Patents by Inventor Wen Yan Miao

Wen Yan Miao 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 of determining product category information
    Patent number: 9418147
    Abstract: A user may submit product title information to a server. The server may generate a phrase based on the product title information. The server may then search a database to find relevancies between the phrase and product categories corresponding to multiple nodes in a product category tree. Based on the relevancies, the server may select a node from the multiple nodes. The server may associate the product title information with the node corresponding to a product category when the node is a leaf node of the product category tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wen Yan Miao, Jian Ping Qian
  • Method and apparatus of determining product category information
    Patent number: 9047369
    Abstract: A user may submit product title information to a server. The server may generate a phrase based on the product title information. The server may then search a database to find relevancies between the phrase and product categories corresponding to multiple nodes in a product category tree. Based on the relevancies, the server may select a node from the multiple nodes. The server may associate the product title information with the node corresponding to a product category when the node is a leaf node of the product category tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wen Yan Miao, Jian Ping Qian
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING PRODUCT CATEGORY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20140379724
    Abstract: A user may submit product title information to a server. The server may generate a phrase based on the product title information. The server may then search a database to find relevancies between the phrase and product categories corresponding to multiple nodes in a product category tree. Based on the relevancies, the server may select a node from the multiple nodes. The server may associate the product title information with the node corresponding to a product category when the node is a leaf node of the product category tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Wen Yan Miao, Jian Ping Qian
  • Method and apparatus of determining product category information
    Patent number: 8874582
    Abstract: A user may submit product title information to a server. The server may generate a phrase based on the product title information. The server may then search a database to find relevancies between the phrase and product categories corresponding to multiple nodes in a product category tree. Based on the relevancies, the server may select a node from the multiple nodes. The server may associate the product title information with the node corresponding to a product category when the node is a leaf node of the product category tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wen Yan Miao, Jian Ping Qian
  • Method and Apparatus of Determining Product Category Information
    Publication number: 20120330961
    Abstract: A user may submit product title information to a server. The server may generate a phrase based on the product title information. The server may then search a database to find relevancies between the phrase and product categories corresponding to multiple nodes in a product category tree. Based on the relevancies, the server may select a node from the multiple nodes. The server may associate the product title information with the node corresponding to a product category when the node is a leaf node of the product category tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
    Inventors: Wen Yan Miao, Jian Ping Qian