Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi D. Iida

Akiyoshi D. Iida 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).

  • Patent number: 8452785
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for searching for items in a catalog using normalized item attributes. A range of values on a normalized scale is determined for an option for an attribute associated with a representative item. The range of values of the representative item is correlated with a first unit on a first scale of item classification. Multiple items are identified based at least in part on the option for the attribute. Each of the items is associated with a respective option for the attribute that has a respective range of values on the normalized scale that overlaps the range of values of the representative item. The respective range of values of one or more of the items is correlated with a second unit on a second scale of item classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi D. Iida, David B. Bailey, Jonathan R. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 8219453
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating classifications for items from normalized item attributes. Multiple attribute options are maintained for an item. Each of the attribute options is associated with a respective range of values on a normalized scale for an attribute. Multiple item classifications are generated for one of the attribute options by mapping the respective range of values for the one of the attribute options to one or more item classifications on each of multiple scales of classification for the attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi D. Iida, David B. Bailey, Jonathan R. Jacobs