Patents by Inventor Michael James DeCourcey

Michael James DeCourcey 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: 10748159
    Abstract: Techniques are described related to selecting content items, such as by enabling user analysis and control of product-related content items selected for display to users. The content items may include advertisements or other promotional materials, and the selecting of the content items may be performed as part of determining particular promotional materials to display or otherwise present to particular users in particular situations. User analysis and control of selected content items that are displayed on a target electronic site may be enabled by providing, as part of the target electronic site, additional selection-related functionality whose availability is restricted to one or more authorized users—for example, such additional restricted access information and user-selectable controls may be provided on a version of a Web page of an online retailer to enable the retailer to analyze and influence future content items selected for display on the online retailer's Web page(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: RichRelevance, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Darren Erik Vengroff, Tyler David Kohn, Randall Stuart Fish, Michael James DeCourcey
  • Publication number: 20180082350
    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically generating recommendations for users, such as for products and other items. In at least some situations, the techniques include using multiple recommendation strategies, such as by aggregating recommendation results from multiple different recommendation strategies. Such recommendation strategies may have various forms, and may be based at least in part on data regarding prior interactions of numerous users with numerous items. In addition, information about current selections of a particular user may be gathered based at least in part on providing a GUI (“graphical user interface”) for display to the user that includes selectable information about numerous recommended items, and dynamically updating the displayed GUI with newly generated recommendations of items as the user makes selections of particular displayed recommended items (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey, Randall Stuart Fish, Bradley Ross Cerenzia, Tyler David Kohn, Darren Erik Vengroff
  • Patent number: 9639846
    Abstract: An arrangement for providing targeted content includes data repositories storing information from which targeted content may be selected. The data repositories store at least one contextual relationship graph. The arrangement also includes an input/output interface through which a request for targeted content is made. The arrangement further includes a controller that receives the request for targeted content and selects targeted content using the contextual relationship graph. The controller further provides the selected targeted content through the input/output interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: RICHRELEVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: Tyler Kohn, David Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey
  • Publication number: 20150379612
    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically generating recommendations for users, such as for products and other items. In at least some situations, the techniques include using multiple recommendation strategies, such as by aggregating recommendation results from multiple different recommendation strategies. Such recommendation strategies may have various forms, and may be based at least in part on data regarding prior interactions of numerous users with numerous items. In addition, information about current selections of a particular user may be gathered based at least in part on providing a GUI (“graphical user interface”) for display to the user that includes selectable information about numerous recommended items, and dynamically updating the displayed GUI with newly generated recommendations of items as the user makes selections of particular displayed recommended items (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey, Randall Stuart Fish, Bradley Ross Cerenzia, Tyler David Kohn, Darren Erik Vengroff
  • Publication number: 20120310771
    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically generating recommendations for users, such as for products and other items. In at least some situations, the techniques include using multiple recommendation strategies, such as by aggregating recommendation results from multiple different recommendation strategies. Such recommendation strategies may have various forms, and may be based at least in part on data regarding prior interactions of numerous users with numerous items. In addition, information about current selections of a particular user may be gathered based at least in part on providing a GUI (“graphical user interface”) for display to the user that includes selectable information about numerous recommended items, and dynamically updating the displayed GUI with newly generated recommendations of items as the user makes selections of particular displayed recommended items (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: RICHRELEVANCE, INC.
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey, Randall Stuart Fish, Bradley Ross Cerenzia, Tyler David Kohn, Darren Erik Vengroff
  • Patent number: 8244564
    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically generating recommendations for users, such as for products and other items. In at least some situations, the techniques include using multiple recommendation strategies, such as by aggregating recommendation results from multiple different recommendation strategies. Such recommendation strategies may have various forms, and may be based at least in part on data regarding prior interactions of numerous users with numerous items. In addition, information about current selections of a particular user may be gathered based at least in part on providing a GUI (“graphical user interface”) for display to the user that includes selectable information about numerous recommended items, and dynamically updating the displayed GUI with newly generated recommendations of items as the user makes selections of particular displayed recommended items (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: RichRelevance, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey, Randall Stuart Fish, Bradley Ross Cerenzia, Tyler David Kohn, Darren Erik Vengroff
  • Publication number: 20100250336
    Abstract: Techniques are described for dynamically generating recommendations for users, such as for products and other items. In at least some situations, the techniques include using multiple recommendation strategies, such as by aggregating recommendation results from multiple different recommendation strategies. Such recommendation strategies may have various forms, and may be based at least in part on data regarding prior interactions of numerous users with numerous items. In addition, information about current selections of a particular user may be gathered based at least in part on providing a GUI (“graphical user interface”) for display to the user that includes selectable information about numerous recommended items, and dynamically updating the displayed GUI with newly generated recommendations of items as the user makes selections of particular displayed recommended items (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: David Lee Selinger, Michael James DeCourcey, Randall Stuart Fish, Bradley Ross Cerenzia, Tyler David Kohn, Darren Erik Vengroff