Patents by Inventor Jing-Ta Chow

Jing-Ta Chow 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING
    Publication number: 20230334529
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • Systems and methods for customer valuation and merchant bidding
    Patent number: 11727447
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING
    Publication number: 20210357990
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • Systems and methods for customer valuation and merchant bidding
    Patent number: 11113731
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING
    Publication number: 20200034890
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • Systems and methods for customer valuation and merchant bidding
    Patent number: 10460354
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • INTELLIGENT PROVISIONING OF OFFERS
    Publication number: 20140164109
    Abstract: A method of intelligent provisioning of offers is provided. Merchant information for a merchant is received. Then one or more attributes of one or more user cluster groups are retrieved from a user cluster group service, the user cluster groups including groupings of users from previously recorded transactions. One or more metrics can then be calculated from the one or more attributes. The user cluster groups can then be ranked based on the one or more metrics. An advertising campaign can then be automatically provisioned based on the ranking of the one or more user cluster groups and based on the merchant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING
    Publication number: 20140156420
    Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Jing-Ta Chow, Michael Macasek