Product Or Catalog Patents (Class 707/948)
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Patent number: 11893615Abstract: A system to receive data indicative of physical location from a first computing device and to associate an event with the physical location, the event occurring at the physical location and including the physical presence of two or more entities. The system further to receive registration information from one or more entities that are associated with the event and to generate, using the registration information, a data object to enable a first entity of the one or more entities and a second entity of the one or more entities to exchange one or more items while the first entity and the second entity are both physically present at the event. The system additionally to publish the data object to a second computing device based on a participation criteria, the second device being operated by at least one of the first entity and the second entity.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: EBAY INC.Inventors: Vikram Tuli, Jeffrey Chen Chieh Leng, Daniel Morales
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Patent number: 11810069Abstract: The A CLOUD-BASED DESKTOP AND SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“CDSA Platform”) transforms service sign up, site creation, application registration data inputs via CDSA Platform components into new site display and Subscription App Store registration confirmation outputs. In some embodiments the CDSA Platform may facilitate generation of cloud-based desktop representations within a web browser. In one implementation, the CDSA Platform may receive a first user input, including identifying user information and a web Site address. In response to the first input, the CDSA Platform may create a new web Site at the received web Site address. In one implementation, the new website may comprise a first desktop representation on a web browser at the web Site address and may present a plurality of application icons on the first desktop representation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Infostreet, Inc.Inventor: Siamak Farah
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Patent number: 11762857Abstract: Methods and systems searching data exchanges and assets with non-homogenous functionality and non-standardized data descriptions using credentials corresponding to users. The method includes receiving, from a user, a request to access a data exchange, retrieving a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile provides a credential for the user, and receiving a search string. The method includes determining a first search input for searching the data exchange based on the search string and the credential, performing, a first comparison of a first search input portion to respective first set of attributes for the plurality of asset types, and performing a second comparison of a second search input portion to respective second set of attributes for the plurality of asset types. The method includes generating for display a search result for the search string based on the first comparison and the second comparison.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Singaram Subramanian, Sumod Soman, Adwait Suresh Talathi, Jonathan Rodriguez, Sheel Khanna, Snehal Patil, Heena Patel, Naveen Chandran, John Prout, Tribhuvan Kambham
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Patent number: 11645699Abstract: A method of providing information related to a service by an electronic apparatus, which includes acquiring order information for an item list including one or more items, performing an operation for picking work corresponding to the acquired order information, and when picking of all the one or more items included in the item list for the acquired order information is completed, performing an operation for pickup location assignment, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Coupang Corp.Inventors: Bo Ra Moon, So Hee Kim, Tae Hoa Lee, Sun Hee Hwang, Jeong Seok Oh, Sang Jin Ko, Sung Jin Park, Sang Hee Ahn, Sang Ho Lee, Se Hwan Chung, Hye Jin Oh, Yeo Joo Yang
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Patent number: 11436362Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable users of a data sharing system to build native applications that can be shared with other users of the data sharing system. The native applications can be published and discovered in the data sharing system like any other data listing, and consumers can install them in their local data sharing system account to serve their data processing needs. A provider may define an installation script for installing an application and create a share object to which the installation script may be attached. In response to an imported database being created in a consumer account based on the share object, a native application framework may automatically execute the installation script in the consumer account and may create a set of database roles to manage execution of the application in the consumer account.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Snowflake Inc.Inventors: Damien Carru, Jeremy Yujui Chen, Pui Kei Johnston Chu, Thierry Cruanes, Istvan Cseri, Benoit Dageville, Unmesh Jagtap, Subramanian Muralidhar
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Patent number: 11144932Abstract: An account ribbon of a website has a plurality of message fields each having a link activatable to cause a display of a type of user related information. Continued access to the user related is provided by causing the account ribbon to be persisted across plural webpages of the website.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: W.W. Grainger, Inc.Inventors: Paul Miller, Jason Brownewell, Rosa Manfredi, Geoffry A. Westphal
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Patent number: 11120396Abstract: A system, apparatus and method manages a product inventory of two or more vendors. A demand for each product at each vendor is determined based on a product utilization data stored in one or more databases. One or more product transfers are generated based on the demand for each product at each vendor and a product inventory data stored in the one or more databases. The one or more product transfers are bundled together by vendor-to-vendor pairings. Each transfer bundle is provided to the vendors identified in the transfer bundles. An approval, a modification or a denial is received for each transfer bundle from the vendors identified in the transfer bundles. One or more transfer orders are created for the transfer bundles that are approved and modified.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: SUPPLYLOGIX, LLCInventors: Charles D. White, Mark B. Wilgus, John J. Jurek, Daniel Z Parrish
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Patent number: 9904965Abstract: A system, apparatus and method manages a product inventory of two or more vendors. A demand for each product at each vendor is determined based on a product utilization data stored in one or more databases. One or more product transfers are generated based on the demand for each product at each vendor and a product inventory data stored in the one or more databases. The one or more product transfers are bundled together by vendor-to-vendor pairings. Each transfer bundle is provided to the vendors identified in the transfer bundles. An approval, a modification or a denial is received for each transfer bundle from the vendors identified in the transfer bundles. One or more transfer orders are created for the transfer bundles that are approved and modified.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SUPPLYLOGIX, LLCInventors: Charles D. White, Mark B. Wilgus, John J. Jurek, Daniel Z. Parrish
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Patent number: 8990160Abstract: Indexing functionality can be shifted to one or more backup servers in a backup system. In one implementation, a backup server can receive one or more data backups from one or more production servers. The backup server can then build or create one or more indexes at the backup server, which correspond to the contents of the one or more data backups. In one implementation, one or more management agents can also identify any appropriate components that might be needed to read the backup data at the backup server pursuant to building the one or more indexes. In either case, the one or more indexes can be used for a wide range of purposes, such as to manage data usage quotas at the one or more production servers, as well as to retrieve data from the backup server based on specific file requests.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Vijay Sen, Robert M. Fries, Karandeep Singh Anand
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Patent number: 8943065Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing catalog information that can include tracking and reporting search terms used for catalog items searches. According to one embodiment, a procurement application can maintain a log of unique search phrases which returned no search results. For example, the log can maintain records from a specific time period. A count can be maintained to capture how many times a phrase was used for search within the specific time period, and used to rank the frequency of the search phrases. Search phrases that exceed that time period may be purged. The accumulated counts and associated search terms can be provided to the managers periodically and/or upon request in the form of a summary or other graphical and/or textual report or presentation.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Karlay Tan, Lee-Hian Quek, Marc Cagigas, Sudhir Subramanian, Margaret Lloyd
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Patent number: 8930370Abstract: The method comprises processing plural product information records from the product information sources into one or more groups based on which product information records are likely to correspond to the same product, correlating a unique product ID corresponding to the product associated with each of said groups to identify the product, comparing each identified product to categories of a taxonomy to determine a category for the identified products in the taxonomy, and determining attributes for each categorized product based on the product information records corresponding to each group, creating product specifications based on the determined attributes and storing the product specification in the corresponding determined categories of the taxonomy.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: CBS Interactive Inc.Inventors: Timothy Allen Musgrove, Robin Hiroko Walsh
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Patent number: 8886654Abstract: A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server that can be accessed via a web browser that stores data. An extraction tool includes a data filter adapted to filter data based on, for example, a population criteria, a sample size, and a date range criteria. A model validation tool validates the model. A model execution tool allows a user to score the model.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: America Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay S. Agrawal, Sastry V. S. M. Durvasula, Narasimha Murthy, Sandeep Sacheti, Deep Thomas, Karl Von Wolff
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Patent number: 8856160Abstract: Techniques are described for describing and associating custom products. In an embodiment, a first attribute value that defines an attribute of a custom product is received from a user that is customizing the custom product. In response to receiving the first attribute value, a legal set of attribute values for a second attribute of the custom product or an accessory product may be determined. The legal set of attribute values identifies one or more attribute values of the second attribute of the custom product or accessory product that are compatible with the first attribute value. The legal set of attribute values may identify a continuous range of values where any value within the continuous range of values is compatible with the first attribute value. In an embodiment, the user may be limited to selecting accessory products having a legal attribute value.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Zazzle Inc.Inventors: Robert Irven Beaver, III, Leslie Young Harvill, Richard Harold Bean
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Patent number: 8825663Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer storage mediums for receiving an initial index, the initial index associating each application of one or more applications with one or more applications of interest; for each application, receiving metadata associated with the application and receiving metadata associated with each of the one or more applications of interest; processing the metadata to selectively remove at least one of the one or more applications of interest from the initial index to provide a final index, the final index associating each application of the one or more applications with a remaining one or more applications of interest; storing the final index in memory; receiving a user selection of a particular application of the one or more applications; retrieving the one or more applications of interest based on the particular application using the final index; and providing the one or more applications of interest for display.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Ihar Mahaniok, Bhaskar Mehta
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Patent number: 8768908Abstract: A search query is resolved prior to being submitted to one or more search engines. The query is resolved such that the query unambiguously corresponds to a category included in a query ontology that relates search queries to query categories. The query may be resolved by supplementing the query with additional information corresponding to the category. For example, the query may be formatted into a canonical form of the query for the category. Alternatively or additionally, the query may be supplemented with one or more keywords that are associated with the category and that represent words or phrases that appear in a high percentage of search results for queries from the category. Resolving the query yields search results that more closely reflect search results desired by a user submitting the query.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Abdur R. Chowdhury, Gregory S. Pass
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Patent number: 8632484Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing supplemental support to the arm and/or elbow region of an individual. In one exemplary implementation, a brace for a user's arm is provided comprising a rigid element including arm-engaging portions and a strap of flexible material configured to encircle the arm. Moreover, the exemplary rigid element and strap may be further characterized in that the strap comprises an elastic nature or portion that provides a force (such as a compressive or constraining force) to the user's arm, the arm-engaging portions include muscle/tendon-engaging regions that each engage the user's arm along a leading face/edge, with various leading faces/edges corresponding to the muscle/tendon-engaging regions being positioned in relationship with each other to apply a desired pressure or force to the user's arm.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Squarehit Sports, Inc.Inventors: James Bowmar Rodgers, Jr., Maurice Arthur LeBlanc, Jr., Raymond Neil Bilsey
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Patent number: 8620819Abstract: A database record controls a license to use a computational component. An input receives an order identifier associated with an order related to a computational component and an interface retrieves order information associated with the identifier. The order information comprises at least one material code. A material code mapping agent compares the material code with at least one material code mapping table to identify corresponding computational component information associated with the material code.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: William T. Walker, Bruce G. Lieou, Mary K. Lourenco, Robert J. Serkowski, Leslie Levy
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Patent number: 8577880Abstract: A system provides a user interface through which users can flexibly tag individual items represented in an electronic catalog with user-defined tags, such as text strings, and obtain recommendations that are specific to particular tags. The tags and tag-item assignments created by each user are stored persistently in association with the user, and may be kept private to the user or exposed to others. Once a user has assigned a tag to a number of items, the user (or another user in some embodiments) can request and obtain recommendations that are specific to this tag. These recommendations may be generated in real time by a recommendation service that identifies items that are collectively similar or related to the items associated with the tag.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Donsbach, Andrej Gregov, Jeffrey D. Few, Jeffrey D. Lehman, Jeffrey T. Brownell
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Patent number: 8533235Abstract: A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server that can be accessed via a web browser that stores data. An extraction tool includes a data filter adapted to filter data based on, for example, a population criteria, a sample size, and a date range criteria. A model validation tool validates the model. A model execution tool allows a user to score the model.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay S. Agrawal, Sastry VSM Durvasula, Narasimha Murthy, Sandeep Sacheti, Deep Thomas, Karl Von Wolff
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Patent number: 8515970Abstract: A system for providing a recommended customized profile to a subject member of a social network for use in operating a subject customizable apparatus is described. The system includes a social network database storing profiles of members of the social network corresponding to multiple customizable apparatus including the subject customizable apparatus. The system also includes a central social network server having a processor and a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate the recommended customized profile, for use by the subject member in operation of the subject customizable apparatus, based on at least one matching profile of other members in the social network.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: James Pratt, Steven Belz, Marc Sullivan
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Patent number: 8510298Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for ranking of products related to a product category in online shopping. A search query for one or more products is received from a user. A set of attributes and features of each attribute are extracted related to a product category for each of the one or more products. A score of each attribute is calculated based on the features. Further, the weights are assigned to each of the one or more attributes and a product rank is generated for each of the one or more products based on assigned weights and the score by using a predefined relevancy-ranking algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: TheFind, Inc.Inventor: Shashikant Khandelwal
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Patent number: 8484240Abstract: Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include receiving potential information for a first menu, and receiving indications of associations of the information with the first menu and/or any number of additional menus. Information and/or associations may later be updated by a desired set of users.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Colin Sims, Jesse Jordan, Christopher Blosser, Siddhant Mohalanobish
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Patent number: 8484219Abstract: Developing a knowledgebase associated with a user interface is disclosed. Development of the knowledgebase includes cataloging local data associated with a user, collecting remote data associated with the user, recording information associated with verbal input received from the user, tracking acts performed by the user to determine user idiosyncrasies, and updating the knowledgebase with the cataloged local data, the collected remote data, the recorded information, and the user idiosyncrasies. The updated knowledgebase is then provided to a component of a user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLCInventor: George Weising
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Patent number: 8341189Abstract: A computing device includes instructions that, when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to: create a business data catalog module that accesses and manipulates data residing on an internal data store and an external data store, wherein the business data catalog module receives a request for data, determines whether the data resides in the internal data store or the external data store, and access the data residing on the external data store, and create a external data provisioning module that provisions data accessed from the external data store, wherein the external data provisioning module maps external data from the external data store for presentation on a client computing device. A user can access and manipulate the data from the external data store in a same manner as accessing and manipulating data from the internal data store.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan Campbell, Eray Chou, Howard M. Crow, III, Peter K. Harwood, Todd Haugen, Christopher Foster Johnson, Mohammed Nazeeruddin
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Patent number: 8332407Abstract: A method and system for customer-choice-based bundling of product options collects data from previous orders about customer component choices, computes a pairwise distance between any pair of components that capture how much the probability of a choice pair P(a.b) deviates from the expected probability under the null hypothesis of independence P(a)*P(b), and clusters the components. The methodology can be implemented as instructions implemented in a computer readable medium. In this way, the need for a method to permit bundles of product options to be configured through the use of business processes reflecting choices based on the preferences of customers rather than the preferences of product designers is fulfilled.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Claudia Reisz
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Patent number: 8312068Abstract: A node device communicates with a plurality of node devices via a network. The node device includes a first obtaining unit that obtains search information for searching the content data stored in at least one node device, and a particular determination unit that applies a predetermined rule to determine whether the search information is required to be stored. A first storage unit stores the search information when required. A second obtaining unit obtains the content data from the information communication system, and a second storage unit stores the content data from the second obtaining unit. A third storage unit stores the search information corresponding to the stored content data in the second storage unit. A management unit manages the stored content in the second storage unit based on the search information stored in at least one of the first storage unit and the third storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hideki Matsuo
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Patent number: 8244729Abstract: A method and system for automating electronic merchandising and product recommendation by creating a third party merchandising product database populated with data obtained directly at the point of sale. According to one embodiment, collection or direct importation of such data from an existing physical source or a product or merchandising database, which can be complex and costly, is not required. As a result, the cost of creating a usable merchandising system and database is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Matthew J. N. C. Roche, Benjamin Eric Pearson
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Patent number: 8229973Abstract: A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server that can be accessed via a web browser that stores data. An extraction tool includes a data filter adapted to filter data based on, for example, a population criteria, a sample size, and a date range criteria. A model validation tool validates the model. A model execution tool allows a user to score the model.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay S. Agrawal, Sastry V S M Durvasula, Narasimha Murthy, Sandeep Sacheti, Deep Thomas, Karl Von Wolff
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Patent number: 8180779Abstract: A computer system and method for validating data object classification and consolidation using external references. The external references may be web pages, product catalogs, external databases, URLs, search results provided by a search engine or subsets or combinations of any of these to validate a classification or consolidation of records. Embodiments validate a data object classification or consolidation decision by searching external data sources, such as databases, the Internet etc. for references to the transactional data object and determining a confidence level based on the original data object and the unstructured information reference, URL, or search result for example. Decisions may be verified or denied based on the comparison of the external references related to each data object. Embodiments of the invention save substantial labor in validating business data objects and make data more reliable across enterprise systems.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Yoram Horowitz, Avi Malamud
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Patent number: 8122020Abstract: A system provides a user interface through which users can flexibly tag individual items represented in an electronic catalog with user-defined tags, such as text strings, and obtain recommendations that are specific to particular tags. The tags and tag-item assignments created by each user are stored persistently in association with the user, and may be kept private to the user or exposed to others. Once a user has assigned a tag to a number of items, the user (or another user in some embodiments) can request and obtain recommendations that are specific to this tag. These recommendations may be generated in real time by a recommendation service that identifies items that are collectively similar or related to the items associated with the tag.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Donsbach, Andrej Gregov, Jeffrey D. Few, Jeffrey D. Lehman, Jeffrey T. Brownell
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Patent number: 8112461Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Requisite Software, Inc.Inventors: Nathan E. Wykes, Kevin M. Brackney, John E. McGinn, Brian P. Doyle, Jeff Wang, James D. Brown, James D. Harman
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Patent number: 8108420Abstract: Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include receiving potential information for a first menu, and receiving indications of associations of the information with the first menu and/or any number of additional menus. Information and/or associations may later be updated by a desired set of users.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventor: Howard W. Lutnick
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Patent number: 8073867Abstract: Providing category-specific electronic content includes receiving a request for electronic content. The request has an attribute. The attribute of the received request is compared to an attribute related to a query included in a log of search queries. An indication of a category that represents a search query from a log of search queries that is related to an attribute that matches the attribute of the received request is accessed, and electronic content that is representative of the identified category is accessed and provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventor: Abdur R. Chowdhury
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Patent number: 7991662Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing e-commerce and accounting services to organizations and service providers for offerings ordered by the organization via an on-line interactive communication network. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system whereby a third party intermediary can absorb certain payment, collection and billing functions on behalf of an organization and service providers which provide services to the organization. The term service provider as used herein refers to any entity or individual that provides a service, including the service of providing goods.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Osmio Acquisition, LLCInventors: Scott E. Landau, Peter D. Fante
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Patent number: 7958085Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, systems and/or devices for managing content are disclosed. Briefly, in accordance with one particular embodiment, managing content includes presenting one or more references to one or more digital media assets. A request to reserve one or more of the referenced digital media assets is received, and the references to one or more digital media assets are updated such that the references include data indicating that one or more of the referenced digital media assets have been reserved.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: James Alexander, Mark Richards
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Patent number: 7949668Abstract: The Common Point Authoring system functions to provide Livestock Informational Objects via the use of a centralized repository of uniquely identified, immutable Livestock Informational Objects. This system automates the authoring, maintenance, and distribution of the Livestock Informational Objects by using an Internet-based paradigm and a centralized repository of uniquely-identified, immutable Data Elements. The Common Point Authoring system provides a set of software modules that the manufacturers can use to author, maintain, and distribute Livestock Informational Objects and their customers, as Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects, can use to retrieve, maintain, and distribute the Livestock Informational Objects. The system's interconnectivity allows for the use of an Internet-based paradigm for the purchase and sale among Members of the system of Livestock Informational Objects as commodities, and for reducing the burden costs among Members of compliance with government regulations.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Pardalis, Inc.Inventors: Steven L. Holcombe, Marvin L. Stone
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Patent number: 7945568Abstract: A system and method to navigate through a media item catalog and generate recommendations using behavioral metrics such as correlation metrics (FIGS. 1,2) from a knowledge base (400) of mediasets (FIG. 4, 1-7). One implementation uses a knowledge base comprising a collection of mediasets. Various metrics (Metric 1-Metric m) among media items (m1 . . . ) are considered by analyzing how the media items are grouped to form the sets in the knowledge base (400). Such metrics preferably are stored in a matrix (100) that allows the system to dynamically build appropriate navigation lists (FIG. 3) from media items that a user selects (FIG. 5).Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Strands, Inc.Inventors: Francisco J. Martin, Jim Shur, Marc Torrens
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Patent number: 7882156Abstract: An electronic catalog is provided that stores items and attributes associated with the items. One or more of the attributes may have more than one value. Items are stored in an item table with different attributes for items stored in different rows in an attribute table. Additional items may be added to a catalog by adding additional rows to the item table, with attributes related to the additional items added as rows into the attribute table. Particular attributes may have multiple values, and attributes with multiple values are associated with sub-items that correspond to different attribute trees or attribute sets associated with the item. Searching can be performed for attribute values and search results returned indicating all items and sub-items that satisfy the search criteria.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Requisite Software, Inc.Inventors: Nathan E. Wykes, Kevin M. Brackney, John E. McGinn, Jr., Brian P. Doyle, Jeff Wang, James D. Brown, James D. Harman
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Patent number: 7840534Abstract: The disclosure relates to integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system. The digital asset management system may comprise digital asset storage, search and retrieval functionality. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of the asset, properties of the asset, and conditions on its use. By way of the integration with the network sales system, a digital asset or digital asset version may be assigned a product identity to facilitate sale of the digital asset or digital asset version.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Jutta Weber, Oliver Stanke, Joachim Hartmann
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Patent number: 7840591Abstract: Methods and Apparatus related to generating representations of information. The information may include menu information for merchants such as restaurants. Referring to menus, methods may include receiving potential information for a first menu, and receiving indications of associations of the information with the first menu and/or any number of additional menus. Information and/or associations may later be updated by a desired set of users.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: CFPH, LLCInventor: Howard W. Lutnick
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Patent number: 7828210Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing e-commerce and accounting services to organizations and service providers for offerings ordered by the organization via an on-line interactive communication network. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system whereby a third party intermediary can absorb certain payment, collection and billing functions on behalf of an organization and service providers which provide services to the organization. The term service provider as used herein refers to any entity or individual that provides a service, including the service of providing goods.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Osmio Acquisition, LLCInventors: Scott E. Landau, Peter D. Fante
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Patent number: 7827186Abstract: A method of detecting contextual duplicate items can include identifying a plurality of representations of items in a data repository, each item representation including one or more textual attributes. A degree of fit between an item representation's attributes and other items can be calculated. The degree of fit can reflect the relevance of the attributes of one item to the other item. A degree of association between the two item representations can be calculated based at least in part on the calculated degree of fit. The degree of association between the two item representations can reflect the similarity of the two items. The degree of association between the two item representations can be assessed to determine whether the items are contextual duplicates.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Cory Hicks
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Patent number: 7819315Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing product location information within a store. The system comprises a first user interface fixed within the store and an inventory information unit coupled to the first user interface. The first user interface is configured to receive an input signal from a user related to the identity of a product within the store, to process the input signal and to provide a product inquiry signal in response to the input signal. The first user interface is further configured to receive a location information signal, and to provide an output signal in response to the location information signal. The inventory information unit comprises a database containing product location information and is configured to provide the location information signal to the first user interface after receiving the product inquiry signal from the first user interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Innovaport LLCInventor: John Thaddeus Pienkos
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Patent number: 7797321Abstract: A system to navigate through a media item catalog using correlation metrics (FIGS. 1,2) from a knowledge base (400) of mediasets (FIG. 4, 1-7). The system uses a knowledge base consisting of a collection of mediasets. Various metrics (Metric 1-Metric m) among media items (m1 . . . ) are considered by analyzing how the media items are grouped to form the sets in the knowledge base (400). Such metrics preferably are stored in a matrix (100) that allows the system to dynamically build appropriate navigation lists (FIG. 3) from media items that a user selects (FIG. 5).Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Strands, Inc.Inventors: Francisco J. Martin, Jim Shur, Marc Torrens
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Patent number: 7792889Abstract: Managing customer and product information over a network using a multi-functional management tool uses a computer which is programmed for generating a customer database including customer records, wherein each customer record tracks a customer. The computer updates the customer database from information received from the customer to add or modify a specific customer record indicating customer contact and product purchase information about the customer. The computer is used for updating the product database from information received from a client to add or modify a specific product record indicating product and inventory information about the product. The information can include a troubleshooting sequence for the specific product and a specific problem. One option during at least one part of said troubleshooting sequence includes at least one part sale option as an upselling operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Alorica IncInventors: Andy Ming Lee, Hysh-Min Hsu, Paul Hao, Shyh-Tyng Edward Sun, Tracy Tseng, Carrie Renner Edwards, Connie Dentz, Vu Tran, Samuel Jen-Chang Chi
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Patent number: 7792888Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method, system, and program for managing the customer and product information of a client by maintaining a common database is disclosed. The present invention connects the client, call center, repair facility and warehouse to efficiently coordinate the customer and product management process. By allowing access to a common database, a user can view and update changes in the customer and product management process in real time increasing the communication and efficiency of delivering service to a customer.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Alorica, Inc.Inventors: Andy Ming Lee, Hsyh-Min Hsu, Paul Hao, Shyh-Tyng Edward Sun, Tracy Tseng
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Patent number: 7779014Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method are disclosed that are capable of refining the order and/or content of a list of items. In one embodiment, user activity associated with each item displayed to users in a given context is monitored, and is used together with item exposure data to generate context-specific item weights. The weights for the same item in different contexts may be different. The selection of items included in a list presented to users, and/or the order in which the items in the list are displayed, may be adjusted over time based upon the relative weights associated with the items.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: A9.com, Inc.Inventors: Jeremy C. York, Robert Cottrell, Brent Smith
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Patent number: 7734601Abstract: The disclosure relates to a digital asset storage, search and retrieval system. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions and properties. The system may access stored digital assets using hierarchical classifications under a taxonomy based on the properties. The digital assets may be assigned conditions governing usage of the assets. Via relationship networks, the digital assets may “inherit” the conditions from other digital assets.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: SAP AGInventors: Jutta Weber, Martin Alt, Ralf Freyler
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Patent number: 7693896Abstract: A system and method for allowing a consumer to search a database containing used vehicles from a variety of sellers that can be queried to provide search results that include only vehicles having clean title histories.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Carfax, Inc.Inventor: Richard Raines