Patents by Inventor Kimberly E. Allen

Kimberly E. Allen 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: 20140297442
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating expedited registration of sellers in an electronic marketplace. For example, whether a user is eligible for an expedited seller registration procedure in an electronic marketplace is determined by analyzing one or more credibility factors relating to a historical profile of the user. The expedited seller registration procedure omits one or more identity verification tasks as compared to a normal seller registration procedure. If the user is eligible, the user is invited to register as a seller in the electronic marketplace using the expedited seller registration procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Anand Varadarajan, Seema P. Degwekar, Kimberly E. Allen, Brian J. Boshes, Gregory P. Niejadlik
  • Patent number: 8768784
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating expedited registration of sellers in an electronic marketplace. It is determined in one or more computing devices whether a buyer in an electronic marketplace is preapproved for registration as a seller in the electronic marketplace based at least in part on one or more factors related to a history of the buyer in the electronic marketplace. The buyer is invited to register as a seller in the electronic marketplace using an expedited registration process when the buyer is preapproved. The expedited registration procedure leverages previously collected data that is associated with the buyer to omit one or more data collection tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Varadarajan, Seema P. Degwekar, Kimberly E. Allen, Brian J. Boshes, Gregory P. Niejadlik