Patents by Inventor Xiaofeng Tang

Xiaofeng Tang 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).

  • Publication number: 20120016906
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for enabling the automated selection of keywords for rapid keyword portfolio expansion are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to normalize a plurality of keywords received from a source, filter the normalized plurality of keywords against one or more keyword filtration lists, produce site-specific variants of the filtered plurality of keywords, associate at least one level of dimension data with each of the plurality of keywords, and store the processed plurality of keywords and dimension data in a keyword database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Joel R. Minton
  • Patent number: 8036937
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for enabling the automated selection of keywords for rapid keyword portfolio expansion are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to normalize a plurality of keywords received from a source, filter the normalized plurality of keywords against one or more keyword filtration lists, produce site-specific variants of the filtered plurality of keywords, associate at least one level of dimension data with each of the plurality of keywords, and store the processed plurality of keywords and dimension data in a keyword database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Joel R. Minton
  • Publication number: 20100318568
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for combining keywords into logical clusters that share a similar behavior with respect to a considered dimension are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to order a list of keywords from high activity to low activity, partition the list into at least two sets, a head partition including keywords with an activity level above a predefined threshold, a tail partition including the remainder of the keywords in the list, model the keywords in the head partition based on a set of variables, score the keywords in the head partition based on the modeling, and cluster head partition keywords with tail partition keywords having at least one common variable into at least one keyword cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Salvador Duran, Joel R. Minton
  • Patent number: 7792858
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for combining keywords into logical clusters that share a similar behavior with respect to a considered dimension are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to order a list of keywords from high activity to low activity, partition the list into at least two sets, a head partition including keywords with an activity level above a predefined threshold, a tail partition including the remainder of the keywords in the list, model the keywords in the head partition based on a set of variables, score the keywords in the head partition based on the modeling, and cluster head partition keywords with tail partition keywords having at least one common variable into at least one keyword cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Salvador Duran, Joel R. Minton
  • Publication number: 20070156757
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for enabling the automated selection of keywords for rapid keyword portfolio expansion are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to normalize a plurality of keywords received from a source, filter the normalized plurality of keywords against one or more keyword filtration lists, produce site-specific variants of the filtered plurality of keywords, associate at least one level of dimension data with each of the plurality of keywords, and store the processed plurality of keywords and dimension data in a keyword database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Joel R. Minton
  • Publication number: 20070143266
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for combining keywords into logical clusters that share a similar behavior with respect to a considered dimension are disclosed. Various embodiments are operable to order a list of keywords from high activity to low activity, partition the list into at least two sets, a head partition including keywords with an activity level above a predefined threshold, a tail partition including the remainder of the keywords in the list, model the keywords in the head partition based on a set of variables, score the keywords in the head partition based on the modeling, and cluster head partition keywords with tail partition keywords having at least one common variable into at least one keyword cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Tang, Salvador Duran, Joel R. Minton