Patents by Inventor Wen-Jun Zhou

Wen-Jun 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).

  • Community mining based on core objects and affiliated objects
    Patent number: 7885960
    Abstract: In community mining based on core objects and affiliated objects, a set of core objects for a community of objects are identified from a plurality of objects. The community is expanded, based on the set of core objects, to include a set of affiliated objects. According to one aspect, a model of a community of objects is obtained by grouping a first collection of a plurality of objects into a center portion, and grouping a second collection of the plurality of objects into one or more concentric portions around the center portion. The groupings of the first and second collections of the objects are identified as the community of objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ji-Rong Wen, Wen-Jun Zhou, Wei-Ying Ma, Hong-Jiang Zhang
  • Community mining based on core objects and affiliated objects
    Publication number: 20050021531
    Abstract: In community mining based on core objects and affiliated objects, a set of core objects for a community of objects are identified from a plurality of objects. The community is expanded, based on the set of core objects, to include a set of affiliated objects. According to one aspect, a model of a community of objects is obtained by grouping a first collection of a plurality of objects into a center portion, and grouping a second collection of the plurality of objects into one or more concentric portions around the center portion. The groupings of the first and second collections of the objects are identified as the community of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji-Rong Wen, Wen-Jun Zhou, Wei-Ying Ma, Hong-Jiang Zhang