Patents by Inventor Severo D'Souza

Severo D'Souza 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: 11776025
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: AGORA INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Publication number: 20220188887
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Patent number: 11074631
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: AGORA INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Publication number: 20210065266
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Patent number: 10621638
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: AGORA INTELLIGENCE, INC.
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Publication number: 20160343050
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for leveraging real-time sales volume for conducting group buys comprising initializing a sale of an item, the sale specifying a current price of the item which is calculated based on a current sales volume of the item and sales volume ranges, processing transactions with users for items at a purchase price equal to the current price when a purchase request is received from the corresponding user, terminating the sale of the item at a closing price when the current sales volume has reached a threshold or when a period of time has passed since the sale was initialized, and crediting accounts belonging to one or more users with an additional amount based at least in part on a difference between the closing price and the purchase price for each item for the corresponding user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Severo D'Souza, Patricia Frey, Payson Johnston, Shuo Zhang, Steven Lee
  • Publication number: 20060155570
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for electronically aggregating and controlling of documents in a real estate transaction by the assignment of various meta-attributes to the documents when they are uploaded to the system. Based on the attributes, the documents are put into folders having the same attribute-associated characteristics, and from then, the system can aggregate the documents as classified by the attributes. The attributes can be assigned manually to the documents by the persons uploading the ducuments, can be assigned automatically with the same attribute of the folder to be uploaded to, or can be assigned automatically based on a default attribute list in which all documents in a real estate transaction are assigned a default attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Jess Almeida, Kamlesh Amin, Severo D'Souza, Cyril Mecwan, Koustubh Naik, Anoop Tewari
  • Publication number: 20060155594
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system that can produce high quality documentation for real estate transactions by the preparation of a set of real estate related templates with context help and guided questionaires. The real estate transaction process is first organized into various steps, with each step having context help and guided questionaires. Various real estate documents are then attached to each step of the real estate transaction process, with the documents being corresponded to a set of pre-prepared templates with template context help and template guided questionaires. The process through the steps is the served as a guide to guide a user through the real estate transaction process, ensuring completely and accurately preparing the documentations and the real estate transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Jess Almeida, Kamlesh Amin, Severo D'Souza, Cyril Mecwan, Koustubh Naik
  • Publication number: 20060155571
    Abstract: The present invention property walkthrough results in a complete survey of the house with all the appropriate vendors contacted for preparing the house for listing. The present invention method and system comprises online/offline walkthrough forms that allow the agent to conduct a walkthrough, which, at the end, automatically results in order creation for vendors. Using an existing vendor profile, vendors for respective property related tasks such as property inspection, maintenance, verifications of permits, are notified. Further, alerts and reminders are also setup automatically to ensure the handling of contingencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Jess Almeida, Kamlesh Amin, Severo D'Souza, Cyril Mecwen, Koustubh Naik, Anoop Tewari