Patents by Inventor Yi-Chang Molly Wang

Yi-Chang Molly Wang 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: 11118926
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting several of the records according to the determined similarity level; identifying shared ones of the selected records; determining the booths in the shared ones of the selected records not yet visited by the user; adding the determined booths to a candidate list; and presenting at least one of the booths in the candidate list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Patent number: 11118927
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting several of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the all of the selected records not yet visited by the user; adding the determined booths to a candidate list; and presenting at least one of the booths in the candidate list to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Industry Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Publication number: 20190310098
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting several of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the all of the selected records not yet visited by the user; adding the determined booths to a candidate list; and presenting at least one of the booths in the candidate list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Publication number: 20190301884
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting several of the records according to the determined similarity level; identifying shared ones of the selected records; determining the booths in the shared ones of the selected records not yet visited by the user; adding the determined booths to a candidate list; and presenting at least one of the booths in the candidate list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Patent number: 10393535
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ITRI)
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Publication number: 20180066950
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user, comprising the following steps: accessing a user record, wherein the user record includes data indicative of booths which a user corresponding to the user record has visited in an exhibition; determining similarity level between records in a history database and the user record, the records in the history database including data indicative of the booths visited by previous visitors in the exhibition; selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level; determining the booths in the selected record not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition; determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and a map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Patent number: 9880018
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user. The method includes: accessing a map database of an exhibition; accessing a history database that stores a plurality of records indicative of booths visited by a previous visitor in the exhibition; accessing a user record that includes data indicative of the booths which the user has visited; determining similarity level between each record in the history database and the user record, selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level so as for the selected record to function as a reference record, usable to determine the booths not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition, and determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and the map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang
  • Publication number: 20160327403
    Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for recommending booths-to-visit to a user. The method includes: accessing a map database of an exhibition; accessing a history database that stores a plurality of records indicative of booths visited by a previous visitor in the exhibition; accessing a user record that includes data indicative of the booths which the user has visited; determining similarity level between each record in the history database and the user record, selecting one of the records according to the determined similarity level so as for the selected record to function as a reference record, usable to determine the booths not yet visited by the user; obtaining the user's current location in the exhibition, and determining a target booth, from the booths not yet visited by the user, by referring to the current location and the map database; and sending to the user a message indicative of the target booth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hung-Yang Chang, Li-Ju Chen, Chia-Wen Ho, Kuo-shu Luo, Yi-Chang Molly Wang