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Method and apparatus for using business-aware latent topics for image captioning in social media

US10489447B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2015
Grant dateNov 26, 2019
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/535
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of generating a caption for a social media post is provided. The method may include receiving a social media post to be posted to a social media network; collecting reference data relevant to determining common activities occurring at a category of location associated with the social media post; inferring potential topics for captions from a topic inference model, based on the collected reference data associated with the social media post; setting parameters associated with a language model based on the inferred topic; and generating at least one caption for the social media post based on the identified language model, and the inferred topic.

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