Patents by Inventor Don Matheson

Don Matheson 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: 20230385238
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Patent number: 11726958
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Patent number: 11226931
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Publication number: 20210397584
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Patent number: 11113239
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Patent number: 11048764
    Abstract: The present teaching, which includes methods, systems and computer-readable media, relates to techniques to manage representation of a content topic in a content pool. The disclosed techniques may include determining availability of content related to the content topic based on a set of content items in the content pool, and determining a level of interest of a set of users in the content topic based at least on information related to interaction of the set of users with the set of content items. A level of representation of the content topic in the content pool may be determined based at least on the determined availability of content and the determined level of interest. Based on the level of representation, at least some of the set of content items related to the content topic may be updated, e.g., content items may be added to or removed from the content pool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Media Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Carey Wexler, Don Matheson
  • Publication number: 20190057108
    Abstract: The present teaching generally relates to detecting providing pre-validated data buckets for online experiments. In a non-limiting embodiment, user activity data representing user activity for a first plurality of user identifiers may be obtained. A first set of values and a second values, representing first and second user engagement parameters, respectively, may be generated for each user identifier based on the user activity data. A first ranking and a second ranking may be determined for the first and second sets, respectively. A first exclusion range including a first number of values to be removed from the first and second sets may be determined. A homogenous value set may be generated by removing the first number of values from the first and second sets, where each value from the homogenous value set corresponds to a user identifier available to be placed in a data bucket for an online experiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Russell Chen, Miao Chen, Don Matheson, Mahendrasinh Ramsinh Jadav
  • Publication number: 20180189289
    Abstract: The present teaching, which includes methods, systems and computer-readable media, relates to techniques to manage representation of a content topic in a content pool. The disclosed techniques may include determining availability of content related to the content topic based on a set of content items in the content pool, and determining a level of interest of a set of users in the content topic based at least on information related to interaction of the set of users with the set of content items. A level of representation of the content topic in the content pool may be determined based at least on the determined availability of content and the determined level of interest. Based on the level of representation, at least some of the set of content items related to the content topic may be updated, e.g., content items may be added to or removed from the content pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Carey Wexler, Don Matheson