Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
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Patent number: 10417634Abstract: Methods, devices and program products are provided to provide on-line transaction verification. The method comprises receiving a transaction request and sending a transaction verification request to a computing device and/or account associated with a user. The method receives an electronic key authorization (EKA) code from a transaction verification apparatus. The EKA code is inaccessible when first and second housing portions of the apparatus are dis-connected from one another. The method determines whether the EKA code matches an account authorization code. A match indicates approval of the transaction. The transaction verification apparatus comprises a housing separated into first and second housing portions that are physically connectable to, and dis-connectable from, one another. The EKA code is only readable by the computing device from the transaction verification apparatus when first and second housing portions are connected to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: William Alexander Strand, Luan Khai Nguyen
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Patent number: 10417635Abstract: Various embodiments are related to apparatuses and methods for authorizing a purchase transaction using a mobile device. A consumer can pay for a purchase from a seller using a payment object such as a credit card or automated teller machine (ATM) card. The credit card or ATM card can be swiped through a card reader that is part of the seller's sales system, and the sales system can transmit the purchase transaction to a financial system for approval. The consumer can use a mobile device such as a smartphone, instead of the seller's keypad or signature pad, to electronically capture a signature or personal identification number (PIN) as part of the consumer's authorization of the purchase transaction. The consumer can further use the mobile device to review line items of the purchase transaction or to add a tip amount to the total amount of the purchase transaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Square, Inc.Inventor: Paul Aaron
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Patent number: 10417636Abstract: Described is a payment vehicle for use in initiating a transaction. The payment vehicle includes a body and an image applied to the body. The image includes encrypted data that is readable by an electronic reader to ascertain account details of a payment vehicle user, thereby to initiate the transaction. The image is also visually comparable to the user, or to information produced by the user, to confirm the user's identity.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Ravi Pareek, Arunmurthy Gurunathan, Sachin Shrivastava
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Patent number: 10417637Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for accessing records using derivative locators. An open financial transaction may be initiated by a consumer at a merchant. The merchant may provide information relating to the transaction, which may include information about the consumer's device, to a repository. The merchant may provide transaction information to the acquiring bank, which may provide transaction to the global financial network, which may provide transaction information to an issuing bank. One or more requesting party (e.g., one or more of the acquiring bank, global financial network, or issuing bank) may formulate a derivative locator based on the transaction information received. The derivative locator may function as an index through which records in the repository may be accessed by the requesting party. A time comparison may be made in assisting with accessing the correct record in the repository.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The 41st Parameter, Inc.Inventor: Ori Eisen
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Patent number: 10417638Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: intercepting, from an output of fraudulent activity determination software, an electronic transaction message; reading by a processing device, the intercepted message; detecting, that the received electronic transaction message includes a data field comprising a fraud-related decline code; updating, by the processing device, the received electronic message by replacing the fraud-related decline code with a hold code; generating, based upon the detection of the fraud-related decline code, at least one authentication request message configured to prompt at least one of a point of sale device and a user mobile device that authentication data is to be input by a user; transmitting, by a transmitting device and to the point of sale device, the updated electronic transaction message; and transmitting, by the transmitting device and to at least one of the point of sale device and a user mobile device, the at least one authentication request message.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Cindi Pitz, Roopa Vaidya, Michael Cardamone
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Patent number: 10417639Abstract: Technologies for preprocessing transaction authorization records for clearing data batch file generation include a settlement processing server. The settlement processing server receives transaction authorization records corresponding to authorized transactions. The transaction authorization records are appended to an initial authorization stream. The initial authorization stream is closed and the transaction authorization records appended thereto are split into substreams. The settlement processing server preprocesses the transaction authorization records in each of the substreams. While the transaction authorization records appended to the substreams are preprocessed, the settlement processing server initializes another authorization stream and appends newly received transaction authorization records thereto. A clearing data batch file is generated based at least in part on the transaction authorization records appended to each of the substreams. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Worldpay, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Beatty, Erik William Baar
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Patent number: 10417640Abstract: An interactive system configured to interact with users in response to user inputs provided to the system, where the users are instructed to provide the inputs by causing communications in an existing network with the user inputs embedded in the communications, a computing device coupled with the network is configured to monitor communications in the network to identify the user input in the communications, and transmit data representing the user input to the interactive system. The operations and communications in the existing network are performed with the interactive system; and the communications containing the user inputs are identified via the computing device for addition use in the interactive system.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventor: Kwang Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 10417641Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments described herein relate to the field of electronic registration (ER) of purchased products and, more particularly, to improved electronic registration techniques purchase-side and/or return-side handling of recalled items. Certain exemplary embodiments on the purchase-side may help to filter-out products that have recalled been before they are purchased. Certain exemplary embodiments on the return-side may help enable recall return overrides, thus facilitating the acceptance of recalled products even though they might not qualify under an original return/warranty policy. Advantageously, more and more recalled products may be filtered out of circulation through the use of purchase-side and/or return-side recall watch list checking techniques of certain exemplary embodiments. Such purchase-side and/or return-side recall watch list checking may be performed together with or separate from electronic registration techniques in different exemplary embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: e2interactive, Inc.Inventors: Maridee Joy Maraz, Peter J. Junger
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Patent number: 10417642Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for providing a unified representation of all customer relationships with an entity. This representation focuses on customer products in arrears that are to be recovered. The invention presents an overarching view of all customer relationships to a representative. This allows the representative to make decision and take appropriate actions immediately based on the entire relationship with the customer when a customer communication is initiated. As such, the invention correlates all of the customer's relationships with a financial institution into one unified representation for a representative to review. The unified representation takes into consideration all of the customer's relationships as well as external factors on the communications and relationships. Thus providing a holistic customer service experience for a customer with accounts in arrears.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Andrew Sheldon, Brian J. Dunne, Hudson Philip Hoen, IV
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Patent number: 10417643Abstract: A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for personalizing customer interaction experiences receives an input corresponding to at least one of a business objective and a customer interaction channel. A customer classification framework is selected based on the input. The customer classification framework is associated with a plurality of persona types, where each persona type is associated with a set of behavioral traits. A persona type for a customer is predicted from among the plurality of persona types during an interaction on the customer interaction channel. A propensity of the customer to perform at least one action is predicted based on the persona type. A provisioning of personalized interaction experience to the customer is facilitated based on the predicted propensity of the customer to perform the at least one action.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: [24]7.ai, Inc.Inventors: R. Mathangi Sri, Bhupinder Singh
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Patent number: 10417644Abstract: Client instance data including a plurality of incidents is obtained, each incident including a plurality of fields. A target field and an evaluation field are selected from among the plural fields. The plurality of incidents are grouped into a plurality of clusters based on a degree of a natural language text similarity of respective target fields in the plurality of incidents. A quality value is determined for each of the plurality of clusters based on the degree of the natural language text similarity of respective target fields in grouped incidents of the cluster from among the plurality of incidents, and based on respective evaluation fields. Each of the plurality of clusters is ranked based on the respective quality value of the cluster and a number of the grouped incidents of the cluster. At least one of the ranked plurality of clusters is identified to perform a service management operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ServiceNow, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Walthers, Abhay Kulkarni, Mukund Ramachandran, Darius Koohmarey
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Patent number: 10417645Abstract: A reward point system comprising an industry vertical reception unit for receiving a user selected monetary value in a selected industry vertical, a point collection unit for receiving a quantity of points associated with the monetary value in the selected industry vertical, a redemption vehicle profile creation unit for generating a profile, and a redemption vehicle generation unit for loading the profile onto a redemption vehicle wherein the points on the redemption vehicle can be redeemed at any merchant in the selected industry vertical. Also provided are methods for utilizing said system.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.Inventors: Steven Scott Sickel, Michael John Kopec, Marc Elliot Berman
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Patent number: 10417646Abstract: A prediction of the cost associated with translating textual content in a source language can be determined. A first quantity estimation of first textual content may be determined. The first textual content is to be translated via human translation. A second quantity estimation of second textual content may also be determined. The second textual content is to be translated via machine translation. An indication of a target language is obtained, wherein the source language and the target language form a language pair. The prediction of the cost associated with translating the first textual content and the second textual content from the source language to the target language is then determined. The prediction is based at least in part on the first quantity estimation, the second quantity estimation, and the language pair.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: SDL Inc.Inventors: Radu Soricut, Narayanaswamy Viswanathan, Daniel Marcu
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Patent number: 10417647Abstract: In embodiments of the invention, in accordance with a financing/bailment agreement, a dealer/bailee is required to retain the bailed property units in a controlled area to enable embodiments of the invention to perform real-time execution of inventory financing transactions. The bailed property units are tagged with tags for inventory identification. A reader device associated with the controlled area, detects entry or removal of the bailed property units by detecting a signal from a tag of the bailed property unit, the reader outputting an event signal. A server coupled to the reader, is programmed to access terms of the agreement, to monitor the event signals received from the reader. The server is coupled to one or more banks having an account of the bailor and an account of the bailee.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Edward Zughaib
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Patent number: 10417648Abstract: A method for finding crowd movements is provided. The method includes: collecting location data associated with multiple user devices, mining frequent patterns in the location data to generate multiple representative sequences, and grouping the representative sequences into clusters to find crowd movements according to sequence distances between the representative sequences. Each representative sequence includes at least one line segment between a starting location point and an end location point.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: En-Tzu Wang, Tai-Ting Wu, Chi-Chun Kao, Chao-Chih Wang, I-Hong Kuo
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Patent number: 10417649Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for performing a search across business objects of one or more business processes. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for performing a search across business objects of one or more business processes based on an index of business objects and additional information supplementing the index. The additional information can indicate business objects of different types or of different business processes that are related to the indexed business objects. According to various embodiments of the present invention, providing business object and business process searching can include but is not limited to: the ability to more quickly find related documents using search in one step; the ability to do so without using menus; the ability to quickly refine search results with common facets; and/or the ability to do advanced common attributes searches across business objects such as comments for a supplier across numerous business objects.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Demele, David J. Bell, Jillian Hartnell, Therese Gorman, Thomas Workman, Tamijselvy Muralidharan, Cyril Jose Theophilose Ponvila, Hsiaowen Eddie Mou, Umesh Madhav Apte, John Leong Yee, Jose Hernandez, Hui Dong
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Patent number: 10417650Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for distributed and automated prediction of future customer revenue are provided. One method involves accessing data structures, each representing a unique customer, storing a set of customer-specific characteristics, segregating the data structures into groups based on a target amount of data structures for each group, and inputting the customer-specific characteristics into a training model. The method includes generating a set of prediction model parameters for each group by applying the customer-specific characteristics to a training model. The method includes transforming the characteristics of each data structure in a first group into respective future revenue values using a first non-linear prediction model, and the characteristics of data structures in a second group into respective future revenue values using a second prediction model.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Xiaohong Gong
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Patent number: 10417651Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for predicting fuel consumption for a vehicle operation is provided. An associative memory device is accessed, using one or more attributes of an operation plan for the planned vehicle operation, to determine at least one historical vehicle operation from a plurality of historical vehicle operations that is similar to the planned vehicle operation. The associative memory device contains data for a plurality of attributes and collected from the plurality of historical vehicle operations. The at least one historical vehicle operation is determined by applying a respective weight defined within the associative memory device to data values for each of the plurality of attributes. Fuel consumption data for the planned vehicle operation is predicted, based on historical fuel consumption data corresponding to the at least one historical vehicle operation. The predicted fuel consumption data is output.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: John D. Whelan
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Patent number: 10417652Abstract: A method of generating a more objective consumer confidence and more particularly to tracking consumer confidence objectively based on data regarding past transactions.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventor: Rohit Chauhan
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Patent number: 10417653Abstract: A process of discovering psychographic segments of consumers with unsupervised machine learning. A first set of consumer-behavior is converted into respective consumer-behavior vectors for training an unsupervised machine learning model. The unsupervised machine learning model is trained with the first set of consumer-behavior vectors to determine psychographic segments of consumers. A second set of consumer-behavior records is obtained after determining the psychographic segments of consumers and the second set of consumer-behavior records is converted into respective consumer-behavior vectors. The second set of consumer-behavior vectors is classified as each belonging to at least a respective one of psychographic segments with the trained machine learning model to predict, based on the classification, a likelihood of the respective consumer engaging in behavior associated with a corresponding one of the psychographic segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PlaceIQ, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Milton, Duncan McCall
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Patent number: 10417654Abstract: A method of incentivizing location-based actions by groups is disclosed. A group of users of a game networking system is notified that an incentive reward is to be provided based on a number of members of the group performing a location-based action transgressing a threshold. The incentive reward is provided based on the number of members of the group performing the location-based action transgressing the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Zynga Inc.Inventors: Erik Paul Bethke, Scott Koenigsberg, Amitt Mahajan, Matthew Adam Ocko
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Patent number: 10417655Abstract: In an illustrative system and method for disbursing resources includes (i) receiving a user request for a coupon, the user request including user criteria; (2) matching the received user criteria with a target audience criteria; (3) transmitting a coupon to a user, the coupon including a unique password based upon a match of the received user criteria and the target audience criteria; (4) receiving a request for registration of the unique password of the coupon with the user; (5) receiving a request for validation of the unique password of the coupon; and (6) authorizing the user to access the network resource associated with the coupon upon validation of the unique password.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: VTU de Colombia S.A.Inventor: Johannes Kling Mazuera
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Patent number: 10417656Abstract: A method for managing loyalty groups at point-of-sale (POS) accesses is discussed. The method includes determining that a user account is a member of a loyalty group, responsive to determining that a user device of the user account is used at merchant's POS. The method includes determining a loyalty membership type for the user account that indicates whether user details of the user account are accessible by the merchant. The method includes determining another user account from the loyalty group, the loyalty membership type further indicating whether the user details are accessible by the another user account. The method includes determining whether the loyalty membership type for the user account can be upgraded, and if so, providing communication to the user device to cause a user interface of the user device to display a prompt for providing access to additional user details to upgrade the loyalty membership type.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Sumeet Ahuja, Michael Charles Todasco
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Patent number: 10417657Abstract: A point management apparatus includes a storage device configured to store point information about points awarded to a user, the point information including a point ID for identifying the points, a point rate indicating an amount of money per unit point of the points, a stock price and the number of shares of a designated company of when purchased as capital for the points, a user ID for identifying the user, a balance of points owned by the user identified by the user ID, and stock information about a stock of the designated company, which is used to calculate the balance of the points, an arithmetic circuit configured to update the balance of the points owned by the user, which is stored in the storage device, by calculating, based on a new stock price of the designated company, the balance of the points owned by the user read out from the storage device, and the stock information read out from the storage device, the balance of the points owned by the user, and a terminal processing circuit configured to rType: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: STOCK POINT INC.Inventor: Kiyomi Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 10417658Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for managing online advertising campaigns based on causal conversion metrics are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving conversion information corresponding to test group including consumers that were presented with an advertisement using an advertising channel; receiving advertisement viewability information indicative of a probability that each of the consumers viewed the advertisement; determining that a subset of the consumers did not view the advertisement based on the probability; placing the consumers into a control group and a test group based on the probability corresponding to each of the consumers; calculating a causal conversion metric based on a comparison of the conversion information corresponding to consumers of the control group and conversion information corresponding to consumers of the test group; and determining whether to place an advertisement using the advertising channel based on the causal conversion metric.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Integral Ad Science, Inc.Inventors: Kiril Tsemekhman, Vadim Tsemekhman, Arun Ahuja
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Patent number: 10417659Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for integrated sales management. A sales resource may use the system to track and modify promotion proposals for providers. Data defining the proposed promotion may include information relating to the provider, capacity, the promotion structure, return on investment, and/or an auto-approval status. Some data defining the proposed promotion may be automatically generated by the promotional system and/or modified by the provider. The proposal may be auto-approved or approved manually by a sales resource. Upon approval, the promotion may be made available for sale.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: GROUPON, INC.Inventors: Kavita Kochar, Marcus Sacco
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Patent number: 10417660Abstract: A data processing system collects messages to create user profiles for users of user devices. The messages are collected from various systems and include data regarding user events on user devices. The user profiles are stored in a targeting database. In response to a request for information corresponding to a user device, a user profile is identified using data from the request and information from the profile is provided to the requester.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLCInventors: Wendell Hicken, Joshua Melick
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Patent number: 10417661Abstract: A search system server routes a given query to devices that create a response to the query. For query processing, a mixer server determines a sequence in which various servers are called, formats requests, and aggregates data obtained from the various servers. A query reviser creates various different queries that differ from, but are based on, the given query and prior queries submitted by a same user that submitted the given query or location information associated with the user. Portions of content are incorporated into the search results page including content selected based on the given query and based on the various different queries. A visual representation of the various portions of content within the search results page is generated. A display of a client device that submitted the given query is updated to present the search results page including the visual representation of the various portions of content.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Rajat Bhattacharjee, Aranyak Mehta, Benyu Zhang, Vivek Raghunathan
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Patent number: 10417662Abstract: Methods, machine-readable media, apparatuses and systems are provided to save electronic advertisements selected by a user. An electronic advertisement displayed with a first application of a mobile device of the user is received after selection of a save option associated with the electronic advertisement. The electronic advertisement is saved. The electronic advertisement is provided to the mobile device after receipt of a command from a second application of the mobile device. The electronic advertisements may include any type of incentive or offer, including coupons.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLCInventors: Srinivas A. Mandyam, Krishna Vedati, David Lothele Williams
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Patent number: 10417663Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying campaign dependent geofences by creating marketing campaigns and linking the marketing campaign to a specific geofence. Each campaign-linked geofence may be capable of delivering the campaign messages to geofence participants during the duration of a marketing campaign and the geofence system may subsequently deactivate the geofence automatically after the marketing campaign has concluded. The systems and methods may map a geofence with a defined boundary to specified location on the map coinciding with the marketing campaign. As the tracked computer devices impinges on the borders of the market campaign's geofence, select messages may be received by the tracked computer devices, corresponding specifically to the events, promotions and advertisements of the campaign events during the time frame the events are active.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: International Busienss Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew B. Cornwall, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Pooja M. Kotecha, Nicholas R. Sandonato
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Patent number: 10417664Abstract: An online system receives a discount offer from a merchant and displays the offer to a user before the offer's start time. The online system also defines one or more triggering conditions and sends a notification to remind the user about the discount offer when a triggering condition is satisfied. One of the triggering conditions can be based on whether the user has accessed a web page provided by the merchant. The merchant system provides a web page that sends an indication to the online system when the user accesses the web page. After receiving the indication, the online system sends a notification about the discount offer to the user. Sending the notification in this manner has the effect of reminding the user of the discount offer after the user has already expressed an interest in the merchant and its products by viewing the merchant web page.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Dan Barak, John Stephen Ketchpaw
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Patent number: 10417665Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a server, navigation device, and distribution exclusion area setting method in an advertising information distribution system, which avoid unnecessary distribution of advertising information and improve precision of a distribution area of the advertising information. When distributing advertising information relating to a facility in the vicinity of the present location of the navigation device, at least a portion of the area of a travel area which has recently been traversed is excluded from an area for distribution of the advertising information; therefore, it becomes unnecessary to distribute the advertising information of the facility which is in a site to which it would be necessary to double back from the present location, and it is possible to improve the precision of the distribution area of the advertising information.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Shintani, Yosuke Fuchiwaki
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Patent number: 10417666Abstract: A digital signage control device includes: a traffic condition related information acquiring unit configured to acquire the traffic condition related information on traffic conditions near each of a plurality of digital signages; and a display control unit configured to: cause the plurality of digital signages to display advertisement information, and switch a digital signage on which the advertisement information is displayed among the plurality of digital signages based on traffic condition related information.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masakazu Nomura, Masato Endo, Naoki Yamamuro
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Patent number: 10417667Abstract: A system and method allows a user to define books of pictures and customizable text, and HTML code is generated from such definition to allow the books to be displayed on a browser. Based on the user's book definitions or viewers activities, the individual's interests, moods and/or emotions may be identified and ads may be identified and displayed to such person that correspond to such interests, moods or emotions.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Val Agostino, Axel Albin-Lax, Sinclair H. Hitchings, Travis Neilson
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Patent number: 10417668Abstract: A system for deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) having a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)message from an originating communication device requesting communications with a terminating communication device, and establish an Internet Protocol (IP) connection between the originating communication device and an advertisement media system to present at the originating communication device an advertisement message that replaces a ringback tone associated with the terminating communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Chaoxin Qiu, Diana M. Cantu
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Patent number: 10417669Abstract: A method for displaying messages that are placed on packages being shipped to consumers in the form of labels that are targeted to specific consumers based on publicly available data or shopping behavior data. The method includes receiving information regarding one or more packages to be delivered to one or more recipients. The method also includes retrieving promotion data regarding one or more promotions targeted to the one or more recipients. One or more personalized promotion labels are generated from the promotion data.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: ZadspaceInventor: James Chen-Hwa Ho
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Patent number: 10417670Abstract: The queue wait time estimation system of the present disclosure leverages its users' Internet-connected mobile devices—and the data they generate based on sensor feedback—to estimate the queue wait times at various establishments. The queue wait time estimation system communicates the estimated queue wait times to the users to enable the users to make an informed decision as to whether they'd like to visit a particular establishment based on its estimated queue wait time.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: Musa Sulejmani
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Patent number: 10417671Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide a system for optimizing dynamic review generation. The system include a memory to store profile data for a plurality of merchant; and a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to create a dynamic redirection container for an online review associated with a merchant. The dynamic message container is transmitted to a client device of a user at the physical location. Confirmation is received from the client device that the dynamic redirection container is activated by the user. One or more weighted event factors associated with a plurality of sites is identified based on the received confirmation and distribution parameters specified by a merchant system for the merchant. In accordance with the weighted event factors, the client device is redirected to at least one site of the plurality sites as being associated with the dynamic redirection container.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: YEXT, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Berry, Marc Ferrentino
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Patent number: 10417672Abstract: A system and process provides online service providers with a platform to list services. The platform provides standardized templates for various business categories and service segments associated within each category. The electronic templates allow providers to conveniently enable/disable service offerings and input price, service tiers, and optional upgrades by toggling settings. The listing data is then received by the host and available to be listed through an online marketplace which may be presented to mobile application users. A search query by a consumer returns service listings that can be compared one to one by price a service offered.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventor: John Andrew Garcia
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Patent number: 10417673Abstract: A method for requesting an on-demand service on a computing device is provided. One or more processors determine the current location of the computing device. A multistate selection feature of a plurality of service options for providing the on-demand service is presented on the display of the computing device. The multistate selection feature enables a user to select a service option that is available within a region that includes the current location to provide the on-demand service. In response to the user selecting one of the plurality of service options, a summary user interface is presented on the display to provide region-specific information about the on-demand service based on the selected service option.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shalin Amin, Mina Radhakrishnan, Paul-Phillip Holden, Curtis Chambers
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Patent number: 10417674Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to enable multiple entities having interests in an event (such as a transaction) to receive and view information related to the event. Entities may receive alerts and status information related to different aspects of a transaction or other event.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Bill.com, LLCInventors: Henrique Pedreira de Freitas Ceribelli, Eric Chan, Mark Orttung, Darren Linscott
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Patent number: 10417675Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and an associated method to retrieve information related to marketplace items within an electronic environment are disclosed. A network architecture comprises a listing module to store the information related to the marketplace items. The related information includes one or more user-created items such as an image of a model with one or more tagged items worn by the model. Each of the one or more tagged items has associated descriptive metadata. A communications module is arranged to receive a query including search terms related to social fashion items from an end-user. A query engine is coupled to the communications module to match the search terms contained within the query to the associated descriptive metadata of the tagged items in the listing module. A processing module then displays to the end-user the model and the one or more tagged items.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Eric J. Farraro, John Tapley, Wei Diana Chiang
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Patent number: 10417676Abstract: A method for having a mobile price transaction system including comparisons. The system obtains information about prices and transactions involving products and services in real time over a wireless link. The actions include making a price comparison inquiry to a central server for the product, service, or price information. The inquiry is formatted in the central server for transmission to sources of the information such as vendors or their web sites. After receiving a response from the sources, the response is suitably formatted and is displayed on the mobile unit. The information will often be available locally on the central server, but the present invention includes commanding remote sources to provide an action such as a response, including a response at a desired time or for desired conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Inventors: Sunil K. Rao, Sa K. Rao, Raman K. Rao
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Patent number: 10417677Abstract: A group video generating system includes an application that is executed on each of multiple computing devices to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) that receives from each of a plurality of participants, a video segment including content directed toward a recipient. The application combines the video segment from each participant to form a group video, and transmits the group video to the recipient.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Gift Card Impressions, LLCInventors: Brett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass, Karl Joseph Geisler, Dominique Michelle Pierron O'Hara
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Patent number: 10417678Abstract: A system or method is provided to analyze and determine distinguishing or secondary characteristics among merchants. In particular, the system may collect basic merchant information, such as name, type of business, products/services offered, location, owner, and other basic information regarding merchants. The system may determine merchants that are similar in type, size, location, of other factors, based on the basic information. They system may then determine distinguishing or secondary characteristics among similar merchants. The distinguishing or secondary characteristics may be determined from consumers' transactions with the merchants or other data detected by sensors or devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventor: Kamal Zamer
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Patent number: 10417679Abstract: A method for transaction verification scoring includes obtaining, from a distributed computing system of distributed computing systems distributed throughout a computing network, a transaction description describing a financial transaction with a vendor, obtaining, from the distributed computing systems, transaction records of potential corroborators, and reconciling, with the financial transaction, the transaction records to obtain at least one matching transaction record of at least one corroborator, in the potential corroborators, to the financial transaction. The method further includes scoring the transaction description based on a function of each of the at least one corroborator to the financial transaction to obtain a verification score, and presenting, on a display device, a recommendation of the vendor to a consumer based on the verification score.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Kevin Michael Furbish, Calum Murray, John J. Tumminaro, Jeffrey A. Langston
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Patent number: 10417680Abstract: A method comprising receiving, on a server, from a computing device of a user, a request to receive a battery charge on a battery-powered device of the user, the request including one or more criteria; identifying, by the server, one or more potential charge donors as target charge donors by comparing the criteria of the request with donor preferences previously provided by potential charge donors; and sending, from the server, information related to a target charge donor to the computing device of the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Snergy Inc.Inventor: Mark Bollman, IV
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Patent number: 10417681Abstract: Systems and methods for individualized distribution of digital content to purchasers via portable kiosks are described. The systems contain a storage device for storing the digital content and distribution devices for distributing the digital content to a user. The distribution devices can be configured to be portable so that users who are not mobile can access the distribution device. As well, the users can use a receiving device containing unique identification data to receive and access the digital content. Such a system is extremely useful for users who are not mobile and whose use of the distribution devices needs to be controlled, such as detainees in a corrections facility. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: REALLY EPIC DOG, LTDInventors: Jon F. Butler, Mark W. Nakada, Michael Hamling
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Patent number: 10417682Abstract: A retailing system for providing interaction between a customer and a retailer to assist in the completion of a sale, comprising, a customer interface arranged to display to a customer information about at least one item, an input module arranged to receive input regarding a potential sale of the at least one item from the customer for provision to a database via a communications system, wherein the database is arranged to provide the input from the customer to at least one other user associated with the retailer on a retailer interface viewable by the at least one other user, wherein the at least one other user utilizes the interface to review the input and interact with the customer to assist in the completion of the sale.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: BETWEEN THE FLAGS (AUST) PTY LTDInventors: Grant Oayda, David John Lockwood, Dean Pham
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Patent number: 10417683Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a custom designed container or package and an insert received in the container or package by selecting a size of the container or package using a size graphical user interface of a graphical user interface displayed on a display device. The custom foam insert can be designed using an insert shape graphical user interface displayed on the display device. The custom foam insert includes one or more cavities corresponding to respective one or more features of one or more objects to be retained in the container or package.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Cases By Source Inc.Inventors: Matthew Adler, Jeffrey Chookazian