Patents by Inventor David Gentzel

David Gentzel 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).

  • Ranking interactions between users on the internet
    Patent number: 9323858
    Abstract: A server receives an interaction history comprising a set of one-to-one interactions between a first user and other users. The server determines an interaction score for each of the interactions. Each interaction score is based on a type of the respective one-to-one interaction and an age of the respective one-to-one interaction. The server then determines a friend rank for each of the other users based on the interaction history. The friend rank indicates a measure of a degree of influence the other users have over the first user and stores the friend rank for each of the other users. The server then receives, from a client, a request for an advertisement to display to the first user, selects one of the other users having a friend rank satisfying a predetermined threshold, and transmits, to the client, an advertisement portraying the selected additional user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LivingSocial, Inc.
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel
  • Ranking Interactions Between Users on the Internet
    Publication number: 20150154309
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the amount of influence users of the internet have on other users of the internet based on data from interactions between users on the internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel
  • Ranking interactions between users on the internet
    Patent number: 8898579
    Abstract: A server receives an interaction history comprising a set of one-to-one interactions between a first user and other users. The server determines an interaction score for each of the interactions, wherein each interaction score is based on a type of the respective one-to-one interaction and an age of the respective one-to-one interaction. The server then determines a friend rank for each of the other users based on the interaction history, wherein the friend rank indicates a measure of a degree of influence the other users have over the first user and stores the friend rank for each of the other users. The server then receives, from a client, a request for an advertisement to display to the first user, selects one of the other users having a friend rank satisfying a predetermined threshold, and transmits, to the client, an advertisement portraying the selected additional user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: LivingSocial, Inc.
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel
  • Ranking Interactions Between Users on the Internet
    Publication number: 20130297623
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the amount of influence users of the internet have on other users of the internet based on data from interactions between users on the internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel
  • Ranking interactions between users on the internet
    Patent number: 8499247
    Abstract: A server receives an interaction history comprising a set of one-to-one interactions between a first user and other users. The server determines an interaction score for each of the interactions, wherein each interaction score is based on a type of the respective one-to-one interaction and an age of the respective one-to-one interaction. The server then determines a friend rank for each of the other users based on the interaction history, wherein the friend rank indicates a measure of a degree of influence the other users have over the first user and stores the friend rank for each of the other users. The server then receives, from a client, a request for an advertisement to display to the first user, selects one of the other users having a friend rank satisfying a predetermined threshold, and transmits, to the client, an advertisement portraying the selected additional user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: LivingSocial, Inc.
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel
  • RANKING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN USERS ON THE INTERNET
    Publication number: 20090217178
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the amount of influence users of the internet have on other users of the internet based on data from interactions between users on the internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Sourabh Niyogi, David Gentzel