Patents by Inventor Weihong Cheng

Weihong Cheng 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).

  • Search based on combining user relationship datauser relationship data
    Patent number: 10409874
    Abstract: A search request including user information and query information sent by a user is received. A search is conducted according to the query information to acquire a first search result associated with the query information. User relationship data associated with the user information is acquired. A second search result associated with both the query information and the user relationship data is acquired. A display order for various search result items in the first search result and the second search result is set. The first search result and the second search result are sent to the user after the display order is set. The techniques of the present disclosure provide abundant personalized search data for users, and meanwhile avoid poor user experience caused by excessive personalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Weihong Cheng
  • SEARCH BASED ON COMBINING USER RELATIONSHIP DATAUSER RELATIONSHIP DATA
    Publication number: 20150363499
    Abstract: A search request including user information and query information sent by a user is received. A search is conducted according to the query information to acquire a first search result associated with the query information. User relationship data associated with the user information is acquired. A second search result associated with both the query information and the user relationship data is acquired. A display order for various search result items in the first search result and the second search result is set. The first search result and the second search result are sent to the user after the display order is set. The techniques of the present disclosure provide abundant personalized search data for users, and meanwhile avoid poor user experience caused by excessive personalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Weihong Cheng