Patents by Inventor Vincent Muliahy-Flores

Vincent Muliahy-Flores 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).

  • INCORPORATING GREEN SCORES INTO AN E-COMMERCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160034909
    Abstract: A method of encouraging environmental-friendliness among users of a network-based publication system is disclosed. It is detected that a user of a network-based publication system has engaged in a transaction. A transaction green score is calculated for the transaction. The transaction green score reflects an impact on the environment of the engagement by the user in the transaction. A user green score for the user is calculated. The calculating of the user green score includes combining the transaction green score with previous transaction green scores calculated for previous engagements by the user in previous transaction. The user green score is communicated for presentation in a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Geng Zhu, Zhen Ge, Vincent Muliahy-Flores, Lin Chen