Patents by Inventor Shih-Ta Peng

Shih-Ta Peng 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: 11257049
    Abstract: An image of a receipt may be received by a service provider from a user device of a user. The receipt may be a record of a transaction between the user and a physical merchant. The service provider may extract text from the image and apply a predictive model trained on text data of historical receipts to the extracted text to identify keywords corresponding to items purchased in the transaction. The service provider may generate a shopping list for the user and/or may compare the keywords to descriptions of catalog items in an online catalog maintained by the service provider to identify catalog items that are the same or similar to the purchased items. The service provider may associate the catalog items with the user's account maintained by the service provider and generate a user interface to present on the user device that includes an indication of the catalog items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Roman Durazo Almeida, Thanhthanh Anh Tran, Jongsun Jung, Rohin Patel, Anna Jin Li, Tarmandeep Toor, Shih-Ta Peng
  • Patent number: 9232388
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei V. Vilkotski, Siddhartha Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9143625
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are associated with a user. Wireless service plans, offered by at least one wireless carrier that services the geographic location, that meet the wireless preferences associated with the user are determined. A user interface is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is determined utilizing at least the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Moulton
  • Publication number: 20150140992
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei V. Vilkotski, Siddhartha Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8977305
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei V. Vilkotski, Siddhartha Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140315516
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are associated with a user. Wireless service plans, offered by at least one wireless carrier that services the geographic location, that meet the wireless preferences associated with the user are determined. A user interface is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is determined utilizing at least the wireless preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Moulton
  • Patent number: 8805341
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are obtained from a user at a client. A plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location are determined. A network page is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • Patent number: 8447279
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for selection of wireless devices and service plans. A geographic location and a plurality of wireless preferences are obtained from a user at a client. A plurality of wireless service plans that meet the wireless preferences and are offered by a plurality of wireless carriers that provide service to the geographic location are determined. A network page is generated that presents the wireless service plans in a ranked order that is based at least in part on the wireless preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • Patent number: 8423061
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei V. Vilkotski, Siddhartha Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8369338
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for collecting and presenting region-associated ratings of wireless carriers. Customer ratings for a plurality of wireless carriers are collected in one or more computing devices. Each of the customer ratings is associated with a corresponding geographic location. A target geographic location is obtained from a client. A network page is generated including one or more maps showing a region encompassing the target geographic location. The maps indicate an aggregate customer rating for one or more of the wireless carriers for the region. The aggregate customer rating is determined based at least in part on a subset of the customer ratings that are associated with geographic locations that are encompassed by the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • Patent number: 8364146
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing wireless service for a wireless device. In a representative embodiment, a service initiation system is executed in a computing device that communicates with a service provider system over a network to activate a wireless service associated with a newly purchased wireless device. The service initiation system also generates a network page to send to a client over the network, where the network page has a component that initiates a porting of a contact designation associated with a prior wireless device to the newly purchased wireless device separate from the activation of the wireless service for the newly purchased wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei Vilkotski, Siddhartha Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8301513
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing dynamic item pricing to a customer during online shopping and/or purchasing of wireless devices. In a representative embodiment, a dynamic pricing system is executed in a computing device that generates a network page to send to a client device over a network, the network page including a price for a specified wireless device. The dynamic pricing system communicates with the client device over the network to obtain a selected service plan associated with the specified wireless device. The dynamic pricing system determines an updated price for the specified wireless device in response to the selected service plan for access by the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Charles Steven Johnson, Aaron C. Rubenson, Gregor Alan Moulton
  • Patent number: 8204794
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for processing orders for wireless service. An order for a wireless device and a wireless service plan is obtained in at least one computing device from a client. The wireless service plan is provided by one of a plurality of wireless carriers. A unique identifier of the wireless device is obtained from a fulfillment system after the wireless device has been pulled from an inventory for fulfillment. A request for activation of the wireless device and the wireless service plan is sent to a system of the one of the wireless carriers. The unique identifier is provided in the request to the system of the one of the wireless carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ta Peng, Andrei V. Vilkotski, Siddhartha Karan Singh, Yan Zhang
  • Patent number: 8060414
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating bundle uniform resource locators (URL). A URL is generated that contains a parameter with a value corresponding to a product available in the electronic commerce system. At least one parameter with a value corresponding to configurable features of the product is also encoded in the URL. The URL parameters are validated to determine whether the product and configurable features are compatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane S. Lin, Shih-Ta Peng, Eric C. Williams