Patents by Inventor Jeffrey P. Theobald

Jeffrey P. Theobald 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: 20200151734
    Abstract: The system receives an event, which is generated during operation of an ecommerce system, wherein the event represents an action taken by a user while interacting with the ecommerce system. Next, the system determines whether the event is relevant to one or more time-based sessions for the user, wherein a time-based session is defined by a set of filter conditions and operators, which need to be satisfied for the user to be joined in an associated segment, wherein the set of filter conditions defines a time window for events. Then, for each identified relevant time-based session, the system updates the time-based session to include the event. If the update causes events in the time-based session to satisfy the set of filter conditions and operators, the system emits a segment-join event for the user to enable a downstream listener to perform an action in response to the user joining the segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Theobald, Casper Szymiczek-Graley, Cheng Ying Tang
  • Patent number: 10580012
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that suggests helpful articles to resolve a customer request. During operation, the system receives the customer request, wherein the customer request is associated with a product or a service used by the customer. Next, the system feeds a set of words from the customer request through a model to generate a request vector comprising numerical values representing words in the customer request. The system then compares the request vector against article vectors representing articles in a set of help center articles to determine whether the customer request matches one or more help center articles. If the customer request matches one or more help center articles, the system presents the one or more help center articles to the customer to facilitate automatically resolving the customer request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Thomas Pelletier, Arwen Twinkle E. Griffioen, Soon-Ee Cheah, Anh Thien Dinh, Arvind Kunday Anantharaman, Bob Dharmendra Raman, Jason Edward Maynard, Wai Chee Yau, Sean D. Caffery, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Damen Turnbull
  • Publication number: 20170286972
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that suggests helpful articles to resolve a customer request. During operation, the system receives the customer request, wherein the customer request is associated with a product or a service used by the customer. Next, the system feeds a set of words from the customer request through a model to generate a request vector comprising numerical values representing words in the customer request. The system then compares the request vector against article vectors representing articles in a set of help center articles to determine whether the customer request matches one or more help center articles. If the customer request matches one or more help center articles, the system presents the one or more help center articles to the customer to facilitate automatically resolving the customer request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Thomas Pelletier, Arwen Twinkle E. Griffioen, Soon-Ee Cheah, Anh Thien Dinh, Arvind Kunday Anantharaman, Bob Dharmendra Raman, Jason Edward Maynard, Wai Chee Yau, Sean D. Caffery, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Damen Turnbull
  • Publication number: 20170169438
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses a predicted probability of satisfaction for a customer to facilitate a customer-service interaction. During operation, the system obtains information related to an ongoing customer-service interaction involving the customer. The system uses the obtained information to determine a probability that the customer will be satisfied with the customer-service interaction. Next, the system uses the determined probability that the customer will be satisfied to facilitate subsequent interactions whether automated or manual with the customer in furtherance of the customer-service interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Edward Maynard, Michael G. Mortimer, Sean D. Caffery, Christopher J. Hausler, Anh Thien Dinh, Narek Amirbekian, Beau Jonathan Fabry, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Thomas Pelletier