Patents by Inventor Shashank Kedia
Shashank Kedia 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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Patent number: 11907999Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20230368263Abstract: In some examples, a system to may be configured to, for at least a first user of the plurality of users, implement a first set of operations that generate, for each of a first set of item types, attribute value data. Additionally, the system may implement a second set of operations that generate, for each of a second set of item types identified in catalogue data, clique data. Moreover, the system may, for the at least first user, implement a third set of operations that generate preference dependency data . Further, the system may, for the at least first user, based on the preference dependency data, the clique data, the attribute value data, generate, for each item type of a set of item types, output data including an affinity value for each item type of the first set of item types.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Rahul Radhakrishnan IYER, Shashank Kedia, Sushant Kumar, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20230214592Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically generating item information, such as item descriptions, and providing the item information to customers. For example, the embodiments may generate and provide personalized item descriptions to customers during conversational interactions in speech-based systems. In some examples, the embodiments determine entities (e.g., attributes) from item information, and apply trained machine learning processes to the extracted entities to generate textual data, such as item descriptions. For example, a computing device may apply a trained natural language processing, such as a trained transformer-based machine learning technique, to the extracted entities to generate the item descriptions. In some examples, the computing device applies post processing techniques to the generated textual data. The generated textual data may include descriptive phrases that are user friendly to customers in an e-commerce system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Shashank Kedia, Aditya Mantha, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20230214861Abstract: In some examples, a system may be configured to obtain a set of features of a set of users including one or more features of transaction data of the set of users and one or more features of engagement data of the set of users. Additionally, the system may be configured to implement a first set of operations that generate output data including a plurality of conversion scores, based on the set of features. In some examples, each conversion score of the plurality of conversion scores are associated with a particular user of the set of users and characterize a likelihood of a conversion event of the corresponding user changing from a trial-member status to a full-member status prior to a predetermined future time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Sushant Kumar, Kannan Achan, Shashank Kedia, Sneha Gupta, Yokila Arora
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Publication number: 20230153883Abstract: In some examples, a system tomay be configured to, for at least a first user of the plurality of users, implement a first set of operations that generate, for each of a first set of item types, attribute value data Additionally, the system may implement a second set of operations that generate, for each of a second set of item types identified incatalogue data, clique data . Moreover, the system may, for the at least first user, implement a third set of operations that generate preference dependency data . Further, the system may , for the at least first user, based on the preference dependency data, the clique data, the attribute value data, generate, for each item type of a set of item types, output data including an affinity value for each item type of the first set of item types.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Rahul Radhakrishnan IYER, Shashank Kedia, Sushant Kumar, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11636267Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically generating item information, such as item descriptions, and providing the item information to customers. For example, the embodiments may generate and provide personalized item descriptions to customers during conversational interactions in speech-based systems. In some examples, the embodiments determine entities (e.g., attributes) from item information, and apply trained machine learning processes to the extracted entities to generate textual data, such as item descriptions. For example, a computing device may apply a trained natural language processing, such as a trained transformer-based machine learning technique, to the extracted entities to generate the item descriptions. In some examples, the computing device applies post processing techniques to the generated textual data. The generated textual data may include descriptive phrases that are user friendly to customers in an e-commerce system.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Shashank Kedia, Aditya Mantha, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11610249Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20220245341Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically generating item information, such as item descriptions, and providing the item information to customers. For example, the embodiments may generate and provide personalized item descriptions to customers during conversational interactions in speech-based systems. In some examples, the embodiments determine entities (e.g., attributes) from item information, and apply trained machine learning processes to the extracted entities to generate textual data, such as item descriptions. For example, a computing device may apply a trained natural language processing, such as a trained transformer-based machine learning technique, to the extracted entities to generate the item descriptions. In some examples, the computing device applies post processing techniques to the generated textual data. The generated textual data may include descriptive phrases that are user friendly to customers in an e-commerce system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Shashank Kedia, Aditya Mantha, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20220222729Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20220222706Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for providing recommended items to advertise. In some examples, a computing device determines a first set of items for recommendation based on historical user data associated with a user, and a second set of items for recommendation based on real-time user session data for the user. The computing device may then determine a subset of the first set of items based on associated scores and a predetermined threshold number of first items that can be presented for optimal user interaction. The computing device may generate a set of item recommendations by combining the subset of the first set of items and at least one of the second set of items to present to the user as advertisements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Yokila Arora, Gaoyang Wang, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Aditya Mantha, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11308543Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing carousels specifically curated for a user. In some examples, a computing device obtains user transaction data identifying in-store and/or online transactions, and user engagement data identifying user interactions with items and carousels from user's prior sessions. The computing device determines a sequential order for presentation of carousels with a set of item recommendations. For example, the computing device scores each potential carousel based on prior user interactions and transactions with items and carousels. The carousels are then ranked and subsequently presented to the user based on their corresponding scores.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Aditya Mantha, Shubham Gupta, Anirudha Sundaresan, Gaoyang Wang, Shashank Kedia, Yokila Arora, Parveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20210374832Abstract: A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item for the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items of the anchor item for the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation. The method additionally can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is positive, transmitting, in real-time through the network, the one or more complementary items to be presented to the user via the user device. The method likewise can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is not positive, refraining from transmitting the one or more complementary items to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Aditya Mantha, Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11107144Abstract: A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item in a session by the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items based at least in part on: (a) the anchor item; and (b) a user profile of the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation based at least in part on one or more of: (a) the user profile; (b) the anchor item; (c) the one or more complementary items; or (d) one or more feedbacks from the user associated with one or more prior recommendations in the session.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Aditya Mantha, Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
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Publication number: 20210241349Abstract: A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item in a session by the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items based at least in part on: (a) the anchor item; and (b) a user profile of the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation based at least in part on one or more of: (a) the user profile; (b) the anchor item; (c) the one or more complementary items; or (d) one or more feedbacks from the user associated with one or more prior recommendations in the session.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Aditya Mantha, Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan