Patents by Inventor Stan Humphries

Stan Humphries 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).

  • Automatically determining a current value for a home
    Patent number: 8676680
    Abstract: A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains valuation for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes evaluation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using selling price and home attribute data from homes recently sold in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Zillow, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Burstein
  • Automatically determining a current value for a real estate property, such as a home, that is tailored to input from a human user, such as its owner
    Patent number: 7970674
    Abstract: A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from its owner that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from the owner adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility then displays to the owner a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Zillow, Inc.
    Inventors: David Cheng, Stan Humphries, Kyusik Chung, Dong Xiang, Jonathan Burstein
  • Automatically determining a current value for a real estate property, such as a home, that is tailored to input from a human user, such as its owner
    Publication number: 20070198278
    Abstract: A facility procuring information about a distinguished property from its owner that is usable to refine an automatic valuation of the distinguished property is described. The facility displays information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility obtains user input from the owner adjusting at least one aspect of information about the distinguished property used in the automatic valuation of the distinguished property. The facility then displays to the owner a refined valuation of the distinguished property that is based on the adjustment of the obtained user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: David Cheng, Stan Humphries, Kyusik Chung, Dong Xiang, Jonathan Burstein
  • Automatically determining a current value for a home
    Publication number: 20070185906
    Abstract: A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains valuation for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes evaluation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using selling price and home attribute data from homes recently sold in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Stan Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Burstein