Patents by Inventor Randall Scott Shoup

Randall Scott Shoup 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).

  • Publication number: 20230306072
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11709908
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Publication number: 20210390149
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11120098
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 11062369
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Brian M. Johnson, Badrul M. Sarwar, Benny Soetarman, Rajyashree Mukherjee, Venkat Sundaranatha, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Randall Scott Shoup, Daniel Kramer, Jason M. Heidema, Musaab At-Taras, Alvaro Bolivar, Jean-David Ruvini
  • Patent number: 10997220
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method predict auto-complete recommendations for a partial search request. A search engine receives a partial search request with one or more characters from a client device. A first set of auto-complete recommendations corresponding to the one or more characters of the partial search request are identified. A second partial search request is predicted that comprises a set of characters with one or more additional characters added to the one or more characters from the partial search request. A second set of auto-complete recommendations corresponding to the second partial search request is identified. The first set of auto-complete recommendations and the second set of auto-complete recommendations are returned to the client device as a response to the partial search request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Publication number: 20200210892
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Publication number: 20200201511
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for displaying additional information corresponding to an item represented by a visual indicator in response to a mouseover event is disclosed. Various embodiments receive a mouseover event corresponding to a visual indicator displayed on a display screen and generate additional information corresponding to an item represented by the visual indicator in response to the mouseover event, the additional information being obtained from various databases and used to generate additional information corresponding to the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas David Posner, Randall Scott Shoup, Sriram Samu, Thomas Lo
  • Patent number: 10620776
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for displaying additional information corresponding to an item represented by a visual indicator in response to a mouseover event is disclosed. Various embodiments receive a mouseover event corresponding to a visual indicator displayed on a display screen and generate additional information corresponding to an item represented by the visual indicator in response to the mouseover event, the additional information being obtained from various databases and used to generate additional information corresponding to the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas David Posner, Randall Scott Shoup, Sriram Samu, Thomas Lo
  • Patent number: 10430724
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 10324938
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method for prioritizing search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of characters is received from an end-user as a query. A plurality of equivalent keywords is selected responsive to the query with each of the equivalent keywords being evaluated based on a probability of matching the query of the end-user. A rank of each of the equivalent keywords is determined to form a response, which is then transmitted to the end-user. Other methods and related systems are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Publication number: 20190138540
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method predict auto-complete recommendations for a partial search request. A search engine receives a partial search request with one or more characters from a client device. A first set of auto-complete recommendations corresponding to the one or more characters of the partial search request are identified. A second partial search request is predicted that comprises a set of characters with one or more additional characters added to the one or more characters from the partial search request. A second set of auto-complete recommendations corresponding to the second partial search request is identified. The first set of auto-complete recommendations and the second set of auto-complete recommendations are returned to the client device as a response to the partial search request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Patent number: 10185762
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, systems and associated methods to predict search results in an electronic environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method to provide responses to a search request includes receiving, from an end-user, one or more characters that form a portion of the search request. Prior to receiving a completed version of the search request from the end-user, a plurality of keywords is predicted based on the one or more characters. The prediction is based on the most probable keywords selected from a plurality of prior requests stored in a database. A plurality of responses is prepared based on the most probable keywords. The responses are fit within a single communications packet and returned as a reply to the search request. Other systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Publication number: 20180268454
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Brian M. Johnson, Badrul M. Sarwar, Benny Soetarman, Rajyashree Mukherjee, Venkat Sundaranatha, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Randall Scott Shoup, Daniel Kramer, Jason M. Heidema, Musaab At-Taras, Alvaro Bolivar, Jean-David Ruvini
  • Patent number: 10007944
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Brian M. Johnson, Badrul M. Sarwar, Benny Soetarman, Rajyashree Mukherjee, Venkat Sundaranatha, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Randall Scott Shoup, Daniel Kramer, Jason M. Heidema, Musaab At-Taras, Alvaro Bolivar, Jean-David Ruvini
  • Publication number: 20160342602
    Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method for prioritizing search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of characters is received from an end-user as a query. A plurality of equivalent keywords is selected responsive to the query with each of the equivalent keywords being evaluated based on a probability of matching the query of the end-user. A rank of each of the equivalent keywords is determined to form a response, which is then transmitted to the end-user. Other methods and related systems are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Patent number: 9424317
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method of prioritizing search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. The method includes selecting a plurality of equivalent keywords responsive to a search query from an end-user, determining a rank of each of the plurality of equivalent keywords, selecting a plurality of most highly ranked keywords from the plurality of equivalent keywords, and preparing a response including the plurality of most highly ranked keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Wenyan Hu, Xiaodi Zhang, Alvaro Bolivar, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Publication number: 20160225054
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Brian M. Johnson, Badrul M. Sarwar, Benny Soetarman, Rajyashree Mukherjee, Venkat Sundaranatha, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Randall Scott Shoup, Daniel Kramer, Jason M. Heidema, Musaab At-Taras, Alvaro Bolivar, Jean-David Ruvini
  • Publication number: 20160117609
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a set of perspective objects capable of being placed onto a modified web page, monitoring parameters of a web page, the parameters including a number of times a current object is executed on the web page, using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm to determine a perspective object with a preferred Return On Investment (ROI), and selecting the perspective object to be placed onto the modified web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Noel Billingsley, Raghav Gupta, Randall Scott Shoup, Neelakantan Sundaresan
  • Patent number: 9324082
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information tagging in a networked system is disclosed. The apparatus in an example embodiment includes a tag engine configured to process a database of categorized product listings; to receive a user-provided tag associated with at least one of the product listings; to retain the user-provided tag; and to serve the user-provided tag to a user viewing at least one of the product listings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Scott Johnson, Brian M. Johnson, Badrul M. Sarwar, Benny Soetarman, Rajyashree Mukherjee, Venkat Sundaranatha, Neelakantan Sundaresan, Randall Scott Shoup, Daniel Kramer, Jason M. Heidema, Musaab At-Taras, Alvaro Bolivar, Jean-David Ruvini