Patents by Inventor Robert Chatwani

Robert Chatwani 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: 20190205959
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing shared collections. A method comprises receiving, by a network-based commerce system, an indication from a client device to create a collection; receiving, by the network-based commerce system, a textual description of the collection from the client computer; automatically classifying the textual description into one or more elements; and storing the collection as one or more classified elements in the network-based commerce system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Patent number: 10229445
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing structured descriptions of entries are described. For example, a machine receives a textual description of an entry representing an item. The textual description represents the item being submitted by a user, and received from a client device associated with the user by a network-based system. The entry, after creation, corresponds to a listing of the item at the network-based system. The machine generates a structured description of the entry based on the textual description of the entry. The structured description includes a name-value pair derived from the textual description submitted by the user. The machine receives an edited version of the structured description based on causing a display of the structured description in a user interface of the client device. The machine stores the edited version of the structured description in a record of a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Publication number: 20170262917
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing shared collections. A method comprises receiving, by a network-based commerce system, an indication from a client device to create a collection; receiving, by the network-based commerce system, a textual description of the collection from the client computer; automatically classifying the textual description into one or more elements; and storing the collection as one or more classified elements in the network-based commerce system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Patent number: 9672551
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing shared collections are described. For example, a machine receives a textual description of an entry requested to be created within a collection at a network-based system. The textual description is submitted by a user of the network-based system and received from a client device of the user by a server system within the network-based system. The entry, when created, corresponds to an item listed by the network-based system. The machine generates a structured description of the entry based on the textual description of the entry requested to be created. The structured description of the entry includes a name-value pair derived from the textual description submitted by the user. The machine determines that the entry is absent from the network-based system, and creates the entry within the collection by storing the structured description of the entry in a database of the network-based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Patent number: 9613375
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated as including generating an item page that includes widget code and details related to an item for sale. Some example embodiments may include making the widget code available for retrieval from the item page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Chang, Robert Chatwani, Daniel Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20150142601
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing shared collections are described. For example, a machine receives a textual description of an entry requested to be created within a collection at a network-based system. The textual description is submitted by a user of the network-based system and received from a client device of the user by a server system within the network-based system. The entry, when created, corresponds to an item listed by the network-based system. The machine generates a structured description of the entry based on the textual description of the entry requested to be created. The structured description of the entry includes a name-value pair derived from the textual description submitted by the user. The machine determines that the entry is absent from the network-based system, and creates the entry within the collection by storing the structured description of the entry in a database of the network-based system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Patent number: 8977603
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing shared collections. A method comprises receiving, by a network-based commerce system, an indication from a client device to create a collection; receiving, by the network-based commerce system, a textual description of the collection from the client computer; automatically classifying the textual description into one or more elements; and storing the collection as one or more classified elements in the network-based commerce system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Publication number: 20120323743
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated as including generating an item page that includes widget code and details related to an item for sale. Some example embodiments may include making the widget code available for retrieval from the item page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen Chang, Robert Chatwani, Daniel Burkhart
  • Patent number: 8260687
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated as including generating an item page that includes widget code and details related to an item for sale. Some example embodiments may include making the widget code available for retrieval from the item page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Chang, Robert Chatwani, Daniel Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20080255962
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated as including generating an item page that includes widget code and details related to an item for sale. Some example embodiments may include making the widget code available for retrieval from the item page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen Chang, Robert Chatwani, Daniel Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20070130207
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing shared collections. A method comprises receiving, by a network-based commerce system, an indication from a client device to create a collection; receiving, by the network-based commerce system, a textual description of the collection from the client computer; automatically classifying the textual description into one or more elements; and storing the collection as one or more classified elements in the network-based commerce system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Pate, Robert Chatwani, Nancy Dickenson
  • Publication number: 20070118441
    Abstract: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for managing a community-editable product catalog. A method receives, by a network-based commerce system, an indication from a client computer to create a listing for a product. The method determines whether a catalog entry associated with the product exists and when the catalog entry does not exist, prompts a user to create a new catalog entry and stores either the catalog entry or the new catalog entry in the network-based commerce system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Chatwani, Robert Veres, Nitin Duggal, Pete Borowsky