Patents by Inventor Adam Cross

Adam Cross has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Matching users with similar interests
    Patent number: 9208471
    Abstract: Matching users with similar interests is disclosed, including: obtaining, from an external source, items of interest as indicated by a plurality of users; storing information about the plurality of users and their respective items of interest; and identifying, for a first user of the plurality of users, a set of similar users who have overlapping interests as the first user, wherein the overlapping interests are determined based at least in part on items of interest to the first user and items of interest to the plurality of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba.com Limited
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Michael Effle, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt
  • Presenting user preference activities
    Patent number: 9116997
    Abstract: Determining preference activities to present to a current user includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate preference activities; determining a recommendation weight for one of the plurality of candidate preference activities with respect to the current user; and presenting at least some of the plurality of candidate preference activities based on recommendation weights corresponding to the plurality of candidate preference activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Alibaba.com Limited
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt
  • PRESENTING USER PREFERENCE ACTIVITIES
    Publication number: 20130080427
    Abstract: Determining preference activities to present to a current user includes: obtaining a plurality of candidate preference activities; determining a recommendation weight for one of the plurality of candidate preference activities with respect to the current user; and presenting at least some of the plurality of candidate preference activities based on recommendation weights corresponding to the plurality of candidate preference activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt
  • MATCHING USERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS
    Publication number: 20120331055
    Abstract: Matching users with similar interests is disclosed, including: obtaining, from an external source, items of interest as indicated by a plurality of users; storing information about the plurality of users and their respective items of interest; and identifying, for a first user of the plurality of users, a set of similar users who have overlapping interests as the first user, wherein the overlapping interests are determined based at least in part on items of interest to the first user and items of interest to the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ALIBABA.COM LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam Cross, Michael Effle, Chuck Kao, Gregory Charles McNutt
  • Desk organizer
    Patent number: D914802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Brian K Wheaton, Christopher J Yarger, Adam Cross
  • Desk organizer
    Patent number: D926253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Brian K. Wheaton, Christopher J. Yarger, Adam Cross