Patents by Inventor Anna Phan

Anna Phan 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).

  • Publication number: 20170193533
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method of analyzing image data. The method includes receiving, using a processor system, image data of one or more images and associated text data that have been posted by a user. The method further includes analyzing the image and text data to extract one or more image and one or more text features, and analyzing the one or more image and one or more text features to predict personality traits, needs and values of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Jennifer Lai, Shaila Pervin, Anna Phan, Wanita Sherchan
  • Patent number: 9672548
    Abstract: A method and system to manage user reputations is described. In some embodiments, a first picture is received from a first user and a second picture is received from a second user. The first picture and the second picture are associated with an in-person transaction related to an item. The method determines whether both the first picture and the second picture identify the item. The method further determines whether both the first picture and the second picture were taken at a similar geographic location. If the first picture and the second picture identify the item and were taken at a similar geographic location, transaction feedback is requested from the first user. A reputation score related to the second user is updated based on transaction feedback received from the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: David Jeffrey Snow, Konstantin Orlov, Roseann Stempinski, Anna Phan
  • Publication number: 20150332345
    Abstract: People associate with and respond positively to those they perceive to share similar physical appearances. Accordingly, an advertisement for a product or service is selected for rendering on a display based upon a human model having a resemblance to a human viewer. An advertisement may be created with several different models having varying physical characteristics. Physical characteristics of the viewer are compared with each model and the advertisement chosen based upon the model that more closely resembles the viewer. Furthermore, physical characteristics of a model may be augmented to more closely resemble physical characteristics of the viewer. Augmentation includes modifying physical characteristic color, morphing physical characteristics, and enhancing attractiveness of morphed physical characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy LYNAR, Suraj PANDEY, Anna PHAN, John WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20130173423
    Abstract: A method and system to manage user reputations is described. In some embodiments, a first picture is received from a first user and a second picture is received from a second user. The first picture and the second picture are associated with an in-person transaction related to an item. The method determines whether both the first picture and the second picture identify the item. The method further determines whether both the first picture and the second picture were taken at a similar geographic location. If the first picture and the second picture identify the item and were taken at a similar geographic location, transaction feedback is requested from the first user. A reputation score related to the second user is updated based on transaction feedback received from the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: David Jeffrey Snow, Konstantin Orlov, Roseann Stempinski, Anna Phan