Online Discount Or Incentive Patents (Class 705/14.39)
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Patent number: 11961059Abstract: The present disclosure promotes distribution of sensor data among a plurality of business operators. A controller that an information processing system according to the present disclosure includes collects first data including a plurality of items and personal information from mobile bodies belonging to a first business operator. The controller converts the first data to second data not being usable to identify individuals. The controller provides data in a range decided based on content of a predetermined data use contract, among the second data, to a second business operator. The controller calculates a consideration for the data that is to be paid by the second business operator, based on a data use record of the second business operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Nobuaki Matsueda, Takashi Sueki, Jun Okamoto, Takumi Wada, Ryo Midorikawa, Junichi Nonaka, Wataru Shiraishi, Yasuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Shigeru Ichikawa, Hidetaka Eguchi, Masayo Nagai, Mika Inaba
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Patent number: 11954147Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for tracking content items are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: David Della Santa
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Patent number: 11915302Abstract: A method of accumulating a personalized list of products viewed by a user on different website domains includes providing a first embedded code on a first website domain and a second embedded code on a second website domain in which the first website domain is different from said second website domain. Each of the embedded codes allows a specified third party server to communicate interactively with the user. The method further includes automatically accumulating a personalized list of products viewed by the user in a database on the specified third party server, wherein the personalized list includes at least a first product and a second product, wherein the first product is on the first website domain and the second product is on the second website domain.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Dealer Dot ComInventors: Jai Paul Macker, Chris Scott, Robert Anthony George, Joseph James Pistell
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Patent number: 11916912Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for providing secure access to devices enabled for connectivity using access control are disclosed. The computer-implemented method for providing secure access to devices enabled for connectivity comprises dynamically associating each of the one or more devices to at least one user account; assigning an IP address to each of the one or more devices enabled for connectivity; dynamically generating at least one access-control list (ACL) for each of the one or more devices associated with the at least one user account; and restricting access only to the at least one user account via ACL generated for the one or more devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Aeris Communications, Inc.Inventors: Karan Kapoor, Asit Goel, Drew Johnson, Amit Khetawat
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Patent number: 11897334Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a vehicle body, a plurality of RF signal receivers located at a plurality of locations within the vehicle, a portable pet bowl configured to be transported in the vehicle body, the pet bowl including a container for holding content such as water, an RF signal transmitter located on the pet bowl for transmitting an RF signal, and a controller for processing the RF signal received by each of the plurality of RF signal receivers and determining a location of the pet bowl based on the received RF signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Annette Lynn Huebner, Marguerite Lynn Kimball, Hussein Berry, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Pietro Buttolo
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Patent number: 11902227Abstract: A system for introducing live content into an electronic mail message comprising at least one dynamic live content area sent through an e-mail service provider system comprises memory and a click manager. The memory includes live content comprising image data and expiration data. The click manager receives an indication of the opening of the message by a recipient, wherein the click manager accesses the memory to retrieve live content and send the retrieved live content for rendering in the dynamic live content area of the e-mail message opened by the one of the plurality of recipients.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: James Michael Ciancio-Bunch, Scott McCorkle, Richard W. Jamison
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Patent number: 11886966Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing, by a computing device, location data associated with a location of the computing device to determine that an image or video captured using a messaging application on the computing device is captured near a food-related venue or event, receiving input related to food associated with the food-related venue or event, sending the image or video and the input related to food associated with the food-related venue or event to a computing system to train a machine learning model for food detection, and updating the messaging application to comprise the trained machine learning model for food detection.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: SNAP INC.Inventors: Zehao Xue, Zhou Ren
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Patent number: 11889160Abstract: Embodiments described herein include systems and methods for providing a management interface for controlling multiple households. The management interface may be provided as an application on a mobile device or as an Internet webpage. An example implementation involves a device displaying representations of: a plurality of households; an indication of a selected household; one or more zones within the selected household; and a representation of media being played by a selected zone of the one or more zones. While displaying the representations, the device receives, from a server, data indicating updated information associated with the plurality of households; and, in response, updates the graphical display to display at least an updated representation of media being played by the selected zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Ron Kuper, Arthur L. Coburn, IV, John Meyer, Mike Delaney
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Patent number: 11847887Abstract: One aspect of the disclosure relates to implementing a system to encourage cross platform operation in an online game. The online game may provide the ability to provide incentives for participating in cross platform game play. The system may monitor the player's performance on a particular console and provide incentives to accomplish tasks through game play on a different platform than the player is currently operating to play the game.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Kabam, Inc.Inventors: Clifford J. Harrington, Kent Wakeford
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Patent number: 11847679Abstract: A system can determine a first persona for a user identity. The system can generate a web page based on the first persona, wherein respective reinforcement learning agents determine respective content of respective content modules of the website, wherein the reinforcement agents operate on an environment that comprises a group of states, a group of actions, and a group of rewards that are based on the group of states, and respective actions of the group of actions, and wherein a reward of the respective reinforcement learning agents that is increased via reinforcement learning is based on a sum of respective rewards of the respective reinforcement learning agents in transitioning the user identity to a second persona with respect to the website. The system can, in response to receiving first action data indicative of user identity interaction with the web page, transition the user identity to the second persona.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.Inventor: Priya Shanmugasundaram
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Patent number: 11829994Abstract: A mobile wallet computing system associated with a mobile wallet database includes a mobile wallet circuit structured to present a mobile wallet interface a mobile wallet user. The mobile wallet interface includes a first portion that includes a graphical depiction of a user payment vehicle associated with a financial institution, the first portion including a first interaction point that enables the user to initiate a sequence to engage in a mobile wallet transaction using the mobile wallet. The interface also includes a second portion that includes a second interaction point and a third interaction point, the second interaction point enabling the user to access a functionality enabling the user to indicate a transaction preference for a transaction with an entity other than the mobile wallet provider or financial institution, the third interaction point enabling the user to indicate a preference to initiate communications with the financial institution.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Ashish B. Kurani, Joseph Ng
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Patent number: 11776070Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating participative support among users are disclosed. The users may include content-providing users that provide user-provided content to other users. Exemplary implementations may: obtain items of user-provided content; effectuate presentations of the items of user-provided content through user interfaces to the users; receive revenue information from the users, wherein the revenue information represents received revenue for the content-providing users, including a participative-support exchange between a second user and the content-providing user of an amount of a currency being exchanged for a portion of particular (future) revenue received by the content-providing user; determine the particular revenue for the content-providing user, based on the received revenue information; determine and distribute the portion of the particular revenue to the second user, in accordance with the participative-support exchange.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Heir Apparent, Inc.Inventors: Summer Watson, Lynette Perkins
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Patent number: 11755624Abstract: In a processing system 101, a first processing device 111 obtains first characteristics information indicating characteristics of users in a first environment, divides the users into first clusters according to the first characteristics information, and transmits, to a second processing device 121, representation information representing characteristics of users belonging to each of the first clusters using a centroid vector based on the first characteristics information of the cluster. The second processing device 121 obtains second characteristics information indicating characteristics of the users in a second environment, and divides the users into second clusters according to the representation information and the second characteristics information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.Inventors: Yu Hirate, Hiroki Mihara
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Patent number: 11750717Abstract: A global architecture (GLP), as disclosed herein, is based on the thin server architectural pattern; it delivers all its services in the form of web services and there are no user interface components executed on the GLP. Each web service exposed by the GLP is stateless, which allows the GLP to be highly scalable. The GLP is further decomposed into components. Each component is a microservice, making the overall architecture fully decoupled. Each microservice has fail-over nodes and can scale up on demand. This means the GLP has no single point of failure, making the platform both highly scalable and available. The GLP architecture provides the capability to build and deploy a microservice instance for each course-recipient-user combination. Because each student interacts with their own microservice, this makes the GLP scale up to the limit of cloud resources available—i.e. near infinity.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: PEARSON MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITEDInventors: James Walsh, Suhail Khaki
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Patent number: 11748748Abstract: A method for the use of electronic transactional tokens includes: generating a plurality of transactional tokens including a first token; associating each of the transactional tokens with a plurality of users, the first token associated with a first user; monitoring usage of the transactional tokens in a plurality of transactions in a local region or network; and in response to receiving transactional data for the first transaction, updating the first token from a first state to a second state (e.g., to provide a benefit when the token is applied in the local region or network). The tokens may be generated and monitored using a token processing system, which uses transaction data received by a transaction handler that is handling transaction processing for the transactions.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Theodore Harris, Patrick Faith
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Patent number: 11741504Abstract: A method for providing, to a consumer in a mobile device, a digital content to be displayed on the mobile device, is disclosed. The method includes requesting non-personally identifiable information from a consumer in a pixel script of the advertisement payload, tracking an event trigger in the pixel script, the event trigger configured to fire upon completion of a selected portion of the advertising payload, and modifying a consumer account based on the event trigger and the non-personally identifiable information. The method also includes providing an updated feature of the consumer account to a retail store when a configured rule in the pixel script is satisfied. A system including a memory storing instructions to cause the system to execute the above method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Catalina Marketing CorporationInventors: Zubin Singh, Terrance Snyder, Kevin Hunter
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Patent number: 11733837Abstract: Methods and systems for unifying display of virtual resources are described herein. A virtual session between a client device and a server device may be established. During the virtual session, a user may request, via the client device, to access a uniform resource locator (URL) via a browser associated with the server device. The URL request may be redirected. For example, the client device may receive, from the server device, a request to access the URL via a different browser. The client device may determine another browser with which to access the URL, and the URL may be launched via the other browser. The client device may generate a unified display of the URL launched via the other browser and one or more other URLs.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventor: Manbinder Pal Singh
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Patent number: 11729462Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for transferring an interactive feature from a first device to a second device. Two users may be consuming a media asset. Upon receipt of a command to active an interactive feature, a determination is made whether a user who did not activate the interactive feature is interested in the media asset. Upon that determination, a timer is activated that tracks an amount of time for which the interactive feature is active and a determination is made whether a threshold time period has been met. Once the threshold time period is met, a device associated with the user that activated the interactive feature is identified and the users are prompted to transfer the interactive feature to the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.Inventors: John Blake, Milan Patel, Rowena Young, Jean Michel Pierre Bourdon
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Patent number: 11715334Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: (i) receiving location information that represents a physical location of a user; (ii) receiving a first image that has been captured by the user; (iii) in response to receiving the first image, obtaining a second image that has been captured by a camera and that depicts a particular object in an area around the physical location; (iv) determining whether the first image matches the second image; and (v) in response to determining that the first image matches the second image, determining that the user is authentic.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: David Ash, Shmuel Ur, Vlad Dabija
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Patent number: 11710157Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for presenting an advertisement are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing an advertisement to be presented in connection with presentation of a video having content associated with an application, wherein the advertisement includes information indicating one or more virtual items associated with the application available for purchase; receiving a user input indicating a purchase of at least one of the one or more virtual items; causing payment information to be collected based on a user account associated with a request for presentation of the video to complete the purchase; and transmitting information indicating the completed purchase to an entity associated with the application.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Justin Lewis, Ruxandra Georgiana Paun
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Patent number: 11665280Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for telephone call regulation include the use of a predictive model. An example method includes receiving, by a predictive model, a telephone number from a user application comprising instructions for execution on a user device and determining, by the predictive model, a spam factor for the received telephone number. The example method further includes determining, by the predictive model, a classification of the received telephone number based on the spam factor and transmitting, by the predictive model, the classification of the received telephone number to the user application. The example method further includes receiving, by the predictive model, a feedback from the user application, the feedback indicative of a corrective classification of the received telephone number and modifying, by the predictive model, the spam factor for the received telephone number based on the corrective classification.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Zainab Zaki, Manuel Vincente Vivo
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Patent number: 11615415Abstract: A transaction displaying method includes obtaining data associated with a transaction from a server, where the data includes data associated with one or more displaying groups and data associated with one or more displaying objects in each of the displaying groups. The method further includes, subsequent to the obtaining the data, detecting that the transaction is triggered, selecting, responsive to the detecting, a displaying group from the data, selecting a displaying object in the selected displaying group for display, and displaying the selected displaying object.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yao Qin, Jiasong Han
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System and method using natural language processing to synthesize and build infrastructure platforms
Patent number: 11593093Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product structured for synthesizing and building infrastructure platforms.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Aruna Jonna, Bhuvaneswar Reddy Velkuri -
Patent number: 11532008Abstract: Systems and methods for interfacing with a third-party website. In one embodiment, a computer system is configured to directly interface with a website via a webpage to change certain numerical values through the use of digital codes. The digital codes are applied to a data entry interface on the webpage, and the responses are monitored and transmitted back to a server system.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventor: Ryan David Hudson
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Patent number: 11507984Abstract: A machine is configured to generate in real time personalized online banner images for users based on data pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. For example, the machine receives a user selection indicating one or more data features associated with the user. The one or more data features include a data feature pertaining to user behavior in relation to an image of a product. The machine generates, using a machine learning algorithm, a data representation of the machine learning algorithm based on the one or more data features including the data feature pertaining to user behavior in relation to the image of the product. The data representation includes one or more data features pertaining to one or more characteristics of online banner images. The machine generates an online banner image for the user based on the data representation.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Shuai Zheng, Mohammadhadi Kiapour, Nandini Ramakrishnan, Christophe Boudet, Fred Aye Zaw, Jr.
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Patent number: 11477144Abstract: A method may include receiving a message having lead information, initiating a conversation with a prospect identified in the lead information, and sending a modified version of the message to a CRM system, wherein the modified version of the message includes information about the conversation. The information about the conversation may include a hyperlink to the conversation in a messaging platform. The method may further include assigning the prospect identified in the lead information to a representative. The modified version of the message may identify the representative. The representative may be identified by sender information in the modified message. The conversation may include a message to the prospect identified in the lead information. The message to the prospect may be automatically personalized to the prospect. The message having lead information may be intercepted between a lead source and a CRM system.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SendSmart, Inc.Inventor: David Yasnoff
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Patent number: 11435879Abstract: Methods and systems for unifying display of virtual resources are described herein. A virtual session between a client device and a server device may be established. During the virtual session, a user may request, via the client device, to access a uniform resource locator (URL) via a browser associated with the server device. The URL request may be redirected. For example, the client device may receive, from the server device, a request to access the URL via a different browser. The client device may determine another browser with which to access the URL, and the URL may be launched via the other browser. The client device may generate a unified display of the URL launched via the other browser and one or more other URLs.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.Inventor: Manbinder Pal Singh
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Patent number: 11430001Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for a computational platform using machine learning for integration data sharing platforms. A user may engage in a transaction with another user, such as a purchase of goods, services, or other items from a merchant. A service provider may provide a data feed to the user via integrated computational platforms that allows the user to post data including information regarding the processed transaction. The post may include a share code that links back to the user and their corresponding transaction. Thereafter, the post may be viewed by other users and the share code may be used by the other users in order to perform similar transaction processing, where these later transactions are linked back to the original user. Tracking of these later transactions may be done through application extensions that allow the computational platforms to track user data over different online interactions.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventor: Nishanthi Yuvaraj
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Patent number: 11409717Abstract: A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Reid Andersen, Parag Agrawal, Utkarsh Srivastava, Hyun Duk Kim
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Patent number: 11409812Abstract: A system and method for associating a document with a concept are provided. One or more idea-electronic document associations is identified, wherein each idea-electronic document association is based on a user performance criteria relative to the electronic document and the idea. At least one of the one or more electronic documents is identified with a concept based on the one or more idea-electronic document associations, wherein the concept is related to the one or more ideas.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Wesley T. Chan, Sumit Agarwal, Rama Ranganath, Leora Ruth Wiseman, Deepak Jindal
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Patent number: 11399000Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a notification upon the occurrence of a trigger event associated with playing media content over a network are described. An exemplary method may include transmitting access to a media content data file to a computing device associated with a content receiver, playing the data file at the computing device, and transmitting an electronic notification to another computing device when the trigger event occurs.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Campus Crusade For Christ, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Thomson, Howard Crutsinger, Tataihono Rauru Nikora, Eric Barker, Matthew Watts
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Patent number: 11392960Abstract: Automated computing machinery that agnostically augments a customer relationship management (“CRM”) application, including an agent hub comprising a module of the automated computing machinery configured with computer memory that associates an identity of a tele-agent, the tele-agent's qualifications, and an indication whether the tele-agent is logged on to the agent hub; and the agent hub operatively coupled for data communications to a browser, the browser bearing a browser extension through which a sales template for a sales campaign to which the tele-agent is assigned to work is operatively exposed as an overlay upon a graphical user interface of the browser, the overlay overlaid upon a web page of the CRM application.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions LimitedInventor: Shannon Copeland
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Patent number: 11379436Abstract: A real-time messaging platform allows advertiser accounts to pay to insert candidate messages into the message streams requested by account holders. To accommodate multiple advertisers, the messaging platform controls an auction process that determines which candidate messages are selected for inclusion in a requested account holder's message stream. Selection is based on a bid for the candidate message, the message stream that is requested, and a variety of other factors that vary depending upon the implementation. The process for selection of candidate messages generally includes the following steps, though any given step may be omitted or combined into another step in a different implementation: targeting, filtering, prediction, ranking, and selection.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Twitter, Inc.Inventors: Reid Andersen, Parag Agrawal, Utkarsh Srivastava, Hyun Duk Kim
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Patent number: 11367156Abstract: In one or more embodiments, one or more processes, methods, and/or systems associated with a first jurisdiction may receive a request for a transaction, that involves private information, from a second computer system in a second jurisdiction. For example, the second jurisdiction may be subject to one or more privacy statutes and/or one or more privacy regulations. For instance, the one or more privacy statutes and/or one or more privacy regulations may apply to entities outside the jurisdiction that collect and/or process data of a resident and/or a citizen of the jurisdiction. In one or more embodiments, the one or more processes, methods, and/or systems may further determine that the second computer system is in the second jurisdiction, provide an instruction to a third computer system, in the second jurisdiction, to execute program instructions that executes the transaction, and receive, from the third computer system, metadata associated with the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventor: Jisoo Lee
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Patent number: 11270401Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a system and method, a computer program product, and a computer system for generating a customized blueprint dynamically based on contextual data. The exemplary embodiments may include collecting contextual data within an environment and extracting one or more factors from the collected contextual data. The exemplary embodiments may additionally include generating an optimized path of egress by applying a model to the one or more factors and displaying the optimized path of egress on a device of a user.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Anshul Shrivastava, Hemant Kumar Sivaswamy, Stuti Nair, Sachin K. Mahajan
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Patent number: 11240197Abstract: A method includes obtaining subscriber attributes from a subscriber, encoding the subscriber attributes into an internet protocol (IP) address, and assigning the encoded IP protocol address to the subscriber. The encoded IP address with attributes specific to the subscriber may then be used to provide customized and enhanced services to the subscriber and provide more efficient operations for the service provider.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Sayko, Susan Feit
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Patent number: 11238522Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for leveraging user shopping habits to deliver store-relevant materials in a more efficient manner. User location and other relevant information may be analyzed to predict an in-store shopping path for future visits, which may include different store areas each having different store-relevant materials (e.g., coupons) associated therewith. Upon a user visiting the store on a future visit, the predicted path may be used to upload data to the user's portable computing device for store-relevant materials in the order in which they will likely be needed. As the user moves within the store, the portable computing device may purge data associated with store areas that have already been visited while pre-fetching the next store area likely to be visited next.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: WALGREEN CO.Inventor: Kartik Subramanian
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Patent number: 11188919Abstract: A method of authenticating a smart card with a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes receiving and underwriting a new payment card application at a card issuer computing system. Upon completing the underwriting process and approving the new payment card application, the card issuer computing system issues an enabling token to the mobile device, which allows the mobile device to complete transactions based on a new payment card.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventor: Peter Ho
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Patent number: 11176170Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present specification provide blockchain-based data processing computer-implemented methods, non-transitory, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented systems. In an implementation, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a first node device of a blockchain and from a distributed database of the blockchain, a target transaction that comprises state information of a target user. A data type of the state information and data content that corresponds to the data type of the state information is identified. A first graphical processing is performed on the data content that corresponds to the data type of the state information to obtain a state graphic that corresponds to the target user, where the first graphical processing is performed based on first predetermined data graphical processing logic that corresponds to the data type of the state information.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ziyuan Luo, Lindong Liu
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Patent number: 11144894Abstract: Multi-level network-based access is coordinated. Multiple downloadable first software applications configured to provide a first class of service are distributed over a communications network. Multiple downloadable second software applications configured to provide a second class of service are distributed over the communications network. A centralized computer system coordinates access between the first software applications and the second software applications, such that access between any of the first software applications and the second software applications is controlled by and through confirmation of the centralized computer system. Services on behalf of the first software applications are provided by the centralized computer system to the second software applications once access between a first software application and a second software application is confirmed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: DINEGIGS INC.Inventor: Duncan Parker
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Patent number: 11138533Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for allocating sales commissions. In providing such functionality, a method may include, for example, receiving a set of transaction information for a transaction. The transaction information may include an indication of at least one product or service for which a sales commission is offered. The method may also include determining, based on the transaction information, whether a merchant is eligible to receive the sales commission, in response to determining that the transaction information does not identify a merchant that is eligible to receive the sales commission, selecting, using a processor, at least one merchant from a list of merchants selected from a plurality of merchants to receive the sales commission, and providing the sales commission to the selected at least one merchant.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Beauty Systems Group LLCInventors: Robert Harris, Le Wang
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Patent number: 11138653Abstract: The core inventive points of this patent are the verification of a purchasing activity for a crowdsourcing based system and/or platform. There are two main aspects, the verification of purchasing certification from two sources and the verification of the implemented purchasing actions. The system respectively obtains the purchase proof from the implementing user and the purchase certification from the corresponding business owner. A comparison process is implemented to verify whether these two sources of purchase certification can be matched with each other. Furthermore, an address obtaining process is triggered when pre-defined user responses and/or actions were received to generate one or multiple obtained address associated with timestamp. And one or multiple extracted purchase addresses is obtained by respectively extract purchase address from the two sources of purchase certificate.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: KeKeQiHuo (Shenzhen) Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Keke Zu
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Patent number: 11089161Abstract: Automated message generation to a subject matter expert in response to a phone call is provided. A computing device receives a message identifying a telephone call that terminates at the computing device based on a destination number. Caller identification information, comprising at least a calling device number, is determined based on the message. An item identifier (ID) associated with the telephone call is determined. Information about an item that corresponds to the item ID is accessed. The information is sent to the calling device number. A message that includes the calling device number and item information that identifies the item is sent to a contact device.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Inventor: Carl N. Jensen
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Patent number: 11074605Abstract: A system and method for processing promotions in connection with digital purchasing. Data associated with a digital purchase request made by a consumer (the data comprising a token, an amount associated with the transaction, a promotional code for each item included in the digital purchase request associated with a promotion, a default transaction amount, and a single default promotional code) is received from a merchant server. The single default promotional code is assigned to all items included in the digital purchase request that are associated with promotions. Using the token, account information associated with the consumer is retrieved from a database. For each promotional code received, promotional information is retrieved. The retrieved promotional information is displayed. The digital purchase request is submitted for processing using the single default promotional code.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Synchrony BankInventors: Rinki Garg, James Wallace, Jonathan Schmidt, Taylor Young, Prakash Kothandapani, Rajasekhara Palanki
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Patent number: 11023899Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a marketplace server, a request to use a digital exchange item from a computing device. The method further includes obtaining secure custody of a digital chain of custody of the digital exchange item where the digital exchange item has been updated in regards to the request. The method further includes verifying exchange item information and exchange item use information and updating the digital chain of custody of the digital exchange item accordingly. When the exchange item information and exchange item use information is verified, the method further includes verifying merchant information regarding the requested use of the digital exchange item and updating the digital chain of custody of the digital exchange item accordingly. When the merchant information is verified, the method further includes executing the use of the digital exchange item and updating the digital chain of custody of the digital exchange item accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Raise Marketplace Inc.Inventors: Josh K. Metnick, Conrad Hancock Barski
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Patent number: 10997305Abstract: Disclosed are an information processing device, information processing method, and a distributed component. The information processing device according to one embodiment comprises one or more processors. The processor is configured to generate a distributed component aimed at a three dimensional printing task. The distributed component is used for controlling, independent of the information processing device, execution of the three dimensional printing task after establishing a connection with a user equipment, and comprises decryption information of three dimensional model data used for the three dimensional printing task. The processor is further configured to control the arrangement of the distributed component to the user equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Zhihui Zhang, Weibin Shi
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Patent number: 10991018Abstract: A system includes a server having a database stored thereon, an operator device, and a coordinating device communicatively coupled with the server and with the operator device, wherein the coordinating device comprises a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory is configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the coordinating device to perform various steps. The steps include receiving account data, from the server, corresponding with an account of a plurality of accounts saved to the database, receiving preference data, from the operator device, corresponding with preferences of an operator of the operator device and relating to the account data. The steps also include generating an avatar reflecting the account data in accordance with the preference data, and displaying the avatar on a display.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Michael Joseph Gaeta, Bipin Chadha, Oscar Roberto Tijerina, Jeremy Kolt Loukas
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Patent number: 10984493Abstract: An example method for displaying renovation options for a structure includes: receiving homeowner financial information; receiving a selection of a renovation option; receiving pricing information of the renovation option; generating a financial impact analysis based on the homeowner financial information and the pricing information; displaying a renovation view on an augmented reality device, the renovation view displaying the structure with a representation of the renovation option depicted thereon; and displaying a financial impact analysis view showing the financial impact analysis, including a renovation budget amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Inventors: Jennifer Stacey Borchardt, Adam Clifford Christensen, Charles Cowell, Eduardo DeLa Torre, Darren M. Goetz, Eric David Greene, Robert Glenn Hamchuk, Miranda C. Hill, Pey-Ning Huang, Orsolya Oldroyd, Paul Vittimberga
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Patent number: 10984453Abstract: A system and method for providing targeted marketing to a user based on the user's social media interaction. The system includes one or more computing platforms providing computer-automated functionality performing method steps for accepting a digital media and digital media related data from a publisher, generating associated information unique identifiers, monitoring social media networks for member-user rankings of the digital media after it is posted, and communicating to a member-user targeted marketing information based on the user rankings A data storage device persists the digital media, digital media related data, and information unique identifier, which may include a linking hash character, a unique identifier, an account identifier, and/or social media network system-defined elements. The publisher selects digital media and information representing digital media elements, and posts the digital media on the social media network website.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: rewardStyle, Inc.Inventors: Baxter Box, Harrison Jackson
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Patent number: 10970680Abstract: Systems and methods to provide for social media monitoring and employee social media monitoring are described herein. In one example, a method includes a determining a score associated with a likelihood that a post on a social media network is associated with a trigger event. The post is transmitted to a computing device, based at least on the score. A response to the post is received from the computing device. An indication that the response is approved is received. The response is posted to the social media network, based at least on the indication that the response is approved.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Heather Hernandez, D. Benjamin Schofield