Patents by Inventor Nicole Lee Birdsall

Nicole Lee Birdsall 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).

  • Systems and methods for providing information from multiple sources
    Patent number: 10482469
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing information about a posting from multiple sources are provided. For example, the method may comprise storing a posting that was submitted by a first user in an online publication system. Then, one or more stored inquiries associated with the posting may be retrieved. Finally, a response is selectively retrieved from a response source. The retrieved response may correspond to the stored inquiry and the posting. The response source is at least one of the posting, the online publication system, the first user, and a user account of a second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Shikha Khanna, Nicole Lee Birdsall
  • Outgoing communications inventory
    Patent number: 9521104
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and accessing a communications inventory are provided. To generate the inventory in one embodiment, a plurality of outgoing communications is received. The outgoing communications may have been auto-generated or generated as part of a batch process. Next, a determination is made that a first outgoing communication of the plurality of outgoing communications is unique relative to other outgoing communications to avoid storing duplicate messages. Lastly, a user may access a display of the first outgoing communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Nicole Lee Birdsall, Mahesh K. Somani, Kumar Rethinakaleeswaran, Mihir Sambhus
  • OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS INVENTORY
    Publication number: 20150207771
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and accessing a communications inventory are provided. To generate the inventory in one embodiment, a plurality of outgoing communications is received. The outgoing communications may have been auto-generated or generated as part of a batch process. Next, a determination is made that a first outgoing communication of the plurality of outgoing communications is unique relative to other outgoing communications to avoid storing duplicate messages. Lastly, a user may access a display of the first outgoing communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Nicole Lee Birdsall, Mahesh K. Somani, Kumar Rethinakaleeswaran, Mihir Sambhus
  • Outgoing communications inventory
    Patent number: 9001673
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and accessing a communications inventory are provided. To generate the inventory in one embodiment, a plurality of outgoing communications is received. The outgoing communications may have been auto-generated or generated as part of a batch process. Next, a determination is made that a first outgoing communication of the plurality of outgoing communications is unique relative to other outgoing communications to avoid storing duplicate messages. Lastly, a user may access a display of the first outgoing communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Lee Birdsall, Mahesh K. Somani, Kumar Rethinakaleeswaran, Mihir Sambhus
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES
    Publication number: 20110276434
    Abstract: A method and a system for providing information about a posting from multiple sources are provided. For example, the method may comprise storing a posting that was submitted by a first user in an online publication system. Then, one or more stored inquiries associated with the posting may be retrieved. Finally, a response is selectively retrieved from a response source. The retrieved response may correspond to the stored inquiry and the posting. The response source is at least one of the posting, the online publication system, the first user, and a user account of a second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Shikha Khanna, Nicole Lee Birdsall
  • OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS INVENTORY
    Publication number: 20110158252
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and accessing a communications inventory are provided. To generate the inventory in one embodiment, a plurality of outgoing communications is received. The outgoing communications may have been auto-generated or generated as part of a batch process. Next, a determination is made that a first outgoing communication of the plurality of outgoing communications is unique relative to other outgoing communications to avoid storing duplicate messages. Lastly, a user may access a display of the first outgoing communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Nicole Lee Birdsall, Mahesh K. Somani, Kumar Rethinakaleeswaran, Mihir Sambhus