Patents by Inventor Vishay S. Nihalani
Vishay S. Nihalani 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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Patent number: 10198764Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vishay S. Nihalani, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Howard B. Gefen, Gerald Yuen
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Publication number: 20140012702Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: VISHAY S. NIHALANI, DIWAKAR GUPTA, CHIH-JEN HUANG, PHILIP YUEN, HOWARD B. GEFEN, GERALD YUEN
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Patent number: 8533059Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vishay S. Nihalani, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Howard B. Gefen, Gerald Yuen
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Publication number: 20120303482Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Vishay S. Nihalani, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Howard B. Gefen, Gerald Yuen
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Patent number: 8244592Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Vishay S. Nihalani, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Howard B. Gefen, Gerald Yuen
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Publication number: 20090248543Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for message-based purchasing are described. The system and method for message-based purchasing may include a message-based purchase service configured to determine that a selection has been performed through a network-based interface. Such selection may be indicative of one or more items offered for sale via the network-based interface. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to the selection of one or more items, send to a communication device, a message indicating a code corresponding to the selection. The message-based purchase service may receive from the communication device through a communication channel that does not include the network-based interface, a message including the code. The message-based purchase service may be configured to, in response to determining that the message received from the communication device includes the code, generate a purchase request for the one or more previously selected items.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Vishay S. Nihalani, Diwakar Gupta, Chih-Jen Huang, Philip Yuen, Howard B. Gefen, Gerald Yuen