Patents by Inventor Christopher David Monk

Christopher David Monk 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: 20220207507
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for automatic creation of a catalog map for reconciliation of a merchant catalog, as used in a merchant point-of-sale system and a third-party reseller catalog configured to receive an order from a consumer for one or more items from the merchant. The disclosed invention provides for extraction of a merchant catalog and at least one reseller catalog for the merchant from a third-party reseller service. Subsequently, terms are compared between the extracted catalog using an automatic three-tiered approach consisting of pattern (or string) based mapping, structure based mapping into a hierarchical model, and semantic based matching. From this, a hierarchical catalog map is generated for equivalent terms between the two extracted catalog. The catalog map can then be used to create a new Master Catalog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Charles Robert Berg, Minghan Zhu, Christopher David Monk