Patents by Inventor Brian Quanz

Brian Quanz 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: 20210312388
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include obtaining product hierarchy information for an early lifecycle product offered for sale by a retailer and obtaining order data for each order of the early lifecycle product during an early lifecycle period. The aspects also include obtaining customer data for a customer associated with each order of the early lifecycle product during the early lifecycle period and determining an expected return rate for the early lifecycle product based by inputting the product hierarchy information, the order data and the customer data into a trained return prediction model. Aspects also include performing an action based on a stored profile of the retailer based on a determination that the expected return rate exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: YINGJIE LI, AJAY ASHOK DESHPANDE, ALI KOC, HERBERT MCFADDIN, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT MILITE, JAE-EUN PARK, BRIAN QUANZ, YADA ZHU
  • Patent number: 11113741
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system of presenting content on a display of a computing device is provided. Historical data including data of a plurality of customers and data of a plurality of products is received. A hybrid graph is created. The hybrid graph includes one or more customer nodes and product nodes. Between each two customers, a customer weight factor is applied. Between each two products, a product weight factor is applied. One or more products related to a seed product are identified. For each identified related product, a return affinity score towards the requestor customer is determined. A representation of the related products is sent to be displayed on the computing device of the requestor customer, based on the affinity score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yada Zhu, Ajay Deshpande, Brian Quanz, Xuan Liu, Pin-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20200143446
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and system of presenting content on a display of a computing device is provided. Historical data including data of a plurality of customers and data of a plurality of products is received. A hybrid graph is created. The hybrid graph includes one or more customer nodes and product nodes. Between each two customers, a customer weight factor is applied. Between each two products, a product weight factor is applied. One or more products related to a seed product are identified. For each identified related product, a return affinity score towards the requestor customer is determined. A representation of the related products is sent to be displayed on the computing device of the requestor customer, based on the affinity score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Yada Zhu, Ajay Deshpande, Brian Quanz, Xuan Liu, Pin-Yu Chen