Patents by Inventor Lorin Catherine May

Lorin Catherine May 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).

  • SHIPPING CONTAINER REUSE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150012458
    Abstract: A shipping container reuse recommendation system receives an identifier of a shipping container. An online marketplace interface module associates the identifier of the shipping container with a first transaction. A transaction analysis engine determines a number of transactions associated with the identifier. A transaction detection engine detects a second transaction where a buyer identified in the first transaction is identified as a seller in the second transaction. A reuse recommendation engine generates a recommendation to reuse the shipping container for the second transaction based on a number of prior uses of the shipping container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Lorin Catherine May
  • Shipping container reuse recommendation system
    Patent number: 8849724
    Abstract: A shipping container reuse recommendation system receives a shipping container identifier of a shipping container. The shipping container identifier of the shipping container is associated with a first transaction of an online marketplace application. The location of the shipping container is tracked. A database stores shipping container identifiers and corresponding transaction and tracking location histories. A recommendation to reuse a shipping container in a second transaction of the online marketplace application is generated based on a transaction and tracking location history associated with the shipping container identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Lorin Catherine May
  • SHIPPING CONTAINER REUSE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130173487
    Abstract: A shipping container reuse recommendation system receives a shipping container identifier of a shipping container. The shipping container identifier of the shipping container is associated with a first transaction of an online marketplace application. The location of the shipping container is tracked. A database stores shipping container identifiers and corresponding transaction and tracking location histories. A recommendation to reuse a shipping container in a second transaction of the online marketplace application is generated based on a transaction and tracking location history associated with the shipping container identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Lorin Catherine May