Patents by Inventor Sharmistha Dubey

Sharmistha Dubey 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: 20150088629
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing offers to a user through a user interface are disclosed. A first offer having a first price to a user through the user interface is provided. A user input indicating an acceptance to the first offer through the user interface is received. A request is transmitted to a payment processor to process a payment from a payment account of the user for the first price. A message from the payment processor in response to the request that the first request cannot be completed is received. A first message is processed to generate a second offer having a second price, wherein the second price is lower than the first price. The second offer to the user through the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: MATCH.COM, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Sharmistha Dubey, James Nathaniel Talbott, Sydney C. Lam
  • Patent number: 8583563
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method is provided that includes interfacing with one or more end users via a central website and managing information related to one or more of the end users. The method also includes determining a personality type for one or more end users and matching end users based on relationship rules of the personality types that outline compatibilities between the personality types. In more specific embodiments, the determining of the personality type includes an evaluation of a hand of a selected end user. The personality types can be based on inferred levels of testosterone, serotonin, or estrogen. The personality type determination can also be made based on a set of questions. The personality type determination can also be based on evaluating a selected end user's word choice and/or the frequency in their word choice in their writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Francisco J. Bonilla, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, James C. Moore, Walter M. Presz, III, Clark T. Rothrock, Helen E. Fisher
  • Patent number: 8473490
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment is provided that includes a central website operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. One or more searches are conducted for one or more of the end users, and one or more attributes previously determined by a selected one of the end users are varied to offer one or more additional matches to the selected end user, and the additional matches are different from matches offered to the selected end user based on the previously determined attributes. In more specific embodiments, the central website offers the additional matches based on a number of current matches being served to the selected end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Francisco J. Bonilla, Sharmistha Dubey, Stanley E. Woodby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130090130
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving first historical location information identifying a first location area at which a first user was present at a first time and receiving second location information identifying a second location area at which a second user was present at a second time. The method includes determining that the first historical location information and the second location information each correspond to a particular location area and determining that a characteristic related to the first user corresponds to a preference related to the second user. In response to these determinations, the method includes causing information related to the first user to be presented to the second user. The information related to the first user includes the first location area of the first user relative to the second location area of the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robinne Burrell, Anna M. Schneider, Sharmistha Dubey, Shane Henderson, Deryl Dorsett
  • Publication number: 20120226991
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.
  • Patent number: 8195668
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Match.com, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100077032
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, an apparatus is provided that includes a central website that interfaces with one or more end users to establish a profile for each of the end users to be used in matching the end users to each other for a potential relationship. Information is provided in the profile and the information includes relevant characteristics of corresponding end users. A first end user is asked one or more questions after their profile is established, the questions being posed to a second end user whose respective profile has also been established and whose profile has already been matched to the first end user's profile. Answers for the questions from the first and second end users are compared and a subsequent message is sent to the first end user if the answers provided by the first end user and the second end user are compatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Ricky J. Drennan, Sharmistha Dubey, Amanda W. Ginsberg, Anna M. Roberts, Marty L. Smith, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090070133
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a feature in a network environment is provided that includes a central website operable to interface with one or more end users and to manage information related to one or more of the end users. One or more searches are conducted for one or more of the end users, and one or more attributes previously determined by a selected one of the end users are varied to offer one or more additional matches to the selected end user, and the additional matches are different from matches offered to the selected end user based on the previously determined attributes. In more specific embodiments, the central website offers the additional matches based on a number of current matches being served to the selected end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Francisco J. Bonilla, Sharmistha Dubey, Stanley E. Woodby, JR.