyzed in the plurality of modalities to obtain an assessment of one or more human traits of the user. A plurality of result summaries are generated based on the assessment. The plurality of result summaries are provided in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: JUJI, INC.Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Publication number: 20170344532Abstract: The present teaching relates to obtaining information from a user via a bot. In one example, a request is obtained to collect information in connection with a user. A statement is generated to be expressed to the user for facilitating a conversation between the user and the bot based on the request. Information is received in connection with the user and collected during the conversation. The collected information characterizes the user in a plurality of modalities. The collected information is automatically analyzed in the plurality of modalities to obtain an assessment of one or more human traits of the user. A plurality of result summaries are generated based on the assessment. The plurality of result summaries are provided in response to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Publication number: 20170053558Abstract: The present teaching relates to matching users with items. In one example, information related to one or more users is obtained from one or more sources including an online source. The information is transformed into one or more psychological needs of each user. One or more items are obtained. Each item is associated with abilities to satisfy one or more psychological needs. The one or more users are matched with the one or more items based on the users' psychological needs and the items' abilities to satisfy psychological needs to generate a matching result. The matching result is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Publication number: 20170046748Abstract: The present teaching relates to personifying a brand. In one example, information associated with a brand is received. Based on the received information, data related to the brand is retrieved. The data includes information indicative of desired market impression associated with the brand. The data is transformed to derive at least one brand persona that characterizes the brand based on the information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Publication number: 20170046346Abstract: The present teaching relates to characterizing a user's reputation. In one example, information related to a plurality of users is obtained from one or more sources. The information is obtained with respect to at least one type of online activity. The information is transformed into one or more human traits of the plurality of users. Each human trait for each of the plurality of users is estimated based at least partially on the information related to the user. Each human trait is associated with at least one score. A reputation of a user included in the plurality users is estimated with respect to the user's one or more human traits, based on at least one score associated with each of one or more human traits of the user and at least one score associated with each of the one or more human traits of the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Huahai Yang
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Patent number: 9569510Abstract: Embodiments relate to interacting with a collection of user opinion documents associated with a topic. One aspect includes obtaining opinion data for the collection of opinion documents associated with the topic. The opinion data includes one or more features discussed in the opinion documents, one or more key phrases included in each feature, one or more text snippets included in each feature, and at least one sentiment expressed in each text snippet. A visual interface is provided in which a feature summary view of the opinion documents acts a top level of a navigational hierarchy. The visual interface allows user navigation from the top level to a lower level of the navigational hierarchy in order to display more details about a text snippet, as compared to the feature summary view, while continuing to provide the feature summary view.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Liang Gou, Eben Haber, Mengdie Hu, Eser Kandogan, Yunyao Li, Huahai Yang, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Publication number: 20150095311Abstract: Embodiments relate to interacting with a collection of user opinion documents associated with a topic. One aspect includes obtaining opinion data for the collection of opinion documents associated with the topic. The opinion data includes one or more features discussed in the opinion documents, one or more key phrases included in each feature, one or more text snippets included in each feature, and at least one sentiment expressed in each text snippet. A visual interface is provided in which a feature summary view of the opinion documents acts a top level of a navigational hierarchy. The visual interface allows user navigation from the top level to a lower level of the navigational hierarchy in order to display more details about a text snippet, as compared to the feature summary view, while continuing to provide the feature summary view.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liang Gou, Eben Haber, Mengdie Hu, Eser Kandogan, Yunyao Li, Huahai Yang, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Patent number: 8965922Abstract: An intelligent content assistance system generates context-sensitive content recommendation during business processes. Information needs of a user in context are dynamically monitored and detected. Content-recommendation templates are retrieved to match the detected information needs, and instantiated using information from user input, context, interaction history, system-learned query and content models, and external sources. Context, interaction history, and system-learned models are dynamically updated for learning and adaptation. The system and methods are applicable to multiple domains and applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eser Kandogan, Jie Lu, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Patent number: 8605092Abstract: A method and apparatus of animation planning for a dynamic graph is provided. A first method includes grouping changed nodes into atomic partitions according to the relationships between the changed nodes and existing nodes. The next step is clustering the atomic partitions according to clustering distances between the atomic partitions to generate a running list for planning animation of node changes in the dynamic graph. The running list includes elements selected from the group consisting of clusters of atomic partitions and atomic partitions. The present invention is able to plan a multi-stage animation demonstration of changes of a dynamic graph and has a improved readability and animation speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nan Cao, Shi Xia Liu, Li Tan, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Patent number: 8245135Abstract: A method and system of producing a visual text summarization. According to the method, a plurality of topics may be extracted from a collection of text documents, where each of the topics comprises a distribution of topic keywords. An importance ranking for each of the topics may be determined, and an importance ranking for each of the topic keywords of a topic may also be determined. A graph may be displayed having a plurality of stacked layers representing a group of topics selected from the plurality of topics based on the importance ranking of the topics. A keyword cloud within each layer of the graph may also be displayed, where the one keyword cloud is a group of topic keywords selected from the extracted topic keywords based on the importance ranking of the extracted topic keywords.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Wei Jia Cai, Xiao Xiao Lian, Shixia Liu, Shimei Pan, Wei Hong Qian, Yang Qiu Song, Qiang Zhang, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Publication number: 20100277481Abstract: A method and apparatus of animation planning for a dynamic graph is provided. A first method includes grouping changed nodes into atomic partitions according to the relationships between the changed nodes and existing nodes. The next step is clustering the atomic partitions according to clustering distances between the atomic partitions to generate a running list for planning animation of node changes in the dynamic graph. The running list includes elements selected from the group consisting of clusters of atomic partitions and atomic partitions. The present invention is able to plan a multi-stage animation demonstration of changes of a dynamic graph and has a improved readability and animation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Nan Cao, Shi Xia Liu, Li Tan, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Publication number: 20090112832Abstract: An intelligent content assistance system generates context-sensitive content recommendation during business processes. Information needs of a user in context are dynamically monitored and detected. Content-recommendation templates are retrieved to match the detected information needs, and instantiated using information from user input, context, interaction history, system-learned query and content models, and external sources. Context, interaction history, and system-learned models are dynamically updated for learning and adaptation. The system and methods are applicable to multiple domains and applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eser Kandogan, Jie Lu, Michelle Xue Zhou
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Patent number: 7240050Abstract: A technique is provided for generating automated graphics in response to a user request. A measure of similarity between the user request and one or more stored graphics examples is determined. At least one stored graphics example is obtained based on the similarity measure. Graphics are created from the at least one obtained graphics example and the user request.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michelle Xue Zhou, Min Chen