Patents by Inventor Mengfei Gu

Mengfei Gu 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).

  • Selectively displaying videos by an online system
    Patent number: 12664579
    Abstract: An online concierge system selectively replaces default static item displays with dynamic item displays to represent items. The dynamic item displays encourage a viewing user of the online concierge system to purchase the items and may be selected based on item or user preferences or characteristics. The online concierge system applies a machine learning model to determine display scores describing the expected benefit of dynamic item displays and bandwidth scores describing resource usage of dynamic item displays. The online concierge system selectively replaces default static item displays with dynamic item displays based on the display and bandwidth scores so as to maximize benefit while ensuring that performance of the online concierge system is not negatively impacted by the resource usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
    Inventors: Shaun Navin Maharaj, Brent Scheibelhut, Mark Oberemk, Madeline Mesard, Mengfei Gu
  • SELECTIVELY DISPLAYING VIDEOS BY AN ONLINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20260024125
    Abstract: An online concierge system selectively replaces default static item displays with dynamic item displays to represent items. The dynamic item displays encourage a viewing user of the online concierge system to purchase the items and may be selected based on item or user preferences or characteristics. The online concierge system applies a machine learning model to determine display scores describing the expected benefit of dynamic item displays and bandwidth scores describing resource usage of dynamic item displays. The online concierge system selectively replaces default static item displays with dynamic item displays based on the display and bandwidth scores so as to maximize benefit while ensuring that performance of the online concierge system is not negatively impacted by the resource usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Shaun Navin Maharaj, Brent Scheibelhut, Mark Oberemk, Madeline Mesard, Mengfei Gu