Patents by Inventor Simon C. Vining

Simon C. Vining 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).

  • System, method, and computer readable medium for item feed classification
    Patent number: 8630915
    Abstract: This document relates to classification of items included in a data feed. For example, a feed of items is generated for provision to a referral network site. The feed includes some of the items sold through an electronic commerce network site. Item classification information corresponding to an item sold through the electronic commerce network site is identified based upon the taxonomy information of the referral network site and included in the generated feed of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Jeetendra Mirchandani, Matias H. Ganc, Mohit Gupta, Simon C. Vining
  • Data feed adoption tracking
    Patent number: 8341026
    Abstract: This document relates to tracking the adoption of a data feed. For example, a feed of items is sent to a referral network site. The feed includes some of the items sold through an electronic commerce network site. The referral network site refers a plurality of customers to the electronic commerce network site. The referral includes feed generation information. A determination is made whether the feed has been adopted by the referral network site based upon the feed generation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeetendra Mirchandani, Mohit Gupta, Brian J. Schuster, Simon C. Vining
  • Data feed item classification
    Patent number: 8266003
    Abstract: This document relates to classification of items included in a data feed. For example, a feed of items is generated for provision to a referral network site. The feed includes some of the items sold through an electronic commerce network site. Item classification information corresponding to an item sold through the electronic commerce network site is identified based upon the taxonomy information of the referral network site and included in the generated feed of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeetendra Mirchandani, Matias H. Ganc, Mohit Gupta, Simon C. Vining