Patents by Inventor Guenter Wiesinger

Guenter Wiesinger 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).

  • Patent number: 11580590
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20210082035
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 10867346
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20180315114
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 10032214
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for publication on a network-based publication system and analyses the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based publication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20150324471
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for publication on a network-based publication system and analyses the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based publication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Patent number: 9082140
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20140172581
    Abstract: Systems and methods to communicate information related to an item described in a user profile are described. The system receives a request over a network from a computer system and associates the request with a user profile that is associated with a user. Next, the system retrieves a description of a first item from the user profile, selects a second item from candidate items, the second item being related to the first item. Finally, the system communicates, over the network, information that is related to the second item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Jennifer Chang, Enoch Chen, Kristine Chin Aronson, Famous Rhodes
  • Patent number: 8676649
    Abstract: Methods and systems to merchandise a product based on compatibility are disclosed. The system receives a request over a network from a user. Next, the system associates the request with a user profile that is associated with the user, retrieves an application listing from the user profile that describes a first item and associates the first item with a plurality of candidate items based on item cluster information that is generated based on content data information that is received from a content data provider. Next, the system selects a second item from the plurality of candidate items, the second item being a component of the first item. Finally, the system communicates the merchandising information over a network, to merchandize the second item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: eBay, Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Jennifer Chang, Enoch Chen, Kristine Chin Aronson, Famous Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20140052588
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and a system to suggest information for one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. One or more keywords associated with an item to be listed may be received from a seller. The one or more keywords may be used to search for matching information stored in a database. The matching information may be presented to the seller to be selected. When the seller modifies the suggested matching information, the modified version of the matching information may be stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Guenter Wiesinger
  • Patent number: 8577755
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and a system to suggest information for one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. One or more keywords associated with an item to be listed may be received from a seller. The one or more keywords may be used to search for matching information stored in a database. The matching information may be presented to the seller to be selected. When the seller modifies the suggested matching information, the modified version of the matching information may be stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Guenter Wiesinger
  • Publication number: 20120059723
    Abstract: Methods and systems to merchandise a product based on compatibility are disclosed. The system receives a request over a network from a user. Next, the system associates the request with a user profile that is associated with the user, retrieves an application listing from the user profile that describes a first item and associates the first item with a plurality of candidate items based on item cluster information that is generated based on content data information that is received from a content data provider. Next, the system selects a second item from the plurality of candidate items, the second item being a component of the first item. Finally, the system communicates the merchandising information over a network, to merchandize the second item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Jennifer Chang, Enoch Chen, Kristine Chin Aronson, Famous Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20110307356
    Abstract: Systems and methods to extract and utilize textual semantics are described. The system receives item information that describes an item for sale on a network-based marketplace and analyzes the item information to generate application information that identifies a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications includes a first application that further includes the item as a first component of the first application. The system stores a listing in a database that includes the application information and the item information and publishes the listing on the network-based marketplace to sell the item via the network-based marketplace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra
  • Publication number: 20100094723
    Abstract: Methods and systems to initialize a data source based on a compatibility with an application are described. The system receives item information from a seller. The item information describes a first part that is offered for sale on a network-based marketplace by the seller. In addition, the system further receives application information from the seller that describes a first application. The first part is compatible with the first application. The application information further includes multiple values respectively selected by the seller that describe the first application. The multiple values are respectively associated with a predetermined set of attributes. Next, the system identifies a multiple application identifiers based on the values that were selected by the seller. Next, the system stores the item information in association with the plurality of application identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Brian M. Johnson, Kristine Chin Aronson, Shilpa Jois Muguru Ramachandra, Dilip Varadarajan, Adam Bursey, Guenter Wiesinger
  • Publication number: 20090198562
    Abstract: A social graph may be generated using a system and method to: identify a focal user, the focal user associated with a transaction; determine a related user associated with the transaction, the related user having a buyer-seller relationship with the focal user; and present the focal user and the related user using a multi-node graph, the multi-node graph including a first node and a second node representing the focal user and the related user, respectively, and a first connector representing the buyer-seller relationship linking the first and second nodes, the first connector being presented with meta-data describing a characteristic of the buyer-seller relationship. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Guenter Wiesinger, Thomas Seifert, Nicklas Weich
  • Publication number: 20090171680
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and a system to suggest information for one or more items offered for sale by sellers in a network-based market place. One or more keywords associated with an item to be listed may be received from a seller. The one or more keywords may be used to search for matching information stored in a database. The matching information may be presented to the seller to be selected. When the seller modifies the suggested matching information, the modified version of the matching information may be stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: Guenter Wiesinger