Patents by Inventor Manikandan SANKAR

Manikandan SANKAR 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).

  • Patent number: 11676187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the prediction of listing attributes for a for sale object (FSO). Data analyzed with respect to historical listings in a database is compared to attributes of the FSO using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), in order for the user to select a category related to the FSO, and for a listing generation module to generate a ultimately reduced set of listings related to the FSO, where the ultimately reduced set is used to predict a price for the FSO based on the selected category, and generate a listing for the FSO, wherein a listing for the FSO is monitored, and information from the monitoring is used as machine learning feedback to train and enhance predictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MERCARI, INC.
    Inventors: Mohammad-Mahdi Mozzami, Manikandan Sankar, Laura Furman, Dhruv Mehrotra
  • Publication number: 20220253473
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for machine-generating and naming ontologies for for-sale items. A neural network may be used to train information describing for-sale items into feature vectors that describe the for-sale items. These feature vectors may be sorted into clusters based on their relative proximity using clustering algorithms. The resulting clusters may be sub-divided into smaller clusters depending on the precision used in the clustering algorithm. The set of clusters may form a hierarchical data structure where each level has clusters determined at a certain precision and each lower level sub-divides those clusters. The clusters may be named based on the most salient facets that describe the for-sale items in the clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad-Mahdi MOAZZAMI, Manikandan SANKAR, Byong Mok OH, Sahil RISHI, Sho ARORA
  • Publication number: 20210357955
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for improving search engine results of listings of For Sale Objects (FSOs). A search engine may be improved by implementing rules that resolve ambiguity between listings for different (FSOs) that match the same search inputs. An unsupervised machine learning module may evaluate candidate rules and identify improvements that may not be obvious to a human evaluator. An ecommerce site that combines the improved search engine with the unsupervised machine learning module may dynamically evaluate search results using different candidate rules and iteratively improve search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sahil RISHI, Manikandan SANKAR, Byong Mok OH, Yodhavee CHUENBUNLUESOOK, Shuichi IIDA, Jeffrey Kenichiro HARA, Stephen JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20210357382
    Abstract: Described herein are embodiments for assisting in creating a listing for a For Sale Object (FSO). An item name suggestion module receives seller input and provides suggested entries for the listing to help the seller describe the FSO more accurately and consistently. A hierarchical database provides a structure for ordering suggested entries, with the structure ordered based on scores. The scores are based on rules that relate item characteristics and take into account rankings of those item characteristics with respect to one another. Metadata tags that are used by the online merchandise platforms can be identified and included in the listing, even if a seller is not familiar with the metadata tags. The hierarchical database also connects or associates item characteristics in groups that describe specific FSO. The connections can help to optimize search results as the listing is completed by the seller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sahil RISHI, Manikandan SANKAR, Byong Mok OH, Yodhavee CHUENBUNLUESOOK, Ankit Kumar BARUAH, Shuichi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20200380584
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for the prediction of listing attributes for a for sale object (FSO). Data analyzed with respect to historical listings in a database is compared to attributes of the FSO using machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), in order for the user to select a category related to the FSO, and for a listing generation module to generate a ultimately reduced set of listings related to the FSO, where the ultimately reduced set is used to predict a price for the FSO based on the selected category, and generate a listing for the FSO, wherein a listing for the FSO is monitored, and information from the monitoring is used as machine learning feedback to train and enhance predictions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Moe MOZZAMI, Manikandan SANKAR, Laura FURMAN, DHRUV MEHROTRA