Patents by Inventor Daniel B. Lloyd

Daniel B. Lloyd 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: 10289724
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting components to include in portions of a displayable file. Selecting the components may include determining an order of the components for each portion of the displayable file. The components' order for a given portion may be based on a score for each component, where a component's score is based on an estimated value and standard error associated with the component. The component to include in each portion of the displayable file may be selected based at least in part on the determined component order for each portion and a predetermined priority of each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett E. Lounsbury, Samuel A. Minter, Vishal M. Shanbhag, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Michal M. Bryc, Daniel B. Lloyd, Joseph Steven Mate, Tri M. Cao, Stephen B. Ivie
  • Publication number: 20150120761
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting components to include in portions of a displayable file. Selecting the components may include determining an order of the components for each portion of the displayable file. The components' order for a given portion may be based on a score for each component, where a component's score is based on an estimated value and standard error associated with the component. The component to include in each portion of the displayable file may be selected based at least in part on the determined component order for each portion and a predetermined priority of each portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Brett E. Lounsbury, Samuel A. Minter, Vishal M. Shanbhag, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Michal M. Brye, Daniel B. Lloyd, Joseph Steven Mate, Tri M. Cao, Stephen B. Ivie
  • Patent number: 8935621
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selecting components to include in portions of a displayable file. Selecting the components may include determining an order of the components for each portion of the displayable file. The components' order for a given portion may be based on a score for each component, where a component's score is based on an estimated value and standard error associated with the component. The component to include in each portion of the displayable file may be selected based at least in part on the determined component order for each portion and a predetermined priority of each portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett E. Lounsbury, Samuel A. Minter, Vishal M. Shanbhag, Jeffrey B. Slosberg, Michal M. Brye, Daniel B. Lloyd, Joseph Steven Mate, Tri M. Cao, Stephen B. Ivie
  • Patent number: 8799814
    Abstract: Techniques for automated targeting of content components to users are described. Content components are selected and exposed through renderable pages for viewing by a population of users. User activity following exposure is tracked in an effort to identify which types of users (as characterized by certain attributes) are likely to act on the content components. The users are segmented into groups according to the attributes and the segments are fed back to aid in selection of content components to be exposed to the users. This enables more granular targeting of the content components to those users who exhibit the attributes that define the specific groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michal M. Bryc, Daniel B. Lloyd, Llewllyn J. Mason, Samuel A. Minter
  • Patent number: 8775334
    Abstract: Campaign messages may be prioritized for a given potential recipient by generating one or more learning structures associated with the campaign message. The learning structure(s) is then evaluated relative to the potential recipient to determine potential effectiveness of the campaign messages for the potential recipient. One such learning structure is a decision tree comprising a hierarchy of attributes associated with past recipients of the campaign message. Attributes associated with the potential recipient are then applied to the decision tree to obtain a metric of potential value of the campaign message to the potential recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Lloyd, Arne C. Knudson, Valentin Radu Munteanu, Llewellyn J. Mason, Himanshu Khurana, In Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8412557
    Abstract: The controversiality of an offering in a computer implemented system is computed based on user satisfaction feedback. A controversiality index can be provided to indicate the extent to which the offering is controversial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Lloyd, Llewellyn J. Mason, Ron Kohavi