Patents Examined by Norman Donald Sutch, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11151641
    Abstract: There is provided systems and method for a virtual display device for an interactive merchant sales environment. A device, such as a communication device, may allow a user to view virtual images of items in a user environment so that a user may view what their potential purchase may look like when placed into the user environment. The user environment may include a residential room, an office, a car interior, or other location where a user may place purchased items. The user may submit a request to view an item in the user environment to the device, which may communicate the request to a merchant or a service provider. The virtual image may correspond to digital image(s) of an item used to present a three dimensional virtual image of the item in the user environment. The device may receive the virtual image(s) and display them to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Rohan Benkar, Jaya Kumar Murari, Leo Hsieh, Yu Jiang
  • Patent number: 11151640
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically generating user interface elements and associated values are presented. An item listing and profile data are accessed. A set of user interface elements are dynamically generated based on the item listing and the profile data, with each user interface element configured to perform an action on the item listing. A set of values are dynamically determined, with each value being associated with a user interface element of the set of user interface elements. The set of user interface elements are then caused to be presented within the item listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Huai-ter Chong, Yun Liu
  • Patent number: 11132733
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending items to an unknown user of a website are disclosed. In one aspect, browsing activity of known users is analyzed to determine which items or categories of items are most popular in a given context (time, place, device, etc.). The known user browsing activity (clickstream data) is used to generate a multi-dimensional attribute matrix. Matrix factorization and clustering are used to generate affinity scores for items based on user context. These scores are used to generate item recommendations for an unknown user in a particular browsing context. In some embodiments, personalized item recommendations are updated based on interactions made between the unknown user and content of the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Aarthi Srinivasan, Venkataramana Bantwal Kini
  • Patent number: 11113748
    Abstract: Systems and methods for ordering a transportation vehicle using near-field communication (NFC) are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a first client computing device, data from a first NFC target device responsive to a first NFC device associated with the first client computing device being in physical proximity of the first NFC target device. The method further includes generating, based on the data, an order request for a transportation vehicle. Responsive to the order request not being placed and the first NFC device of the first client computing device being within a predetermined physical proximity of a second NFC device of a second client computing device, the method further includes causing information associated with the order request to be transmitted from the first client computing device to the second client computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: GT Gettaxi Systems Ltd
    Inventor: Shahar Smirin
  • Patent number: 11100567
    Abstract: Order information for an order representing an electronic transaction in the distributed order system for a product or a service is received by one or more processors over a network. A unique order ID and order content based on the received order information are generated. An order vector for the order is created based on the order content. The order is added to an order cluster based on a similarity between the created order vector and a representative order vector corresponding to a representative order in the order cluster. The representative order vector corresponding to the representative order in the order cluster is analyzed to determine if the representative order is malicious. A determination is made as to whether the representative order is malicious. If the representative order is malicious, then malicious order processing is performed on the orders in the order cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiuxi Li
  • Patent number: 11068904
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing performance information related to a customer service representative. A processor aggregates statistical data related to customer service representatives performance. A menu is then caused to be generated and displayed indicating a plurality of menu items. Each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to one of a plurality of the work-related types of data. Additionally, displayed and processed are one or more work-related alerts in response to receiving the one or more work-related alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Guy R. Langley, Jason W. Lindley, Donald H. Griffin, Jr., Elizabeth Garretson, Ryan R. Barth, Francisco A. Duran, Ann C. Tarrillion, David W. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11062365
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of determining an accuracy score for existing product information using a first set of rules that compares the existing product information for the product with product information of other internal or external sources, determining if the accuracy score exceeds a predetermined accuracy threshold, automatically replacing incorrect product information in the existing product information with correct product information from the other sources if the accuracy score does not exceed the predetermined accuracy threshold, coordinating displaying of the existing product information with the correct product information replacing the incorrect product information on a webpage for the product on a website of the online retailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Saeed Siddiqui, Rohit Deep, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar
  • Patent number: 11055757
    Abstract: A multi-platform e-commerce system with an asynchronous virtual cart is disclosed. The system includes one or more processors and a memory device storing a set of instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to: create an internal virtual cart associated with the multi-platform e-commerce system; in response to the creation of the internal virtual cart, create an external asynchronous virtual cart associated with one or more single e-commerce platforms; in response to every action taken in the internal virtual cart associated with the multi-platform e-commerce system, enable performance of an immediate corresponding action on the external asynchronous virtual cart associated with the one or more single e-commerce platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Violet.io, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Schulz, Rhen Zabel
  • Patent number: 11042927
    Abstract: In the creative community, a need exists to efficiently market creative works including music, concerts, photographic, video programs, motion pictures, two and three dimensional works of art and literary works. The cost of creating works of art has never been less. Computer programs like Garage Band and iMovie have lowered production costs so that more people than ever before are engaged in creativity. The present invention links the creative community with investors, venue owners, social media influencers, other artists, art critics, art distributors, literary agents, art brokers and dealers and the overall audience for creative works. The present invention represents a significant augmentation to the traditional artists and repertoire departments of the major record companies and will enable a bidding marketplace so that creative works may be monetized at the moment of creation and combined with other preexisting artwork to enable marketing compilations or derivative works expeditiously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Skye Peters, John W. Olivo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11037212
    Abstract: In a computer-implemented method for pre-populating a credit card number field a credit card number is stored at a remote location by a credit card issuer, and a credit card number field is pre-populated with the stored credit card number for an online payment, wherein the pre-populating is provided by the credit card issuer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Comenity LLC
    Inventors: James Walz, Karen Lowe, David Nack
  • Patent number: 10997643
    Abstract: A real estate offer management system includes a server in electronic communication with a user computer over the Internet. A user interface is provided by the server and includes a webpage for receiving seller preferences from the user computer. The seller preferences relate to a plurality of offer components for the sale of a property. An offer scorer receives a plurality of offers concerning the property and calculates scores for each offer using the seller preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Realogy Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Perriello, John Canniffe
  • Patent number: 10991037
    Abstract: An online system receives tracking requests from client devices interacting with a website. The online system analyzes user interactions with websites using the tracking requests. The online system identifies missing parameters in the tracking requests and predicts values of the missing parameters. The online system may also identify parameters that are populated incorrectly and predicts their correct values. The online system uses the predicted parameter values for generating reports describing user interactions with the website. The online system predicts the values of the missing parameters based on metadata extracted from previous tracking requests received from client devices and also via web crawling of websites. The online system generates accurate reports based on the predicted parameters values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Henry Wooldridge, Aleksey Sergeyevich Fadeev, Christine Jinha Hwang, Luxi Guo
  • Patent number: 10977704
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable media of the various embodiments enable in store voice picking systems. In various embodiments, an end-to-end voice ordering and fulfillment system for a retail store may enable a customer to place an order over the phone, a personal shopper to be directed to fill the order via voice commands, and the order to be made available for pickup at the retail store by the customer or delivered to the customer from the retail store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Donovan McCarthy
  • Patent number: 10970765
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a personalized fashion generation system that synthesizes user-customized images using deep learning techniques based on visually-aware user preferences. In particular, the personalized fashion generation system employs an image generative adversarial neural network and a personalized preference network to synthesize new fashion items that are individually customized for a user. Additionally, the personalized fashion generation system can modify existing fashion items to tailor the fashion items to a user's tastes and preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: ADOBE INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chen Fang, Zhaowen Wang, Wangcheng Kang, Julian McAuley
  • Patent number: 10956948
    Abstract: The embodiment herein provides a method and system for providing an integrated information about a product or a feature and generating generalized reviews. The system and method is applicable to products or features including but not limited to hotels, food, restaurants, travel itineraries and transport. The system provides a hotel discovery platform to enable a plurality of users to discover a plurality of hotels and reviews related to the plurality of hotels. The system also provides a generalized review of each of the hotel, based on a plurality of third-party user reviews. The system provides a generalized review of each of the component of the hotel along with a plurality of related pictures. The system comprises a computing device and an application server. The application server comprises a registration module, a query receiver, a knowledge tree, an analysis module and the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Anupam Mediratta, Gaurang Gupta
  • Patent number: 10937082
    Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending future vehicles. The system includes one or more sensors of a current vehicle configured to detect sensor data. The system includes a vehicle transceiver of the current vehicle configured to communicate the sensor data. The system includes a remote data server configured to receive the sensor data from the current vehicle, and determine one or more vehicles to recommend to the driver of the current vehicle based on the received sensor data. The system includes a computing device coupled to the remote data server and configured to display the one or more vehicles to be recommended to the driver of the current vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Edwards, Mark McClung
  • Patent number: 10902503
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for facilitating a sending of a gift from a first machine to a second machine may include a processor of a computer server reviewing a first list of one or more names of people maintained in a computer database. The processor may review context information related to the one or more names to determine if a moment exists for sending a gift from a first machine to a second machine. Content providers may also request one or more gifts to be identified when a second machine is proximate to a content provider who may fulfill a gift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MOMENT NETWORK, LLC
    Inventors: Brady L. Rackley, III, Steven Neel, Eric Kraar, Scott Monahan, David Byas-Smith, Hillary Degenkolb, Julia Carter, Austin Day
  • Patent number: 10885565
    Abstract: A network-based data discovery and consumption coordination service may provide data set listings for purchase offered by respective data vendors. The data discovery and consumption coordination service may provide listings in response to search requests based on various search criteria, as well as various filtering techniques based on user reviews, ratings, and other user purchase history for data set listings. The data discovery and consumption coordination service may receive a purchase request via a network-based interface for the service. Data consumption resources which may consume a purchased data set may also be identified via the network-based interface for the data discovery and consumption coordination service. The data discovery and consumption coordination service may direct the transfer of the data set for the purchased data set listing to the identified data consumption resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Russell, Rahul Sharma Pathak, Aditya Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10872367
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling sales permissions pertaining to sales activities by users of an online game are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: store information on electronic storage related to the users of the online game; execute an instance of the online game and implement the instance of the online game; receive supervisory input from a supervisory user; receive user input to request or initiate a sale; determine whether the request is in accordance with the one or more sales permissions; effectuate a performance of the sale of one or more particular virtual items, responsive to a determination that the request is permitted; and effectuate presentation of a notification to the user that conveys the user lacks permission, responsive to a determination that the request is not permitted under the one or more sales permissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Mythical, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Stoddard, Jamie Jackson, Stephan Cunningham
  • Patent number: 10853863
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method can comprise receiving a query and determining one or more results for the query. In many embodiments, the one or more results can comprise one or more shelves, each shelf of the one or more shelves can comprise one or more facets, and each facet of the one or more facets can comprise one or more items. In various embodiments, the method can further comprise facilitating display of at least a portion of the one or more results for the query by facilitating display of at least the portion of the one or more results in a ranked order. In many embodiments, displaying the portion of the one or more results in a ranked order can comprise determining a composite score for each facet of the one or more facets of each shelf of the one or more shelves. Other embodiments of related methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Manas Pathak, Onur Gungor