Patents by Inventor Walter Wei-Tuh Chang

Walter Wei-Tuh Chang 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).

  • Publication number: 20160048885
    Abstract: User data and a plurality of micro-segment definitions are received. Each micro-segment definition in the plurality of micro-segment definitions corresponds to one or more offers in an offer provider campaign. Further, a each micro-segment definition from the plurality of micro-segment definitions is parsed into a plurality of parsed expression segments that indicate a plurality of micro-segment condition rules. The plurality of parsed expression segments are compiled into an executable object that indicates a plurality of instructions to determine if the user data matches the plurality of micro-segment definitions. Each micro-segment definition is processed to apply the plurality of micro-segment condition rules to the user data to determine a match of a user belonging to a micro-segment. Further, a score is assigned to indicate the strength of each match. In addition, each match is ranked according to the score for each match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Wei-Tuh Chang, Geoffrey K. Baum
  • Publication number: 20140301644
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for an Extractor that receives a collection of strings and a bounding box(es) for each string. Each bounding box describes a position of at least a portion of a corresponding string in a source document. The source document includes multiple sections for presenting portions of the collection of strings in the source document. The Extractor arranges the collection of strings according to a reading order that corresponds to a language associated with the collection of strings. Upon arranging the collection of strings according to the reading order, the Extractor collects semantic entities from a target document that has the collection of strings ordered according to the reading order. For each collected semantic entity, the Extractor tags the collected semantic entity with a tag that describes a category of content that corresponds to a logical section of the target document from which the semantic entity was extracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Eunyee Koh, Walter Wei-Tuh Chang