Patents by Inventor Stanley B. Humphries
Stanley B. 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).
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Patent number: 11861747Abstract: A facility for estimating the value of a distinguished home, estimating the length of time a home or other property will be on the market at a listing price, and predicting the likelihood of sale of a home at a listing price is described.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MFTB Holdco, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Yeng Bun, Krishna Rao, Elisa Sheng, Chris Sipola
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Patent number: 11861635Abstract: A facility for determining a housing index value for a subject geographic region for a subject period in time is described. For each home in a set of homes within the subject geographic region, the facility determines home attribute values; applies a first valuation model and second valuation for the subject geographic region to the home attributes to obtain estimated values of the home at the beginning and end of the subject period, respectively; and determines an appreciation rate for the home on the basis of the estimated values of the home at the beginning and end of the subject period. The facility combines the appreciation rates to obtain an aggregate appreciation rate for the subject period, and combines the aggregate appreciation rate for the period with a housing index value for a prior period to obtain the housing index value for the subject geographic region and subject period.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: MFTB Holdco, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Peter Gross, Svenja Gudell, Krishna Rao
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Patent number: 11769181Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: MFTB Holdco. Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 11449958Abstract: A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. For each of a plurality of valuation sub-models, the facility applies the valuation sub-model to the received home attributes to obtain a sub-model valuation for the distinguished home. The facility further applies a meta-model to the record home attributes to obtain a relative weighting factor for each sub-model. The facility then uses the obtained relative weighting factors to combine the sub-model valuations to obtain an overall valuation for the distinguished home. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Jonathan Lee Burstein, Yeng Bun, Jonathan A. Ultis
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Patent number: 11354701Abstract: A facility for presenting advertising messages on behalf of multiple advertisers is described. The facility determines allocations that each specify a share for an advertiser, the specified shares all being different. The facility causes advertising messages to be presented on behalf of the advertisers in accordance with the shares specified by their allocations.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Yiqing Wang, Stanley B. Humphries, Chloe Linden Harford
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Publication number: 20220114623Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 11288756Abstract: A facility for determining a market rental rate for a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains a market rental rate for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes a valuation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using rental listing price and home attribute data from homes recently listed for rental in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained market rental rate for the distinguished home.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Yeng Bun
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Patent number: 11244361Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 11093982Abstract: A facility for estimating a home improvement rate of return for a geographic area is described. The facility accesses information about homes in the geographic area including sale prices and data describing home improvements performed on the homes, such that some of the sale prices are associated with homes having a home improvement of a particular type. The facility obtains automatic valuations for the homes based on the homes' attribute values, and calculates the differences between the automatic valuations and the sale prices. The facility analyzes the differences and the home improvement data and, based on the analysis, estimates a rate of return of the particular type of home improvement.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Matthew Carl Fix, Svenja Maarit Gudell
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Patent number: 11068911Abstract: A facility for determining a market rental rate index for homes located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility accesses a current market rental rate attributed to substantially every home in the named geographic area based on automatically comparing the attributes of each home to attributes of homes recently listed for rental in the named geographic area. The facility then applies an aggregation function to the accessed current market rental rates to obtain an aggregation result. The facility causes to be displayed a characterization of the current market rental rate of homes in the named geographic area that is based on the aggregation result.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Yeng Bun
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Patent number: 10643232Abstract: A facility for presenting advertising messages on behalf of multiple advertisers is described. The facility determines allocations that each specify a share for an advertiser, the specified shares all being different. The facility causes advertising messages to be presented on behalf of the advertisers in accordance with the shares specified by their allocations.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Yiqing Wang, Stanley B. Humphries, Chloe Linden Harford
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Patent number: 10460406Abstract: A facility for determining a market rental rate for a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. The facility obtains a market rental rate for the distinguished home by applying to the received home attributes a valuation model for homes in the distinguished geographic area that has been trained using rental listing price and home attribute data from homes recently listed for rental in the distinguished geographic area. The facility reports the obtained market rental rate for the distinguished home.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Yeng Bun
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Patent number: 10198735Abstract: A facility for determining a market rental rate index for homes located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility accesses a current market rental rate attributed to substantially every home in the named geographic area based on automatically comparing the attributes of each home to attributes of homes recently listed for rental in the named geographic area. The facility then applies an aggregation function to the accessed current market rental rates to obtain an aggregation result. The facility causes to be displayed a characterization of the current market rental rate of homes in the named geographic area that is based on the aggregation result.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Yeng Bun
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Publication number: 20190005553Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 10074111Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 9605704Abstract: A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. For each of a plurality of valuation sub-models, the facility applies the valuation sub-model to the received home attributes to obtain a sub-model valuation for the distinguished home. The facility further applies a meta-model to the record home attributes to obtain a relative weighting factor for each sub-model. The facility then uses the obtained relative weighting factors to combine the sub-model valuations to obtain an overall valuation for the distinguished home. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Jonathan L. Burstein, Yeng Bun, Jonathan A. Ultis
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Publication number: 20140316999Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Inventors: David Cheng, Stanley B. Humphries, Kyusik Chung, Dong Xiang, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Publication number: 20140236845Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: ZILLOW, INC.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Kyusik Chung, Jonathan Lee Burstein
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Patent number: 8140421Abstract: A facility for valuing a distinguished home located in a distinguished geographic area is described. The facility receives home attributes for the distinguished home. For each of a plurality of valuation sub-models, the facility applies the valuation sub-model to the received home attributes to obtain a sub-model valuation for the distinguished home. The facility further applies a meta-model to the record home attributes to obtain a relative weighting factor for each sub-model. The facility then uses the obtained relative weighting factors to combine the sub-model valuations to obtain an overall valuation for the distinguished home. The facility reports the obtained valuation for the distinguished home.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Zillow, Inc.Inventors: Stanley B. Humphries, Dong Xiang, Jonathan L. Burstein, Yeng Bun, Jonathan A. Ultis