Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Bernard Arnold

Jeffrey Bernard Arnold 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).

  • Assigning variants of content to users while maintaining a stable experimental population
    Patent number: 11947617
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold
  • ASSIGNING VARIANTS OF CONTENT TO USERS WHILE MAINTAINING A STABLE EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION
    Publication number: 20230350970
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold
  • Assigning variants of content to users while maintaining a stable experimental population
    Patent number: 11704382
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold
  • ACCOUNTING FOR VARIABLE DIMENSIONS OF CONTENT ITEMS WHEN POSITIONING CONTENT ITEMS IN A USER INTERFACE HAVING SLOTS FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ITEMS
    Publication number: 20230109298
    Abstract: An online concierge system includes sponsored content items in an interface including different slots for displaying content items. A sponsored content item may be displayed in a single slot or in multiple adjacent slots. The online concierge system determines a content score for various sponsored content items indicating a likelihood of a user interacting with a sponsored content item and a position bias for slots in the interface indicating a likelihood of the user interacting with a slot independent of content in the slot. Position biases are different dependent on a number of slots in which a content item is displayed. The online concierge system generates a graph identifying potential placements of sponsored content items in slots by selecting content items in an order according to their content scores. Sponsored content items are positioned in slots according to a path through the graph that has the highest overall expected value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bernard Arnold, Rob Donnelly, Sumit Garg, Jonathan Gu, Bill Lundberg, David Pal, Sharath Rao Karikurve, Peng Qi
  • ASSIGNING VARIANTS OF CONTENT TO USERS WHILE MAINTAINING A STABLE EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION
    Publication number: 20220269748
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold
  • Assigning variants of content to users while maintaining a stable experimental population
    Patent number: 11314836
    Abstract: A variation testing system environment for performing variation testing of web pages and applications is disclosed. The variation testing system applies a weighted consistent hash function to user attributes of users to assign the users to a variant of a web page that is undergoing experimentation. The usage of the weighted consistent hash function allows for a stable experimental population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Ogden Kent, Benjamin David Bader, Jeffrey Bernard Arnold