Patents by Inventor Timothy Bethea

Timothy Bethea 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).

  • Patent number: 10360621
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein disclose systems and methods for near-identical multi-faceted entity identification within search results from an online marketplace. The online marketplace may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to provide one or more online marketplace services, including the near-identical multi-faceted entity identification system. A user device may accordingly request and receive, from the online marketplace, a set of item listings based on submitted search criteria. The online marketplace may then access the set of item listings and identify one or more similar item listings among the set of item listings in order to demote a ranking of the similar item listings within the set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Krishna Salaka, Marco Pennacchiotti, Davide Libenzi, Timothy Bethea
  • Publication number: 20160342600
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein disclose systems and methods for near-identical multi-faceted entity identification within search results from an online marketplace. The online marketplace may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to provide one or more online marketplace services, including the near-identical multi-faceted entity identification system. A user device may accordingly request and receive, from the online marketplace, a set of item listings based on submitted search criteria. The online marketplace may then access the set of item listings and identify one or more similar item listings among the set of item listings in order to demote a ranking of the similar item listings within the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vamsi Krishna Salaka, Marco Pennacchiotti, Davide Libenzi, Timothy Bethea
  • Publication number: 20150220510
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to interactive optimization of messages published to digital media based on past performance of similar messages. In one embodiment, an input token is received. At least one candidate substitute token is retrieved from a dictionary. The dictionary comprises a mapping from the input token to the at least one candidate substitute token. A score associated with the at least one candidate substitute token is determined. A score associated with the input token is determined. The score associated with the input token, the at least one candidate substitute token, and the score associated with the at least one candidate substitute token are outputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alfredo Alba, Timothy Bethea, Clemens Drews, Daniel Gruhl, Neal R. Lewis, Meenakshi Nagarajan
  • Publication number: 20070074215
    Abstract: Methods, computer programs, and systems for processing a request through a web service on a server are provided. The method includes receiving a batch request from a client. The batch request includes a plurality of sub-requests that each specifies an operation to be performed by the web service. The method further includes processing the batch request through the web service including performing the operation specified by each of the plurality of sub-requests and generating a corresponding plurality of sub-replies. Each sub-reply contains result data of the processing of a corresponding sub-request. The method further includes constructing a batch reply including the plurality of sub-replies, and returning the batch reply to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Bethea, Monika Gorkani, Cynthia Roberts, Soumitro Tagore