Patents by Inventor Bharath Sridharan

Bharath Sridharan 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).

  • Integrated experience for applications within a mobile application
    Patent number: 9294554
    Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shay Mandel, Gadi Lifshitz, Guy Ephraim, Ofer Egozi, Jen-Hao Yang, Bharath Sridharan, Ehud Halberstam, Shani Raba
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING EXPERT AUDIENCE TARGETING
    Publication number: 20150254785
    Abstract: A system and method for directing queries to the most suitable potential responders of an audience selected from a crowd-sourced population from which to request information, based on information such as query content, query context, timing, location, preferred supporting resource(s), and source of the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Jen Hao Yang, Ryan C. Sponseller, Bharath Sridharan, Eui Chung, Edward S. Lampert
  • PRODUCT AND CONTENT ASSOCIATION
    Publication number: 20150170248
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed regarding an e-commerce system that maintains references between products and relevant content. In some embodiments, methods and/or apparatus obtain content from one or more content providers via a computer network, identify a product from a product catalog of an electronic database that is related to the obtained content; and update references to relevant content maintained in an electronic database for the product to include a reference to the obtained content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Sears Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Eui Chung, Bharath Sridharan, Seyed Alireza Forouzan Ebrahimi
  • Customer assistance platform
    Patent number: 9047631
    Abstract: A method and system for providing location based assistance. The method and system including hosting a database of information regarding a customer, hosting a database of information regarding sale associate availability, and receiving a customer assistance request. The system determines the location of the customer and determines the availability of at least one sale associate within a predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer to service the customer assistance request. The customer assistance request is then routed to the at least one sale associate within the predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer for assistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bharath Sridharan, Jen Hao Yang, Gadi Lifshitz, Guy Ephraim, Gilad Opher
  • SCALABLE TRAINING
    Publication number: 20140164040
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed that utilizes voice mail messages to direct personalized employee training. Voice mail messages instruct an employee to perform various tasks. Employee actions are monitored to determine whether the various tasks were performed as instructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Sears Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Bharath Sridharan, Jen-Hao Yang, Sahil Bhagat
  • INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE FOR APPLICATIONS WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20140096025
    Abstract: A system and method that supports an integrated user interface experience with third party hosted applications selected and installed by a user within a user-installed native application of a user communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Sears Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Shay Mandel, Gadi Lifshitz, Guy Ephraim, Ofer Egozi, Jen-Hao Yang, Bharath Sridharan, Ehud Halberstam, Shani Raba
  • CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20130198039
    Abstract: A method and system for providing location based assistance. The method and system including hosting a database of information regarding a customer, hosting a database of information regarding sale associate availability, and receiving a customer assistance request. The system determines the location of the customer and determines the availability of at least one sale associate within a predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer to service the customer assistance request. The customer assistance request is then routed to the at least one sale associate within the predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer for assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Bharath Sridharan, Jen Hao Yang, Gadi Lifshitz, Guy Ephraim, Gilad Ofer