Patents by Inventor Alexander Cheston

Alexander Cheston 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: 10382581
    Abstract: A server automatically generates a response to a request received from a first user. The server generates response templates for the second user. The server receives the request from the first user, where the request includes request values for request fields. The server selects the second user to respond to the request received from the first user. The server automatically selects one of the response templates for generating the response to the request. The selected one of the response templates is determined to be the response template that most closely matches the request received from the first user. The server automatically generates the response using the selected response template including populating one or more placeholder values with information extracted from the request received from the first user. The server transmits the generated response to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: THUMBTACK, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Lin Tsay, Alexander Cheston, Weikang Wan, Giles Lavelle, Yue Zhao, Togan Adrien Olczak
  • Publication number: 20180241845
    Abstract: A server automatically generates a response to a request received from a first user. The server generates response templates for the second user. The server receives the request from the first user, where the request includes request values for request fields. The server selects the second user to respond to the request received from the first user. The server automatically selects one of the response templates for generating the response to the request. The selected one of the response templates is determined to be the response template that most closely matches the request received from the first user. The server automatically generates the response using the selected response template including populating one or more placeholder values with information extracted from the request received from the first user. The server transmits the generated response to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph Lin Tsay, Alexander Cheston, Weikang Wan, Giles Lavelle, Yue Zhao, Togan Adrien Olczak
  • Patent number: 9736268
    Abstract: A server automatically generates a response to a request received from a first user. The server receives configuration information for configuring response templates for a second user. The configuration information indicates matching preferences, where each matching preference specifies a request field and a corresponding set of one or more expected values, and a message body that includes a set of one or more placeholder values. The response templates are generated for the second user according to the configuration information. The request is received from the first user. The second user is selected to respond to the request received from the first user. The response template that is determined to closest match to the request is automatically selected. The response is automatically generated using the selected template including populating the placeholder values with information extracted from the request. The generated response is transmitted to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: THUMBTACK, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Lin Tsay, Alexander Cheston, Weikang Wan, Giles Lavelle, Yue Zhao, Togan Adrien Olczak