Patents by Inventor Sunil Mohan
Sunil Mohan 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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Publication number: 20160188670Abstract: A method of propagating annotations of content items to a search query is disclosed. A strength of a correspondence between a search query and a title of a listing of an item on a network-based publication system is determined. The strength of the correspondence is based on an analysis of a set of actions by a set of users who submitted the search query. A set of annotations corresponding to the title is generated. The set of annotations is propagated to an additional search query such that the set of annotations and the strength of the correspondence are used by a search engine to enhance search results corresponding to the additional search query.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Jean-David Ruvini, Sunil Mohan, Smruthi Mukund, Hassan Sawaf
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Patent number: 8949374Abstract: A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2001Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Millard E Sweatt, III, Jeff Hastings, Don Woodward, Chris E Matichuk, Shahriar Kianersi, Gurminder Sunner, Alain Regnier, Sunil Mohan, Hugh E Cooney, Edward King, Philippe Pignon, Mark Nudelman
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Publication number: 20140040023Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8595084Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to monitor an activity level with respect to queries submitted to an online marketplace over a certain time period to calculate an activity rate, to determine that a predicted change in the activity rate has crossed a specified threshold rate, and to display a landing page identifying at least one of items or item groups associated with the queries on a display based on the determining.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8554641Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20130013373Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to monitor an activity level with respect to queries submitted to an online marketplace over a certain time period to calculate an activity rate, to determine that a predicted change in the activity rate has crossed a specified threshold rate, and to display a landing page identifying at least one of items or item groups associated with the queries on a display based on the determining.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20120239519Abstract: Some embodiments provide personalized search services. The personalized search services operate to contextualize what is being searched for and to provide at least some search results in that context that are specific to the user to whom the results are to be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Xiaoyuan Wu, Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8271357Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to monitor an activity level associated with queries made in an online marketplace over a monitoring time period to provide an activity rate, and to determine that the activity rate has crossed a merchandising threshold rate. In response, a cluster of items or item groups associated with the queries may be presented on a display, perhaps in conjunction with a landing page merchandising promotion. Additional apparatus, system, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20120109788Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2012Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8145541Abstract: A method and a system facilitate merchandising for higher bids. In example embodiments, a proposed price for a first listing may be received from a user. In response to receiving of the proposed price, a message may be conveyed to the user when the proposed price is lower than an expected price for the first listing. In supporting the message, the user may be provided with price and popularity information related to one or more second listings similar to the first listing.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8121905Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20120039580Abstract: A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: THE DIRECTV GROUP, INC.Inventors: Millard E. Sweatt, III, Jeff Hastings, Don Woodward, Chris E. Matichuk, Shahriar Kianersi, Gurminder Sunner, Alain Regnier, Sunil Mohan, Hugh E. Cooney, Edward King, Philippe Pignon, Mark Nudelman
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Publication number: 20120030714Abstract: A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: The DirectTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Millard E. Sweatt, III, Don Woodward, Chris E. Matichuk, Alain Regnier, Mark Nudelman, Philippe Pignon, F. Andrew Voltmer, Dave Westerhoff, Matthew Self, Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20110276432Abstract: The subject mater herein relates to Internet-based commerce and, more particularly, to a flexible asset and search recommendation engines. Various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software to identify relationships between assets and provide asset recommendations as a function of the identified relationships. in some embodiments, relationships between assets are identified by gathering statistics including a probability of an action in view of one or more other actions an entity may have performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Alvaro Bolivar, Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 8050998Abstract: The subject mater herein relates to Internet-based commerce and, more particularly, to a flexible asset and search recommendation engines. Various embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and software to identify relationships between assets and provide asset recommendations as a function of the identified relationships. In some embodiments, relationships between assets are identified by gathering statistics including a probability of an action in view of one or more other actions an entity may have performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Alvaro Bolivar, Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20110231279Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketplace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 7979321Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein that provide one or more of a systems, methods, software, and data structures within an Internet marketp lace context that are useful to promote products that may be associated with an event occurrence. Some embodiments further utilize collaborative filtering to augment event-based product recommendations.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Sunil Mohan
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Patent number: 7917602Abstract: A method, system, computer medium, and other embodiments for integrating unrelated web hosted services with stand-alone media-based devices are provided. Users can access and control the media-based device conveniently with a web-browser through various portals on the Internet. An application program interface allows the various web servers and portals to take advantage of the system. In one embodiment, users access the media-based device through one or more unrelated web portals, so as to control and to program the media-based device in a single web session, and to see information both stored on the media-based device and originating from third-party online sources of information and services in a single integrated presentation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Millard E Sweatt, III, Don Woodward, Chris E Matichuk, Gurminder Sunner, Alain Regnier, Sunil Mohan
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Publication number: 20100332539Abstract: An initial item is grouped into a cluster defined by a query expression applied to a description of the item. Given the initial item, its associated cluster is accessed, and another item is identified based on the initial item's cluster or from a cluster designated as similar to the initial item's cluster. Once identified, the other item is presented as related to the initial item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Sunil Mohan, Roopnath Grandhi, Stephen Chang, Shalini Vikas Agarwal, Manish K. Kalbande, Randall Scott Shoup
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Publication number: 20090164358Abstract: A method and a system for merchandising for higher bids are provided. In example embodiments, a proposed price for a first listing may be received from a user. In response to receiving of the proposed price, a message may be conveyed to the user when the proposed price is lower than an expected price for the first listing. In supporting the message, the user may be provided with price and popularity information related to one or more second listings similar to the first listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: Sunil Mohan