Patents by Inventor William R. Watt
William R. Watt 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: 11216859Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 10721183Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLCInventors: Harry Jasperson, Jr., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20200034906Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 10402884Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R Watt, II
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Publication number: 20190230048Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Harry Jasperson, JR., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20190197034Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture comprising tabulating, for a plurality of users making recommendations, information including respective user interests and recommendations, storing the tabulated information in a database, responsive to a query from a client machine, the query seeking a recommendation from a user having a particular user interest, filtering the stored tabulated information to determine recommendations from users having the particular user interest, and presenting the recommendations to the client machine. Also included is a community of parents who are registered on one site find on other sites products that they are curious about or want to give feedback on, and then collect those items and share insights or request guidance from at least some of the individual parents in the community.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Edward O'Neil Garcia, Allison Bhusri, Cyn Skyberg, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 10291546Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: GO DADDY OPERATING COMPANY, LLCInventors: Harry Jasperson, Jr., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 10198486Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture comprising tabulating, for a plurality of users making recommendations, information including respective user interests and recommendations, storing the tabulated information in a database, responsive to a query from a client machine, the query seeking a recommendation from a user having a particular user interest, filtering the stored tabulated information to determine recommendations from users having the particular user interest, and presenting the recommendations to the client machine. Also included is a community of parents who are registered on one site to find on other sites products that they are curious about or want to give feedback on, and then collect those items and share insights or request guidance from at least some of the individual parents in the community.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Edward O'Neil Garcia, Cyn Skyberg, William R Watt, II
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Publication number: 20170222950Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Harry Jasperson, JR., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 9660933Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Go Daddy Operating Company, LLCInventors: Harry Jasperson, Jr., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 9501211Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: GoDaddy Operating Company, LLCInventors: Harry Jasperson, Jr., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20150304236Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Harry Jasperson, JR., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20150304243Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Harry Jasperson, JR., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20150304414Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamically allocating and accessing hosting server resources to users of hosting services. The system may include one or more servers that provide multiple levels of access to the hosting server resources, and an administration server configured with one or more migration paths that allow the user to migrate the account between two levels while the account remains accessible to all entities authorized to access the account. The hosting server resources may be divided according to virtual partitions that are resizable by the administration server. The system may include a migration interface stored on and accessible to the user from the administration server. The migration interface provides the user with options to migrate the account between the levels of access. The system may include an application programming interface that provides access to the administration server for changing the account's level of access.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Harry Jasperson, JR., Daymion Tad Reynolds, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20150287118Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 9064277Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20140006389Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture comprising tabulating, for a plurality of users making recommendations, information including respective user interests and recommendations, storing the tabulated information in a database, responsive to a query from a client machine, the query seeking a recommendation from a user having a particular user interest, filtering the stored tabulated information to determine recommendations from users having the particular user interest, and presenting the recommendations to the client machine. Also included is a community of parents who are registered on one site find on other sites products that they are curious about or want to give feedback on, and then collect those items and share insights or request guidance from at least some of the individual parents in the community.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Edward O'Neil Garcia, Cyn Skyberg, William R. Watt, II
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Patent number: 8433643Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and non-transitory machine-readable medium are provided for declining auctions with interest bidding. According to one embodiment, offers are received from respective bidders in a bid receiving process to transact a financial instrument, the offers being expressed as offered interest rates at which the corresponding respective bidders are willing to transact the financial instrument. The bid receiving process is utilized in a declining auction characterized by a reducing a published interest rate at which the financial instrument is offered for sale. The reducing of the published interest rate is performed automatically and responsive to a lack of bidding activity. Further there is a determining whether at least one of the offers satisfies transaction criterion.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: William R. Watt, II, Matthew F. Ackley, William J. Cornell
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Publication number: 20120316989Abstract: Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, a web-based comparison shopping and marketplace service enables a user to search for and/or browse products of interest, and then obtain geographically-relevant, real-time product availability and pricing information for a product of interest that is offered by one or more physical retail stores. Additionally, with some embodiments, the service enables a user to conclude a purchase transaction for a product that is located at a retail store, and then provides the user with driving directions from the user's location to the retail store.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Wong, William R. Watt, II
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Publication number: 20110270738Abstract: A method, apparatus, system and non-transitory machine-readable medium are provided for declining auctions with interest bidding. According to one embodiment, offers are received from respective bidders in a bid receiving process to transact a financial instrument, the offers being expressed as offered interest rates at which the corresponding respective bidders are willing to transact the financial instrument. The bid receiving process is utilized in a declining auction characterized by a reducing a published interest rate at which the financial instrument is offered for sale. The reducing of the published interest rate is performed automatically and responsive to a lack of bidding activity. Further there is a determining whether at least one of the offers satisfies transaction criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: eBay Inc.Inventors: William R. Watt, II, Matthew F. Ackley, William J. Cornell