Patents by Inventor Whitney Chan

Whitney Chan 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).

  • Patent number: 11037222
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for dynamically generating and providing personalized recommendations of newer products or services potentially of interest to a particular user who has previously purchased a similar product or service. Historical purchase data or other information indicating the user's preferences is analyzed to determine personal preference data. Candidate content is identified based on attributes found in the preference data. Similarity strategies and criteria can be used to test features and qualities in candidate content. Recommended product or service content comes in the form of candidate content which reaches a similarity threshold or otherwise achieves a sufficient confidence score based at least in part on a similarity metric is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: A9.COM, INC.
    Inventors: Aishwarya Natesh, Pinkee Rasik Patel Gupta, Andrea Joyce Diane Zehr, Sharmila Nagaraja Reddy, Whitney Chan, Deborah S. Hoo
  • Patent number: 10963939
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide techniques for generating a style profile in which items are recognized in image data, analyzed for their attributes, and categorized based on those attributes. In various embodiments, computer vision techniques can be used to analyze the image data and subsequent image data to update the generated style profiles. The style profiles may be associated with a person, event, or the like and provide users with items having similar characteristics or attributes, which may be available for purchase in an electronic marketplace. The style profiles may be updated by analyzing user interaction with the provided items and by receiving additional image data. Additionally, recommendations may be provided based on search queries that identify certain events or style profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: A9.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Joyce Diane Zehr, Aishwarya Natesh, Sharmila Nagaraja Reddy, Pinkee Rasik Patel Gupta, Whitney Chan, Son D. Tran, Deborah S. Hoo, Smita Malaviya