Patents by Inventor Paul M. English

Paul M. English 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: 10896230
    Abstract: A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Derek M. Young, Jeff A. Rago, Lincoln D. Jackson, Paul D. Schwenk, Giorgos C. Zacharia
  • Publication number: 20190258685
    Abstract: A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Derek M. Young, Jeff A. Rago, Lincoln D. Jackson, Paul D. Schwenk, Giorgos C. Zacharia
  • Patent number: 10275527
    Abstract: A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Derek M. Young, Jeff A. Rago, Lincoln D. Jackson, Paul D. Schwenk, Giorgos C. Zacharia
  • Patent number: 9679263
    Abstract: The present invention provides a methodology and system for efficiently performing travel reservation queries and presenting significant search results to a user. A travel reservation search engine constructs a first query from one or more constraints. The first query has a threshold probability of returning a first set of search results that will lead to the purchase of a travel reservation. Additionally, if determined necessary by the search engine a second query is constructed from one or more constraints. The second query returns a second set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Kristin P. Harkness, Lincoln D. Jackson, Jeff A. Rago, Paul D. Schwenk, Brenda L. White
  • Patent number: 9275346
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a system is provided comprising at least one computer readable storage medium storing a cache of flight information comprising a plurality of flight solutions, the cache capable of being accessed to obtain flight solutions that meet a criteria specified in one or more flight search queries, and at least one computer programmed to apply at least one machine learning model to at least some of the flight information in the flight information cache to classify at least one of the plurality of flight solutions according to an assessed fidelity of the at least one flight solution, and perform at least one action based on the classified at least one flight solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgos C. Zacharia, Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Dmitry Tkach, Kosmas Karadimitriou, Vinayak V. Ranade
  • Publication number: 20150161527
    Abstract: The present invention provides a methodology and system for efficiently performing travel reservation queries and presenting significant search results to a user. A travel reservation search engine constructs a first query from one or more constraints. The first query has a threshold probability of returning a first set of search results that will lead to the purchase of a travel reservation. Additionally, if determined necessary by the search engine a second query is constructed from one or more constraints. The second query returns a second set of search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Kristin P. Harkness, Lincoln D. Jackson, Jeff A. Rago, Paul D. Schwenk, Brenda L. White
  • Patent number: 8972434
    Abstract: The present invention provides a methodology and system for efficiently performing travel reservation queries and presenting significant search results to a user. A travel reservation search engine constructs a first query from one or more constraints. The first query has a threshold probability of returning a first set of search results that will lead to the purchase of a travel reservation. Additionally, if determined necessary by the search engine a second query is constructed from one or more constraints. The second query returns a second set of search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Kristin P. Harkness, Lincoln D. Jackson, Jeffrey A. Rago, Paul D. Schwenk, Brenda L. White
  • Publication number: 20150012469
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a system is provided comprising at least one computer readable storage medium storing a cache of flight information comprising a plurality of flight solutions, the cache capable of being accessed to obtain flight solutions that meet a criteria specified in one or more flight search queries, and at least one computer programmed to apply at least one machine learning model to at least some of the flight information in the flight information cache to classify at least one of the plurality of flight solutions according to an assessed fidelity of the at least one flight solution, and perform at least one action based on the classified at least one flight solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgos C. Zacharia, Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Dmitry Tkach, Kosmas Karadimitriou, Vinayak V. Ranade
  • Patent number: 8874492
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a system is provided comprising at least one computer readable storage medium storing a cache of flight information comprising a plurality of flight solutions, the cache capable of being accessed to obtain flight solutions that meet a criteria specified in one or more flight search queries, and at least one computer programmed to apply at least one machine learning model to at least some of the flight information in the flight information cache to classify at least one of the plurality of flight solutions according to an assessed fidelity of the at least one flight solution, and perform at least one action based on the classified at least one flight solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgos C. Zacharia, Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Dmitry Tkach, Kosmas Karadimitriou, Vinayak V. Ranade
  • Publication number: 20140195525
    Abstract: A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Derek M. Young, Jeff A. Rago, Lincoln D. Jackson, Paul D. Schwenk, Giorgos C. Zacharia
  • Publication number: 20140136316
    Abstract: Suppliers of goods and/or services subject to shifts in capacity utilization design and implement marketing campaigns around utilization forecasts, targeting marketing expenditures on periods of excess capacity rather than periods without excess capacity, and in some embodiments also to alter variables such as pricing, consumer targeting, or even the intensity of the campaign itself on a dynamic basis in response to changing market conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Spurr, Jim Giza, Paul M. English, Steve Hafner, Andrew Patterson, Daniel S. Hafner
  • Patent number: 8719251
    Abstract: A travel search engine enables a user to share his or her search results with one or more other users in real time. Each of the users has a common set of search results and any user can select share a specific result within the common set. The remaining results in the common set can be independently filtered and sorted. By selectively sharing various ones of the search results, while being able to separately manipulate the remaining search results, users have access to a common set of potentially mutually acceptable results, but can still individually explore the search results by filtering along different criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Derek M. Young, Jeff A. Rago, Lincoln D. Jackson, Paul D. Schwenk, Giorgos C. Zacharia
  • Publication number: 20130073323
    Abstract: In one aspect, a computer system comprising at least one computer storing a software implemented exploration tool is provided. The exploration tool, when processed by the at least one computer, performs a method comprising providing at least one first interface for display to a user, the at least one first interface allowing the user to provide criteria regarding a trip, receiving, via the at least one first interface, at least one criterion from the user indicating one or more travel preferences, the at least one criterion not including a specific destination, obtaining travel results for a plurality of destinations, each of the travel results meeting the at least one criterion, and providing the travel results for display to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgos C. Zacharia, Paul M. English, Lincoln D. Jackson, Jeff A. Rago, Adam Baratz, Sidra Michon
  • Publication number: 20130024404
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a system is provided comprising at least one computer readable storage medium storing a cache of flight information comprising a plurality of flight solutions, the cache capable of being accessed to obtain flight solutions that meet a criteria specified in one or more flight search queries, and at least one computer programmed to apply at least one machine learning model to at least some of the flight information in the flight information cache to classify at least one of the plurality of flight solutions according to an assessed fidelity of the at least one flight solution, and perform at least one action based on the classified at least one flight solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Giorgos C. Zacharia, Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Dmitry Tkach, Kosmas Karadimitriou, Vinayak V. Ranade
  • Patent number: 7587678
    Abstract: A customer support system is provided that integrates with a legacy email system. The customer support system receives customer inquiries via a feedback form, formats the inquiries into emails and routes the emails to selected employees. A dynamic status indicator is incorporated into each email that indicates the status of the customer's inquiry. The value of the status indicator is resolved at the time an employee opens or displays the email for viewing. All customer inquiries and employees responses are individually tracked and maintained in a database for analysis and reporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, James D. Giza
  • Publication number: 20090150343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a methodology and system for efficiently performing travel reservation queries and presenting significant search results to a user. A travel reservation search engine constructs a first query from one or more constraints. The first query has a threshold probability of returning a first set of search results that will lead to the purchase of a travel reservation. Additionally, if determined necessary by the search engine a second query is constructed from one or more constraints. The second query returns a second set of search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. English, Travis M. Gebhardt, Kristin P. Harkness, Lincoln D. Jackson, Jeffrey A. Rago, Paul D. Schwenk, Brenda L. White