Patents Examined by Robert M Pond
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Patent number: 11138651Abstract: Disclosed is a method for cross-selling passenger-oriented travel products from a sponsor company and other travel product providers to users, by normalizing the products and dynamically filtering the products in real-time according to rules defined by the travel product sponsor company. In one of the embodiments, ancillary products from any combination of an airline sponsor company, affiliated airline companies and other travel product providers may be presented to customers in accordance with the sponsor company's preferred product bundling nor package scheme and in coordination with affiliated airlines and other travel product providers as they may be available for a combined product. Other embodiments cross-sell travel products for rail, sea and other ground transportation, accommodation services and providers as well as passenger-oriented ancillary travel product providers such as Wi-Fi and duty-free shopping services.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Air Black Box Technologies LLCInventors: Timothy O'Neil-Dunne, Paul Addy
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Patent number: 11132725Abstract: Verified electronic products are created and distributed by an electronic platform, which includes a client interface, a creator interface, a decider interface, and a backer interface. An unverified product associated with a creator entity is received through the creator interface, where the unverified product comprises an electronic product having a set of clauses. A decider entity and backer entity are associated with the unverified product, which is converted to a verified product. The verified product is then added to a search engine associated with other previously verified products to define a collection of searchable verified products. Client information is obtained through the client interface and is used to identify a verified product from the collection of searchable verified products via the search engine. Based on the identified verified product, and instrument is built and is communicated to the client entity via the client interface for acceptance by the client entity.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Cliff Currie, Daniel Haber, David Shackleton
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Patent number: 11127057Abstract: An intelligent product catalog system provides for electronic creation, management and viewing of product information using a multimedia display system. A central database repository stores the product information and provides for an unlimited number of product attributes and dynamic reconfiguration of the product information. The central database repository comprises a metadata system, a scheme system and an object model system. A plurality of applications access the central database repository, the applications being automatically adaptive to the dynamic reconfiguration of the product information. A user interface provides display, sorting and filtering of the product information including the unlimited number of product attributes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: eXalt Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Leslie H. Swanson
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Patent number: 11120494Abstract: A method of dynamically promoting goods and services by providing a display device having an embedded algorithm to make queries to a customer that would commence upon entering a contained environment that would narrowly and effectively communicate promotions of goods and services that are personal and individualized to the consumer is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventor: Dror Levy
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Patent number: 11120495Abstract: Techniques are described for generating virtual makeup products. Virtual makeup products, in this context, may include a predefined effect and a configuration for the effect, wherein the predefined effect includes one or more layered visual filters. In an embodiment, a system in accordance with the present disclosure may acquire makeup product definition data based on characteristics of a real-world makeup product from an entity associated with the real-world product such as a designer, manufacturer, or vendor. Using the makeup product definition data, the system may generate a virtual makeup product includes a configuration of a predefined effect based on the acquired product definition data. The generated virtual makeup product is then passed through a process of internal calibration, internal review, and external review to improve the accuracy of the simulation of the real-world makeup product. In some embodiments, external review is performed by an external reviewing entity (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: GlamST LLCInventors: Agustina Sartori Odizzio, Carolina Maria Báñales Gaione, Javier Andrés Camacho Garcia, Juan Francisco Cardelino De Martini
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Patent number: 11120488Abstract: A system for trading items comprising a server and user machines connected by a network. The system receives item information and locates available items. The system receives trade relationships and generates trade circles. The system identifies an optimum trade circle solution and causes the exchange of items identified in the optimum trade circle solution.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Renegade Logic, LLCInventor: Alex G. Donkervoet
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Patent number: 11106819Abstract: A system and method for sharing information on a network-based social platform is provided. A search request, from a first user, for an item from a network-based marketplace is received via an interface provided by a social networking website of a network-based social platform. The network-based social platform is a platform that allows the first user to communicative couple with at least a second user with whom the first user has a pre-established relationship that is stored in a user profile of the first user at the network-based social platform. A search result including at least one item available from the network-based marketplace is provided to the interface associated with the first user. A selection is received from the first user to share information concerning an item from the search result to at least the second user, and the information is shared with at least the second user.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Yuan Der Ho, Choon Chong, Rolf Skyberg, Massimiliano Mancini, Adam Trachtenberg, Trisha Lee Okubo, Philip Law
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Patent number: 11100562Abstract: Systems and methods for providing improved recommendations are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used for vehicle recommendations. The system may include a server system configured to receive user historical vehicle preferences, user vehicle preferences, generate weighted feature data sets, and apply a similarity model to the generated weighted feature data set in order to determine a vehicle recommendation data set. A visual representation of the vehicle recommendation data set may then be provided to an interface associated with a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jacob Anderson, Mithra Kosur Venuraju, Shilpa Mittal, Ben Hoang, Amit Deshpande, Jie Shen
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Patent number: 11093995Abstract: A monitoring-based service providing system includes a table monitoring terminal associated with one of a plurality of tables in a venue, a central control terminal, and an order terminal associated with said one of the plurality of tables. The central control terminal includes a communication interface communicable with the table monitoring terminal, and a controller. The controller is configured to compare the image data received at first timing with the image data received at second timing after the first timing, determine a remaining amount of the consumable item based on a comparison result of the image data received at the first and second timing, and generate recommendation information upon the determining remaining amount decreasing to a predetermined threshold, and control the second communication interface to transmit the generated recommendation information. The order terminal includes a display, on which a recommendation screen is displayed based on the recommendation information.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motonobu Kawamura, Masashi Fukuda
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Patent number: 11093994Abstract: Triangulated movement and non-movement of a mobile device of a shopper are tracked among different locations within at least one retail environment to identify a shopper merchandise proximity history of the shopper within the at least one retail environment. The tracking uses a coordinated combination of mobile device global positioning system (GPS) information with detected triangulated proximity of the mobile device relative to a plurality of different retail environment low-energy communication devices. Responsive to identifying within the shopper merchandise proximity history an item of merchandise that meets at least one shopper merchandise threshold interest criterion, an electronic message that includes a gift recommendation of the item of merchandise is provided to at least one other user associated with and located remotely from the shopper.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Lisa Seacat DeLuca
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Patent number: 11093991Abstract: A system for providing a vehicle purchasing tool is disclosed. The system may include one or more memory devices storing software instructions. The system may also include one or more processors configured to execute the software instructions to receive a pre-qualification application, the pre-qualification application including customer-identifying information, access a vehicle inventory associated with a dealership, and identify vehicle information associated with at least one vehicle for sale at the dealership based on the pre-qualification application. The one or more processors may be further configured to execute the instructions to determine a pre-qualified offer based at least on the customer-identifying information and the vehicle information, the pre-qualified offer including a first loan term, and provide the pre-qualified offer and the vehicle information to a client device for display as part of the pre-qualified offer in conjunction with the vehicle information.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES. LLCInventors: Gurmeet Singh, Warren Ellison, Patrick Eberle, Adam Zedler, Kurt Wolf, Raman Bajaj, Jason Hoover
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Patent number: 11087384Abstract: An information processing system including an information processing device that is used by a first user and a server configured that can communicate with the information processing device is provided. The server is configured to store a first list of commodities which are sold by the first user who uses a vehicle, a second list of commodities which a second user wants to purchase, and position information of a receiving place of the commodities. The information processing device is configured to notify the first user of transaction information when a predetermined condition based on position information or travel route information of the vehicle which is moving and the position information of the receiving place is satisfied. The transaction information is information including identification information of commodities which are common to the first list and the second list and the position information of the receiving place.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuya Nishimura
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Patent number: 11087389Abstract: A messaging system for a website building system hosting a website. The system also includes at least one database storing website parameters, pre-defined rules concerning card definitions, pre-defined widget card parameters and a product classification taxonomy and at least one card product system to receive a trigger from the website, associated with an action related to a product. The system generates an actionable widget card associated with the product based on the action, the website parameters, the pre-defined rules, the pre-defined widget card parameters and the product classification taxonomy where the widget card implements e-commerce related operations for the product between a publisher of the website with an end user of the website.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Wix.com Ltd.Inventors: Reuven J. Sherwin, Tal Shalom Kol, Adi Zellner, Yonatan Biri, Shachar Burg, Ethan Sharabi, Liat Karpel Gurwicz, Roni Ben-Aharon
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Patent number: 11080648Abstract: A data recovery system (apparatus) includes first management hardware at a first location and second management hardware at a second location. The first management hardware includes or executes a corresponding primary order manager to process first orders. The second management hardware includes or executes a primary manager to process second orders. Each of the first management hardware and the second management hardware includes auxiliary resources to execute functions on behalf of each other in the event of a failure. For example, the first management hardware executes an auxiliary order manager to process the second orders during conditions in which the primary order manager of the second management hardware is unable to process the second orders; the second management hardware executes an auxiliary order manager to process the first orders during conditions in which the primary order manager of the first management hardware is unable to process the first orders.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLCInventors: Timothy P. Germain, Faiz Ali, Michael A. Brown
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Patent number: 11080770Abstract: A computer-based digital marketplace exchange is disclosed, providing the functionality of offering rounds of golf for sale, as well as conducting the sale of the rounds of golf. Customers can use the system to build, purchase, and redeem rounds, subject to at least one rule uploaded by the course. Once an order is purchased with the system, a customer's account is credited. When the customer seeks to redeem the round, the system can be configured to access a real-time positioning component and temporal component of a customer's mobile computer device. The system determines whether the time/location of the customer violates the rules placed on the round. If the rules are violated, then the system notifies the customer that he/she is prohibited from redeeming the round. Conversely, if the rules are not violated, then the round is redeemed and the course notified of the customer's arrival.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Fairway Pass LLCInventors: Andrew Van Sant, Jason Lewin, Philip Morrash
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Patent number: 11075001Abstract: A system for ordered food preferences accompanying symptomatic inputs, the system including a computing device configured to receive a symptomatic input relating to a user wherein the symptomatic input includes a description of a symptomatic complaint; generate a machine-learning process, wherein the machine-learning process is trained using a first training set relating symptomatic inputs to symptomatic neutralizers; identify a symptomatic neutralizer based on the symptomatic input using the machine-learning process; generate an ordered food element list wherein the ordered food element list ranks food elements as a function of the symptomatic neutralizer; and create a food preference menu for the user wherein creating the food preference menu further comprising grouping the ordered food elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: KPN Innovations, LLCInventor: Kenneth Neumann
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Patent number: 11068973Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for performing sale actions of a product or service through a communication network (300) which comprises: sending to one seller (100) the specifications of the product or service with a reference price, so that the seller (100) can present one or more offers (10) to be put up for sale; receiving, from the seller (100), the offer (10) for of product or service to be put up for sale; storing the offer (10) in a database (310) of the communication network (300); receiving, from a plurality of buyers (200), a plurality of purchase proposals (20) for the product or service, the plurality of purchase proposals (20) being determined for the offer (10) of the seller (100); storing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) in the database (310) of the communication network (300); processing the plurality of purchase proposals (20) and determining a product or service matrix, the matrix being constituted by the plurality of purchase proposals (20) received for theType: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Inventor: Luciano Trindade de Sousa Monteiro
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Patent number: 11068968Abstract: An augmented reality device and method for product purchase facilitation using an augmented reality device are provided. The device includes a display module configured to provide augmented reality visual content, the augmented reality visual content including a virtual image of a product, a biometric authentication module configured to receive biometric data relating to a user and authenticate the user based on the received biometric data, and a transceiver module configured to receive, from a user device, digital payment credentials for facilitating purchase of the product, and transmit the digital payment credentials to a payment processing module for product purchase upon successful authentication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.Inventors: Veronica Kuoh, Benjamin Charles Gilbey, Eric Jian Hui Lin
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Patent number: 11062381Abstract: A provisioning system for a multi-tenant platform including a presentation component operably coupled to a supervisory component and a registry database and configured to present registry information in accordance with criteria defined in one or more rules and receive requests to access the registry information. The one or more rules define a supply chain including multiple of a plurality of tenants in the multi-tenancy system, the supervisory component configured to automatically implement the supply chain in response to the request.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: OPEN TEXT SA ULCInventors: Gerrit Smits, Marius Roelof van de Veen
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Patent number: 11049158Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for social shopping on a network-based marketplace. The system receives a selection, over a network, at a social shopping platform. The selection identifies a request from a user in a first community of users and is associated with a listing describing an item for sale. The social shopping platform includes multiple network-based marketplaces respectively associated with communities. The communities include the first community of users being associated with a first network-based marketplace. The system identifies the first network-based marketplace based on the request. The first network-based marketplace is used by the first community of users for transacting items of a single domain. Finally, the system updates a user reputation score based on the activity associated with the first network-based marketplace and presents second user interface information, over the network, including the listing.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Neelakantan Sundaresan