Patents Assigned to Benbria Corporation
  • Patent number: 10528914
    Abstract: A system for communicating information between one or more participants of a loop, the one or more participants being associated with a hotel, the system comprising one or more processors configured to initiate a loop in response to receiving an input from a first participant of the loop, the loop being associated with one or more attributes; determine, based on one or more first routing rules, a second participant of the loop; and in response to the determination, provide access to a first portion of information associated with the loop to the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Richardson, Ying Du
  • Publication number: 20190287122
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system to enable real-time engagement with one or more customers utilizing one or more customer devices, implemented using one or more servers, said servers connected to said customer devices over at least one network, comprising: a survey phase, wherein one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the at least one network; a post-survey phase, wherein the one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; and a closure phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Du, Ronald Richardson
  • Patent number: 9626427
    Abstract: A system for extracting customer feedback from a microblog site includes a retrieval unit coupled to the microblog site to capture microblog updates. A filter unit coupled to the retrieval unit filters the captured microblog updates according to filter criteria that remove non-actionable items from the captured microblog updates. A learning unit coupled to the filter unit prioritizes the filtered microblog updates, and a classification unit coupled to the learning unit classifies the filtered and prioritized microblog updates. An action unit coupled to the classification unit performs appropriate actions based on the classified, filtered and prioritized microblog updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Wojciech Fraczak, Ying Du
  • Patent number: 9344820
    Abstract: A mass audio notification system is provided, comprising a network, a plurality of speakers connected to the network, and at least one server connected to the network. The server can send audio data to at least one of the plurality of speakers via a transport link, and the server can send control commands to at least one of the plurality of speakers. The transport link can include a first protocol based on internet protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro I. Sanchez, Matthew T. Battig, Ying Du
  • Patent number: 9292598
    Abstract: A system for extracting customer feedback from a microblog site includes a retrieval unit coupled to the microblog site to capture microblog updates. A filter unit coupled to the retrieval unit filters the captured microblog updates according to filter criteria that remove non-actionable items from the captured microblog updates. A learning unit coupled to the filter unit prioritizes the filtered microblog updates, and a classification unit coupled to the learning unit classifies the filtered and prioritized microblog updates. An action unit coupled to the classification unit performs appropriate actions based on the classified, filtered and prioritized microblog updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Wojciech Fraczak, Ying Du
  • Patent number: 9094282
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system for communicating information between one or more participants of a loop, the one or more participants being associated with an organization, the system comprising one or more processors configured to initiate a loop in response to receiving an input from a first participant of the loop, the loop being associated with one or more attributes; determine, based on one or more first routing rules, a second participant of the loop; and in response to the determination, provide access to a first portion of information associated with the loop to the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Richardson, Ying Du
  • Patent number: 8943061
    Abstract: A system for extracting customer feedback from a microblog site includes a retrieval unit coupled to the microblog site to capture microblog updates. A filter unit coupled to the retrieval unit filters the captured microblog updates according to filter criteria that remove non-actionable items from the captured microblog updates. A learning unit coupled to the filter unit prioritizes the filtered microblog updates, and a classification unit coupled to the learning unit classifies the filtered and prioritized microblog updates. An action unit coupled to the classification unit performs appropriate actions based on the classified, filtered and prioritized microblog updates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Wojciech Fraczak, Ying Du
  • Patent number: 8943146
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously distributing mass notifications to multiple users. A mass notification system receives input data and, based on this input data, creates notifications for mass distribution. The notifications are then transmitted to computing devices used by the users who are to be notified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Alexandre Lefrancois des Courtis, Ying Du, Dan Le, Yuanyuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20140280808
    Abstract: A system to enable dynamic routing for one or more businesses, comprising: one or more servers to create one or more platforms corresponding to the one or more businesses, wherein each of the one or more platforms is associated with one or more routing configurations, and said associated one or more routing configurations based on one or more characteristics of said corresponding business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Du, Drew Joseph Martin, Nicolas Porter
  • Publication number: 20140278788
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system to enable real-time engagement with one or more customers utilizing one or more customer devices, implemented using one or more servers, said servers connected to said customer devices over at least one network, comprising: a survey phase, wherein one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the at least one network; a post-survey phase, wherein the one of the one or more customers utilizes the one or more customer devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; and a closure phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Ying Du, Ronald Richardson
  • Publication number: 20140278783
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system to enable real-time customer engagement with one or more customers utilizing one or more devices, implemented using one or more servers, said servers connected to said devices over at least one network, comprising a survey phase, wherein one of the one or more customers utilizes an interactive survey running on one of the one or more devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; a post-survey phase, wherein the customer utilizes one or more devices to send feedback to one of the one or more servers over the one or more networks; and a closure phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ying Du
  • Publication number: 20140257929
    Abstract: A system for an online survey comprising a server, said server coupled to at least one user device by a network; said server operative to select a first query for a user, and one or more options to respond to the first query; transmit a first set of signals to the at least one user device, wherein said first set of signals comprise the first query and one or more options to respond to the first query; receive, from the user device, a first response based on the one or more options to respond; select a second response and one or more options to respond to the second query based on said first response; and transmit a second set of signals to the at least one user device, wherein said second set of signals comprise the selected second response and one or more options to respond to the second query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying Du, William Curtis Collins
  • Publication number: 20140189114
    Abstract: A method for communicating information between one or more participants within an organization includes initiating, using one or more processor, a loop. The loop is associated with one or more attributes. The method further includes determining, based on one or more first routing rules, that a first member of the organization is a first participant of the loop. In response to the determining, access to a first portion of information associated with the loop is provided to the first participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald Richardson
  • Publication number: 20130290532
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a system for communicating information between one or more participants of a loop, the one or more participants being associated with an organization, the system comprising one or more processors configured to initiate a loop in response to receiving an input from a first participant of the loop, the loop being associated with one or more attributes; determine, based on one or more first routing rules, a second participant of the loop; and in response to the determination, provide access to a first portion of information associated with the loop to the second participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ronald Richardson, Ying Du
  • Publication number: 20130290333
    Abstract: A system for extracting customer feedback from a microblog site includes a retrieval unit coupled to the microblog site to capture microblog updates. A filter unit coupled to the retrieval unit filters the captured microblog updates according to filter criteria that remove non-actionable items from the captured microblog updates. A learning unit coupled to the filter unit prioritizes the filtered microblog updates, and a classification unit coupled to the learning unit classifies the filtered and prioritized microblog updates. An action unit coupled to the classification unit performs appropriate actions based on the classified, filtered and prioritized microblog updates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Wojciech Fraczak, Ying Du
  • Publication number: 20130166457
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing feedback from customers, especially feedback which has been posted on social media websites or submitted electronically from a mobile device. Specific social media websites are automatically monitored for comments regarding a specific brand. Customers who posted comments are contacted with an invitation to provide more details regarding the comment. A link to the brand's website or to a specific feedback application is provided to the customer. Once the customer logs in to either the website or the application, the customer can provide more details regarding the comment and this feedback is assigned a ticket. The feedback associated with the ticket is then routed based on the content of the feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying DU, Ronald RICHARDSON
  • Publication number: 20130091228
    Abstract: A server and methods relating to a notification system having a client request gateway for validating client requests and for mapping client requests with transactions. The notification system also has an enterprise interaction engine for receiving the transactions and mapping transactions with interactions. These interactions are sent to applications servers that produce interactions results. Interaction results are then associated with transactions results. Based on the transaction results, notifications are created and sent to members of an audience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying DU, Ronald RICHARDSON
  • Publication number: 20120163368
    Abstract: An IP-enabled speaker with a trigger button module. Activation of the button on the trigger button module activates an audio link between a user of the speaker and a user of a destination communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas BATTIG, Pedro Ivan Sanchez ANDRADE, Ying DU
  • Publication number: 20120072844
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for simultaneously distributing mass notifications to multiple users. A mass notification system receives input data and, based on this input data, creates notifications for mass distribution. The notifications are then transmitted to computing devices used by the users who are to be notified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: BENBRIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Alexandre Lefrancois des Courtis, Ying Du, Dan Le, Yuanyuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20110268286
    Abstract: A mass audio notification system is provided, comprising a network, a plurality of speakers connected to the network, and at least one server connected to the network. The server can send audio data to at least one of the plurality of speakers via a transport link, and the server can send control commands to at least one of the plurality of speakers. The transport link can include a first protocol based on internet protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Benbria Corporation
    Inventors: Pedro I. Sanchez, Matthew T. Battig, Ying Du