Patents by Inventor Giovanni Gargiulo

Giovanni Gargiulo 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING META SEARCH PROXY BIDDING
    Publication number: 20220414760
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for programmatically providing a platform for responding dynamically providing a response to a property level availability call through API request based on run-time information. One example method may comprise receiving the property level availability call, the property level availability call configured to elicit a response identifying an availability of one or more of the plurality of specified properties for a specified time frame, determining, based on an associated bid, whether an affirmative response to the property level availability call is profitable, and in an instance in which the affirmative response is profitable, causing transmission of the affirmative response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin SAITO, Barry O'SULLIVAN, Taylor DYKES, Giovanni GARGIULO
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating meta search proxy bidding
    Patent number: 11416922
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for programmatically providing a platform for responding dynamically providing a response to a property level availability call through API request based on run-time information. One example method may comprise receiving the property level availability call, the property level availability call configured to elicit a response identifying an availability of one or more of the plurality of specified properties for a specified time frame, determining, based on an associated bid, whether an affirmative response to the property level availability call is profitable, and in an instance in which the affirmative response is profitable, causing transmission of the affirmative response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Saito, Barry O'Sullivan, Taylor Dykes, Giovanni Gargiulo
  • Method And Apparatus For Facilitating Meta Search Proxy Bidding
    Publication number: 20200364778
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for programmatically providing a platform for responding dynamically providing a response to a property level availability call through API request based on run-time information. One example method may comprise receiving the property level availability call, the property level availability call configured to elicit a response identifying an availability of one or more of the plurality of specified properties for a specified time frame, determining, based on an associated bid, whether an affirmative response to the property level availability call is profitable, and in an instance in which the affirmative response is profitable, causing transmission of the affirmative response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin SAITO, Barry O'SULLIVAN, Taylor DYKES, Giovanni GARGIULO
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating meta search proxy bidding
    Patent number: 10699332
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for programmatically providing a platform for responding dynamically providing a response to a property level availability call through API request based on run-time information. One example method may comprise receiving the property level availability call, the property level availability call configured to elicit a response identifying an availability of one or more of the plurality of specified properties for a specified time frame, determining, based on an associated bid, whether an affirmative response to the property level availability call is profitable, and in an instance in which the affirmative response is profitable, causing transmission of the affirmative response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Saito, Barry O'Sullivan, Taylor Dykes, Giovanni Gargiulo