Patents by Inventor Zhong Lin Lin

Zhong Lin Lin 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).

  • Merchandise hierarchy refinement by incorporation of product correlation
    Patent number: 8805856
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a representation of a merchandise hierarchy associated with an entity such as a retailer or wholesaler of products. Product correlation information discovered in that entity's customers' shopping records are obtained and incorporated into an existing merchandise hierarchy with a constraint on the consistency with the existing hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Xin Bai, Jin Dong, Ts-Hsin Li, Zhong Lin Lin, Hai Rong Lv, Wen Jun Yin
  • Method and system for merchandise hierarchy refinement by incorporation of product correlation
    Patent number: 8346783
    Abstract: System, method and computer program product for adjusting a representation of a merchandise hierarchy associated with an entity such as a retailer or wholesaler of products. Product correlation information discovered in that entity's customers' shopping records are obtained and incorporated into an existing merchandise hierarchy with a constraint on the consistency with the existing hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Xin Bai, Jin Dong, Ta-Hsin Li, Zhong Lin Lin, Hai Rong Lv, Wen Jun Yin
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERCHANDISE HIERARCHY REFINEMENT BY INCORPORATION OF PRODUCT CORRELATION
    Publication number: 20110145237
    Abstract: System, method and computer program product for adjusting a representation of a merchandise hierarchy associated with an entity such as a retailer or wholesaler of products. Product correlation information discovered in that entity's customers' shopping records are obtained and incorporated into an existing merchandise hierarchy with a constraint on the consistency with the existing hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xin Xin Bai, Jin Dong, Ta-Hsin Li, Zhong Lin Lin, Hai Rong Lv, Wen Jun Yin