Patents by Inventor Xianfeng Hu

Xianfeng Hu 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).

  • Sentiment analysis of product reviews from social media
    Patent number: 10489510
    Abstract: User generated content, particularly Chinese language content, is retrieved from various sources such as forums, microblogs, social media sites, and the like. A portion of the content is manually labeled with a sentiment associated with the content and may be classified according to subject matter referenced. Sentiment-indicating features of the content is extracted according to a sentiment dictionary, which may include topic-specific jargon. The features are used to train a classifier to determine sentiment of content based on sentiment-indicating features. The sentiment for other content may then be determined using the classifier. The output of the classifier may be combined with an explicit rating of a product or product feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Zhen Jiang, Xianfeng Hu, Yan Fu, Yao Ge, Jian Fang
  • Sentiment Analysis of Product Reviews From Social Media
    Publication number: 20180307677
    Abstract: User generated content, particularly Chinese language content, is retrieved from various sources such as forums, microblogs, social media sites, and the like. A portion of the content is manually labeled with a sentiment associated with the content and may be classified according to subject matter referenced. Sentiment-indicating features of the content is extracted according to a sentiment dictionary, which may include topic-specific jargon. The features are used to train a classifier to determine sentiment of content based on sentiment-indicating features. The sentiment for other content may then be determined using the classifier. The output of the classifier may be combined with an explicit rating of a product or product feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Zhen Jiang, Xianfeng Hu, Yan Fu, Yao Ge, Jian Fang