Patents by Inventor Michael McKiernan

Michael McKiernan 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING GIFT RECOMMENDATIONS USING SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
    Publication number: 20140089130
    Abstract: Disclose are methods for evaluating a user's interests and making gift recommendations using social media data. Interests and attributes of a user may be detected from social media content and products corresponding to the interests and attributes may be selected and presented as gift recommendations for the user. Methods are disclosed for resolving ambiguity as to interests reflected by textual data in social media content. Also disclosed are methods for inferring a user's interests from the interests of friends of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Batra, Indrani Chakravarty, Ravi Narasimhan Raj, Madhusudan Mathihalli, Robert Yau, Michael McKiernan, Ronald Benson, Ioannis Pavlidis, Venky Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, Sailesh Ramakrishnan, Rajesh Kumar