Patents by Inventor Danny S. Zhang

Danny S. Zhang 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR RANKING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20210118042
    Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users, The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
  • Systems and techniques for ranking items
    Patent number: 10909614
    Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users. The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEXTLOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
  • SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR RANKING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20190244229
    Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users. The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
  • Systems and techniques for ranking items on a scrollable feed using a hybrid user interface
    Patent number: 10204352
    Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users. The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: ContextLogic Inc.
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
  • SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR RANKING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20160328787
    Abstract: A method for ranking items may include determining a purchaseability score for each item of a specified type based on a number of impressions of the respective item provided to users during a time period, a quantity of the respective item purchased by the users, and a quantity of the respective item added to shopping carts of the users. The method may further include ranking the items based on the purchaseability scores, generating item feed data indicating an ordering of the items based on the rankings, and providing the item feed data to a user device. The user's device may display a scrollable feed of item panels corresponding to the items, with the item panels ordered according to the ordering of the corresponding items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ContextLogic Inc.
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye
  • SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR RATING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20160328727
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for rating items are provided. A method for providing item ratings may include obtaining predicted ratings for the item, and providing a set of ratings for the item including user-provided ratings and the predicted ratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ContextLogic Inc.
    Inventors: Piotr Szulczewski, Danny S. Zhang, Tarek Fahmy, Jack Z. Xie, Yuli Ye