Patents by Inventor Xiao Xun Zhang

Xiao Xun Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 10397522
    Abstract: A method for identifying popular segments of a network video comprising: receiving video player operation information for a plurality of video players operated by users accessing the network video; evaluating a popularity measure for one or more segments of the network-video using the received operation information so as to identify popular segments of the network video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yan Chen, Jian Hui He, Zhi Hua Pan, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180013983
    Abstract: A method for identifying popular segments of a network video comprising: receiving video player operation information for a plurality of video players operated by users accessing the network video; evaluating a popularity measure for one or more segments of the network-video using the received operation information so as to identify popular segments of the network video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: YAN CHEN, JIAN HUI HE, ZHI HUA PAN, ZHONG SU, XIAO XUN ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9251132
    Abstract: A document tagging method and apparatus. According to the method, a focused entity relevant to a basic document and a sentiment polarity of comments on the focused entity are acquired, and then a tag is generated on the basic document from the focused entity and the corresponding sentiment polarity. The present invention can tag the basic document with an opinion on the relevant focused entity and thus facilitate knowledge of the opinion on a relevant entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: HongLei Guo, Zhi Li Guo, Zong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Patent number: 9055419
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recommending a short message recipient. The method includes parsing history short messages of a user to generate data associated with contacts, constructing a semantic association database by using the data, identifying a critical object in a new short message text of the user, analyzing an association between the critical object and the contacts by using the semantic association database, and recommending a short message recipient to the user according to a strength of association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Li, Jing Luo, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9015168
    Abstract: A device for generating opinion pairs having sentiment orientation based impact relations, having: a reception unit which receives a plurality of object-oriented opinions; an extraction unit which extracts opinions having impact relations among the plurality of object-oriented opinions; an analysis unit which analyzes sentiment orientations of the extracted respective opinions; and a generation unit which establishes correlations between the opinions having sentiment orientation based impact relations to generate the opinion pairs having the sentiment orientation based impact relations. The present device can search and locate more implicit opinions as supplementary opinions by detecting impact relations from a plurality of opinions, and help users interested in different objects obtain more comprehensive comments and summaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Rui Ma, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Patent number: 8874604
    Abstract: A method and system for searching an electronic map. The method includes the steps of: receiving a query entered by a user for searching the electronic map; extracting place names in the query; extracting in web pages searched on a computer network co-occurrence place names that co-occurred with the place names; selecting extension place names from the co-occurrence place names, thereby obtaining a set of extension place names; generating a set of queries, wherein the set of queries includes the query entered by the user, and includes a query obtained by replacing the place names in the query entered by the user with each extension place name in the set of extension place names respectively; and sending the set of queries to a map search engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Rui Ma, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Patent number: 8869025
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for identifying an advertisement in a web page. The method includes the steps of: receiving a sample page; analyzing a source code of the sample page to obtain a node feature of the sample page; analyzing the node feature using a preset rule to find a sample advertisement in the sample page; analyzing a first link of the sample advertisement to obtain a link mode of the sample advertisement; and utilizing the link mode to identify a second advertisement, where at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device so that the advertisement in a web page is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shenghua Bao, Zhong Su, Li Zhang, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8868556
    Abstract: There are disclosed a method and a device for tagging a document. The method includes the steps of acquiring structural information of the document, retrieving a content block list corresponding to a user-input tag, comparing blocks in the structural information with blocks in the content block list, to obtain similar blocks, and annotating the user-input tag at positions, which correspond to the similar blocks, in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Fei, Bo Hu, Zhong Su, Xian Wu, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8862460
    Abstract: System, method and program product for text processing using object coreference technology. In particular, the invention provides a text processing method which includes, acquiring text to be processed; extracting subject words and entity words corresponding to the subject words from the text; grouping the subject words; determining entity words that reference a same concerned object according to the grouped subject words; and generating processing policy for entity words that reference a same concerned object. The invention also includes a system with means for carrying out the method. The invention generally realizes automatic, more comprehensive, accurate, efficient analysis and processing on text data. The invention can be used to dig a large amount of comment data about some entity, and the invention can also be used to suggest insertion place in an article where embedded advertisement is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Rui Ma, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Patent number: 8589448
    Abstract: This invention aims to provide a method and apparatus for displaying and/or browsing a multi-faceted data set containing hierarchical subject labels. In the present invention, subject labels can be located into a 3D space. Complex information, such as, the relationship between subject labels and weights of respective subject labels can be presented by displaying the 3D space. In this way, the screen size can be reduced and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Lei Guo, Zhili Guo, Zhong Su, Xian Wu, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130288725
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recommending a short message recipient. The method includes parsing history short messages of a user to generate data associated with contacts, constructing a semantic association database by using the data, identifying a critical object in a new short message text of the user, analyzing an association between the critical object and the contacts by using the semantic association database, and recommending a short message recipient to the user according to a strength of association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Ying Li, Jing Luo, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8489626
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recommending a short message recipient. The method includes parsing history short messages of a user to generate data associated with contacts, constructing a semantic association database by using the data, identifying a critical object in a new short message text of the user, analyzing an association between the critical object and the contacts by using the semantic association database, and recommending a short message recipient to the user according to a strength of association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Li, Jing Luo, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8285713
    Abstract: An image search method and system using face detection, begins with receiving a query submitted by a user. Next a query word is searched in the query from an image resource using an image search engine to obtain an initial image collection. Any faces are detected in each image in the initial image collection which has been searched. A search for the query word in a text surrounding each image having the face in the initial image collection is performed. A determination is made whether the query word indicates at least one person's name in the surrounding text matching the query word. An image an image in the initial image collection is returned to a user in which the face is included and the query word in the surrounding text indicates the person's name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Luo, Xiao Xun Zhang, Zhong Su
  • Publication number: 20120197899
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recommending a short message recipient. The method includes parsing history short messages of a user to generate data associated with contacts, constructing a semantic association database by using the data, identifying a critical object in a new short message text of the user, analyzing an association between the critical object and the contacts by using the semantic association database, and recommending a short message recipient to the user according to a strength of association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Li, Jing Luo, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8161059
    Abstract: A system and method for collecting entity aliases include a web object collection component that obtains, from a web search engine, at least one Web object associated with a user' input entity. The system and method also include a social tag collection component that obtains a respective set of social tags for each of the Web objects from a social tag website and defines candidate aliases for the user's input entity based upon the respective set of social tags. An aliases refinement component refines the candidate aliases to obtain a collection of aliases of the user's input entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Zhili Guo, Xiao Xun Zhang, HongLei Guo, Zhong Su
  • Publication number: 20120084733
    Abstract: This invention aims to provide a method and apparatus for displaying and/or browsing a multi-faceted data set containing hierarchical subject labels. In the present invention, subject labels can be located into a 3D space. Complex information, such as, the relationship between subject labels and weights of respective subject labels can be presented by displaying the 3D space. In this way, the screen size can be reduced and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: International Bussiness Machine Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Lei Guo, Zhili Guo, Zhong Su, Xian Wu, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120054295
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing the contents of a network resource to a mobile device are disclosed, the apparatus including: an acquiring module for acquiring the current contents of the network resource; and an adaptive filtering module for extracting the difference information by comparing the cached contents of the network resource and the current contents of the network resource, and sending the difference information to the mobile device. An apparatus and method for acquiring the contents of network resource are also disclosed, the apparatus including: a determining module for determining whether a response to an access request for a network resource includes difference information; a combining module for, generating current contents of the network resource by combining the difference information and locally cached previous contents of the network resource; and a presenting module for presenting the generated current contents of the network resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Ma Rui, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Patent number: 8108439
    Abstract: This invention aims to provide a method and apparatus for displaying and/or browsing a multi-faceted data set containing hierarchical subject labels. In the present invention, subject labels can be located into a 3D space. Complex information, such as, the relationship between subject labels and weights of respective subject labels can be presented by displaying the 3D space. In this way, the screen size can be reduced and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Lei Guo, Zhili Guo, Zhong Su, Xian Wu, Xiao Xun Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110295594
    Abstract: System, method and program product for text processing using object coreference technology. In particular, the invention provides a text processing method which includes, acquiring text to be processed; extracting subject words and entity words corresponding to the subject words from the text; grouping the subject words; determining entity words that reference a same concerned object according to the grouped subject words; and generating processing policy for entity words that reference a same concerned object. The invention also includes a system with means for carrying out the method. The invention generally realizes automatic, more comprehensive, accurate, efficient analysis and processing on text data. The invention can be used to dig a large amount of comment data about some entity, and the invention can also be used to suggest insertion place in an article where embedded advertisement is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Rui Ma, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110231448
    Abstract: A device for generating opinion pairs having sentiment orientation based impact relations, having: a reception unit which receives a plurality of object-oriented opinions; an extraction unit which extracts opinions having impact relations among the plurality of object-oriented opinions; an analysis unit which analyzes sentiment orientations of the extracted respective opinions; and a generation unit which establishes correlations between the opinions having sentiment orientation based impact relations to generate the opinion pairs having the sentiment orientation based impact relations. The present device can search and locate more implicit opinions as supplementary opinions by detecting impact relations from a plurality of opinions, and help users interested in different objects obtain more comprehensive comments and summaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keke Cai, Rui Ma, Zhong Su, Xiao Xun Zhang, Hui Jia Zhu