Patents Assigned to Affirm
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Patent number: 11961143Abstract: A method of facilitating merchant self-service assistance to financing and content support for a marketing event may include receiving a request from a merchant for approval for financing and content generation to support the marketing event and determining whether to approve the merchant based on comparing information provided in the request to approval standards. The method may further include, responsive to approval of the merchant, receiving context information regarding content requested, and providing the content requested to the merchant based on the context information to support the marketing event.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Donovan Halpin, Jesse Kendrick, Julia Harrigan, Daniel E. Kaufman, Nitesh Kumar
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Patent number: 11948152Abstract: When a loan payment failure occurs, a loan server can retry a payment from a client's financial institution sources rather than immediately charging the client for the payment failure. The payment retry is scheduled on a Friday that is at least three days after the payment failure. If a payment failure from the financial institution sources to the loan server occurs between a Friday and the following Monday the payment retry by the loan server to the financial institution sources will occur on the first following Friday and if the payment failure occurs on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, the payment retry will occur on the second following Friday which is the Friday of the following week from the failure date.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Youyou Yang, Daniel Kaufman, Edward Oistacher
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Patent number: 11941033Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a method and system for improved search functionality. By using natural language processing (NLP), individual words in a search term may be parsed and then individually stored. The relationships between the individual words of the search term may also be stored such that when the search is repeated, the previous results may be retrieved and, if not, a more accurate search may be performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Qi Zhu, Sean Weisman, Gregory Ward, Alishan Ladhani, Jeff Li
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Patent number: 11896769Abstract: A universal respiratory detector for detecting a respiratory gas. The universal respiratory detector may include a plurality of layers with a visual indicator to quickly and reversibly change color to detect a respiratory gas parameter such as carbon dioxide. The color change may be visible from both sides of the detector. In some examples, the respiratory detector may be a biocompatible and conformable sticker for mounting on a person's face or an oxygen delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Affirm Medical Technologies II, LLCInventors: Janice Cain, Brian Scott Cain, Alicia B. Dreger, Mark J. Bernhard, Avinash A. Mohan
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Patent number: 11870773Abstract: A login system allows users to access computer systems without using a password. The passwordless system and method can use other information to securely and reliably identify true authorized system users. The identity of a user can be associated with their mobile device. The login can be based upon a minimal amount of information such as a name and a phone number which can be stored as an identification record for each of the users in a database.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Howard Kaditz, Andrew Gettings Stevens, Bradley N. Selby, Aaron Ng Ligon, Manuel De Jesus Arias
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Patent number: 11842392Abstract: A method for employing adaptive credit decisions in relation to extension of a loan to a user may include receiving user information associated with the user and transaction information associated with a transaction of the user with respect to a product or service offered by a vendor, employing a first credit decision model to execute a first credit extension decision with respect to a first type of financing option based on the user information and the transaction information, employing a second credit decision model to execute a second credit extension decision with respect to a second type of financing option based on the user information and the transaction information, and determining, based on the first and second credit extension decisions, whether to extend a credit offer to the user when the user proceeds to checkout for the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Krisman, Jaya Pareek, Jeremy Mittleman, Kenny Eimer, Michael Boardman
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Patent number: 11822918Abstract: A system and method may provide assistance to programmers during programming to reduce the number of routine tasks that must be performed. In some aspects, the system may provide for searching a corpus of source code based on keyword or natural language search input. Search results including code entities and snippets of code that are described by the search input are then provided as search results. Some embodiments relate to using a neural network encoder to generate tensor embeddings of source code and related text in a joint tensor space. Relatedness between embeddings in this joint tensor space for text and associated source code is used in some embodiments to facilitate code search.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
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Patent number: 11790419Abstract: The method and system are directed at providing group purchasing at a historical price in an e-commerce environment. A user may select a price that a price at which a produce previous sold, seen as the historical price. This price may then be used to generate an online purchasing campaign that other user may join. The purchasing campaign is user or consumer driver rather than merchant driven.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: AFFIRM INC.Inventors: Qi Zhu, James Cunningham
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Patent number: 11720960Abstract: A web based finance system allows users to refinance past eligible purchasing transactions. The system can include a system server(s) which is in communication through a network with client computing devices associated with customers. The server can receive customer information and determine a refinancing value range based upon the user has a bank account and/or credit risk rating information. The server can identify prior eligible credit card purchases for refinancing and the customer can select one or more purchases for refinancing and the refinancing loan terms.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Max Levchin, Christopher Beckmann, Jeffrey Howard Kaditz, Roberto Novoa, Andrew Gettings Stevens, Manuel De Jesus Arias, Aaron Ng Ligon
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Patent number: 11710179Abstract: Financing tools can provide a flexible credit services to customer. A credit service provider can collect personal data from clients that can include a mobile telephone number and a legal name of the client as well as purchase information from a merchant. Based upon the collected data, the system can determine a client credit risk. The system can make a credit decision to offer a client credit to purchase goods or services based upon the credit risk.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Howard Kaditz, Andrew Gettings Stevens, Manuel De Jesus Arias, Aaron Ng Ligon
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Patent number: 11593562Abstract: A smart assistant is disclosed that provides for interfaces to capture requirements for a technical assistance request and then execute actions responsive to the technical assistance request. Example embodiments relate to parsing natural language input defining a technical assistance request to determine a series of instructions responsive to the technical assistance request. The smart assistant may also automatically detect a condition and generate a technical assistance request responsive to the condition. One or more driver applications may control or command one or more computing systems to respond to the technical assistance request.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
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Patent number: 11568427Abstract: A method and system for ranking products using similarity propagation. The method incudes calculating a total score of a product based on its own score and a propagated score. The propagated score is determined by looking at a similarity distance value and then applying a similarity distance factor to a product's score to determine a propagated score for a new product.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventor: Qi (Nick) Zhu
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Patent number: 11554237Abstract: A universal respiratory detector for detecting a respiratory gas. The universal respiratory detector may include a plurality of layers with a visual indicator to quickly and reversibly change color to detect a respiratory gas parameter such as carbon dioxide. The color change may be visible from both sides of the detector. In some examples, the respiratory detector may be a biocompatible and conformable sticker for mounting on a person's face or an oxygen delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Affirm Medical Technologies II, LLCInventors: Janice Cain, Brian Scott Cain, Alicia B. Dreger, Mark J. Bernhard, Avinash A. Mohan
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Patent number: 11455683Abstract: A web based finance system allows users to refinance past eligible purchasing transactions. The system can include a system server(s) which is in communication through a network with client computing devices associated with customers. The server can receive customer information and determine a refinancing value range based upon the user has a bank account and/or credit risk rating information. The server can identify prior eligible credit card purchases for refinancing and the customer can select one or more purchases for refinancing and the refinancing loan terms.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: AFFIRM, INC.Inventors: Max Levchin, Christopher Beckmann, Jeffrey Howard Kaditz, Roberto Novoa, Andrew Gettings Stevens, Manuel De Jesus Arias, Aaron Ng Ligon
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Patent number: 11442702Abstract: A system and method may provide assistance to programmers during programming to reduce the number of routine tasks that must be performed. In some aspects, the system may suggest one or more code snippets that comprise code completions. The code snippets may be single or multi-token. In some aspects, the system may provide predictive editing or predictive navigation, where the system may predict edits or navigation actions based on a programmer's actions. In some aspects, the system is based on machine learning methods and is trained on past actions of programmers in a code editor.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
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Patent number: 11397951Abstract: When a loan payment failure occurs, a loan server can retry a payment from a client's financial institution sources rather than immediately charging the client for the payment failure. The payment retry is scheduled on a Friday that is at least three days after the payment failure. If a payment failure from the financial institution sources to the loan server occurs between a Friday and the following Monday the payment retry by the loan server to the financial institution sources will occur on the first following Friday and if the payment failure occurs on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, the payment retry will occur on the second following Friday which is the Friday of the following week from the failure date.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: AffirmInventors: Youyou Yang, Daniel Kaufman, Edward Oistacher
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Patent number: 11374927Abstract: A login system allows users to access computer systems without using a password. The passwordless system and method can use other information to securely and reliably identify true authorized system users. The identity of a user can be associated with their mobile device. The login can be based upon a minimal amount of information such as a name and a phone number which can be stored as an identification record for each of the users in a database.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Howard Kaditz, Andrew Gettings Stevens, Bradley N. Selby, Aaron Ng Ligon, Manuel De Jesus Arias
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Patent number: 11256502Abstract: A system and method may provide assistance to programmers related to the creation of documentation. In some aspects, the system may automatically generate documentation-related text in source code. In other aspects, the system may automatically detect the need for the programmer to edit long-from documentation when changes are detected in code. Moreover, the system may provide for the aggregation or creation of documentation content based on one or more data sources, such as by embedding links to those data sources into documentation. In some aspects, some components of the system are based on machine learning methods and are trained on collected data.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
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Patent number: 11243652Abstract: Disclosed systems and methods relate to a knowledge sharing system for aggregating and disseminating knowledge related to programming. The knowledge system for aggregating and disseminating knowledge related to programming may organize or index knowledge according to topics. A topic may be any kind of transferrable piece of knowledge that may be shared. In some embodiments, knowledge organized under a topic may be comprised of a record of interactions with computing systems, and in some embodiments, knowledge organized under a topic may be comprised of text documents, code samples, documentation, web sites, records of discussions, or other kinds of reference materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung
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Patent number: 11200053Abstract: A system and method may be provided for performing code analysis on a system of remote computer nodes. Input data may be collected on a local computer system along with a request for code analysis. The input data and request may be transmitted to a network of remote nodes. The network of remote nodes may perform the code analysis task using the input data. The results of the analysis may be returned back to the local computer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Affirm, Inc.Inventors: Adam Smith, Tarak Upadhyaya, Juan Lozano, Daniel Hung