Patents by Inventor Evan Patrick Thomas

Evan Patrick Thomas 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: 11972093
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for facilitating a comparison of content in a user interface are described. Two or more open browser interfaces of a browser are identified, each of the two or more open browser interfaces containing an item description of one or more items. The browser interfaces include at least one of a tab of the browser or a window of the browser. One or more features related to each of the one or more items from at least two of the item descriptions are extracted or identified. The comparison for a plurality of items is generated based on the extracted or identified one or more features. The comparison of the plurality of items is displayed within at least one of the browser interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Publication number: 20230082174
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for facilitating a comparison of content in a user interface are described. Two or more open browser interfaces of a browser are identified, each of the two or more open browser interfaces containing an item description of one or more items. The browser interfaces include at least one of a tab of the browser or a window of the browser. One or more features related to each of the one or more items from at least two of the item descriptions are extracted or identified. The comparison for a plurality of items is generated based on the extracted or identified one or more features. The comparison of the plurality of items is displayed within at least one of the browser interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Patent number: 11537271
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for facilitating a comparison of content in a user interface are described. Two or more open browser interfaces of a browser are identified, each of the two or more open browser interfaces containing an item description of one or more items. The browser interfaces include at least one of a tab of the browser or a window of the browser. One or more features related to each of the one or more items from at least two of the item descriptions are extracted or identified. The comparison for a plurality of items is generated based on the extracted or identified one or more features. The comparison of the plurality of items is displayed within at least one of the browser interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Publication number: 20210264350
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inventory management are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a first device, product information associated with an article, receiving, from the first device, location information of the first device; identifying a merchant based on the location information, generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace of the identified merchant, the online listing including the product information; and making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Patent number: 10977611
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inventory management are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a first device, product information associated with an article, receiving, from the first device, location information of the first device; identifying a merchant based on the location information, generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace of the identified merchant, the online listing including the product information; and making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190317647
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for facilitating a comparison of content in a user interface are described. Two or more open browser interfaces of a browser are identified, each of the two or more open browser interfaces containing an item description of one or more items. The browser interfaces include at least one of a tab of the browser or a window of the browser. One or more features related to each of the one or more items from at least two of the item descriptions are extracted or identified. The comparison for a plurality of items is generated based on the extracted or identified one or more features. The comparison of the plurality of items is displayed within at least one of the browser interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Publication number: 20190180225
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inventory management are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a first device, product information associated with an article, receiving, from the first device, location information of the first device; identifying a merchant based on the location information, generating an online listing for the article in an online marketplace of the identified merchant, the online listing including the product information; and making the online listing accessible to a plurality of consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Patent number: 10229386
    Abstract: An inventory management system includes at least one hardware processor and an inventory management engine executing on the at least one hardware processor. The inventory management engine is configured to receive, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article and includes a tag ID, the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag. The inventory management engine also receives the tag ID from the mobile computing device, generates an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information, associates the tag ID with the online listing, determines that the merchant is associated with the article, and places the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170255898
    Abstract: An inventory management system includes at least one hardware processor and an inventory management engine executing on the at least one hardware processor. The inventory management engine is configured to receive, from a mobile computing device of a consumer, product information associated with an article offered for sale in a retail establishment of a merchant, a product tag is attached to the article and includes a tag ID, the tag ID being a unique identifier assigned to the product tag. The inventory management engine also receives the tag ID from the mobile computing device, generates an online listing for the article in an online marketplace, the online listing including the product information, associates the tag ID with the online listing, determines that the merchant is associated with the article, and places the online listing for sale in the online marketplace on behalf of the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Evan Patrick Thomas