Patents Examined by Vincent M Cao
  • Patent number: 11244386
    Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present invention generate a model for providing one or more scores indicating a likelihood that a stated income is faulty. In one embodiment, the method includes, for example, receiving information representative of at least one borrower; receiving a first income value for the at least one borrower; and receiving a second value for the at least one borrower, such that the second income value verifies the first income value. Moreover, the method includes determining one or more parameters for the model based on the received information, the received first income value, and the received second income value, such that the one or more parameters enable the model to provide the one or more scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)
    Inventors: Michael G. Bradley, J. Douglas Gordon, Pamela W. Sims
  • Patent number: 11238496
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising automatically creating a link graph comprising nodes representing webpages, links representing hyperlinks, and weights for each link representing a number of times a hyperlink associated with the respective link redirected the a user devices from a webpage associated with a first node connected to the link to a webpage associated with a second node connected to the link; and determining based on the link graph a programmatically expected path for a particular user, wherein the programmatically expected path identifies, at least, two or more webpages that the particular user is programmatically expected to visit and specifying a programmatically expected order at which the particular user will visit the webpages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Sussman, Jesse Pinho, Michael Hines, Jim Challenger, David Hanley, Isaac Sanders, Dean Marano
  • Patent number: 11234548
    Abstract: The embodiments disclose an apparatus including an interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device configured for displaying a dynamic rotating seasonal image theme pattern, a motorized base configured for extending, rotating and retracting the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device inserted into the motorized base, a counter rotating device coupled to at least one cartridge pole link of the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device configured for rotating extended thin metal rods with collapsible patterns in an opposite direction of that of a rotating collapsible center pole, an interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device QR code display for allowing a shopper to download a seasonal decoration app for receiving interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device sales and specials, and a near-field transmitter coupled to the interchangeable seasonal holiday decorative device QR code display for transmitting automatically shopper seasonal decoration time spent, date, time of day,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ray Franklin, James Roy Flint
  • Patent number: 11232488
    Abstract: Improved identification of a computer configured with an operating system (OS), a web browser and one or more applications is disclosed. An identifying code for advertisers (IFA) may be obtained via the operating system (OS) of the computer. A first application configuring the computer may include instructions to initiate an ad call comprising a request including the IFA to cause the first application to render an advertisement received by the computing device from a first web resource in response to the ad call. The web browser may execute the script to configure the web browser with a durable id (DID). The web browser may also communicate the DID to associate the IFA with the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NextRoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Seth Demsey
  • Patent number: 11232479
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in the field of online advertising and malicious software. In some embodiments, a method for determining a degree of deceptiveness for a session is provided, the session having one or more relationships between one or more properties of interactions with an online advertisement, the method comprising: extracting one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more relationships; applying one or more models to each of the one or more relationships to determine a degree of deceptiveness for each of the one or more relationships; aggregating the degree of deceptiveness for each of the one or more relationships to generate the degree of deceptiveness for the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Ali Shiravi Khozani, Ehsan Mokhtari, Hadi Shiravi Khozani, Sergei Frankoff
  • Patent number: 11232482
    Abstract: An online system receives multiple candidate components for including in content items to be presented to online system users. Upon identifying an opportunity to present content to a subject user of the online system, the online system dynamically generates an optimal content item for presentation to the subject user that includes one or more candidate components. Candidate components included in the optimal content item are associated with a predicted marginal effect on a performance metric associated the optimal content item. This marginal effect may be predicted using a machine-learned model that is trained using historical performance information about content items that were presented to viewing users of the online system having at least a threshold measure of similarity to the subject user and one or more features associated with candidate components included in these content items and in the optimal content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhurun Zhang, Junbiao Tang, Anwar Saipulla, Zhonghua Qu, Yevgeniya Solyanik, Avi Samuel Gavlovski
  • Patent number: 11232485
    Abstract: Auto-detecting an action on a merchant service and rendering an offer button to display an offer redeemable based on the action. A user accesses a merchant service and an indication of the action is communicated to an offer system that maintains an account for the user. The offer system determines whether the user has an offer applicable to a purchase with the merchant. The user device presents an offer button rendered to indicate that the first offer is available for redemption by the user. The user initiates an action on the merchant service and the user device communicates an indication of the action to the offer system. The offer system determines if the user has a second offer applicable to a purchase with the merchant based on the action taken by the user and the offer button is rendered to indicate that the second offer is available for redemption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Colin Albright McDonough
  • Patent number: 11227308
    Abstract: A control service system for a local device, using a reference region, is proposed. By receiving a control signal from a user device positioned in the reference region of the local device and controlling the local device, the local device may be controlled by using the user device without installing a separate sensor or registering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: ALTSOFT. INC.
    Inventor: Chan Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 11212340
    Abstract: Methods, configured mobile devices, and computer-readable media for displaying content on mobile devices are disclosed. An exemplary method for displaying content on a mobile device includes steps for receiving a first content request provided by a native app executing on one or more processors of a mobile device; computing a priority of the native app to display app content on a lock screen of the mobile device; and in the event that the native app has higher priority than other requesting apps to display app content on the lock screen of the mobile device, transmitting a second content request to a content server; receiving app content from the content server in response to the second content request; and displaying the app content on the lock screen of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Adenda Media Inc.
    Inventor: Francis George Doumet
  • Patent number: 11210695
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for a predictive recommendation system using predictive models derived from tiered feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Lee Wai
  • Patent number: 11210712
    Abstract: A system can recommend a next action for a user. A memory can store user data corresponding to the user and can include historic interaction points. A behavior pattern can be identified based on two or more interaction points stored in the user data. An intent of the user based on the behavior pattern can be identified. The intent can be based on a previous behavior pattern of another user. Several probabilities that the user will meet one or more objectives can be determined based on the intent. The probabilities can be scored using and used to assign a policy to the first user. A next action can be recommended based on the policy and executed with respect to the user. The outcome of the recommended next action can be stored to the user data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Yuxi Zhang, Kexin Xie, Shrestha Basu Mallick, Darrell Grissen
  • Patent number: 11200593
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for a predictive recommendation system using predictive models derived from tiered feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Boris Lerner, Sunil Ramnik Raiyani, Lawrence Lee Wai
  • Patent number: 11200601
    Abstract: A mobile device's location and an identifier corresponding to the mobile device is received. The mobile device's location is privatized by mapping it to landmarks proximate to the mobile device's location, storing the proximate landmarks in association with the mobile device's identifier, and discarding the received location data. The proximate landmarks are featurized to generate a model which is used to determine a value of the advertising opportunity corresponding to a target identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Quantcast Corporation
    Inventors: Eunsu Ryu, Sean Huang, Tong T. Pham, Joshua A. Job
  • Patent number: 11176575
    Abstract: Information regarding display of selected content items in assigned slots is provided. The information is based on a selected template that includes areas for groups of slots for related content items, such as content items that are targeted to a common targeting object. Candidate content items, identified based on targeting or other distribution information, are assigned to selected slots to determine at least part of the information regarding display of the selected content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Rajat Bhattacharjee, Aranyak Mehta, Benyu Zhang, Vivek Raghunathan
  • Patent number: 11176568
    Abstract: A digital promotion system may include a user device and a digital promotion processing server. The digital promotion processing server is configured to repeatedly obtain low-frequency purchase data associated with a given user for a first category of purchases, and repeatedly obtain high-frequency purchase data associated with the given user for a second category of purchases different than the first category of purchases. The high-frequency purchase data may represent a greater number of purchases made in a given time period relative to the low-frequency purchase data. The digital promotion processing server is also configured to use machine learning to generate a current loyalty indicator based upon the repeatedly-obtained low-frequency purchase data and based upon the repeatedly-obtained high-frequency purchase data, and generate a digital promotion based upon the current loyalty indicator and communicate the digital promotion to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventor: Gregory Montalvo
  • Patent number: 11157962
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for displaying advertisements on mobile telephone devices at the end of a call to a pre-designated number are disclosed. In aspect a computerized method comprises determining that a telephone call has been initiated between a mobile telephone device and a second telephone device, determining that the telephone number matches a campaign telephone number stored on the mobile telephone device, determining a media object to display based on the telephone number, downloading the media object on the mobile telephone device, determining that the telephone call has ended, and displaying the media object on the mobile telephone device after the telephone call has ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: mAdme Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Triona Mullane, Gerard Carolan
  • Patent number: 11138601
    Abstract: A computer-based method for managing a profile for a cardholder is provided. The cardholder having an account associated with a payment card. The method includes electronically receiving, at the computer, transaction information for a cardholder for transactions with at least a first business entity and a second business entity, the transaction information including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and at least one subdivision within the first business entity, the transaction information further including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and the second business entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Walter F. Lo Faro, Christopher J. Merz
  • Patent number: 11138368
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for increasing comment visibility are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a comment request for a comment to be included in a comments field of a content page, determining that the comment will be hidden from users when online content is presented to the users based on a number of other comments presented in the comments field exceeding a threshold number, and modifying a position of the comment in relation to positions of the other comments presented in the comments field to increase visibility of the comment to the users, including modifying the position of the comment from a first position that is hidden from the users to a second position that is visible to the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Swerdlow, Nestor F. Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11138622
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses are disclosed for an interactive rewards system for engaging and rewarding drivers. In one aspect, a system comprising a first computing associated with a driver and a second computing device is disclosed, where the second computing device is configured to receive, from the first computing device, driving score information for the driver, assign at least one lottery ticket to the driver based on the driving score information, and send, to the first computing device, a notification indicating that the at least one lottery ticket has been assigned to the driver. In another aspect, the second computing device may be configured to assign, to a driver, a card for a virtual card game. The particular card assigned may be based on the driver's driving behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventor: Chienlan Hsu-Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11132718
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting content items for presentation along with publisher resources. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for a content item for presentation at a user device with a publisher resource; receiving, from a content item provider a first selection value for each of a plurality of content items provided by the content item provider; determining, for each of the content items and using accessed distribution parameters, a second selection value distinct from the first selection value; and determining, for each of the content items and independent of a bid corresponding to the content item, a combined selection value based on the first selection value for the content item and the second selection value for the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Gang Wang