Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Few

Jeffrey D. Few 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: 8577880
    Abstract: A system provides a user interface through which users can flexibly tag individual items represented in an electronic catalog with user-defined tags, such as text strings, and obtain recommendations that are specific to particular tags. The tags and tag-item assignments created by each user are stored persistently in association with the user, and may be kept private to the user or exposed to others. Once a user has assigned a tag to a number of items, the user (or another user in some embodiments) can request and obtain recommendations that are specific to this tag. These recommendations may be generated in real time by a recommendation service that identifies items that are collectively similar or related to the items associated with the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Donsbach, Andrej Gregov, Jeffrey D. Few, Jeffrey D. Lehman, Jeffrey T. Brownell
  • Patent number: 8122020
    Abstract: A system provides a user interface through which users can flexibly tag individual items represented in an electronic catalog with user-defined tags, such as text strings, and obtain recommendations that are specific to particular tags. The tags and tag-item assignments created by each user are stored persistently in association with the user, and may be kept private to the user or exposed to others. Once a user has assigned a tag to a number of items, the user (or another user in some embodiments) can request and obtain recommendations that are specific to this tag. These recommendations may be generated in real time by a recommendation service that identifies items that are collectively similar or related to the items associated with the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Donsbach, Andrej Gregov, Jeffrey D. Few, Jeffrey D. Lehman, Jeffrey T. Brownell
  • Patent number: 7668821
    Abstract: A system provides a user interface through which users can flexibly tag individual items represented in an electronic catalog with user-defined tags, such as text strings, and obtain recommendations that are specific to particular tags. The tags and tag-item assignments created by each user are stored persistently in association with the user, and may be kept private to the user or exposed to others. Once a user has assigned a tag to a number of items, the user (or another user in some embodiments) can request and obtain recommendations that are specific to this tag. These recommendations may be generated in real time by a recommendation service that identifies items that are collectively similar or related to the items associated with the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Donsbach, Andrej Gregov, Jeffrey D. Few, Jeffrey D. Lehman, Jeffrey T. Brownell
  • Patent number: 7412442
    Abstract: The results of search queries are augmented with behaviorally related items. Items that are behaviorally related to a particular search query may be identified by analyzing the item selection actions of users who submit the particular search query. For example, if a relatively large number of users who submit a particular search query eventually select a particular item (e.g., during subsequent searching or browsing), that item may subsequently be included in the search results for the search query, even though the item may not match the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric R. Vadon, Jeffrey D. Few