Patents by Inventor Rajesh Girish Parekh

Rajesh Girish Parekh 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: 11354703
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Feili Hou, Vyomkesh Tripathi, Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Publication number: 20220148033
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing promotion recommendations using a promotion and marketing service. Some aspects may provide a method for providing a promotion recommendation framework. The method includes receiving, via a network interface, a promotion recommendation inquiry from a component of a promotion and marketing service, the promotion recommendation inquiry including electronic identification data identifying at least one of a consumer or a consumer characteristic. The method also includes identifying, via processing circuitry, promotion transaction information associated with the electronic identification data. The promotion transaction information includes electronic data identifying at least one transaction performed using the promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11308506
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improved promotion targeting. An example apparatus includes a processor configured to cause retrieval of historical information regarding transactions associated with a plurality of identifier entities. The example apparatus further includes modeling circuitry configured to train a statistical model using the retrieved historical information, and estimate, using the statistical model, values for expected identifier entity transaction requests associated with each of the plurality of identifier entities. The processor of the example apparatus may further be configured to select, based on the estimated values, a subset of identifier entities to receive impressions of the promotion, and the apparatus may further include communications circuitry configured to transmit an impression of the promotion to each identifier entity in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
  • Patent number: 11200599
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing promotion recommendations using a promotion and marketing service. Some aspects may provide a method for providing a promotion recommendation framework. The method includes receiving, via a network interface, a promotion recommendation inquiry from a component of a promotion and marketing service, the promotion recommendation inquiry including electronic identification data identifying at least one of a consumer or a consumer characteristic. The method also includes identifying, via processing circuitry, promotion transaction information associated with the electronic identification data. The promotion transaction information includes electronic data identifying at least one transaction performed using the promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11188943
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing promotion recommendations using a promotion and marketing service. Some aspects may provide a method for providing a promotion recommendation framework. The method includes receiving, via a network interface, a promotion recommendation inquiry from a component of a promotion and marketing service, the promotion recommendation inquiry including electronic identification data identifying at least one of a consumer or a consumer characteristic. The method also includes identifying, via processing circuitry, promotion transaction information associated with the electronic identification data. The promotion transaction information includes electronic data identifying at least one transaction performed using the promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 11188940
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for predicting consumer behavior. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising determining a classification for a first consumer, wherein the classification is based on a measure of frequency of purchases by the first consumer; identifying one or more first attributes for the first consumer based on the determined classification, the one or more attributes being attributes selected for predicting the respective one or more metric associated with the first consumer; and determining, based on values for the one or more first attributes, a first prediction value that indicates a programmatically expected number of purchases by the first consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Riva Ashley Vanderveld, Angela Han, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Publication number: 20210319459
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improved machine learning using a statistical model. In the context of an apparatus, some example embodiments include a processor configured to cause retrieval of information regarding a plurality of consumers, and modeling circuitry configured to train a statistical model of the plurality of consumers based on the retrieved information, and predict, using the statistical model, an incremental booking value associated with the promotion for each consumer of the plurality of consumers. The processor is further configured to select a subset of the plurality of consumers for receiving impressions of the promotion. Some example embodiments may further include communications circuitry configured to transmit an impression of the promotion to each consumer in the subset of the plurality of consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Rajesh Girish PAREKH, Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Guoxian ZHANG, Prashant GAURAV
  • Publication number: 20210125202
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a computer-executed method for generating a future sales estimate for an item. The method includes programmatically accessing, from a dataset via a network device, an inventory residence time period of an item. The method also includes programmatically accessing, from the dataset via the network device, prior performance data associated with the item. The method also includes programmatically executing an inventory valuation engine to generate a future sales estimate for the item based on the inventory residence time period and the prior performance data. The method further includes executing a notification generation engine to adjust a notification policy defining a frequency or other characteristic of electronic marketing communications indicating the item transmitted to consumer devices based on the future sales estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Ferdowsi, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Patent number: 10990987
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improved machine learning using a statistical model. In the context of an apparatus, some example embodiments include a processor configured to cause retrieval of information regarding a plurality of consumers, and modeling circuitry configured to train a statistical model of the plurality of consumers based on the retrieved information, and predict, using the statistical model, an incremental booking value associated with the promotion for each consumer of the plurality of consumers. The processor is further configured to select a subset of the plurality of consumers for receiving impressions of the promotion. Some example embodiments may further include communications circuitry configured to transmit an impression of the promotion to each consumer in the subset of the plurality of consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
  • Publication number: 20210090118
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for optimized and effective leading messages, which may be an email subject that may provoke a consumer to access the body portion of an email message. A system may include circuitry configured to programmatically determine a predicted access rate for a leading message when the leading message is provided as a portion of a promotional message. Circuitry may be configured to track historical data indicating the access rates of leading messages and/or leading message terms. The circuitry may be configured to leverage the historical data to determine predicted access rates for leading messages, such as based at least in part on historical access rates associated with one or more leading message terms of the leading message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Publication number: 20210056570
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically generating an association among two or more purchase categories based on purchase data of a plurality of consumers. The method includes programmatically accessing, from a dataset via a network device, prior purchase data associated with purchases of a plurality of commercial objects by a plurality of consumers. The method also includes programmatically identifying a plurality of categories associated with the plurality of commercial objects. The method also includes, for each consumer in the plurality of consumers, programmatically generating a total number of purchases by the consumer in each category in the plurality of categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Rajesh Girish PAREKH, Guoxian ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210042788
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing promotion recommendations using a promotion and marketing service. Some aspects may provide a method for providing a promotion recommendation framework. The method includes receiving, via a network interface, a promotion recommendation inquiry from a component of a promotion and marketing service, the promotion recommendation inquiry including electronic identification data identifying at least one of a consumer or a consumer characteristic. The method also includes identifying, via processing circuitry, promotion transaction information associated with the electronic identification data. The promotion transaction information includes electronic data identifying at least one transaction performed using the promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20210019771
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improved promotion targeting. An example apparatus includes a processor configured to cause retrieval of historical information regarding transactions associated with a plurality of identifier entities. The example apparatus further includes modeling circuitry configured to train a statistical model using the retrieved historical information, and estimate, using the statistical model, values for expected identifier entity transaction requests associated with each of the plurality of identifier entities. The processor of the example apparatus may further be configured to select, based on the estimated values, a subset of identifier entities to receive impressions of the promotion, and the apparatus may further include communications circuitry configured to transmit an impression of the promotion to each identifier entity in the subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Guoxian ZHANG, Prashant GAURAV
  • Patent number: 10891637
    Abstract: Certain embodiments provide a computer-executed method for generating a future sales estimate for an item. The method includes programmatically accessing, from a dataset via a network device, an inventory residence time period of an item. The method also includes programmatically accessing, from the dataset via the network device, prior performance data associated with the item. The method also includes programmatically executing an inventory valuation engine to generate a future sales estimate for the item based on the inventory residence time period and the prior performance data. The method further includes executing a notification generation engine to adjust a notification policy defining a frequency or other characteristic of electronic marketing communications indicating the item transmitted to consumer devices based on the future sales estimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Zahra Ferdowsi, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Publication number: 20200402097
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Feili HOU, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Nipun AGARWAL, Rajesh Girish PAREKH
  • Publication number: 20200357021
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for recommending contextually relevant promotions to consumers in order to facilitate their discovery of promotions that they are likely to purchase from a promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Feili HOU, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Nipun AGARWAL, Rajesh Girish PAREKH
  • Patent number: 10825042
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for optimized and effective leading messages, which may be an email subject that may provoke a consumer to access the body portion of an email message. A system may include circuitry configured to programmatically determine a predicted access rate for a leading message when the leading message is provided as a portion of a promotional message. Circuitry may be configured to track historical data indicating the access rates of leading messages and/or leading message terms. The circuitry may be configured to leverage the historical data to determine predicted access rates for leading messages, such as based at least in part on historical access rates associated with one or more leading message terms of the leading message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Rajesh Girish Parekh
  • Patent number: 10796321
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executable method, computer system and non-transitory computer-readable medium for programmatically generating an association among two or more purchase categories based on purchase data of a plurality of consumers. The method includes programmatically accessing, from a dataset via a network device, prior purchase data associated with purchases of a plurality of commercial objects by a plurality of consumers. The method also includes programmatically identifying a plurality of categories associated with the plurality of commercial objects. The method also includes, for each consumer in the plurality of consumers, programmatically generating a total number of purchases by the consumer in each category in the plurality of categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Vyomkesh Tripathi, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Guoxian Zhang
  • Patent number: 10783537
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for improved promotion targeting. An example apparatus includes a processor configured to cause retrieval of historical information regarding transactions associated with a plurality of identifier entities. The example apparatus further includes modeling circuitry configured to train a statistical model using the retrieved historical information, and estimate, using the statistical model, values for expected identifier entity transaction requests associated with each of the plurality of identifier entities. The processor of the example apparatus may further be configured to select, based on the estimated values, a subset of identifier entities to receive impressions of the promotion, and the apparatus may further include communications circuitry configured to transmit an impression of the promotion to each identifier entity in the subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
  • Patent number: 10783553
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing promotion recommendations using a promotion and marketing service. Some aspects may provide a method for providing a promotion recommendation framework. The method includes receiving, via a network interface, a promotion recommendation inquiry from a component of a promotion and marketing service, the promotion recommendation inquiry including electronic identification data identifying at least one of a consumer or a consumer characteristic. The method also includes identifying, via processing circuitry, promotion transaction information associated with the electronic identification data. The promotion transaction information includes electronic data identifying at least one transaction performed using the promotion and marketing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen