Patents Examined by Akosua Kyereme-Tuah
  • Patent number: 10380514
    Abstract: A system is provided for setting an appropriate delivery count rank expressing the delivery capability of a deliveryman. There is provided: a storage device that stores a delivery count rank for each deliveryman, a progress flag indicating whether or not each deliveryman is subject to a progress check, and a performance of each deliveryman in a designated period; and rank setting unit that calculates a total undelivered task count and an undelivered task rate on the basis of a total transmitted count and a total actual count included in the storage device, calculates a work attendance rate on the basis of a stipulated number of attendances and an actual number of attendances included in the storage device, and sets a delivery count rank for each deliveryman on the basis of the calculated total undelivered task count, undelivered task rate, work attendance rate, and a progress flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Gas Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Wada, Shingo Dekamo
  • Patent number: 10373171
    Abstract: A system and method for making engagement offers. A processor monitors a navigation path of a user navigating a website. The processor makes an offer for engagement with the user on a first web page reached by the user upon following the navigation path. The processor monitors a reaction of the user to the offer for engagement, and updates tag data associated with a second web page encountered by the user while traversing the navigation path. The tag data is updated based on the reaction of the user to the offer for engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: Andriy V. Ryabchun, Nikolay I. Korolev, Herbert Willi Artur Ristock, Bharath Aravamudhan, Conor McGann, Anand Pai Krishnanand Nitin, Bohdan Klepar, Gordon Bell, Francisco Gutierrez, Josef Eric Eisner, Stanislav Lypchanskyy
  • Patent number: 10346907
    Abstract: In some examples, a payment system may receive, from a point-of-sale (POS) computing device of a merchant, transaction data for a plurality of financial transactions corresponding to purchases by a plurality of customers of items from the merchant. The payment system may determine, based in part on the received transaction data, an amount that is expected to be paid by the merchant during an upcoming time period. Furthermore, the payment system may determine, based at least partially on the transaction data, that the merchant is eligible to receive financing from the payment system for at least a portion of the amount. The payment system may send a notification that causes an application on a computing device of the merchant to display a financing offer interface presenting an offer for financing based on the amount. The payment system may receive, via the financing offer interface, an acceptance of the financing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10325295
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting, pricing, and prioritizing images obtained by a constellation of imaging satellites. The systems and methods presented can determine whether an imagery collection request should be accepted or rejected. If the imagery collection request is accepted, the systems and methods presented can determine an appropriate pricing option for the imagery collection request and how the imagery collection request should be prioritized in relation to other outstanding imagery collection requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Planet Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Augenstein, Daniel Berkenstock, Julian M. Mann
  • Patent number: 10217122
    Abstract: Disclosed example methods include generating electronic mobile measurement data based on network communications received from client devices, the network communications corresponding to media accessed at the client devices, selecting attributes associated with the electronic mobile measurement data to include in a model, generating the model based on the attributes and a first portion of the electronic mobile measurement data, determining a percentage of a second portion of the electronic mobile measurement data that the model correctly associates with corresponding users of the client devices, and in response to the percentage satisfying a threshold, identifying a user operating a client device as at least one of a primary user or one of a plurality of secondary users based on the model, and associating demographic information of the identified user with the electronic mobile measurement data to reduce a misattribution error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kumar Nagaraja Rao, Tianjue Luo, Albert Ronald Perez, Stephen S. Bell
  • Patent number: 10204388
    Abstract: A method of construction project management is disclosed. In one embodiment, parameters of a construction project design are provided to an asset at a construction site. Geospatial information is then collected by the asset while the asset is implementing parameters of the construction project design at the construction site. The geospatial information is provided to a construction management computing system in real-time. The construction management computing system is remote from the asset. Progress on the construction site design is then dynamically updated in real-time by the construction management computing system based on the geospatial information to create a real-time, as constructed model of the construction project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Trimble Inc.
    Inventors: Bryn Fosburgh, Rosalind Buick
  • Patent number: 10068304
    Abstract: A vendor matching engine and method of use, which may be used by a prospective bidder on a government contract or another prospective selectee in order to determine which bids or applications are most worthwhile to pursue. The engine may perform steps of retrieving transactional or vendor registry information, such as Federal Procurement Data System data or System for Award Management data, and may then use this data to generate matchability scores characterizing the compatibility between the selector and selectee. To generate these scores, the distances between selector and selectee coordinates in n-dimensional space may be used in order to determine how similar the prospective selectee is to the selector's desired selectee, allowing a vendor to prioritize government contracts for which they may be best suited. The system may also be used for other pairings of applicants and awarding parties, such as universities and research granting organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Stoqos, LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Shuklabaidya, Valentin G. Pavel, Leandro N. Giglioli
  • Patent number: 10062109
    Abstract: A payment system can determine when a business need for a merchant is expected to occur. The payment system can also determine whether the merchant is eligible for financing for a financing amount. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the financing, the payment system can send the merchant a notification describing the expected business need along with an offer for the financing, which may be presented in an interface on a merchant device. The merchant can accept the offer for the financing by sending an acceptance to the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the financing amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 10019681
    Abstract: A multidimensional recursive and self-perfecting process used to discover dyadic or multi-counterparty relationships between parties, the process comprising: (a) collecting information from a plurality of data sources; (b) discovering dyadic or multi-counterparty relationships between the parties from the collected information; (c) clustering the parties to infer the dyadic or multi-counterparty relationships between the parties based on common or partially intersecting attributes between the parties, thereby forming clustered parties; (d) evaluating the clustered parties for business linkage potential by integrating the collected information and contextually assessing indicia from the data sources to detect and measure consistency and inconsistency for a given party or dyadic or multi-counterparty relationship; (e) positing and evaluating relationship type and role said party plays in each relationship; and (f) assessing the confidence level regarding the likelihood that the dyadic or multi-counterparty rela
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: THE DUN & BRADSTREET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony J. Scriffignano, David A. Spingarn, Barry Rizzolo, Robin Davies, Michael R. Young, Laurie Shimer, John Mark Nicodemo
  • Patent number: 10002334
    Abstract: A system and a method for identifying, ranking, and matching agents are disclosed herein. The system may include an analytical engine which may collect information from external and internal databases. The analytical engine may use the information collected from these databases, in addition to a success criteria, for determining one or more success factors or key attributes of successful agents. An algorithm within the analytical engine may compute probabilities, trends and variability analysis for determining the impact of the defined key attributes in the successful career developments for prospective or active agents. The analytical engine may identify prospective agents and match them to suitable general agents. A list of agents' leads, ranking reports, and ongoing assessments may be communicated or supplied to general agents through the use of agent computing devices operatively coupled with the analytical engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Gareth Ross, Tricia Walker
  • Patent number: 9996870
    Abstract: According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a method that includes detecting a fallout condition associated with a communication of orders directed to a network target in an order and service management (OSM) system, identifying a plurality of failed orders corresponding to the fallout condition, and generating a job control order that designates a remedial operation to be applied to each of the plurality of failed orders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Dueck, Sandra Rolanda Leung, Xuan Ju
  • Patent number: 9990599
    Abstract: A system and method for multidisciplinary team collaboration may include an algorithm for determining suitable relationships between the team members; a visualization interface for illustrating and managing members in separate groups according to their profiles, expertise, work output, and/or project roles; and the analysis of how members interact and use knowledge content. In the disclosed method, lived-work practices and/or knowledge content may be incorporated in the system to account for human behavior and expand upon existing documented work processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Gopika Kannan, Jennifer Fabrizi, Robert Polkowski
  • Patent number: 9953330
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generating electronic mobile measurement census data are disclosed. Example disclosed methods involve, when a panelist associated with a client device is determined to be an audience member of the media on the client device, associating demographic information of the panelist with a logged impression associated with the media. The disclosed methods also include when the panelist associated with the client device is determined not to be the audience member of the media at the client device, determining probability scores for respective household members residing in a household with the panelist, the probability scores indicative of probabilities that corresponding ones of the household members are the audience member of the media at the client device, and associating demographic information of one of the household members that has a highest probability score with the logged impression associated with the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC
    Inventors: Kumar Nagaraja Rao, Tianjue Luo, Albert Ronald Perez, Stephen S. Bell
  • Patent number: 9911131
    Abstract: A method and system for obtaining leads based on data derived from a variety of sources is disclosed. The method is executed by a system that includes a data processing module within a leads management system, among others system components. The data processing module scans one or more external data sources; collects lead data from those sources; analyzes the data collected; identifies attributes of interest about one or more potential quality leads; identifies one or more high quality leads; creates a profile for those high quality leads; stores those profiles in an internal database; and generates a list of one or more high quality leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
    Inventors: Gareth Ross, Tricia Walker
  • Patent number: 9786005
    Abstract: A payment system can determine when a business need for a merchant is expected to occur for a particular time period. The payment system can also determine whether a merchant is eligible for a cash advance for a particular amount, along with a fee for the cash advance. Once a determination is made that the merchant is eligible for the cash advance, the payment system can send the merchant a notification describing the expected business need for the particular time period along with an offer for the cash advance. The merchant can accept the offer for the cash advance by sending an acceptance to the payment system. Upon accepting the offer, the merchant is provided the cash advance for the particular amount, for example, in the form of an electronic deposit in a financial account of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Ariana Poursartip, John Bryan Scott, Kevin Teh
  • Patent number: 9760860
    Abstract: A system and method for automating the performance of substitute fulfillment. The system includes a server which receives absentee information representing an absent worker via a telephone communication link or an Internet communication link. In response to receiving the absentee information, the system generates a list of potential substitute workers. The system then contacts potential substitute workers until one is found or until the list is exhausted. The system can also post a list of positions that are available on a website allowing potential substitute workers to search for a position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Roland R. Thompson, Michael S. Blackstone, Ralph Julius