Patents by Inventor Stephen Richard Thomas

Stephen Richard Thomas 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).

  • Publication number: 20240265391
    Abstract: An approach is disclosed for numerically delineated value transfer. An infrastructure for representation of values for the numerically delineated value transfer is provided that minimizes real-time operations to transfer a first value in a first representation of the first value to a second value in a second representation of the second value where the infrastructure supports recovery from operational failures. The infrastructure receives a split or combine operation with a recovery indication and an indication of the first representation. Responsive to receiving the split operation an amount to split is specified and the first value in the first representation is decremented by the amount to split and the amount to split is included in the second representation and for the combine operation the first representation contains the first value to be added to the second value in the second representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 11195209
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Publication number: 20200098014
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 10475082
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170116647
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 9542707
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140019308
    Abstract: A method for customizing an online shopping experience for a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a marketplace system a request from a user system to transmit instructions for a rendering by the user system of a predetermined user interface relating to a product, using a processor to select one of a plurality of other user interfaces relating to the product, and transmitting to the user system instructions for the rendering by the user system of the one of the plurality of other user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guy Schory, Stephen Richard Thomas, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Frank Russo
  • Patent number: 8533056
    Abstract: A method for customizing an online shopping experience for a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a marketplace system a request from a user system to transmit instructions for a rendering by the user system of a predetermined user interface relating to a product, using a processor to select one of a plurality of other user interfaces relating to the product, and transmitting to the user system instructions for the rendering by the user system of the one of the plurality of other user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guy Schory, Stephen Richard Thomas, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Frank Russo
  • Publication number: 20130006757
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Patent number: 8266006
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120072314
    Abstract: A method for customizing an online shopping experience for a user is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a marketplace system a request from a user system to transmit instructions for a rendering by the user system of a predetermined user interface relating to a product, using a processor to select one of a plurality of other user interfaces relating to the product, and transmitting to the user system instructions for the rendering by the user system of the one of the plurality of other user interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Guy Schory, Stephen Richard Thomas, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Frank Russo
  • Publication number: 20110106642
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for keyword bidding in a market cooperative are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes receiving a keyword bid from a first party; determining a value to a host associated with the keyword bid; augmenting the keyword bid by an amount corresponding to the value to the host; and sending the augmented keyword bid to a second party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Sameer Hassan, Stephen Kenneth Lobo, Stephen Richard Thomas