Patents by Inventor Stephen Frankini

Stephen Frankini 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automated selection, organization, and recommendation of items
    Patent number: 6370513
    Abstract: An automated recommendation system keeps track of the needs and preferences of the user through a user preference vector. Each field of the user preference vector represents the user's preference for a specific item attribute. Item attributes are defined by a systems programmer. The systems programmer also creates product vectors of items in the recommendation database. A user preference vector is compared against a product vector to determine if the product is suitable for recommendation. A recommended item may be purchased by the user by submitting a purchase request over a network connection. The user preference vector is constantly refined through feedback from the user about the recommended items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Parasoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam K. Kolawa, Arthur Ray Hicken, Stephen Frankini, Skirmantas Kligys, Emelina Gesheshyen, Maxim Troukhan