Patents by Inventor Zachary Wake Austin

Zachary Wake Austin 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: 11748647
    Abstract: Technologies are provided for the generating of optimal policies for bidding in auctions having unknown dynamics. In some embodiments, a computing system can configure many multi-armed bandit (MAB) models defining candidate directed contents for a sequence of pages. A particular MAB model of the many MAB models defines candidate directed contents for a particular page in the sequence of pages, where each arm in the particular MAB model corresponds to a candidate impression on the particular page. The computing system can then determine a solution to an optimization problem with respect to an objective function based on an expected long-term reward for a defined impression on the first page, a defined impression on the second page, and a defined impression on the third page. The solution results in respective directed content for presentation on the first, second, and third pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenjun Zeng, Yi Liu, Zachary Wake Austin, Hau Wing Calvin Kwok