Patents Examined by Ilana L Spar
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Patent number: 11989749Abstract: A driver scoring (DS) computing device for scoring driving activity for a driver in real-time is provided. The DS computing device includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory, the at least one processor configured to: (i) receive sensor data about a driver in a vehicle; (ii) determine, from the sensor data, a driver activity including at least a duration for the activity; (iii) calculate a score for the determined activity, wherein the score depends on at least one of a type of activity and the duration of the activity; (iv) retrieve a driver profile associated with the driver from the at least one memory, the driver profile including at least one of user input preferences and a history of payment transactions; and (v) generate at least one merchant incentive based on the score and the driver profile.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Christopher T. Scholl, Regan E. Harmon
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Patent number: 11978074Abstract: A driver monitoring (DM) computing device for monitoring driving behavior of a driver in real-time is provided. The DM computing device detects a user computer device associated with a driver inside the vehicle. The DM computing device collects state data of the user computer device. The state data includes data as to a state of the user computer device during a currently occurring trip. The DM computing device collects vehicle operation data of the vehicle while the driver and the user computer device are inside the vehicle. The DM computing device compares the collected vehicle operation data and the state data of the user computer device to determine whether the user computer device was activated during the currently occurring trip. The DM computing device causes a driving reward to be applied to an account associated with the driver for inactivity of the user computer device during the currently occurring trip.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Christopher T. Scholl, Regan E. Harmon
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Patent number: 11978086Abstract: Systems and methods describe providing alternate redemption options. One aspect involves receiving an order, analyzing consumer information using a redemption options algorithm to obtain redemption options including an alternate redemption option, providing an initial gift notification to a recipient device based on the gift order, the initial gift notification including the alternate redemption option, receiving an alternate redemption request, transmitting an alternate redemption information request, receiving alternate redemption information, adding alternate redemption information to the historical consumer information to obtain updated historical consumer information, training the redemption options algorithm using the updated historical consumer information to obtain an updated redemption options algorithm, and performing an alternate redemption action set using the alternate redemption information.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LOOP COMMERCE, INC.Inventors: Gabriel Saunkeah, Jenny Jeansonne, Julia McCaffrey, Soren Mills
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Patent number: 11978088Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Impact Engine, Inc.Inventors: Neil Greer, Bennett Blank, Bryan Depew
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Patent number: 11928712Abstract: A computer-implemented method for allocation-free control of online campaigns for distributing online content includes receiving a daily content distribution spending budget and one or more response functions, calculating one or more plant gain estimates based on the one or more response functions, calculating a marginal content distribution spending budget based on the daily content distribution spending budget, generating one or more control signals based on the calculated marginal budget and the calculated one or more plant gain estimates, generating a price control signal based on the generated one or more control signals, and calculating a bid for one or more impressions based on the price control signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLCInventors: Qixing Zheng, Niklas Karlsson
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Patent number: 11880870Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus provide the ability to generate and deliver digital content in a headless content management system. A layout engine exposes a visual editing interface to a business user and accepts input to compose a layout consisting of components that define structural entities that control what to render. Marketing content is associated with the components. Each component is added, via the visual editing interface, to zones of the layout. Developer code may restrict a type of component that can be added to each zone. The layout and zones control a conceptual design for rendering the digital content. The layout engine receives a request for content from one of multiple different client applications that are executing in different hosting environments. The content is delivered, based on the layout, to the client application for rendering to a consumer.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SITECORE CORPORATION A/SInventors: Adam K Weber, Nicholas J. Wesselman, Olexandr Shyba, Michael Seifert
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Patent number: 11875379Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for predicting imputed revenue of inquiries includes: one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware and configured to: obtain data relating to a plurality of inquiries. Each of the plurality of inquiries is (a) indicative of a request for information about one or more programs providing a service, and (b) received from a particular channel of a plurality of online channels for presenting the one or more programs. The plurality of inquiries are represented using one or more data structures in one or more data sources. The computing devices are further configured to determine a model for predicting enrollment rates of the plurality of inquiries based at least in part on historical enrollment data of at least one program of the one or more programs, the model specifying a predicted enrollment rate value for one or more characteristics associated with the plurality of inquiries.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: CPL ASSETS, LLCInventors: Steven Ostrover, Jonathan Frederick Ripper
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Patent number: 11842364Abstract: A system and a method allow for the provision of an incentive between different applications. A server stores information including, in association, a user identifier, a first identifier, and a second identifier received from a client terminal, and when receiving an incentive request, causes an application server to provide an incentive to the user pertaining to the first identifier corresponding to the second identifier based on the information.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: GREE, INC.Inventors: Yuichi Ono, Takuya Watabe, Yugo Takino
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Patent number: 11836755Abstract: A device may receive, from a client device of a customer, item data identifying a price of an item and customer data identifying the customer, where the item data may be received by a transaction card from a price tag of the item. The device may receive price data identifying prices associated with multiple items and other data identifying locations, availabilities, and terms of the multiple items, and may process the item data, the price data, and the other data, with a machine learning model, to identify an optimal price for the item. The device may provide, to the client device, data identifying the optimal price and data identifying a merchant associated with the optimal price, and may receive transaction data identifying the item, the optimal price, and the merchant when the customer purchases the item. The device may perform actions based on the transaction data.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Molly Johnson, Adam Vukich, James Zarakas
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Patent number: 11810138Abstract: Provided is a method including determining a combined plurality of accounts, determining, for each account of the combined plurality of accounts, aggregate transaction data associated with a plurality of transactions involving the account; determining a first cohort level group including a group of exposed accounts and controls accounts; determining a first segment level group of accounts from the first cohort level group of accounts; generating a prediction model based on a plurality of control accounts that are included in the first segment level group of accounts; identifying a first exposed account of a plurality of exposed accounts; determining a first control account of the plurality of control accounts that corresponds to a first exposed account using the prediction model; and outputting a report comprising data associated with the first control account that corresponds to the first exposed account. Systems and computer program products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: William J. Burton, Tanya Soluk, Qingyuan Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Bingxin Mao, Jiaqi Xu, Linjun Chen
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Patent number: 11803876Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Impact Engine, Inc.Inventors: Neil Greer, Bennett Blank, Bryan Depew
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Patent number: 11798039Abstract: The disclosure is generally directed to in-vehicle advertisement systems and methods. An example method executed by processor of a vehicle may include determining an attention availability index of a driver of a vehicle and determining a first presentation duration of a first advertisement based on the attention availability index. In one scenario, the attention availability index of the driver may be determined by applying an inverse relationship to a concentration index associated with driving the vehicle. The first advertisement is presented over the first presentation duration, via an advertisement presentation device in the vehicle. In another scenario, the attention availability index of the driver may be compared to a threshold value. Based on the comparison, a second presentation duration for a second advertisement may be determined and the second advertisement presented via the advertisement presentation device in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Himanshu Verma, Fling Finn Tseng
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Patent number: 11798031Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Impact Engine, Inc.Inventors: Neil Greer, Bennett Blank, Bryan Depew
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Patent number: 11798023Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining tax classification of benefits offered to subscribers of a membership platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Patreon, Inc.Inventors: Yacine Brini, Priya Sanger
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Patent number: 11790116Abstract: At least one aspect is directed to determining an estimate of an intersection of user identifiers in a first set of user identifiers and a second set of user identifiers. The first and second sets of user identifiers can be populated with user identifiers that have interacted with the same content item or content item campaign. Estimates of intersections of the first and the second sets can be determined based on a binomial vector approach, a vector of counts approach, or a hybrid approach. The binomial vector approach generates vectors based on k hashes of each user identifier in the first set and summing the vectors to generate a first vector. The intersection can be determined based on a dot product of the first vector and a second vector similarly generated from the second set of user identifiers.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael Daub, Scott Schneider, Joseph Sean Cahill Goodknight Knightbrook, Sheng Ma, Laura Book
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Patent number: 11756081Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-implemented method for rendering advertisements in a Mixed Reality space, including: profiling a plurality of users in a smart home sharing the MR space; building a social network graph between the plurality of users; building a user embedding matrix based on the social network graph; recommending a plurality of first advertisements for one or more target users; building a joint embedding matrix across the plurality of users and the plurality of first advertisements; identifying a particular position and a particular time period for the one or more target user, while the remaining users are not viewing the particular position during the particular time period; selecting one or more advertisements from the plurality of first advertisements based on the joint embedding matrix; and rendering the one or more advertisements to the one or more target users at the particular position during the particular time period.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Adam Lee Griffin, Shikhar Kwatra, Vijay Ekambaram, Padmanabha Venkatagiri Seshadri
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Patent number: 11715116Abstract: Various systems and methods that may relate to referral and/or delivery services are described. Some embodiments may include incentivizing groups to meet goals. Various other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Colin Sims, Ari Friedman, Richard Grech, Mark A. Miller
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Patent number: 11710149Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for facilitating communication between a merchant and a client are provided. An example method may include creating a beautician identification record for a beautician, receiving an information related to an interaction between the beautician and a client, determining at least one product or service for the client from the information, and creating, using a processor, a communication to the client. The communication may include an indication of the at least one product or service. The method may also include sending the prescription to the client. Example systems, apparatuses, and computer readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: BEAUTY SYSTEMS GROUP LLCInventors: David Kerr, Danielle McDowell
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Patent number: 11669863Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for creating, editing, sharing and distributing high-quality, media-rich web-based communications. The communications are created in a layered fashion that integrates user-selected text, colors, background patterns, images, sound, music, video, or other media. The systems and methods are used to generate, edit, broadcast, and track electronic presentations, brochures, advertisements (such as banner advertisements on highly trafficked media websites), announcements, and interactive web pages, without the need for the user to understand complex programming languages.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Impact Engine, Inc.Inventors: Neil Greer, Bennett Blank, Bryan Depew
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Patent number: 11625745Abstract: A system and method are disclosed to promote good driving among users. A user-customizable good driving (GD) wish list may be created, populated, modified, and/or used to promote good driving. The GD wish list may be used in conjunction with a vehicle telematics unit (VTU) to monitor, process, detect, and/or record good driving events, and communicate and/or generate positive feedback for the user. In addition to positive feedback, good driving (GD) points may be accumulated based on driving behavior. The accumulated GD points may be used in conjunction with a product and/or service offering, such as by an insurance company. Furthermore, in some examples, the system encourages users to promote good driving behavior by pledging themselves to a challenging GD wish list that will earn them more GD points and the associated benefits.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Thomas Michael Warden, Daniel Kraft, Nathan M. Bryer, Eric Huls, Margaret A. Brinkmann