Patents by Inventor Venu Javarappa

Venu Javarappa 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: 10600064
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Junghoon (Andrew) Ahn, Venu Javarappa, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Publication number: 20170076302
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Junghoon (Andrew) Ahn, Venu Javarappa, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Patent number: 9536207
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses data from an online social network to optimize subscription offers. During operation of the online social network, the system gathers data associated with subscription offers that were presented to members of the online social network, including information about which subscription offers were converted. Next, the system uses a machine-learning technique to train a model based on the gathered data. Finally, the system uses the trained model to select subscription offers to present to a member of the online social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Traupman, Tarun Kumar, Venu Javarappa, Anmol Bhasin, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Patent number: 9530168
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Junghoon (Andrew) Ahn, Venu Javarappa, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Patent number: 9189737
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Venu Javarappa, Bo Long, Kun Liu, Deepak Argawal, Anmol Bhasin, Junghoon Andrew Ahn
  • Publication number: 20150134575
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that uses data from an online social network to optimize subscription offers. During operation of the online social network, the system gathers data associated with subscription offers that were presented to members of the online social network, including information about which subscription offers were converted. Next, the system uses a machine-learning technique to train a model based on the gathered data. Finally, the system uses the trained model to select subscription offers to present to a member of the online social network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: LinkedIn Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Traupman, Tarun Kumar, Venu Javarappa, Anmol Bhasin, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Publication number: 20140297673
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Junghoon Andrew Ahn, Venu Javarappa, Lizabeth Li, Yurong Shi
  • Publication number: 20140297580
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing a churn rate associated with subscribers of social network services are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods may access activity information associated with a former subscriber of a social network service, compare the accessed activity information to activity information associated with subscribers of the social network service, identify one or more differences between the activity information associated with the former subscriber of the social network service and the activity information associated with the subscribers of the social network service, and perform an action based on the identified one or more differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Venu Javarappa, Bo Long, Kun Liu, Deepak Argawal, Anmol Bhasin, Junghoon Andrew Ahn
  • Publication number: 20140244428
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates interaction with a user. During operation, the system obtains a set of features associated with one or more products recommended for the user. Next, the system provides an editor for modifying the features and obtains one or more customizations to the features through the editor. Finally, the system displays the features and the customizations to the user without requiring modification to source code associated with displaying the features to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Linkedln Corporation
    Inventors: Tong Yang, Yining Wu, Jacob M. Kessler, Timothy Lindvall, II, Wendy Shi, Venu Javarappa
  • Publication number: 20140244423
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that processes user data. During operation, the system obtains a set of ranking engines for a set of products and selects a ranking engine from the set of ranking engines. Next, the system provides the user data for a user to the ranking engine and obtains, in response to the provided user data, a list of ranked products for the user from the ranking engine. Finally, the system provides the products to the user based on the list to facilitate selection of one or more of the products by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: LINKEDIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob M. Kessler, Tong Yang, Jinchun Xia, Bin Pan, Yining Wu, Wendy Shi, Venu Javarappa