Patents Examined by Mark Fadok
  • Patent number: 12182844
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for classifying shorthand item descriptors in accordance with an enterprise catalog. An enterprise data management system uses one more models to determine items in the enterprise catalog that match a shorthand descriptor of an item. Shorthand item descriptors may originate from various transaction data such as at point-of-sale (POS) machines or online ordering systems. The enterprise data management system uses a first model to determine a normalized representation of the shorthand item descriptor. The enterprise data management system furthers used a second model to classify the normalized representation as one or more items included in the enterprise catalog, where the second model is trained through a supervised machine learning process using data corresponding to an enterprise catalog of one or more particular enterprises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Punchh Inc.
    Inventor: Rajat Gupta
  • Patent number: 12175521
    Abstract: An online system may receive, from a user device, a request to view, at a graphical user interface, available entries of a third-party system. The third-party system may operate multiple physical locations. The operation of each physical location is documented by a time-sensitive dataset which includes multiple dynamic item entries. The online system may retrieve a geographical location associated with the user device and determine a subset of physical locations operated by the third-party system that are eligible for further selection based on distances of the physical locations from the geographical location associated with the user device. The online system may determine a metric measuring a size of the dynamic item entries available in the time-sensitive dataset and select one of the physical locations based on the metric. The online system may cause for display the dynamic item entries in the time-sensitive dataset associated with the selected physical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Danna Weintraub, Erik Wolfe
  • Patent number: 12165223
    Abstract: Implementations of various methods and systems to transform renewable energy units with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into community objects which have associated price-time priority queues for transformed renewable energy units. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming, market price queues, renewable energy, navigation systems and social networking and transmission as a fungible asset class or renewable energy linked to transmission as an open market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: CIRCLESX LLC
    Inventor: Erik M Simpson
  • Patent number: 12165184
    Abstract: A multi-channel message exchange system selects a service provider that is best suited to deliver each individual message for customers of the message exchange system. The message exchange system selects a service provider based on customer criteria provided by the customer, data structures provided by the service providers, quality scores describing performance of the service providers, channels used by the service providers to deliver messages, or any suitable combination thereof. The message exchange system may select the service provider that provides the best combination of quality of service, value, and delivery channel given the customer's specific needs. The data structures may geographic jurisdictions in which the service provider provides message delivery, channels through which the service provider is willing to deliver messages, or any suitable combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Chloe Chen, Peter Michael Janovsky
  • Patent number: 12165188
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method to create personalized artwork may include an art creation server comprising a processor, a data store, and a controller comprising a plurality of subsystems including a data management engine, a randomization engine, and an online shopping engine. The data management engine may be configured to receive art objects and words. The randomization engine may automatically generate personalized artwork by selectively arranging a subset of the art objects and words. The randomization engine may also be configured to automatically generate a rendering of the personalized artwork, selectively save the rendering of the personalized artwork based upon a save selection by a user, and selectively generate a different rendering of the personalized artwork based upon an edit selection by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GIFTS FOR YOU, LLC
    Inventors: James Tuchler, Aram Avetissian
  • Patent number: 12154183
    Abstract: Implementations of various methods and systems to transform tutoring units with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which have associated price-time priority queues for transformed tutoring units. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming, market price queues, tutoring, navigation systems and social networking and transportation as a fungible asset class or tutoring linked to transportation as an open market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CIRCLESX LLC
    Inventor: Erik M Simpson
  • Patent number: 12141885
    Abstract: Implementations of various methods and systems to transform parking units with two waypoints or a destination waypoint or a series sequence of waypoints into objects which have associated price—time priority queues for transformed parking units. The present disclosed invention relates to combining the concepts of objected oriented programming, market price queues, parking, navigation systems and social networking and parking transportation as a fungible asset class or parking linked to parking transportation as an open market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: CIRCLESX LLC
    Inventor: Erik M Simpson
  • Patent number: 12106354
    Abstract: An easy authentication or payment is made by creating an account associated with a particular web browser or device that accesses an on-line page. Payments are made, such as for full-access viewing of an article or viewing content without visible ads, by selecting a payment button on the on-line page. Selection can be with a specific swiping motion or device motion previously defined for the user. Once selected, the payment is made without the user having to authorize or authenticate. The motion can be used independently to authorize or authenticate the user through the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: German Scipioni
  • Patent number: 12079857
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for smart recurrent orders are presented. An inventory indicator corresponding to an inventory level of a first item may be received. An order schedule for the first item may be identified. An adjustment to the order schedule based on the inventory indicator may be determined. The adjustment to the order schedule for the first item may be facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Sandra Lynn Godsey, David Beach
  • Patent number: 12079852
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system to create personalized artwork the system including an art creation server, a processor, a data store, and a controller that comprises a plurality of subsystems. The plurality of subsystems may include a data management engine, a randomization engine, and an online shopping engine. The art creation server may be in communication with a consumer client via a network. The data management engine may receive at least one art object and at least one word. The randomization engine may generate personalized artwork by selectively arranging a subset of the art objects and words. The data management engine may be operable by the consumer client to include in the art objects or words, user-specified fonts, art object size, font size, color, text, or images. The rendering may be displayed on a display screen. The data store may store the art objects, words, and the personalized artwork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GIFTS FOR YOU, LLC
    Inventors: James Tuchler, Aram Avetissian
  • Patent number: 12045902
    Abstract: A variety of improved techniques for homebuyers to access undeveloped and/or uncompleted communities with homes that are not yet built and lots that are not yet parceled or recognized with addresses are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MFTB Holdco, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Phillips, Alexandria Phillips
  • Patent number: 12008619
    Abstract: Various embodiments include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for receiving a request for requesting assistance for evaluating a first item, the request being associated with a user account; identifying a plurality of closet items associated with the user account; a compatibility rule to determine a percentage of the plurality of closet items that are compatible with the first item; and causing display of a user interface of a device, the user interface including a display of the percentage of the plurality of closet items that are compatible with the first item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Akshay Gadre, Kerri Breslin
  • Patent number: 11989770
    Abstract: An online concierge shopping system identifies candidate items to a user for inclusion in an order based on prior user inclusion of items in orders and items currently included in the order. From a multi-dimensional tensor generated from cooccurrences of items in orders from various users, the online concierge system generates item embeddings and user embeddings in a common latent space by decomposing the multi-dimensional tensor. From items included in an order, the online concierge system generates an order embedding from item embeddings of the items included in the order. Scores for candidate items are determined based on similarity of item embeddings for the candidate items to the order embedding. Candidate items are selected based on their scores, with the selected candidate items identified to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Negin Entezari, Sharath Rao Karikurve, Shishir Kumar Prasad, Haixun Wang
  • Patent number: 11966958
    Abstract: A method for use in a computing system, comprising: outputting, by the computing system, a product configuration menu that specifies a first set of product components; outputting, by the computing system, information associated with a first product, the first product including the first set of product components; detecting, by the computing system, a user input that specifies a second set of product components, the user input being received via the product configuration menu; selecting, by the computing system, a second product that includes the second set of product components, the second product being selected by performing a search of a product distance data structure to identify a plurality of candidate products that include the second set of product components, obtaining a respective product distance score for the first product and each of the plurality of candidate products, and selecting one of the candidate products as the second product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Harikrishnan Gopalakrishnan Nair, Anshul Kumar, Shanil Cheriya Nalakath, Suman Shrestha, Prashanth Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11954717
    Abstract: A labor marketplace exchange (LME) computing system and method are provided. The LME computing system communicates with communications devices of service providers and service users. The LME computing system receives service provider profile data from the service providers. Service users can submit service queries to the LME computing system. Based on the parameters of the service query, service providers are identified by the LME computing system. A service request is then sent to a service provider identified by the LME computing system and selected by the service user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GigSmart, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore A. Catino, Beverly A. Catino, Mitchell A. Catino
  • Patent number: 11941589
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing transactions are provided. An aspect of the transactions is executed with a third party transaction service provider that may indicate its aspect of the transaction was a failure when in fact it was successful. After conveying this failure to a user, the system subsequently learns that the aspect of the transaction was not a failure. The system attempts to associate such a transaction with another transaction based on a comparison between the transactions. Upon determining that there is an association between the second transaction and the first transaction, the system communicates to a user options for how to proceed with the first and second transactions. One of the options is to proceed with the original transaction. If the original transaction goes ahead, this saves system resources associated with cancelling the first transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Kai-Yanna Meighu, Hettige Ray Perera Jayatunga
  • Patent number: 11935004
    Abstract: A system for managing business to business communications may include an event generation unit configured to create a first event based on receiving a purchase order from a client. The system may also include an event detection unit in communication with the event generation unit, the event detection unit configured to detect the first event. The system may also include an action unit in communication with the event generation unit. The action unit may be configured to determine a first action to perform based on the detection of the first event, and perform the first action. The event generation unit may be further configured to create a second event based on the performance of the first action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE, LLC
    Inventors: Steve Cochran, Hatem El-Sebaaly, Greg Wilson, Paul Knuth, Chad Maloney
  • Patent number: 11928725
    Abstract: In one instance, a system includes a server in communication with a computing device and comprising at least one processor and an application executable by the at least one processor to, among other things, generate a first graphical user interface (GUI) for receiving designer information associated with a designer, generate a second graphical user interface for receiving design purchaser information associated with a design purchaser, receive from the designer one or more clothing designs in a digital format available for matching and purchase, and perform a fraud check of any design received from the designer. The application further stores meta data concerning the desired design, generates another graphical user interface that is accessed in response to an identifying code read by a smart device, and provides at least some of the stored meta data to the smart device in response to reading the identifying code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Fashion for Globe, Inc.
    Inventor: Girisha Siddappa
  • Patent number: 11928724
    Abstract: Customer-device application sites (e.g., content presented via a progressive web applications) that are accessible via merchant-managed identifiers (e.g., identification codes) are described. An identification of a physical location associated with a merchant can be associated with an identification code. The identification code can be received from a computing device of a customer and, based at least in part on receiving the identification code, merchant data associated with the merchant can be caused to be presented via a web browser of the computing device of the customer. In an example, the merchant data can be presented via the web browser by a progressive web application downloaded onto the computing device of the customer via the web browser. An indication of an input received via the progressive web application can be received by the computing device of the customer and an operation based at least in part on the input can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Swett, Drew Richards, Xuanhua Ren, Neil Straghalis, Vitaly Odemchuk, Lisa Fong, Katherine Ahn, David Pearson
  • Patent number: 11915297
    Abstract: A basket-aware recommendation system can include a computing device configured to receive an indication of a navigation from a user device. The indication includes a user identifier and a set of basket items. The computing device is configured to generate a set of eligible items based on the set of basket items. The computing device is configured to generate a feature representation based on the corresponding item category count within the set of eligible items and select items of the set of eligible items within the corresponding item category. The computing device is configured to compute a number of category display items based on the potential click value and the normalized relevance value. The computing device is configured to transmit the number of category display items for each category of the set of item categories to the user device for display on a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Kannan Achan, Lalitesh Morishetti, Kaushiki Nag