Patents by Inventor Zhanpeng Fang

Zhanpeng Fang 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: 10984365
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a new industry classification for a company are described. An industry classifier can access company data of a company and profile data of an employee of the company. Additionally, a plurality of updated classifications associated with the company can be accessed from an industry taxonomy database. A featurization process can calculate a classification score for each updated classification based on the accessed data. Additionally, the featurization process can determine a new industry classification for the company based on the calculation. Subsequently, a company page updater can update a company page associated with the company by adding the new industry classification to the company page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Zhanpeng Fang
  • Patent number: 10726355
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a solution that automatically predicts an industry for a candidate company is provided. An existing industry classifier is trained using a first machine learning algorithm, the first machine learning algorithm taking as input first training data and existing industries listed in an industry taxonomy. A new industry classifier is trained using a second machine learning algorithm, the second machine learning algorithm taking as input second training data and new industries listed in an industry taxonomy. Then the candidate company is fed into the existing industry classifier, producing one or more predicted existing industries corresponding to the candidate company. The candidate company is also fed into the new industry classifier, producing one or more predicted new industries corresponding to the candidate company. One or more final predicted industries are selected from among the one or more predicted existing industries and the one or more predicted new industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Shacham, Uri Merhav, Zhanpeng Fang
  • Publication number: 20170344902
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a solution that automatically predicts an industry for a candidate company is provided. An existing industry classifier is trained using a first machine learning algorithm, the first machine learning algorithm taking as input first training data and existing industries listed in an industry taxonomy. A new industry classifier is trained using a second machine learning algorithm, the second machine learning algorithm taking as input second training data and new industries listed in an industry taxonomy. Then the candidate company is fed into the existing industry classifier, producing one or more predicted existing industries corresponding to the candidate company. The candidate company is also fed into the new industry classifier, producing one or more predicted new industries corresponding to the candidate company. One or more final predicted industries are selected from among the one or more predicted existing industries and the one or more predicted new industries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Dan Shacham, Uri Merhav, Zhanpeng Fang
  • Publication number: 20170154295
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a new industry classification for a company are described. An industry classifier can access company data of a company and profile data of an employee of the company. Additionally, a plurality of updated classifications associated with the company can be accessed from an industry taxonomy database. A featurization process can calculate a classification score for each updated classification based on the accessed data. Additionally, the featurization process can determine a new industry classification for the company based on the calculation. Subsequently, a company page updater can update a company page associated with the company by adding the new industry classification to the company page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Zhanpeng Fang