Patents by Inventor Clayton Yetwah Chan

Clayton Yetwah Chan 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for providing digital item advertisements
    Patent number: 11620356
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item advertisements, such as for display on a website. In some examples, a computing device obtains a prioritized list of item advertisements for each of a plurality of item categories. The computing device also obtains an item category for each of a plurality of positions of a display interface. Each item category may correspond to one or more of the plurality of item categories. Further, the computing device determines, for each position of the plurality of positions of the display interface, an item advertisement based on the item category for the position and the prioritized list of item advertisements. The computing device generates display interface position data identifying the item advertisement determined for each position of the plurality of positions of the display interface. The computing device transmits the display interface position data to a web server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Raghavendra Sarangapurkar, Tessa Marie Ruddy, Michael Jayson C. De Leon, Bo Sun, Clayton Yetwah Chan
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL ITEM ADVERTISEMENTS
    Publication number: 20220050881
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item advertisements, such as for display on a website. In some examples, a computing device obtains a prioritized list of item advertisements for each of a plurality of item categories. The computing device also obtains an item category for each of a plurality of positions of a display interface. Each item category may correspond to one or more of the plurality of item categories. Further, the computing device determines, for each position of the plurality of positions of the display interface, an item advertisement based on the item category for the position and the prioritized list of item advertisements. The computing device generates display interface position data identifying the item advertisement determined for each position of the plurality of positions of the display interface. The computing device transmits the display interface position data to a web server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Raghavendra Sarangapurkar, Tessa Marie Ruddy, Michael Jayson C. De Leon, Bo Sun, Clayton Yetwah Chan