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).

  • Publication number: 20160188670
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Jean-David Ruvini, Sunil Mohan, Smruthi Mukund, Hassan Sawaf
  • Patent number: 8949374
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: 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
  • Publication number: 20140040023
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8595084
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8554641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20130013373
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20120239519
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Wu, Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8271357
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20120109788
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8145541
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8121905
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20120039580
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20120030714
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20110276432
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Bolivar, Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 8050998
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Alvaro Bolivar, Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20110231279
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 7979321
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan
  • Patent number: 7917602
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Millard E Sweatt, III, Don Woodward, Chris E Matichuk, Gurminder Sunner, Alain Regnier, Sunil Mohan
  • Publication number: 20100332539
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Sunil Mohan, Roopnath Grandhi, Stephen Chang, Shalini Vikas Agarwal, Manish K. Kalbande, Randall Scott Shoup
  • Publication number: 20090164358
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Sunil Mohan