Patents by Inventor Angie Ruan

Angie Ruan 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: 8959532
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate receive a request to perform an operation on a first listing previously listed by a marketplace participant at an online market location; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously listed second 1istings including the first listing; and to automatically to perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Publication number: 20140297542
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing a negotiation platform in the event that a listing fails by becoming inactive without the offering being sold are provided. For example, a negotiation eligibility detector may detect a failed listing of an offering. The listing may be associated with a first user and a first offer. A potential buyer detector may identify at least one potential buyer based on a user action associated with the failed listing. A negotiation manager may be in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector and the potential buyer detector. In response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the potential buyers, the negotiation manager may transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for a second offer associated with the failed listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Angie Ruan
  • Patent number: 8799173
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing a negotiation platform in the event that a listing fails by becoming inactive without the offering being sold. For example, a negotiation eligibility detector may detect a failed listing of an offering. The listing may be associated with a first user and a first offer. A potential buyer detector may identify at least one potential buyer based on a user action associated with the failed listing. A negotiation manager may be in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector and the potential buyer detector. In response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the potential buyers, the negotiation manager may transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for a second offer associated with the failed listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Angie Ruan
  • Publication number: 20140214477
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Patent number: 8769538
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receiving a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing. The operation may include performing an inventory check on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Publication number: 20140095347
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receiving a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing. The operation may include performing an inventory check on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Patent number: 8631422
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Publication number: 20130336523
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples is a method including receiving a selection of an outline template; displaying the outline template in an image preview screen of a digital image capture device; responsive to a capture of an image of the digital image capture device, cropping the image to an outline of the outline template; positioning the cropped image over a second image and sending a combined image formed from the image positioned over the second image to a commerce server, the combined image for use as a product image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Angie Ruan
  • Publication number: 20120330775
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Methods and apparatuses disclosed herein may operate to receive a request to perform an operation on a listing previously published by an online marketplace; to identify at least one additional listing having certain characteristics in common with the listing from a plurality of previously published listings including the listing; and to automatically perform the operation on the at least one additional listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Patent number: 8261289
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Producer services produce events that are managed and distributed by a transport service. Consumer services acquire events from the transport service and perform actions in response to the events. The production, distribution, and processing of the events and actions may be asynchronously and concurrently performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Publication number: 20110022523
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing a negotiation platform in the event that a listing fails by becoming inactive without the offering being sold are provided. For example, a negotiation eligibility detector may detect a failed listing of an offering. The listing may be associated with a first user and a first offer. A potential buyer detector may identify at least one potential buyer based on a user action associated with the failed listing. A negotiation manager may be in communication with the negotiation eligibility detector and the potential buyer detector. In response to the detecting of the failed listing and the identifying of the potential buyers, the negotiation manager may transmit a request to the at least one potential buyer for a second offer associated with the failed listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Angie Ruan
  • Publication number: 20100211952
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Producer services produce events that are managed and distributed by a transport service. Consumer services acquire events from the transport service and perform actions in response to the events. The production, distribution, and processing of the events and actions may be asynchronously and concurrently performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Patent number: 7779421
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Producer services produce events that are managed and distributed by a transport service. Consumer services acquire events from the transport service and perform actions in response to the events. The production, distribution, and processing of the events and actions may be asynchronously and concurrently performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev
  • Publication number: 20070005410
    Abstract: Techniques for business event processing are presented. Producer services produce events that are managed and distributed by a transport service. Consumer services acquire events from the transport service and perform actions in response to the events. The production, distribution, and processing of the events and actions may be asynchronously and concurrently performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Kam Kasravi, Vadim Geshel, Sergiy Pereshyvaylo, Angie Ruan, Yitao Yao, Maxim Drobintsev