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).
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Patent number: 11354703Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Feili Hou, Vyomkesh Tripathi, Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Publication number: 20220148033Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11308506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
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Patent number: 11200599Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11188943Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
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Patent number: 11188940Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Riva Ashley Vanderveld, Angela Han, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Publication number: 20210319459Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Rajesh Girish PAREKH, Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Guoxian ZHANG, Prashant GAURAV
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Publication number: 20210125202Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Zahra Ferdowsi, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Patent number: 10990987Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
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Publication number: 20210090118Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Publication number: 20210056570Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Rajesh Girish PAREKH, Guoxian ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210042788Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen
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Publication number: 20210019771Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju BALAKRISHNAN, Guoxian ZHANG, Prashant GAURAV
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Patent number: 10891637Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Zahra Ferdowsi, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Publication number: 20200402097Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Feili HOU, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Nipun AGARWAL, Rajesh Girish PAREKH
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Publication number: 20200357021Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Feili HOU, Vyomkesh TRIPATHI, Nipun AGARWAL, Rajesh Girish PAREKH
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Patent number: 10825042Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Rajesh Girish Parekh
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Patent number: 10796321Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Raju Balakrishnan, Vyomkesh Tripathi, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Guoxian Zhang
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Patent number: 10783537Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Rajesh Girish Parekh, Raju Balakrishnan, Guoxian Zhang, Prashant Gaurav
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Patent number: 10783553Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Nipun Agarwal, Rajesh Girish Parekh, Ying Chen