Patents by Inventor Afroza Ali
Afroza Ali 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).
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Publication number: 20230419362Abstract: Systems and methods for content selection and presentation are disclosed. Training data including indicating one or more interactions with one or more content elements and associated with one of a plurality of individual contexts is received. A selection model is trained by applying a reinforcement learning mechanism and an individual explore-exploit mechanism. A context for a user is selected by applying the selection model, which is configured to determine an expected future reward value of at least one of the plurality of individual contexts, determine an expected future reward value of a global context based on a past click-through rate, a reward value, and a future click-through rate, and, select the global context or one of the one or more individual contexts based on a comparison of the expected future reward values.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Yang DENG, Omkar DESHPANDE, Afroza ALI, Abhimanyu MITRA, Kannan ACHAN
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Publication number: 20230359891Abstract: A system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions, that when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: automatically customizing, based on a first state of a user, first content for a graphical user interface on an electronic device of the user; monitoring second activities of the user over a time period; identifying a second probability that the user has transitioned from the first state into a second state during the time period; determining when the second probability is above a second probability predefined threshold; and after determining the second probability to be above the second probability predefined threshold, automatically customizing, based on the second state of the user, second content for the graphical user interface on the electronic device of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali
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Patent number: 11790399Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model configured to select one of an individual context or a global context. An interface including the selected one of the plurality of content elements is generated.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Yang Deng, Omkar Deshpande, Afroza Ali, Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11710037Abstract: 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: monitoring first activities of a user over a first time period; based on the first activities of the user over the first time period, identifying, using a Markov model, a first probability of the user being in a first state; determining when the first probability is above a first probability predefined threshold; in response to determining when the first probability is above the first probability predefined threshold, automatically customizing first content on a graphical user interface for the first state to create a first graphical user interface on an electronic device of the user while the user is determined to be in the first state; monitoring second activities of the user over a second time period occurring after the first time period and after the user has been determined to be in the firstType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali
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Patent number: 11682044Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; tracking respective impression response data for each impression of a respective content element of the content elements comprising (a) a respective response of a respective user of the users and (b) a respective time of the respective response of the respective user; determining respective weightings of the content elements based on posterior distributions using the respective impression response data, as adjusted by a temporal decay factor, based on the respective times of the respective impression response data for the content elements; and generating a webpage of the one or more web sites to comprise a selected content element based on the respective weighting of the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Abhay Kashyap, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande
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Patent number: 11669851Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; performing a classification of the users into segments; receiving a request from a first user of the users to display a webpage of the one or more websites; determining an amount of information in a respective posterior distribution of each of the one or more first segments of the segments in which the first user is classified, for each of the content elements based on impression response data; selecting a selected content element from among the content elements based on weightings of the content elements for the one or more first segments; and generating the webpage comprising the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande, Abhay Kashyap
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Patent number: 11645580Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A system receives a plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container and selects one of the plurality of content elements for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model configured to use Thompson sampling. An interface including the selected one of the plurality of content elements is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali, Shirpaa Manoharan
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Patent number: 11481753Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a query from a front-end device for one or more users mapped to a same payment option; generating, using a machine learning model, a first dataset comprising one or more classifications of one or more online users mapped to the same payment option as either (i) a single user with multiple user profiles or (ii) multiple users of a same household; generating, using a factor graph, a second dataset comprising first information of the one or more online users mapped to second information of one or more instore users; mapping at least one of the one or more online users to at least one of the one or more instore users based on the second dataset. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali
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Publication number: 20220277347Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model configured to select one of an individual context or a global context. An interface including the selected one of the plurality of content elements is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Yang DENG, Omkar DESHPANDE, Afroza ALI, Abhimanyu MITRA, Kannan ACHAN
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Patent number: 11416893Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform recording one or more actions of a user during an online browsing session; predicting, in real-time, a first user attribute for the user from one or more user attributes during the online browsing session based on the one or more actions of the user during the online browsing session; correlating the first user attribute, as predicted, for the user, wherein a first user preference of one or more user preferences is associated with the first user attribute, as predicted; and mapping each respective user preference of the one or more user preferences to a vector space, wherein: two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be more similar to one another are closer together on the vector space than two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be less similarType: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Afroza Ali, Kannan Achan, Venkata Syam Prakash Rapaka
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Patent number: 11367105Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model configured to select one of an individual context or a global context. An interface including the selected one of the plurality of content elements is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Yang Deng, Omkar Deshpande, Afroza Ali, Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan
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Patent number: 11314529Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model based on an optimal impression allocation. An interface is generated that includes the selected one of the plurality of content elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Xiaotong Suo, Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali, Kailing Wang
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Publication number: 20210334852Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; tracking respective impression response data for each impression of a respective content element of the content elements comprising (a) a respective response of a respective user of the users and (b) a respective time of the respective response of the respective user; determining respective weightings of the content elements based on posterior distributions using the respective impression response data, as adjusted by a temporal decay factor, based on the respective times of the respective impression response data for the content elements; and generating a webpage of the one or more web sites to comprise a selected content element based on the respective weighting of the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Abhay Kashyap, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande
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Publication number: 20210294964Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; performing a classification of the users into segments; receiving a request from a first user of the users to display a webpage of the one or more websites; determining an amount of information in a respective posterior distribution of each of the one or more first segments of the segments in which the first user is classified, for each of the content elements based on impression response data; selecting a selected content element from among the content elements based on weightings of the content elements for the one or more first segments; and generating the webpage comprising the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande, Abhay Kashyap
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Publication number: 20210224082Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container is received and one of the plurality of content elements is selected for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model based on an optimal impression allocation. An interface is generated that includes the selected one of the plurality of content elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Xiaotong SUO, Abhimanyu MITRA, Kannan ACHAN, Afroza ALI, Kailing WANG
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Publication number: 20210224685Abstract: A system and method for content selection and presentation is disclosed. A system receives a plurality of content elements configured for presentation in at least one content container and selects one of the plurality of content elements for presentation in the at least one content container. The one of the plurality of content elements is selected by a trained selection model configured to use Thompson sampling. An interface including the selected one of the plurality of content elements is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Abhimanyu MITRA, Kannan ACHAN, Afroza ALI, Shirpaa MANOHARAN
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Patent number: 11055742Abstract: A method including displaying content elements on one or more websites to users. This method can also include tracking impression response data comprising (a) a response of the user to the content element of the content elements displayed on the one or more websites and (b) a time of the response of the user. Additionally, the method can include receiving a request from a first user. The method can further include determining weightings of the content elements based on posterior distributions using the impression response data, as adjusted by a temporal decay factor based on the times of the impression response data for the content elements. The method additionally can include generating the webpage to comprise the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Abhay Kashyap, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande
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Patent number: 11030634Abstract: A method including displaying content elements on one or more websites to users. The classification of the users into segments can be based on each impression of content elements being displayed on the one or more websites to a user of the users, tracking impression response data comprising (a) a response of the user to the content element of the content elements displayed on the one or more websites, and (b) one or more segments of the segments in which the user is classified. The method can also include receiving a request from a first user. The method can also include generating a mixture distribution for the first segment for the first content element based on the impression response data for the first segment and generating the webpage to comprise the selected content element. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Abhimanyu Mitra, Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali, Omkar Deshpande, Abhay Kashyap
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Publication number: 20200311707Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a query from a front-end device for one or more users mapped to a same payment option; generating, using a machine learning model, a first dataset comprising one or more classifications of one or more online users mapped to the same payment option as either (i) a single user with multiple user profiles or (ii) multiple users of a same household; generating, using a factor graph, a second dataset comprising first information of the one or more online users mapped to second information of one or more instore users; mapping at least one of the one or more online users to at least one of the one or more instore users based on the second dataset. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Kannan Achan, Afroza Ali
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Publication number: 20200265472Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform recording one or more actions of a user during an online browsing session; predicting, in real-time, a first user attribute for the user from one or more user attributes during the online browsing session based on the one or more actions of the user during the online browsing session; correlating the first user attribute, as predicted, for the user, wherein a first user preference of one or more user preferences is associated with the first user attribute, as predicted; and mapping each respective user preference of the one or more user preferences to a vector space, wherein: two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be more similar to one another are closer together on the vector space than two or more user preferences of the one or more user preferences determined to be less similarType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Afroza Ali, Kannan Achan, Venkata Syam Prakash Rapaka