Patents by Inventor Lien Ekdahl

Lien Ekdahl 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: 20230316390
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ben Kneen, Girldhar Kumaran, Arun Lakshminarayanan, Jeremy Engle, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Lien Ekdahl
  • Patent number: 11704724
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Ben Kneen, Giridhar Kumaran, Arun Lakshminarayanan, Jeremy Engle, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Lien Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20200202421
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ben Kneen, Giridhar Kumaran, Arun Lakshminarayanan, Jeremy Engle, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Lien Ekdahl
  • Patent number: 10607281
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Kneen, Giridhar Kumaran, Arun Lakshminarayanan, Jeremy Engle, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Lien Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20150186989
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an item characteristic is received, the item characteristic pertaining to an item being listed for sale, by a seller, via an ecommerce service. Then, a plurality of past transactions of items having the item characteristic are analyzed. Based on this analysis, a first set of one or more optimal listing configuration parameters are identified in accordance with a first set of listing criteria. Then, the first set of one or more identified optimal listing configuration parameters to the seller in a user interface that permits the seller to change one or more listing configuration parameters based on the presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Ben Kneen, Giridhar Kumaran, Arun Lakshminarayanan, Jeremy Engle, Gurudatta Horantur Shivaswamy, Lien Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20150088700
    Abstract: A system and method of generating recommendations for users to sell items that they have previously purchased are described. An inventory of items of a user may be determined. The inventory of items may comprise items the user has purchased. For each item in the inventory of items, corresponding sale price information and corresponding purchase date information reflecting when the user purchased the corresponding item may be determined. A score may then be determined for each item in the inventory of items based on the corresponding sale price information and the corresponding purchase date information. At least one item from the inventory of items may be determined to recommend for sale by the user based on the corresponding score of the at least one item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Scot Fraser Hamilton, Steve Cheng, Lien Ekdahl, Amanda Thomas