Patents Examined by Yogesh C. Garg
  • Patent number: 12154165
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for utilizing interactive UI dialogs to resolve issues that may arise during the real-time ordering and activation of wireless products and services while a user is engaged during their session. The interactive UI dialogs may provide a customer with an opportunity to provide information, make decisions or trigger additional steps during the real time order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Bennett, Tim Weisbrod, Neil Ryan, Vic Hugo, Andy Zeinfeld, Kevin O'Riordan, Grant Yoder
  • Patent number: 12154150
    Abstract: A system is provided including a database and a server. The server is configured to: retrieve online merchant terms associated with a merchant; store in the database the online merchant terms; apply a time stamp to the online merchant terms; associate the online merchant terms with the merchant in the database; assign the online merchant terms a date range in the database; receive information of a transaction of a user; search, based on the information of the transaction, the database for the online merchant terms; determine whether the online merchant terms are applicable to the transaction; associate in the database the online merchant terms with the transaction upon determining that the online merchant terms are applicable to the transaction; and responsive to receipt of a selection of viewing online merchant terms associated with the transaction, transmit the online merchant terms for display to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 12148023
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including: an acquisition unit (11) that acquires an image including a product display shelf; a display location determination unit (12) that determines, based on the image, a display location of each of products; a computation unit (13) that computes, based on the determined display location of each of the products, a sales-related score relating to sales; and an output unit (14) that outputs the computed sales-related score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Uchimura, Yuji Tahara, Rina Tomita, Yasuyo Kazo
  • Patent number: 12125088
    Abstract: The present invention provides a processing apparatus (10) including: a web product image acquisition unit (11) acquiring a web product image publicly available in a web page determined based on a predetermined search condition; a product identification information acquisition unit (12) acquiring product identification information of a product indicated by the web product image; and a registration unit (13) registering the web product image and the product identification information in association with each other in a product database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takami Sato, Kota Iwamoto, Soma Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 12125078
    Abstract: A subscription-based system for providing commerce information for one or more mobile devices for one or more merchants. Some techniques employed feature a subscription-based method for presenting commercial resources to a mobile device. The method involves receiving mobile device user information relating to a geographic location to locate one or more merchants within a subscription-based shopping network, and receiving mobile device user information relating to a merchant type within the subscription-based shopping network. The method also involves receiving, from a database over a communication network, information for one or more merchants associated with the mobile device user information for the geographic location and the merchant type, and presenting the associated merchant information on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventor: Randy Jaramillo
  • Patent number: 12118599
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamic pricing of food items that are configured to apply one or more algorithms to prepare adjustments in the food item ingredient composition (e.g., the recipe of a food item) to accommodate a desired price, caloric content, dietary restriction requirement, and/or nutritional value. The system will process the customer-user's inputs of a modification of the ingredients for the food item. System processes for recipe modifications can be made in real-time, and may be locally processed or remotely processed, e.g., via access to a network server. Optionally, some or all of the system processes for recipe modifications may be preprocessed and stored in a system-accessible database. In some embodiments, a custom designed secure hardware component is deployed in the system in order to protect confidential pricing data, and gives a tool for managing the dynamic sales for a food retail establishment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventors: Abdolreza Abdolhosseini Moghadam, Sara Sohrabi
  • Patent number: 12112365
    Abstract: According to aspects of the disclosed subject matter, a taste graph comprising likely content collection nodes with corresponding likely digital content items is generated through one or more analyses of a corpus of content collections that is maintained by the online content service. As should be understood, this corpus of content collections is comprised of a plurality of curated content collections, with each content collection comprising a plurality of digital content items. With this taste graph available, as a user generates (or in response to a user generating) a content collection of digital content items, reference can be made to the taste graph to identify one or more digital content items that may be added to the content collection, where the one or more digital content items have a probabilistic likelihood of being complimentary and/or compatible with the other digital content items of the content collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Johnson, John Milinovich, Lance Alan Riedel, Andrew Look, Mukund Narasimhan, Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 12112364
    Abstract: Different action user-interface components in a comparison view are described. Initially, a selection is received to display a comparison view via a user interface of a listing platform. Multiple listings of the listing platform are selected for inclusion in the comparison view. A comparison view system determines which action of a plurality of actions, used by the listing platform, to associate with each of the listings. A display device displays the multiple listings concurrently in a comparison view via a user interface of the listing platform and also displays an action user-interface component (e.g., a button) in each of the plurality of listings. The action user-interface component is selectable to initiate the action associated with the respective listing. In accordance with the described techniques, the action user-interface component displayed in at least two of the multiple listings is selectable to initiate different actions in relation to the respective listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Periyathambi, Tomer Lancewicki, Sai Vipin Siripurapu, Lakshimi Duraivenkatesh, Selcuk Kopru
  • Patent number: 12106349
    Abstract: A search system is provided for presenting diamonds that are available for sale to a user of the search system. The search system includes a graphical interface through which the user may input search parameters corresponding to gemological features. Diamond listings are generated in accordance with the search parameters and arranged according to user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GRWN Diamonds, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Pollak
  • Patent number: 12100036
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying a first user account based on an indication of purchase of a first item; identifying a second user account associated with the first user account; determining a shared characteristic between the first item of the first user account and a second item in an online container associated with the second user account; determining a user interest of the second item based on user attribute data associated with the second user account and the shared characteristic; removing the second item from the online container based on the determining of the user interest; and causing display of a notification on a user interface of a device associated with the second user account, the notification including an indication of the second item being removed from the online container based on the indication of purchase of the first item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: Oliver Nicholas Cockcroft
  • Patent number: 12086861
    Abstract: The following relates generally to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and artificial intelligence (AI). In some embodiments, a system: receives light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data generated from a LIDAR camera via wireless communication or data transmission over one or more radio frequency links, the LIDAR data associated with a store or a store layout; generates a LIDAR-based virtual map of the store from processor analysis of the LIDAR data; determines locations of individual goods in the store; overlays the locations of the individual goods onto the LIDAR-based virtual map; and generates an updated LIDAR-based virtual map of the store displaying aisles of the store and the overlaid locations of the individual goods within the store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Carmelo Marotta, Laura Kennedy, JD Johnson Willingham
  • Patent number: 12079858
    Abstract: Techniques for providing a seamless user experience across electronic and physical retail stores of a retailer include storing, locally with a session corresponding to a user's visit to the retailer's electronic store, indications of items that were viewed and/or focused on by the user at the electronic store. At least some of said indications may be transferred to a centralized data storage of the retailer for persistence after the session is terminated. Subsequently, an electronic device operated by the user may determine its location and determine, based on its location, a particular physical retail store of the retailer. Via communications with one or more retailer servers, items that were recently viewed by the user at the electronic store may be identified, and indications thereof may be presented on the display of the electronic device in conjunction with information corresponding to the recently viewed items at the particular physical store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Nicholas L. Eby, Joseph M. Rago
  • Patent number: 12079848
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for a method of evaluating specialty goods. The method receives data representing a graph specifying relationships between producers and institutions. Based on the relationships specified in the graph and a first set of weights, the method determines a convolution value for a producer such that the convolution value inherits attributes of institutions for which the producer has a relationship. The method receives data describing a specialty good from a producer and inputs the convolution value and the data describing the specialty good into a machine learning module with a second set of weights. The first set of weights and the second set of weights are trained from known evaluations of specialty goods of the producer. From the machine learning module, the method receives a value of the specialty good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: WONDEREUR INC.
    Inventor: Tomas Tokar
  • Patent number: 12073456
    Abstract: A system includes location indicators, a central computing system, and a mobile scanning device. The location indicators transmit location signals and are arranged in a store that includes stocked items. The central computing system stores an item association table that maps location values to the stocked items. The location values indicate locations of the stocked items in the store. The mobile scanning device receives ordered items from the central computing system, detects location signal(s), and determines a first location value based on the detected location signal(s). The mobile scanning device arranges the ordered items on a display based on the first location value, scans a first ordered item, and transmits data to the central computing system indicating that the first ordered item is associated with the first location value. The central computing system updates the item association table based on the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas Francis
  • Patent number: 12073448
    Abstract: One embodiment of the system and method described herein provides a computer system configured to provide an interface for operation by a user at a remote computing device, receive a request from the user for a vehicle history report of a vehicle. The computer system is further configured to prompt the user for interest in a prequalification for a financing offer. The computer system is further configured to receive the indication of the user's interest in the prequalification. The system also includes a data storage module, accessible by the computer system, configured to retrieve data corresponding to the vehicle, store the retrieved data, retrieve data corresponding to a determination regarding the prequalification for the financing offer, and store the retrieved determination. The computer system is further configured to convey the vehicle history report to the user and convey the prequalification determination to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan B. Cain, Will Hope, Kirsten Von Busch, Dominic Edward DeGuiseppe
  • Patent number: 12062003
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and computing system for automatically chaining together a series of models and facilitating automatic execution of the series of models is disclosed. For each sequential pair of models in the series, a set of output variables from a first model from the pair and a set of input variables to a second model from the pair are identified. The method automatically identifies a set of likely matches, each likely match pairing one output variable from the first model with one input variable to the second model, based on a title for each variable or other metadata associated with each variable, and receives confirmation that each likely match represents an accurate association between the output variable and input variable. After executing the first model, a software module imports output from the first model as input to the second model, and the second model is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MORGAN STANLEY SERVICES GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Muye Ru, Zhanike Yevniyeva, Matthew Slovik, Courtney Thompson, Sheng Tzou, Shane Artis, Maria Ichizawa
  • Patent number: 12062082
    Abstract: A seller provides customers with the ability to order items using shipping benefits associated with a separate fulfillment entity, such as an online store, by providing inventory to a designated fulfilment location. When a customer accesses the webpage, identifiers for the customer device and item are used to determine an estimated delivery time the separate fulfillment entity may provide, which may be presented in a widget or other type of element within the webpage. In response to input to the element, the customer may be presented with a prompt for authentication data, and after a successful authentication, the estimated delivery time may be updated based on a location of the authenticated customer. In response to input confirming the transaction, an order for the item is generated by the separate fulfillment entity and the customer may continue navigating the seller website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Beth Anne Porter, Ryan John Lohan, Kimberly Anne Butin, Felipe Gustavo De Almeida, Venkatraman Prabhu, Thomas Edward Taylor, Andrew John Van Zeeland, Trushna Dilip Khivasara, Kadir Rathnavelu, Jared Saul Brett, Peter Larsen, Kristiana Helmick Ebert, Nicole Netland
  • Patent number: 12033207
    Abstract: Techniques are provided herein for providing information during a life cycle of a user's engagement with a product or service. A wireless device is configured to, in response to processing a computer readable artifact after the user has acquired the product or service, transmit a request for first information pertaining to the product or service. A computer is configured to retrieve the first information without regard for the life cycle of the product or service. The computer is further configured to retrieve supplemental information pertaining to the product or service, and provide the first information together with the supplemental information to the wireless device. The supplemental information retrieved varies depending on a current state of the life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventors: Nathan Henderson, Natasha Lloyd, Cara Yvonne Stallone, Amir Hossein Arabkheradmand
  • Patent number: 12020310
    Abstract: A method and computer platform for an application-free web browser-based product purchase. The method and computer platform gain access to a camera of a mobile device through a web browser to use the mobile device as an image scanner, linking physical product shopping with online payment processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: MERKLE INC.
    Inventors: Richard Mathias, Valerie Vacante, Benoit Soucaret, Sanjeev Desai
  • Patent number: 12014407
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide an interface, and, more specifically, to a computing and data storage platform that implements specialized logic to facilitate adaptive scheduling automatically to optimally distribute items, such as shipping an item in accordance with an adapted frequency for a subscription. In some examples, a method may include identifying item characteristics associated with an item, determining a frequency based on at least an item characteristic in association with a subset of subscriber accounts, generating data representing a frequency and a subset of the item characteristics to integrate with a web page generated for a merchant computing system, and transmitting the formatted data to a user interface to display a display portion based on the formatted data as an integrated portion of an integrated web page including the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: OrderGroove, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bifolco, Bradley Williams Groff, Greg E. Alvo, Paul Fredrich, Ofir Shalom, Juan Gutierrez, Marcos Moyano