Microsoft patents method for summarizing data in hierarchical structures
Microsoft has been granted a patent for a computer method that creates compact summaries, or low-dimensional feature representations, of data organized in a hierarchy. The system processes inputs from different levels of the hierarchy, using the summary of a parent entity to help generate the summary for a linked child entity.
In the filing’s own words
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first input associated with a first entity at a first level of a hierarchy; receiving a second input, associated with a second entity at a second level of the hierarchy, the second entity linked to the first entity within the hierarchy; generating a first low-dimensional feature representation based on the first input, the first low-dimensional feature representation representing the first entity; and generating a second low-dimensional feature representation based on the first input, the second input and the first low-dimensional feature representation, the second low-dimensional feature representation representing the second entity.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a first input associated with a first entity at a first level of a hierarchy; receiving a second input associated with a second entity at a second level of the hierarchy, the second entity linked to the first entity within the hierarchy; generating a first low-dimensional feature representation based on the first input, the first low-dimensional feature representation representing the first entity; and generating a second low-dimensional feature representation based on the first input, the second input and the first low-dimensional feature representation, the second low-dimensional feature representation representing the second entity.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- Hierarchical representation models
- Patent number
- US12748855B2
- Application number
- 18393631
- Filed
- Dec 21, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 21/577 Physics & computingG06F 16/285 Physics & computingG06F 40/40 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft in AI & software
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