Patents by Inventor Michael Effle

Michael Effle 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).

  • Matching users with similar interests
    Patent number: 9208471
    Abstract: Matching users with similar interests is disclosed, including: obtaining, from an external source, items of interest as indicated by a plurality of users; storing information about the plurality of users and their respective items of interest; and identifying, for a first user of the plurality of users, a set of similar users who have overlapping interests as the first user, wherein the overlapping interests are determined based at least in part on items of interest to the first user and items of interest to the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba.com Limited
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Michael Effle, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt
  • QUESTION GENERATION AND PRESENTATION
    Publication number: 20130252221
    Abstract: Presenting and generating questions are disclosed, including: presenting a first set of questions to a plurality of users; collecting a first set of answers pertaining to the first set of questions; generating a second set of questions pertaining to the first set of answers by the plurality of users; and determining influence scores corresponding to the plurality of users based at least in part on a second set of answers pertaining to the second set of questions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Alibaba.com Limited
    Inventors: Gregory Charles McNutt, Michael Effle, Charles Bennett Smith, Boris Basevich, Christina Liu, Liujin Yu, Victor Miagkikh, Boomi Perumal, Rodney Andrew Resella
  • MATCHING USERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS
    Publication number: 20120331055
    Abstract: Matching users with similar interests is disclosed, including: obtaining, from an external source, items of interest as indicated by a plurality of users; storing information about the plurality of users and their respective items of interest; and identifying, for a first user of the plurality of users, a set of similar users who have overlapping interests as the first user, wherein the overlapping interests are determined based at least in part on items of interest to the first user and items of interest to the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Michael Effle, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt