Patents by Inventor Holly C. MacDonald Korth

Holly C. MacDonald Korth 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: 10853891
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a publicly accessible computer network such as the Internet is facilitated and leveraged by a computer system that forms a community of computer user parties based on personal and business connections of the parties involved. Personal connections are created between users by invitation and mutual acceptance. Business connections are created between users when a transaction takes place between those users. Users search to perform any one or more of a variety of actions such as to purchase products, browse departments and categories for purchasing products, or explore the connections between the parties involved to find items to buy. Different groupings of the parties involved may be the users themselves and other buyers/sellers in the business network, the users themselves and their friends in the personal networks, or some combination of buyers/sellers and friends from each of the types of networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald-Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 10423997
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with a seller marketplace item management website by completing an online-item marketplace item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like, and an image file or image file location illustrating the marketplace item. The seller marketplace item management server provides a marketplace administrator server the marketplace item data including original image file or image file location. The server contains a random image size generator that generates at least two additional images of the marketplace item for display in a seller marketplace item web page to advertise the marketplace item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Publication number: 20180130137
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a publicly accessible computer network such as the Internet is facilitated and leveraged by a computer system that forms a community of computer user parties based on personal and business connections of the parties involved. Personal connections are created between users by invitation and mutual acceptance. Business connections are created between users when a transaction takes place between those users. Users search to perform any one or more of a variety of actions such as to purchase products, browse departments and categories for purchasing products, or explore the connections between the parties involved to find items to buy. Different groupings of the parties involved may be the users themselves and other buyers/sellers in the business network, the users themselves and their friends in the personal networks, or some combination of buyers/sellers and friends from each of the types of networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald-Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 9805425
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a publicly accessible computer network such as the Internet is facilitated and leveraged by a computer system that forms a community of computer user parties based on personal and business connections of the parties involved. Personal connections are created between users by invitation and mutual acceptance. Business connections are created between users when a transaction takes place between those users. Users search to perform any one or more of a variety of actions such as to purchase products, browse departments and categories for purchasing products, or explore the connections between the parties involved to find items to buy. Different groupings of the parties involved may be the users themselves and other buyers/sellers in the business network, the users themselves and their friends in the personal networks, or some combination of buyers/sellers and friends from each of the types of networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald-Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Publication number: 20140164168
    Abstract: A system to facilitate electronic commerce associated with an online marketplace, program product, and methods are provided. Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with a seller marketplace item management website by completing an online-item marketplace item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like, and an image file or image file location illustrating the marketplace item. The seller marketplace item management server provides a marketplace administrator server the marketplace item data including original image file or image file location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 8719075
    Abstract: A system to facilitate electronic commerce associated with an online marketplace, program product, and methods are provided. Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with the marketplace website by completing an online-item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like. The selling user uploads an image file of the item to the marketplace website's server. The server contains a random image size generator that generates at least two additional images of the item that are presented to the selling user for selection of the image that the selling user wants to include on the selling website to advertise the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 8452691
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with a seller marketplace item management website by completing an online-item marketplace item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like, and an image file or image file location illustrating the marketplace item. The seller marketplace item management server provides a marketplace administrator server the marketplace item data including original image file or image file location. The server contains a random image size generator that generates at least two additional images of the marketplace item for display in a seller marketplace item web page to advertise the marketplace item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Overstock.com
    Inventors: Holly C MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 8370269
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a publicly accessible computer network such as the Internet is facilitated and leveraged by a computer system that forms a community of computer user parties based on personal and business connections of the parties involved. Personal connections are created between users by invitation and mutual acceptance. Business connections are created between users when a transaction takes place between those users. Users search to perform any one or more of a variety of actions such as to purchase products, browse departments and categories for purchasing products, or explore the connections between the parties involved to find items to buy. Different groupings of the parties involved may be the users themselves and other buyers/sellers in the business network, the users themselves and their friends in the personal networks, or some combination of buyers/sellers and friends from each of the types of networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald-Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Publication number: 20110270717
    Abstract: A system to facilitate electronic commerce associated with an online marketplace, program product, and methods are provided. Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with a seller marketplace item management website by completing an online-item marketplace item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like, and an image file or image file location illustrating the marketplace item. The seller marketplace item management server provides a marketplace administrator server the marketplace item data including original image file or image file location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: OVERSTOCK.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson
  • Patent number: 7979340
    Abstract: Electronic commerce over a computer network is facilitated by a computer system that forms a community of computers that enable the users to buy and sell items in an online marketplace. To list the item on an online marketplace website, for example, the selling user posts an item with a seller marketplace item management website by completing an online-item marketplace item creation form. The form requires input related to the item, such as a description, sale price or minimum bid, shipping instructions, and the like, and an image file or image file location illustrating the marketplace item. The seller marketplace item management server provides a marketplace administrator server the marketplace item data including original image file or image file location. The server contains a random image size generator that generates at least two additional images of the marketplace item for display in a seller marketplace item web page to advertise the marketplace item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Overstock.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Holly C. MacDonald Korth, Samuel Jacob Peterson