ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,383, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Personalized node ranking method and system using random walk" was invented by Sang Wook Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yeon Chang Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Chang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a personalized node ranking (PNR) system and method using random walk. In detail, a personalized ranking method using random walk includes verifying whether propagation of a positive score or a negative score of a currently-visiting node is trustworthy based on an edge sig...