Abstract: A system and method for displaying a user interface may include an examination and/or elimination of positional bias of interactive categories in order to drive user engagement. A method or system configured to execute the method on a user interface may include creating a first arrangement of categories. The arrangement can be shown on a user device to one or more users a selected number of times. The users' interactions with the categories in the interface may be recorded. The method may further include creating a second arrangement, which is different from the first arrangement, and this second arrangement may be shown to the users the selected number of times and the users' interactions with the second arrangement may be recorded. Based on the frequency of user interactions with the first and second arrangement, a ranked set of the categories may be created and displayed to users.
Abstract: A source product and a competitor product are automatically matched by computing similarity scores between the products. An attribute of a source product is extracted from information received from a user. The extracted attribute is then used to generate a search term. A search for competitor product information is performed using the search term and a similarity score between the source product and the competitor product is calculated. In one implementation, the similarity score is calculated by generating a first value pair for the source product and the competitor product, and for the first value pair, (1) assigning a value to a degree of similarity between the source product and the competitor product with respect to a common feature, and (2) finding the product of the assigned value and a weight value assigned to the common feature.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2013
Date of Patent:
May 26, 2020
Assignee:
Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
Inventors:
Siva Kalyana Pavan Kumar Mallapragada Naga Surya, Carlos Barcelo
Abstract: A packaging system protects and retains all the components of a lighting unit with a resilient binding unit. The packaging system is used for a lighting unit with a first component having a first elongate member and a second component having a second elongate member. It also includes a carrier base with a first and second aperture used to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a first longitudinal location. The second aperture is located proximate to the first aperture. The packaging also includes a resilient binding element for holding the first and second components with a first and second ring to receive and hold the first and second elongate member at a second longitudinal location, where the second longitudinal location being spaced a distance from the first longitudinal location. The binding element is used to inhibit the first and second components from being longitudinally moved relative to each other.
Abstract: A hanging bracket for supporting a suspended apparatus and a control unit housing includes a base having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a first surface and a first screw boss therethrough, and the second end includes a second surface and a second screw boss therethrough. The bracket also includes a support portion vertically spaced from the base, where the support portion adapted to support the suspended apparatus, and a neck extending between the base and the support portion. At least the first surface of the first end of the base, the second surface of the second end of the base, and the first and second screw bosses collectively form an interface configured for juxtaposition with complementary surfaces and screw holes of the control unit housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 12, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 17, 2020
Assignee:
Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
Inventors:
Brett D. Beaman, Adam Russell Green, Richard A. Pulliam
Abstract: A protective sleeve, adapted to receive at least a first light bulb, includes parallel first and second panels, wherein at least the second panel includes a plurality of apertures. The package also includes a pair of sidewalls generally perpendicular to and connecting the panels, wherein the first panel, second panel and sidewalls together define an interior space. A second sleeve is adapted to receive at least a second light bulb. When the sleeve and the second sleeve are received together into the outer shell in an inverted orientation relative to each other sleeve, the respective second panels of the sleeve are adjacent each other, and the bulb portion of each of first and second light bulbs positioned with the sleeve intrudes into an interior space of the adjacent sleeve through at least one of the plurality of apertures of each of the sleeves.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 6, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
Inventors:
Elias Spartis, Maelin Neipp, Justin Brougham