Patents by Inventor Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy

Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190147514
    Abstract: A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Danny Chang, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy
  • Patent number: 10198759
    Abstract: A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Chang, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20140032365
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system to request supplemental trust information (STI), from over a network, from a third party trust provider. The requesting uses a first predetermined criterion from an item listing that describes a particular item that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace. The STI includes history information for the particular item that is generated by the third party trust provider. The system then stores and presents at least a portion of the STI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Varadarajan, Naoki Ogishi, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Bin Gong, Danny Chang
  • Patent number: 8548866
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system to request supplemental trust information (STI), from over a network, from a third party trust provider. The requesting uses a first predetermined criterion from an item listing that describes a particular item that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace. The STI includes history information for the particular item that is generated by the third party trust provider. The system then stores and presents at least a portion of the STI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Varadarajan, Naoki Ogishi, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Bin Gong, Danny Chang
  • Patent number: 8447663
    Abstract: A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Chang, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy
  • Publication number: 20120239530
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system to request supplemental trust information (STI), from over a network, from a third party trust provider. The requesting uses a first predetermined criterion from an item listing that describes a particular item that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace. The STI includes history information for the particular item that is generated by the third party trust provider. The system then stores and presents at least a portion of the STI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Varadarajan, Naoki Ogishi, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Bin Gong, Danny Chang
  • Patent number: 8200543
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system to supplement a listing via a third party trust provider. Responsive to an event associated with an item listing, supplemental trust information is requested from a third party trust provider using at least one predetermined criterion from the item listing. At least a portion of the supplemental trust information may be stored in the item listing. A notification may be presented in response to a trigger based on the at least a portion of the STI stored in the item listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Varadarajan, Naoki Ogishi, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Bin Gong, Danny Chang
  • Publication number: 20120109780
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a method and system to supplement a listing via a third party trust provider. Responsive to an event associated with an item listing, supplemental trust information is requested from a third party trust provider using at least one predetermined criterion from the item listing. At least a portion of the supplemental trust information may be stored in the item listing. A notification may be presented in response to a trigger based on the at least a portion of the STI stored in the item listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Dilip Varadarajan, Naoki Ogishi, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy, Bin Gong, Danny Chang
  • Publication number: 20110295718
    Abstract: A method and a system to automatically coordinate remote inspectors are provided. Initially, a listing is identified for remote inspection in an online publication system. The listing may describe an item for sale that is, in turn, associated with a geographical location and a category. One or more remote inspectors are identified based on the geographical location and the category associated with the item for sale. The listing and respective profiles of each of the one or more remote inspectors is published to a buyer. A selection of a selected remote inspector is received from the buyer. A template inspection report is provided to the selected remote inspector. Once the remote inspector has inspected the item for sale, the buyer is provided a completed inspection report received from the selected remote inspector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Danny Chang, Balaji Thallam Parthasarathy