Patents Examined by Victoria E Frunzi
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Patent number: 10762510Abstract: Modifying a number of opportunities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from a CRM system, a number of opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, comparing the metadata associated with the opportunities with a number of archived opportunity templates to create a comparison, analyzing the comparison to identify a number of patterns for the opportunities, and modifying, based on the number of patterns for the opportunities, the opportunities to create at least one new opportunity.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
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Patent number: 10699306Abstract: In this disclosure, a system and method for displaying digital flyer having dynamic flyer content on a communication device are disclosed. The system includes a communication module configured to request for a digital flyer from a server and to receive flyer content of the digital flyer from the server, the digital flyer comprising a source flyer image for the flyer content, the source flyer image having one or more regions and an associated modular co ordinate system, a flyer processing module configured to collect selection information and for generating a request for the digital flyer, the request including the selection information, and a flyer display module configured to display the flyer content communicated from the server, the flyer display module displaying the flyer content using the modular co-ordinate system.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FLIPP CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Cheung, Erik Charlebois, Jeff Francis, Wehuns Tan
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Patent number: 10679234Abstract: Systems and methods for managing mobile network loads are provided. A load manager may communicate with a plurality of mobile devices in wireless communication with a hardware infrastructure of a mobile network. The hardware infrastructure may provide wireless access to the mobile network. The load manager may receive an infrastructure performance indicator descriptive of operation of the hardware infrastructure in wireless communication with one of the plurality of mobile devices at one of multiple geographic locations wirelessly served by the hardware infrastructure. The load manager may generate, based on analysis of the infrastructure performance indicator, a reward record configured to associate a reward with a target geographic location wirelessly served by the hardware infrastructure. The load manager may instruct a mobile devices to display an indication of the reward record at a position on the display of the mobile device representative of the target geographic location.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventors: Luca Blasi, Margherita Mariotti, Mattia Lavena, Simone Catenacci, Federico Renzi, Silvia Arcieri, Francesca Falcone, Susanna Cipolla, Roberta Vigorosi, Aldo Moriconi
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Patent number: 10628464Abstract: In general, the invention relates to a system and method of operating a shopping system to facilitate payment using a mobile device. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a personal characteristic database, a database searching algorithm, and to be coupled to a wireless communication system that is capable of communicating with the user's personal data device. The user logs on through the wireless communication system to the secure network using her personal data device, and communicates to and stores in the database personal data defining her characteristics. Either the secure network automatically identifies the first users precise geographic location, or the user himself otherwise indicates and stores in the database of the network an identifying address that indicates his current specific geographic location. Personal data defining the user's characteristics are then sent to a business location at the user's location to facilitate a payment transaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Inventors: Michael Edward Finnegan, Jeffrey C. Konicek, Steven G. Lisa
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Patent number: 10607253Abstract: A method and system for generating content title recommendations for content titles associated with a content page is disclosed. The method and system collects user activity data representing user engagement levels relating to multiple content webpages, wherein each content page is associated with a content title. A title replacement candidate is identified in view of the collected user activity data, wherein the title replacement candidate includes a plurality of title components. The title replacement candidate is compared to one or more high user engagement value titles. Based on the comparison, one or more high user engagement title component recommendations are identified which correspond to one or more of the title components of the title replacement candidate.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Outbrain Inc.Inventors: Amir Shachar, Yatir Ben Shlomo, Alexandra Bennett, Kevin S. Selhi
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Patent number: 10540695Abstract: There is provided an information providing device which, even when one advertisement display area is shared between a plurality of advertisers, can increase the probability that, for example, a banner advertisement of each advertiser is specified and efficiently display information matching each advertiser. The information providing device is configured to, when a user of a terminal device specifies an advertisement display area, specify a partial area including a position specified in the advertisement display area, and transmit information matching a provider allocated to the partial area to the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.Inventors: Kenji Sugiura, Yasuaki Shirogane
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Patent number: 10528935Abstract: A smartphone (106) with a processor (150) can execute program instructions to cause currency transfers transactions to be made to accounts associated with other smartphones and to interact with an application server (102) or merchant terminal (108). The smartphone can scan a quick response (QR) code and decode the QR code to recover encoded data. The smartphone can use the encoded data, alone or with other data, such as data from a user profile, to obtain promotional vouchers from the merchant server. The smart phone can initiate redemption of the promotional vouchers. The smartphone can display a validation form to prompt capturing images of items an application server can use to validate payment instruments and accounts. The validation form may prompt a user to capture images of a driver's license, a payment instrument, an invoice, or a passport. Smartphone communication with the application server can include device identifier such as MSISDN, IMEI, or IMSI.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Gelliner LimitedInventor: Martin Paul Moshal
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Patent number: 10489811Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a reward based on a price differential for a product is described. The method is implemented using a computing device in communication with one or more memory devices. The method includes receiving, by the computing device, a reward determination request message including an identification of a first merchant and product data for a product purchased by a cardholder from the first merchant. The method also includes determining a location of the first merchant, determining, using the one or more memory devices, the price differential between a first price for the product from the first merchant and at least a second price for the product from at least a second merchant within a predetermined geographic distance of the first merchant, and applying a reward to a cardholder account associated with the cardholder, wherein the reward is based on the price differential.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: John Gamel, Michael Berry
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Patent number: 10489795Abstract: The effectiveness of advertisements with respect to a group of panelists is measured. Based on the results of such analysis, advertisements and/or variants thereof are selected for presentation to consumers. Effectiveness of advertisements may be measured by detecting exposure to advertisements, and then monitoring panelist behavior following exposure to an advertisement. A group of panelists may be a representative sample of a larger population, so that observations of panelist behavior can be used as a basis for making decisions regarding presentation of advertisements to a larger audience having characteristics similar to those of the panelists. Once the relative effectiveness for various audiences has been determined, advertisements can be selected for presentation to individual consumers or to groups of consumers, so as to maximize effectiveness. Such analysis and selection may be performed substantially in real-time.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLCInventors: Mark D. Klein, Jason Browne, Craig Dougal Paterson
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Patent number: 10475066Abstract: A server system accesses a branding profile that includes one or more demographics associated with the user. The system selects an advertising campaign in accordance with the one or more demographics. The advertising campaign includes a pool of multimedia advertisements and a pool of questions, and is associated with a subset of the one or more demographics. The system selects a multimedia advertisement from the pool of multimedia advertisements and a question from the pool of questions. The question is associated with a plurality of predefined answers to the question. The system transmits, to a client, instructions that cause: the multimedia advertisement to be presented by the client device; the question to be presented by the client device concurrently with the multimedia advertisement; and an affordance to be provided corresponding to each of the predefined answers to the question. The system receives a response and updates the branding profile accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: VDOPIA INC.Inventors: Srikanth Kakani, Saurabh Bhatia, Lloyd Lim
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Patent number: 10430894Abstract: A computer hosts an online community for a business entity. The community includes multiple feedback interfaces that quantify each user's engagement with the community. Each feedback interface has a distinct interaction time scale, from immediate to a year or more, with intermediate feedback interfaces. The process measures reduction in technical support costs based on the community engagement, and alerts a community manager when too many users are not completing a task for one feedback interface. The manager creates a targeted mission for the appropriate subpopulation of users. The mission specifies an action and a time limit. Completion of the action increases completion of the task. Messages are sent to users in the subpopulation to alert them of the mission. The mission feedback interface provides feedback visually for users in the subpopulation. The mission feedback includes indicators of remaining time and percent completion.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: KHOROS, LLCInventor: Michael Wu
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Patent number: 10346849Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an identification of an intended recipient of a physical package and a personalized message having content based on the identity of the intended recipient. The method further includes identifying a uniform resource locator (URL) comprising a reference to a webpage that displays the personalized message and one or more advertisements regarding products or services related to the physical package. A Quick Response (QR) code encoding the URL comprising the reference to the webpage that displays the personalized message and the one or more advertisements may be generated. The method further includes transmitting the personalized message and the one or more advertisements to the intended recipient via the webpage in response to the intended recipient accessing the URL encoded by the QR code.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: CA, Inc.Inventors: Stefan Ionescu, Steven L. Greenspan, Vincent R. Re, Wei-Jun Kong, Nagavardhan Sogal, Esin Kiris
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Patent number: 10198739Abstract: Systems and methods configured to award achievement designations to users connected by a network are described, wherein users are automatically granted these achievement designations based on their user profiles and activity. An achievement creation module formulates a plurality of achievement designations based on predefined criteria and a user profile creation/retrieval module obtains one or more user profiles for users of the network. A user activity determination module is configured to determine user activities relating to the one or more user profiles and an achievement designation module awards an appropriate one of the plurality of achievement designations to a particular user based on the particular user's activities. A notification module is configured to notify the one or more user profiles of the achievement designations and a user interface module of the system is configured to provide the achievement designations to a user interface associated with the users for display.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Orkut Buyukkokten
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Patent number: 9990650Abstract: A method is performed at an electronic device with a display. The method includes initiating display of a multimedia advertisement including a question. Upon a lapse of a predetermined amount of time following initiating display of the multimedia advertisement, the device displays a plurality of affordances on the display. Each affordance in the plurality of affordances corresponds to a respective user response to the question. The device detects a user input that selects a respective affordance of the plurality of affordances, thereby selecting a respective user response to the question, and, upon detection of the user input, discontinues display of the multimedia advertisement.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: VDOPIA INC.Inventors: Srikanth Kakani, Saurabh Bhatia, Lloyd Lim, Ryan McConville