Patents by Inventor Nida K. Zada
Nida K. Zada 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).
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Publication number: 20170243178Abstract: Some embodiments may provide a method comprising receiving an identification of an entity from a network-based commerce system and receiving authentication data associated with the entity from the network-based commerce system, a combination including the authentication data and the identification being operable to facilitate a transfer of value affecting a first account associated with the entity, the transfer of value further affecting a second account associated with the network-based commerce system, the authentication data and the identification of the entity being insufficient for the network-based commerce system to identify the first account.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Osama Mostafa Bedier, Ray Hideki Tanaka, Henry H. Pham, Aaron M. Lee, J. Paul Janney, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 9070156Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent Russell Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20140172717Abstract: Some embodiments may provide a method comprising receiving an identification of an entity from a payment requestor and receiving authentication data associated with the entity from the payment requestor, a combination of the authentication data and the identification including data operable to facilitate a transfer of value from a first account of the entity to a second account corresponding to the payment requestor. The data identifying the first account of the entity as being inaccessible to the payment requestor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Osama Mostafa Bedier, Ray Hideki Tanaka, Henry H. Pham, Aaron M. Lee, J. Paul Janney, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 8738517Abstract: Some embodiments may provide a method comprising receiving an identification of an entity from a network-based commerce system and receiving authentication data associated with the entity from the network-based commerce system, a combination including the authentication data and the identification being operable to facilitate a transfer of value affecting a first account associated with the entity, the transfer of value further affecting a second account associated with the network-based commerce system, the authentication data and the identification of the entity being insufficient for the network-based commerce system to identify the first account.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: eBay, Inc.Inventors: Osama Mostafa Bedier, Ray Hideki Tanaka, Henry H. Pham, Aaron M. Lee, J. Paul Janney, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20140100986Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent Russell Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 8620767Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent Russell Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 8433621Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 8407105Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20120259729Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20110238525Abstract: Various processes are disclosed for discovering item relationships between particular items, such as products represented in an electronic catalog, based on monitored user behaviors (e.g., item viewing activities, item purchases, shopping cart activities, etc.). The discovered item relationships may, for example, be used to generate personalized item recommendations for users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of an electronic catalog with lists of related items. Also disclosed are processes for generating personalized item recommendations based on users' search activities and browse node visits.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 7970664Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities, and for using such information to provide item recommendations to users. In one embodiment, a monitoring component of a merchant's Web site maintains a record of products viewed by each user during a current browsing session—preferably based on visits to product detail pages. A recommendations component uses the resulting history of viewed products to identify additional products to recommend, preferably using a pre-existing table that maps products to related products. In one embodiment, this table is generated by periodically analyzing user browsing histories to identify correlations between purchases, viewing events, and/or other actions performed with respect to particular products. The recommended items may be displayed together with an option to individually deselect the recently viewed items on which the recommendations are based.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 7685074Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities that indicate user interests in particular products, or other items, represented in an electronic catalog, and for using such information to identify items that are related to one another. In one embodiment, relationships between items within an electronic catalog are determined by identifying items that are frequently viewed by users within the same browsing session (e.g., items A and B are related because a significant portion of those who viewed A also viewed B). The resulting item relatedness data may be stored in a table that maps items to sets of related items. The table may be used to provide personalized item recommendations to users, and/or to supplement item detail pages of the electronic catalog with lists of related items. In one embodiment, the table is used to provide session-specific item recommendations to users.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20080250026Abstract: A system provides recommendations of web sites, web pages, and/or products to a user based on web pages viewed during a current browsing session. In one embodiment, a browser plug-in or other client program monitors and reports information regarding browsing activities of users across multiple web sites. The resulting cross-site browse histories of the users are analyzed on an aggregated basis to detect behavior-based associations between particular sites, pages and/or products. The detected associations are in turn used to provide personalized recommendations to users. The associations and recommendations may also be based on an automated analysis of the content of the web pages represented in the users' browse histories.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada, Jonathan O. Aizen, Groffrey B. Mack
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Publication number: 20080162366Abstract: Some embodiments may provide a method comprising receiving an identification of an entity from a network-based commerce system and receiving authentication data associated with the entity from the network-based commerce system, a combination including the authentication data and the identification being operable to facilitate a transfer of value affecting a first account associated with the entity, the transfer of value further affecting a second account associated with the network-based commerce system, the authentication data and the identification of the entity being insufficient for the network-based commerce system to identify the first account.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Osama Mostafa Bedier, Ray Hideki Tanaka, Henry H. Pham, Aaron M. Lee, J. Paul Janney, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 6912505Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities that indicate user interests in particular products or other items, and for using such information to identify items that are related to one another. In one embodiment, relationships between products within an online catalog are determined by identifying products that are frequently viewed by users within the same browsing session (e.g., products A and B are related because a significant portion of those who viewed A also viewed B). The resulting item relatedness data is preferably stored in a table that maps items to sets of related items. The table may be used to provide personalized product recommendations to users, and/or to supplement product detail pages with lists of related products. In one embodiment, the table is used to provide session-specific product recommendations to users that are based on the products viewed by the user during the current browsing session.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada
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Patent number: 6853982Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities, and for using such information to provide session-specific item recommendations to users. In one embodiment, a monitoring component of a merchant's Web site maintains a record of products viewed by each user during a current browsing session—preferably based on visits to product detail pages. A recommendations component uses the resulting history of viewed products to identify additional products to recommend, preferably using a pre-existing table that maps products to related products. In one embodiment, this table is generated by periodically analyzing user browsing histories to identify correlations between purchases, viewing events, and/or other actions performed with respect to particular products. The recommended items may be displayed together with an option to individually deselect the recently viewed items on which the recommendations are based.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.Inventors: Brent R. Smith, Gregory D. Linden, Nida K. Zada
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Publication number: 20020198882Abstract: A system provides session-specific web page or web site recommendations to a user based upon an identification of web pages previously viewed by the user during a browsing session. During a sequence of proximately visited locations, users tend to view web pages with similar content. To collect data, a client program executes in conjunction with a web browser on each of multiple users' computers. Each client program identifies pages viewed by the user and transmits the sequence of identifications to a server application executing on a recommendation system. The recommendation system creates tables of similar web pages based upon the sequences of locations visited by users. To create session-specific web page recommendations, the system uses the client program to identify a set of locations visited by the user during the session. The system then identifies similar web pages based upon the created tables and combines, sorts, and filters the results.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Gregory D. Linden, Brent R. Smith, Nida K. Zada, Jonathan O. Aizen, Geoffrey B. Mack
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Publication number: 20020010625Abstract: Various methods are disclosed for monitoring user browsing activities, and for using such information to provide session-specific item recommendations to users. In one embodiment, a monitoring component of a merchant's Web site maintains a record of products viewed by each user during a current browsing session—preferably based on visits to product detail pages. A recommendations component uses the resulting history of viewed products to identify additional products to recommend, preferably using a pre-existing table that maps products to related products. In one embodiment, this table is generated by periodically analyzing user browsing histories to identify correlations between purchases, viewing events, and/or other actions performed with respect to particular products. The recommended items may be displayed together with an option to individually deselect the recently viewed items on which the recommendations are based.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Brent R. Smith, Gregory D. Linden, Nida K. Zada