Patents by Inventor Stephen J. PAPA

Stephen J. PAPA 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: 10572903
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: David Abraham Wiener, James Kong Hsu, Stephen J. Papa, Sherene Wael Hilal, Kendra Mariko Chen, Vernon W. Hui, Ben Hekster, John Patrick Connelly
  • Patent number: 10521818
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vernon W. Hui, Hong Bao, James Kong Hsu, John Patrick Connelly, Stephen J. Papa, Edward L. Wallace, Mayank Ashwin Dedhia
  • Patent number: 10489822
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: David Abraham Wiener, James Kong Hsu, Stephen J. Papa, Sherene Wael Hilal, Kendra Mariko Chen
  • Publication number: 20160132938
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Abraham WIENER, James Kong HSU, Stephen J. PAPA, Sherene Wael HILAL, Kendra Mariko CHEN, Vernon W. HUI, Ben HEKSTER, John Patrick CONNELLY
  • Publication number: 20160055542
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vernon W. HUI, Hong BAO, James Kong HSU, John Patrick CONNELLY, Stephen J. PAPA, Edward L. WALLACE, Mayank Ashwin DEDHIA
  • Publication number: 20160055527
    Abstract: A server receives incoming data records comprising an ID value and respective user attributes corresponding to a user activity that originates at a user device. Characteristics of the activity and/or characteristics of the user device are considered in order to assign a probabilistic confidence value, which is in turn used to generate links from an incoming data record to other previously-received data records, and in so doing, generates a probabilistic link between one set of user attributes from the incoming data record and another set of user attributes from previously-received data records. A messaging campaign specification that describes target user attributes is used to identify a matching set of target audience member records. The determination of a match or not is based on the probabilistic confidence value and a threshold can be varied to extend audience reach. The identified set of target audience member records are transmitted over a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Abraham WIENER, James Kong HSU, Stephen J. PAPA, Sherene Wael HILAL, Kendra Mariko CHEN