Patents by Inventor James Ladd

James Ladd 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: 20130132824
    Abstract: A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Eric Noel Billingsley, James Ladd, Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, Randall Scott Shoup, Suhail Ansari, Gunshekar Cemballi, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 8359237
    Abstract: A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Eric Noel Billingsley, James Ladd, Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, Randall Scott Shoup, Suhail Ansari, Gunshekar Cemballi, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Publication number: 20120215664
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and associated method to enhance a user experience in an online environment is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request over a network from a user where the request includes keywords to be used in a search for one or more items; the results from the search being displayed in a webpage. A determination is made whether to track metrics related to user activities associated with the results from the search. Based on a determination that the user activities are to be tracked, determining factors based on the tracked metrics related to the user activities, calculating a predictive model using one or more processors based on the determined factors, and displaying an enhanced webpage where components in the enhanced webpage are based on the predictive model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Jing Chen, Venkat Sundaranatha, James Ladd, Jay Katukuri, Ashok Ullal Mallya, Ayon Sinha
  • Patent number: 8095482
    Abstract: Methods and systems to learn an optimal user experience. The system receives a request over a network from a user. The request includes context information. The system identifies a response to the request is to be utilized to learn whether a first interface component included in a first plurality of interface components is an optimal choice for a first decision. The response includes an interface. The interface includes the first interface component. The system identifies the response to the request is to be utilized based on the context information. Finally, the system communicates the response over the network to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Jing Chen, Suhail Ansari, James Ladd
  • Publication number: 20090307161
    Abstract: Methods and systems to learn an optimal user experience. The system receives a request over a network from a user. The request includes context information. The system identifies a response to the request is to be utilized to learn whether a first interface component included in a first plurality of interface components is an optimal choice for a first decision. The response includes an interface. The interface includes the first interface component. The system identifies the response to the request is to be utilized based on the context information. Finally, the system communicates the response over the network to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Jing Chen, Suhail Ansari, James Ladd
  • Publication number: 20090292584
    Abstract: A system and method for context and community based customization for a user experience is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a user experience customizer to gather context information, automatically produce user experience customization selections based on the context information, collect user activity feedback from a community of users, and use the user activity feedback to adjust the user experience customizer to automatically produce user experience customization selections likely favored by a user based on a correlation of the user activity feedback with the context information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Vipul C. Dalal, Eric Noel Billingsley, James Ladd, Sanjay Pundlkrao Ghatare, Randall Scott Shoup, Suhail Ansari, Gunshekar Cemballi, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Publication number: 20070209274
    Abstract: A plant commercialization system includes a structure that is adapted for growing plants therein, a waste-conversion unit that is adapted to provide energy for the structure, and a production facility that is adapted to produce a product from plants grown in the structure. A plant commercialization method includes providing a structure that is adapted for growing plants therein, converting waste to energy to be used by the structure, growing plants in the structure, and producing a product from the plants grown in the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Matrix Technology Alliance, Inc.
    Inventor: James Ladd