Patents Examined by Kathleen Palavecino
  • Patent number: 11830060
    Abstract: A computer system is provided that includes a paired list of data transaction requests on which a matching process is performed. There are multiple different types of data transaction requests that are stored in the paired list including data transaction requests with midpoint attributes and data transaction requests with discretion attributes. The computer system may determine how the multiple different types of data transaction requests may be match against each other. Two matching processes can be used to determine if a match exists between the first and second sides of the paired list. Matches that are determined at private values are not disseminated to third-parties via public market data feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NASDAQ, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Noviello, Steven Cooper, Leo Golubovsky, Chung-Sin Wang, Jonathan Wakefield
  • Patent number: 11823249
    Abstract: Gesture functionality is provided in a computing environment. In example embodiments, a gesture input is received. A style difference is identified between a known gesture input of a set of known gesture inputs and the received gesture input. The set of known gesture inputs is caused to be modified to include the style difference by updating a database that stores the set of known gesture inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, Dane Howard
  • Patent number: 11823254
    Abstract: A system and process within a mobile device and/or social media application of coordinating, scheduling and booking people to connect and have live face to face streaming meet-and-greets through the application. A network connected server maintains a database and information to Facilitate the buying and selling of direct air time between specific users within the application. Wherein Users can go on and offer time available for a live meet-and-greet and other users can then go on and book and schedule time from the said time available. The application can also be used to schedule and pay for the meet-and-greet time, facilitating live “meet-and-greets” via the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Mary Anne Fletcher
  • Patent number: 11823242
    Abstract: A method implemented in software and a software system for dynamically determining how to display one or more statements of interest (such as an offer or soft offer) is disclosed. After receiving one or more statements of interest from potential buyers, a software-implemented method determines a preferred manner for displaying one or more statements of interest received from the potential buyers to the seller, and displays the offers in a grid layout. The grid layout shows a number of buyers interested in making a hard offer in a manner that gives the seller insight regarding pricing their property as well as other factors that are determined to likely make the property more valuable. The one or more statements of interest are categorized into one or more categories, including the seller's displayed (and quoted) price. Each of the categories is associated with a price range, and optionally the price range is determined using machine learning techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kathleen Lappe, Jonathan Burton
  • Patent number: 11823248
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating recommendations are disclosed. In some examples, from a set of positive reviews associated with a merchant offering, at least one attribute is identified and associated with the set of positive reviews, based on reviewer profiles associated with each respective positive review. The attribute is associated with the merchant offering. A match is determined between a customer attribute in a first customer profile and the at least one attribute. A set of recommendations is generated to be presented, via a customer electronic device, to a customer associated with the first customer profile, the set of recommendations including the merchant offering associated with at least one attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHOPIFY INC.
    Inventors: Siavash Ghorbani, Carl Johan Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 11816719
    Abstract: A system for replacing an original hose assembly of a work machine with a replacement hose assembly includes at least a computing device, a database, and a server. The server is associated with the database and includes a processor configured via computer-executable instructions to perform a method of identifying the replacement hose assembly. The method includes prompting a user to select hose attributes associated with a hose of the original hose assembly. Based on the selected hose attributes, a replacement hose may be identified. The method further includes prompting the user to select coupling attributes associated with a coupling of the original hose assembly. Based on compatibility with the identified replacement hose and the selected coupling attributes, a replacement coupling may be identified. The method further includes generating a bill of materials for the replacement hose assembly and displaying the bill of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Amy C. Chastain, James J. Billimack, Jody A. Ingram, Robert P. Shilts, William T. Reimers, Kristina M. Hicks, Deidre Smallwood, Santosh Paudel
  • Patent number: 11816720
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for ranking of search results. In some examples, a query may be received. A first ranked list of content items may be determined for the query ranked based on a first optimization objective. A second ranked list of the content items may be determined for the query ranked based on a second optimization objective. A first rank product may be determined for a first content item based at least in part on multiplication of a rank of the first content item in the first ranked list with a rank of the first content item in the second ranked list. A third ranked list of the content items may be determined based at least in part on the first rank product. At least a portion of the third ranked list of the content items may be displayed on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Roberto Fernandez Galan
  • Patent number: 11810163
    Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for generating customized invoice data. In some examples, first data describing invoice settings for a first entity may be received during a registration process. In various examples, a plurality of invoice customizations may be determined based on a similarity between the first data and historical invoice settings of other entities. In some examples, the customized invoice data comprising the plurality of invoice customizations may be generated. In at least some examples, the customized invoice data may be stored in non-transitory computer-readable memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Naga Bhimanadha Swamy Kalanadhabhatla, Ayush Kumar, Satya S. Mishra, Sumit Katyal, Chad Rupp, Mani Krishna Venkata Reddy Krishna Guntamukkula, Raghavendra Swaroop Nukala, Tarun Gangwani, Oloyede Olumide, Neha Goswami
  • Patent number: 11803886
    Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure enables corporate entities to connect with each other and enables social networking interactions, credibility rating, identity verification, and/or business transactions between the corporate entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: BILL.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Henrique Pedreira de Freitas Ceribelli, Eric Chan, Mark Orttung, Darren Linscott
  • Patent number: 11803895
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for smart appliance product segmentation and communication, including: generating, with at least one processor, a plurality of product interest codes; assigning, with at least one processor, at least one product interest code of the plurality of product interest codes to each of a plurality of products of at least one merchant; based at least partially on a profile of a smart appliance user, associating, with at least one processor, at least one product interest code of the plurality of product interest codes with an interaction between the smart appliance user and at least one smart appliance; matching, with at least one processor, that at least one product interest code of at least one product with the at least one product interest code associated with the interaction; and automatically generating and transmitting, with at least one processor, at least one communication to the smart appliance user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Macias, Aparna Krishnan Girish
  • Patent number: 11783407
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting seller privacy during an ecommerce transaction are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes, receiving, via an online listing configuration interface for a first session, one or more candidate pick up times and specific pick up locations for an item, determining a generalized version of the one or more specific pick up locations, displaying, via a second session, an online listing for the item, displaying, via the second session, the one or more candidate pick up times and the generalized versions of the one or more specific pick up locations, receiving, via the second session, a selection of one of the candidate pick up times and one of the generalized versions of one of the specific pick up locations, in response to receiving payment for the item, displaying a specific pick up location corresponding to the selected one generalized version.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Hieu Van Nguyen, Huy Quang Nguyen, Tuan Thanh Phan, Hoang Trinh
  • Patent number: 11776025
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGORA INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Patent number: 11776029
    Abstract: The invention is a non-fiat-based system for bartering. More particularly, the system provides a number of ways to trade goods and services across a digital platform without the need or use of money and when necessary valuates the goods and services to provide exact to approximate exchanges in value. More particularly, a barter ranking engine for non-fiat based transactions is provided that takes the guess work out of each bartering transaction created by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventor: Sharon Hall
  • Patent number: 11769185
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide systems and methods for purchasing items using an e-commerce shopping assistant. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor to perform operations for receiving an electronic message comprising a web address from a user's mobile device via SMS, accessing a web page using the web address, identifying an item for purchase based on the content of the web page, retrieving the user's account information based on an identifier of the mobile device, wherein the account information comprises user preferences and user profile information, identifying merchants from which to purchase the identified item, selecting a merchant from the identified merchants based on the user preferences, configuring the purchase transaction based on the user preferences and the user profile information, and completing the purchase transaction at a merchant system of the selected merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 11769189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for preparing offer and/or order data of an object to be individualized, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a purchasing system having a user interface, an inventory management system and a data interface between the purchasing system and the inventory management system in a computer system; providing individualization data for individualizing the object in a storage unit of the computer system; receiving a first user input comprising object selection data of the object to be individualized via the user interface, receiving a further user input comprising at least one selected selection position for individualization data on the object to be individualized; transmitting data via the data interface after at least one of the above-mentioned steps between the purchasing system and the inventory management system, wherein the data comprise the object selection data, the at least one selected selection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GIFFITS GMBH
    Inventors: Thorsten Schmidt, Marcus Schulz
  • Patent number: 11756098
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing intelligent analysis of resource transfer data in order to identify potential customers to which a merchant has not sold, where the new group of potential customers has previously purchased goods and services similar to the goods and services offered by the merchant. The system may provide recommendations to the merchant for adjusting marketing and distribution strategies and may also provide an intelligent predictive analysis of increased sales volume and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Benjamin Castinado, Raveendra Ambulooru, Lee Ann Proud, Ann Ta
  • Patent number: 11748794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating purchase offer selection across multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain first information defining a first sales listing of a particular virtual item on a first online sales platform; obtain second information defining a second sales listing of the particular virtual item on a second online sales platform; receive at least two indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; obtain information that represents at least one sales characteristic by which the offers to purchase the particular virtual item are to be ranked according to desirability; determine and compare a first metric value for the first offer and a second metric value for the second offer; and determine an accepted offer that is accepted based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Patent number: 11748797
    Abstract: A method and system for recommending online content based upon the predictive value of reviews provided by third party reviewers correlated to the identity of those reviewers. The correlated data is used to predict how a target user would rate an unrated item, and to make recommendations to the target user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
    Inventors: Sandip Sen, Osman Yucel
  • Patent number: 11741531
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for generating and implementing real-time optimized savings recommendations during online purchase checkout processes. The recommendations may be in the form of personalized digital nudges designed to influence the user in a manner that furthers a savings goal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INTUIT Inc.
    Inventors: Phouphet Sihavong, Joven Matias, Joanne Locascio
  • Patent number: 11734752
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for a seller to receive counter offers for the purchase of loan products being sold by the seller to selected buyers using a software application accessible via a graphical user interface presented in a display. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving, with the software application, a plurality of bids offered by prospective buyers via the software application for loans previously made to borrowers and offered for sale to the prospective buyers by the seller via the software application. The method also includes presenting, with the software application, information in the graphical user interface to uniquely identify each of the loans, each of the prospective buyers and each bid offered by the prospective buyers, and further, where multiple bids are received for a single loan included in the loans made available for sale, presenting with the software application, a graphical display element configured for a selection by the seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Polly Ex, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Carmel, Karson Miller