Patents Examined by Kathleen Palavecino
  • Patent number: 11727469
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a vehicle listing generation and optimization system. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to generate a vehicle listing to sell a vehicle on a website. A plurality of vehicle listings similar to the vehicle associated with the request are determined, the plurality of vehicle listings including a plurality of features providing information about a respective vehicle featured in the vehicle listing and a sales time metric specifying a time it took to sell the respective vehicle featured in a respective vehicle listing. Clustering is performed on the set of vehicle listings based on the sales time metrics, and a first cluster is selected. It is identified which of the plurality of features are common amongst at least a subset of the vehicle listings of the selected cluster. A user interface of a sales template for the vehicle associated with the request is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Dang, Elizabeth Furlan, Chih-Hsiang Chow
  • Patent number: 11720946
    Abstract: A product or article of manufacture using a method of attaching a digitally printed attaching member to a material so that it can be customized with at least one add-on feature. The method uses 3D printing to produce attaching members with advanced features, providing unique customization capabilities. The method allows products to change their appearance or functionality and offers a new business model that uses the advantages of digital printing technology to enable advanced do it yourself customization of products. The method discloses how to integrate digital images with physical products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: George Gabriel Arenas
  • Patent number: 11720876
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods for facilitating specific transactions between a seller and a purchaser. In particular, a computing device, an accounts database, and a network interface are disclosed. In some embodiments, the specific transaction is a layaway transaction. The computing device receives a request to facilitate the transaction between the seller and purchaser. The computing device sets up a layaway deposit account for the transaction, facilitates funding of the account, and finalizes the transaction in response to a condition being met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Darren M. Goetz, Dennis E. Montenegro, Alicia Y. Moore, Timothy R. Ward
  • Patent number: 11715147
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and processor-readable storage media for processing merchandise shipping are provided to ensure that a supplier fulfills a purchase order in a manner that will keep a supply chain filled with the product based on a demand. For example, when a purchase order is generated, a timer can be activated. Within a predetermined period, the supplier can confirm fulfilment of purchase order through an online platform. Based on this confirmation and historical data collected for the supplier, a shipping location and other shipping parameters can be predicted by the online platform. If the timer is expired and no supplier's confirmation is received or if the supplier denies confirming the fulfilment of purchase order, a default operation is initiated. The default operation may cause canceling of purchase order or communicating to the supplier to resolve any issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Courtland J. Halbrook, Steve Simpson, Kim Haughn
  • Patent number: 11715148
    Abstract: A method for automatically populating an ecommerce cart is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request to add a product item to a shopping cart of an ecommerce shopping environment. The method includes adding the product item to the shopping cart. The method includes updating, responsive to adding the product item, a shopping cart status. The method includes determining a failure of the shopping cart status to satisfy a purchasing criteria associated with the ecommerce shopping environment. The method includes selecting, responsive to determining the failure, an additional product item based on information associated with an user account. The method includes adding the additional product item to the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Hamid Kassaei
  • Patent number: 11710164
    Abstract: The system includes a plurality of toy construction elements, a scanning device operable to capture a digital representation of a toy construction model constructed from one or more of said tov construction elements, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, from the digital representation, one or more attribute parameters, each indicative of a respective attribute derivable from one or more toy construction elements in the toy construction model. The processor is further configured to determine, based on the determined one or more attribute parameters, a selection of one or more items selected from a choice of items. The selection provides a definition of the one or more deliverables. The system further comprises transmission means adapted to pass the definition to a production facility for producing and configuring the one or more deliverables in agreement with the definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: LEGO A/S
    Inventors: Søren Holme, Klaus Peter Rotne, Fredrik Björkenfors, Johan Sanneblad, Mikael Cederbom, Ola Janson, Mattias Reintz, Johan Cedmar Brandstedt, Mats Sällström, Cari Johansson
  • Patent number: 11694246
    Abstract: An example system and method may provide a location-enabled collectable trading tool. An example system may receive, by a graphical user interface displayed on a first client device, initial collection attributes describing an item collection, where the item collection is associated with a first user in a database stored in a computer-accessible memory. The system may also determine an attribute of an item associated with the item collection and determine a trade eligibility of the item. In some instances, the system may identify a second user based on the attribute, the trade eligibility of the item, and an attribute of the second user. The system may then automatically provide communication between the first client device and a second client device associated with the identified second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: S&P Holbrook, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Holbrook, Paige Holbrook
  • Patent number: 11687990
    Abstract: A wearable device worn on a remote shopping assistant that includes one or more sensors configured to detect a weight, quantity, freshness and quality of one or more grocery items, a transceiver configured to communicate data indicative of the weight, quantity, freshness and quality of the one or more grocery items to and from a remote server, wherein the remote server is configured to communicate data to a remote shopper, and a camera configured to capture image data related to the one or more grocery items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Seow Yuen Yee, Oliver Peters, Christian Peters
  • Patent number: 11682063
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with a first area of the user interface corresponding to uncompleted tasks associated with a keyword of the list, and a second area corresponding to completed tasks associated with a keyword of the list. One or more sensors may receive information about an item. Input about an interaction with the user interface and a keyword of the list may be received. The user interface may be updated to move the keyword of the list from the first area to the second area. A mapping of the keyword to the item may be updated by a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Liu, Matthew Charles Johnson, Timothy R Heithaus, Ruimin Zhang, Jason Stephen Merron, Neven Tomislav Boric Bargetto, Andrew Michael Nienhaus
  • Patent number: 11682066
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to a system for automatically and dynamically facilitating various transactions via a hyperlocal marketplace. A smart home system, for example, may track all perishable items within the home. Any items expected to have a surplus may be offered for sale to other homes in the hyperlocal marketplace. Any items expected to have a shortage may be identified and made known to the other homes in the hyperlocal marketplace. Bids may be made on the shortage items that may be offered for sale by the marketplace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Salik Shah, Sophie Bermudez
  • Patent number: 11676120
    Abstract: Systems and methods for buying and selling virtual items through multiple online sales platforms are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: effectuate publications of at least two sales listings; effectuate a presentation to a buying user that includes representations of the publications; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buying user account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch, Cameron Thacker, Andrew Royer
  • Patent number: 11663648
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing a multi-listing combined offer are provided. A networked system receives an indication to add a combination of items from multiple sellers into a virtual cart. In response, the networked system causes presentation of a user interface showing a combination of items from multiple sellers. The networked system receives, from the buyer, a buyer offer price for the combination of items. In response, the networked system accesses, from a data storage, item information for each item of the combination of items, whereby the item information includes a seller identifier, an original item price, and shipping cost for each item. The networked system then generates, based on the accessed item information and the buyer offer price, a split offer price for each seller, whereby the split offer price is a split of the buyer offer price. The split offer price is then presented to each corresponding seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Singh, Muthuramalingam Sundaresan, Bhupendra G. Jain, Kiran Kanchamreddy
  • Patent number: 11663644
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for the aggregation, analysis, display and monetization of pricing data for commodities in general, and which may be particularly useful applied to vehicles are disclosed. Specifically, in certain embodiments, historical transaction data associated with a particular vehicle configuration may be obtained and processed to determine pricing data associated with the vehicle configuration. The historical transaction data or determined pricing data may then be presented in an intuitive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TrueCar, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Taira, Scott Painter, Chris Taylor, Robert Taylor, Michael D. Swinson
  • Patent number: 11663652
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selling virtual items on multiple online sales platforms simultaneously are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive a sales request that indicates the selling user will be offering for sale a particular virtual item through at least two online sales platforms simultaneously; assign ownership of the particular virtual item temporarily to a holding account; generate sales listings of the particular virtual item for publications on the at least two online sales platforms; effectuate the publications of the sales listings; receive indications of offers to purchase the particular virtual item; determine an accepted offer that is accepted; notify the at least two online sales platforms of whether the offers have been accepted or denied; identify a buyer's account of the buying user; effectuate assignment of the ownership of the particular virtual item to the buyer's account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Liwen Kao, Rudy Koch
  • Patent number: 11663651
    Abstract: A method for providing a dynamically-updated electronic report of assets available for transaction to a user is provided. The electronic report is provided to a computing device operated by the user. The electronic report includes one or more entries that each corresponds to an asset for sale. Each entry can include a link for the corresponding asset. In response to receiving user selection of a link on the report, one or more characteristics of the asset corresponding to the selected link are determined. One or more additional assets are determined based on the one or more characteristics. The electronic report is dynamically updated to include one or more entries corresponding to the one or more additional assets. A user profile of the user can also be updated in response to the user's selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Auction.com, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Friedman, Sarina Kinder, Eric Johnson, Michael Jansta
  • Patent number: 11663619
    Abstract: Provided are an image processing system, an image processing method, and a program that can provide recommendation information according to a disposable income estimated on the basis of an analysis result of an image group. The image processing system, the image processing method, and the program include recognizing an object of an analysis target image of a user (44), converting information on the object into disposable income range information of the user (50), acquiring accessory information including imaging date information of the analysis target image, and deriving an appearance frequency of the object on the basis of the imaging date information (52), deriving a weighting coefficient on the basis of the appearance frequency information of the object (54), estimating the disposable income of the user using the disposable income range information and the weighting coefficient (56), and transmitting recommendation information corresponding to the disposable income of the user (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaji, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Shinichiro Sonoda, Nobuya Tanaka, Hirotoshi Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 11645692
    Abstract: Technologies relating to generation of training data for use in training a computer-implemented ranker are described. A product name extracted from a URL in a log entry of a search log of a search engine is mapped to a catalog product name from a catalog of a website, wherein the catalog product name identifies a product that is available for acquisition by way of a webpage of a website. A query assigned to the URL in the log entry is assigned to the catalog product name due to the product name being mapped to the catalog product name. The computer-implemented ranker is trained based upon the query being assigned to the catalog product name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhen Xia, Jun Pan, Yumao Lu, Bhimani Kalpesh Sureshchandra
  • Patent number: 11636531
    Abstract: An electronic invoicing system performs an integrated method of processing both purchase order based electronic invoices and electronic invoices not associated with a purchase order or transaction receipt. A portal is provided by the system. The portal has respective views for a supplier submitting non-PO based type electronic invoices not associated with a purchase order or transaction receipt, and a user of an enterprise submitting and/or reviewing non-PO based type electronic invoices not associated with a purchase order or transaction receipt. An administrator of the enterprise configures electronic invoice types and processing parameters specific to said electronic invoice types not associated with a purchase order or transaction receipt. A submitted non-PO based type electronic invoice of a configured electronic invoice type is processed in accordance with the processing parameters configured by the administrator for that electronic invoice type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Versata, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy S. McEneny, Erick W. Schutz, Joseph E. Fallon, Rita J. Carol
  • Patent number: 11636534
    Abstract: A method including receiving a digital promotion payload from a brand manufacturer for at least one branded consumer packaged good, the digital promotion payload including a digital promotion value associated with the branded consumer packaged good, is provided. The method includes receiving a bid request to the digital promotion engine, providing a bid response to the bid request, the bid response including the digital promotion payload, and receiving, from the supply side platform, a confirmation that the bid response has been selected from one or more bids from different digital advertising entities. The method includes providing a command to the supply side platform to deliver the digital promotion payload to a mobile device accessing a resource from the mobile display publisher, and loading the digital promotion value to a frequent shopper identification in response to a consumer interaction with the digital promotion payload detected from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Catalina Marketing Corporation
    Inventors: Zubin Singh, Benjamin S. Sprecher, Ankur Agarwal, Mykola Markov, Kirk Dikun, Tony Mou
  • Patent number: 11631121
    Abstract: Gesture functionality is provided in a computing environment. In example embodiments, a gesture input is received. A style difference is identified between a known gesture input of a set of known gesture inputs and the received gesture input. The set of known gesture inputs is caused to be modified to include the style difference by updating a database that stores the set of known gesture inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Melcher, Dane Howard