Patents by Inventor Yingchu Zheng

Yingchu Zheng 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: 20230177544
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program, each configured for determining a travel propensity, the travel propensity being a distance a customer is willing to travel to redeem a renderable data object, are provided An exemplary method comprises classifying each of a plurality of geographic regions as one geographic region type of a plurality of geographic region types, mapping each of a plurality of redemption locations to a geographic region type, calculating, for a first geographic region type, a first distance that accounts for a predefined number of redemptions, determining a number of merchants having redemption locations within the first distance, calculating a second distance, from a center of a geographic region of the second geographic region type, necessary to include the number of merchants having redemption locations within the first distance, and assigning the second distance as the second geographic region type travel propensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew LISY, Becky Nixon CENTER, Yingchu ZHENG, Eric HANSON
  • Patent number: 11551247
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program, each configured for determining a travel propensity, the travel propensity being a distance a customer is willing to travel to redeem a renderable data object, are provided An exemplary method comprises classifying each of a plurality of geographic regions as one geographic region type of a plurality of geographic region types, mapping each of a plurality of redemption locations to a geographic region type, calculating, for a first geographic region type, a first distance that accounts for a predefined number of redemptions, determining a number of merchants having redemption locations within the first distance, calculating a second distance, from a center of a geographic region of the second geographic region type, necessary to include the number of merchants having redemption locations within the first distance, and assigning the second distance as the second geographic region type travel propensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Lisy, Becky Nixon Center, Yingchu Zheng, Eric Hanson
  • Publication number: 20220391934
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program, each configured for gauging the health or quality of available supply, are provided. An exemplary method for generating a supply index indicative of a quality or health of supply by calculating and aggregating a supply metric calculated from a perspective of each of a plurality of individual customers to identify those locations where an increase in supply would most positively impact value to customers comprises identifying a location of a user, identifying at least a portion of each of one or more renderable data objects available to a user located at the location, applying a first weight to each of the portion of each of the one or more renderable data objects, calculating a total of each of the weights, applying a coverage cap to determine a capped total, and generating a supply index comprised of aggregated capped totals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew LISY, Becky Nixon CENTER, Yingchu ZHENG, Eric HANSON
  • Patent number: 11392971
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program, each configured for gauging the health or quality of available supply, are provided. An exemplary method for generating a supply index indicative of a quality or health of supply by calculating and aggregating a supply metric calculated from a perspective of each of a plurality of individual customers to identify those locations where an increase in supply would most positively impact value to customers comprises identifying a location of a user, identifying at least a portion of each of one or more renderable data objects available to a user located at the location, applying a first weight to each of the portion of each of the one or more renderable data objects, calculating a total of each of the weights, applying a coverage cap to determine a capped total, and generating a supply index comprised of aggregated capped totals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GROUPON, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Lisy, Becky Nixon Center, Yingchu Zheng, Eric Hanson