Patents by Inventor Praveenkumar KANUMALA

Praveenkumar KANUMALA 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: 11907999
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11836782
    Abstract: A method being implemented via execution of computing instructions configured to run at one or more processors and stored at one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The method can include training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second item from the item catalog, in which the respective first user selected the respective first item and the respective second item in a respective same basket. The method also can include randomly sampling an anchor item from a category of items selected by a user. The method additionally can include generating a list of complementary items using a query vector associated with the user and the anchor item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Yokila Arora, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11797624
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may be configured to generate one or more query attributes for a search query received from a computing device of a user. Additionally, the system may be configured to, based at least in part on historical data of the user including data characterizing one or more items associated with the user, generate relevant item data. In various examples, the relevant item data characterizing a set of relevant items. Moreover, the system may be configured to, based on the relevant item data, the historical data of the user and the one or more query attributes, implement a set of operations that generate a set of personalized search results associated with the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Soumya Wadhwa, Surya Prasanna Kumar, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan, Rahul Ramkumar
  • Patent number: 11610249
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11562401
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing digital advertisements to targeted users. In some examples, a computing device receives campaign data identifying items to advertise on a website, and generates campaign user data identifying a user that has engaged all of the items on the website. The computing device may then determine a portion of the users based on a relationship between each user and the campaign user data, and may determine user-item values for each of the items for each user of the portion of users, where each user-item value identifies a relational value between the corresponding user and item. The computing device may then identify one or more of the items to advertise to each user of the portion of users based on the user-item values, and may transmit to a web server an indication of the items to advertise for each user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Yokila Arora, Aditya Mantha, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11544763
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving a user identifier, receiving an item identifier, determining user item quantity information related to quantities of the item previously selected by the user, determining a respective household size for each user, and determining aggregate household item quantity information related to quantities of the item previously selected by an aggregate of users of the same household size. If a first threshold level of the quantity of transactions is met, a recommended quantity is based on the user item quantity information, and if not, the recommended quantity is based on the aggregate household item quantity information. The user interface of the electronic device is updated to notify the user of the recommended quantity. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11461822
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item reviews to users. In some examples, a computing device obtains review data identifying one or more reviews for each of a plurality of items. The computing device determines keywords for each of the items based on parsing the review data corresponding to each of items. The computing device may obtain data identifying engagement of items for a user during a browsing session, such as items a user has clicked on. The computing device may also obtain data identifying previous purchase transactions, or previous review postings, for the user. The computing device then determines, based on the obtained data, which keywords may be of interest the user. In some examples, the keywords are used to identify reviews of an item for the user. In some examples, summaries of the reviews are generated and displayed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Soumya Wadhwa, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20220222728
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing personalized digital recommendations including sponsored items. In some examples, a computing device receives a recommendation request. In response, the computing device determines an initial set of items for recommendation based on a relevance of associated items to the user and potential revenue from user interactions with the associated items. The computing device then generates final item recommendations by replacing at least one item of the initial set of items with a closest sponsored item that is selected based on a similarity of the closest sponsored item to the corresponding item. The final item recommendations are then presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shubham Gupta, Yokila Arora, Gaoyang Wang, Aditya Mantha, Anirudha Sundaresan, Sneha Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20220222706
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for providing recommended items to advertise. In some examples, a computing device determines a first set of items for recommendation based on historical user data associated with a user, and a second set of items for recommendation based on real-time user session data for the user. The computing device may then determine a subset of the first set of items based on associated scores and a predetermined threshold number of first items that can be presented for optimal user interaction. The computing device may generate a set of item recommendations by combining the subset of the first set of items and at least one of the second set of items to present to the user as advertisements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yokila Arora, Gaoyang Wang, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Aditya Mantha, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20220222729
    Abstract: This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining item relevancy based on textual information. In some examples, a computing device receives a search query, and a plurality of items corresponding to the search query. The computing device may identify one or more features of the search query. The computing device may generate relevancy values for each of the items based on the features of the search query, and features of each of the plurality of items. For example, the computing device may generate, for each of the items, a plurality of relevance values, each relevance value generated based on a feature of the search query and corresponding features of the item. The computing device may transmit the generated relevancy values for the plurality of items. In some examples, the computing device may rank the plurality of items based on the generated relevancy values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Anirudha Sundaresan, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20220207101
    Abstract: In some examples, a system may be configured to generate one or more query attributes for a search query received from a computing device of a user. Additionally, the system may be configured to, based at least in part on historical data of the user including data characterizing one or more items associated with the user, generate relevant item data. In various examples, the relevant item data characterizing a set of relevant items. Moreover, the system may be configured to, based on the relevant item data, the historical data of the user and the one or more query attributes, implement a set of operations that generate a set of personalized search results associated with the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Rahul IYER, Soumya WADHWA, Surya Prasanna KUMAR, Praveenkumar KANUMALA, Stephen Dean GUO, Kannan ACHAN, Rahul RAMKUMAR
  • Patent number: 11321406
    Abstract: A system and method of generating user personalized search results is disclosed. A search query including one or more words is received and a set of relevance-based search results is generated in response to the search query. One or more query attributes are generated for the search query. Historic data for a user associated with the search query is received and a set of personalized search results is generated from the set of relevance-based search results based on the query attributes and the historic data for the user. The historic data includes one or more items associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Iyer, Soumya Wadhwa, Surya Prasanna Kumar, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan, Rahul Ramkumar
  • Patent number: 11288730
    Abstract: A method including receiving a basket including basket items selected by a user from an item catalog. The method also can include grouping the basket items of the basket into categories based on a respective item category of each of the basket items. The method additionally can include randomly sampling a respective anchor item from each of the categories. The method further can include generating a respective list of complementary items for the respective anchor item for the each of the categories based on a respective score for each of the complementary items generated using two sets of trained item embeddings for items in the item catalog and using trained user embeddings for the user. The two sets of trained item embeddings and the trained user embeddings can be trained using a triple embeddings model with triplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Yokila Arora, Aditya Mantha, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20210398192
    Abstract: A method being implemented via execution of computing instructions configured to run at one or more processors and stored at one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The method can include training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second item from the item catalog, in which the respective first user selected the respective first item and the respective second item in a respective same basket. The method also can include randomly sampling an anchor item from a category of items selected by a user. The method additionally can include generating a list of complementary items using a query vector associated with the user and the anchor item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Yokila Arora, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20210374832
    Abstract: A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item for the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items of the anchor item for the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation. The method additionally can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is positive, transmitting, in real-time through the network, the one or more complementary items to be presented to the user via the user device. The method likewise can include after determining the recommendation confidence, when the recommendation confidence is not positive, refraining from transmitting the one or more complementary items to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11113744
    Abstract: A method including training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each can include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second item from the item catalog, in which the respective first user selected the respective first item and the respective second item in a respective same basket. The method also can include generating an approximate nearest neighbor index for the two sets of item embeddings. The method additionally can include receiving a basket including basket items selected by a user from the item catalog. The method further can include grouping the basket items of the basket into categories based on a respective item category of each of the basket items. The method additionally can include randomly sampling a respective anchor item from each of the categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Yokila Arora, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Patent number: 11107144
    Abstract: A method including building a recommendation triggering model. The method can include receiving, via a user device of a user through a network, an add-to-cart command associated with an anchor item in a session by the user. The method further can include determining, in real-time after receiving the add-to-cart command, a recommendation for one or more complementary items based at least in part on: (a) the anchor item; and (b) a user profile of the user. The method also can include determining, in real-time after determining the recommendation, a recommendation confidence for the recommendation based at least in part on one or more of: (a) the user profile; (b) the anchor item; (c) the one or more complementary items; or (d) one or more feedbacks from the user associated with one or more prior recommendations in the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shashank Kedia, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20210241344
    Abstract: A method including training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each can include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second item from the item catalog, in which the respective first user selected the respective first item and the respective second item in a respective same basket. The method also can include generating an approximate nearest neighbor index for the two sets of item embeddings. The method additionally can include receiving a basket including basket items selected by a user from the item catalog. The method further can include grouping the basket items of the basket into categories based on a respective item category of each of the basket items. The method additionally can include randomly sampling a respective anchor item from each of the categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Aditya Mantha, Yokila Arora, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20210241343
    Abstract: A method including receiving a basket including basket items selected by a user from an item catalog. The method also can include grouping the basket items of the basket into categories based on a respective item category of each of the basket items. The method additionally can include randomly sampling a respective anchor item from each of the categories. The method further can include generating a respective list of complementary items for the respective anchor item for the each of the categories based on a respective score for each of the complementary items generated using two sets of trained item embeddings for items in the item catalog and using trained user embeddings for the user. The two sets of trained item embeddings and the trained user embeddings can be trained using a triple embeddings model with triplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Yokila Arora, Aditya Mantha, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan
  • Publication number: 20210241345
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving a user identifier, receiving an item identifier, determining user item quantity information related to quantities of the item previously selected by the user, determining a respective household size for each user, and determining aggregate household item quantity information related to quantities of the item previously selected by an aggregate of users of the same household size. If a first threshold level of the quantity of transactions is met, a recommended quantity is based on the user item quantity information, and if not, the recommended quantity is based on the aggregate household item quantity information. The user interface of the electronic device is updated to notify the user of the recommended quantity. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Radhakrishnan Iyer, Shubham Gupta, Praveenkumar Kanumala, Stephen Dean Guo, Kannan Achan