Using Item Specifications Patents (Class 705/26.63)
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Patent number: 11978106Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a plurality of matching items that match a reference item are disclosed. The method includes first determining reference attribute data for the reference item, where the reference attribute data is multimodal. Next, selecting a deep learning multimodal matching model from a plurality of candidate multimodal matching models. The selected deep learning multimodal matching model has a first deep learning neural network (DLNN) for processing data having a first data mode and a second DLNN analyzer for processing data having a second data mode. Then, matching a potential matching item to the reference item using the selected deep learning multimodal matching model to generate a match score, where the match score is computed based on the reference attribute data for the reference item and attribute data for the potential matching item. Finally, adding the potential matching item to the plurality of matching items based on the match score.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Price Technologies Inc.Inventors: Rahul Jain, Steven Douglas Moffitt
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Patent number: 11972528Abstract: A method for processing model data of a set of garments includes storing first and second model data of a first and a second garment of the set, each of the model data including two-dimensional or three-dimensional geometry data defining a mesh associated with the respective garment. A limiting object of the respective garment is defined by at least a portion of the geometry data and constitutes a separation between an interior and an exterior of the respective garment. The first and the second garment constitute an inner garment and an outer garment that is worn over the inner garment. At least one opening object for the outer garment is stored, defined as a portion of the limiting object and constituting a transition for an item between the interior and the exterior of the outer garment. Intersection objects are determined for each of the garments, defining one or more intersections between the limiting objects of the garments.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Reactive Reality GmbHInventors: Stefan Hauswiesner, Philipp Grasmug, Alexander Pilz
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Patent number: 11899914Abstract: A computer-implemented method that includes displaying a graphical user interface (“GUI”) and receiving personalized information from at least one server computing device. The GUI includes a page. The personalized information identifies a theatre location, movies playing at the theatre location, dates, and showtimes associated with the movies and dates. The method includes displaying on the page, the movies, dates on which a particular movie is showing, and a particular showtime on a particular date. A selection is entered by the user into a user input displayed on the page. The selection changes the theatre location, the particular movie, the particular date, and/or the particular showtime without the user exiting the page. The page updates automatically to display the user selection. An indication is received that the user has selected a purchase input display on the page, and a purchase of at least one movie ticket is completed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HOLLYWOOD.COM LLCInventors: Greg Sica, Mitchell Rubenstein, Jerome Powell, Scott McDonald
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Patent number: 11868429Abstract: An online system accesses a list of features used as input into a predictor to predict a performance metric for content presented to users. The online system computes importance scores for one or more of the features. A ranked list of categories is created, with each category having one or more sub-categories. For each feature having a computed importance score, the online system assigns, for each attribute in the ranked list of attributes for that feature, the feature to a sub-category in one of the categories in the ranked list of categories that has the same rank as the attribute in the ranked list of attributes for the feature, where the sub-category is associated with a label that corresponds with the attribute. For each sub-category in each category, a cumulative score is computed for the sub-category based on the importance scores of the features of that sub-category.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.Inventors: Matthew David Stone, Andrew Donald Yates
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Patent number: 11868960Abstract: An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected product was returned to the back room. An adjustment to the PI is blocked when last PI adjustment time is later than the re-bin time. An adjustment to the PI is also blocked when an audit indicator is received at the interface indicating that the retail store is under an audit. An adjusted PI value is determined when the analysis indicates that the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf, the adjusted PI value being at least one more than the shelf capacity value.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Greg A. Bryan, Cristy C. Brooks, David Blair Brightwell, Benjamin D. Enssle, Matthew A. Jones, Jesse L. Eaton
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Patent number: 11829445Abstract: Systems and techniques are generally described for attribute-based content selection and search. In some examples, a graphical user interface (GUI) may display an image of a first product comprising a plurality of visual attributes. In some further examples, the GUI may display at least a first control button with data identifying a first visual attribute of the plurality of visual attributes. In some cases, a first selection of the first control button may be received. In some examples, a first plurality of products may be determined based at least in part on the first selection of the first control button. The first plurality of products may be determined based on a visual similarity to the first product, and a visual dissimilarity to the first product with respect to the first visual attribute. In some examples, the first plurality of products may be displayed on the GUI.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Loris Bazzani, Michael Donoser, Yuxin Hou, Eleonora Vig
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Patent number: 11822595Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for incremental agglomerative clustering of data, including but not limited to digital image data. Fewer than all of a plurality of existing digital image fingerprints are sampled from a first hierarchical data cluster of digital image fingerprints stored in a data storage device, the first hierarchical data cluster excluding a new digital image fingerprint. The new digital image fingerprint and the existing digital image fingerprints sampled from the first hierarchical data cluster are clustered to produce a second hierarchical data cluster of digital image fingerprints, the second hierarchical data cluster including the new digital image fingerprint. If a majority of the existing digital image fingerprints in the first hierarchical data cluster match the new digital image fingerprint, then the second hierarchical data cluster is mapped to the first hierarchical data cluster based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: ADOBE INC.Inventor: Damanjit Singh
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Patent number: 11816628Abstract: An electronic indication of a nil pick is received. Item information associated with the desired product, sales data concerning the desired product, supply chain information associated with the desired product, and a perpetual inventory (PI) value of the desired product are stored. An adjustment to the PI of the desired product is blocked when a predetermined event occurs at the retail store, or when information that contradicts the validity of the nil pick is received from the retail store. When the adjustment to the PI of the desired product is not blocked, an amount of the adjustment is determined based upon one or more of: the item information associated with the product, the sales data concerning the product, and the supply chain information associated with the desired product.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Greg A Bryan, Cristy C. Brooks, David Blair Brightwell, Benjamin D. Enssle, Matthew A. Jones, Jesse L. Eaton
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Patent number: 11783130Abstract: A computer process for entity resolution of natural language records including training a semantic embedding function on a corpus of unlabeled training materials. The semantic embedding function can take a word and represent it as a vector, where the vector represents the word as it relates to the semantic information of the corpus of unlabeled training materials. The process may transform a list of normalized descriptions using the semantic embedding function into a list of vector representations of the descriptions. The process may transform words from a natural language record to a vector representation of the natural language record using the semantic embedding function, and may use a named entity recognizer. The process may find a best match description from the list of normalized descriptions using the list of vector representations of the descriptions and the vector representation of the natural language record, and may include using word mover distance.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: John Snow Labs Inc.Inventors: Jose Pablo Andreotti, Saif Addin Ellafi, David Talby
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Patent number: 11776013Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and system that utilize a programmed content predictor to dynamically select electronic publishing content. In particular, the content predictor applies a selection model to select content for one or more selected webpages presented during an electronic transaction. The selection model utilizes a set of one or more machine learning models to select content based on calculated quality scores. The nature of the quality scores determined by the quality score model depend on the particular application. The predictor generates and populates a permutation quality table based on a set of selected content items and page variant, wherein the page variant defines locations of content positions within a webpage. The predictor then consumes the selection model to select a best permutation of content item-content position combinations to be returned for display on a webpage.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: ROKT PTE. LTD.Inventors: Kanishka Mohaia, Yan Xu
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Patent number: 11756062Abstract: A device for providing consumer feedback including an enclosure, processors housed within the enclosure, an image capturing device in communication with the processors and configured to capture a user gesture, a display screen, the display screen in communication with the processors, a memory, and a battery configured to supply power to the display screen, the image capturing device, the processors, and the memory. The memory contains instructions to display a question on the display screen and display answer options to the question. The answer options correspond to a particular user gesture. The device may receive a plurality of selected answers from a plurality of users in response to the question. Each selected answer is selected from the plurality of answer options via the particular user gesture corresponding to the selected answer. The device may aggregate the received selected answers and display the aggregated selected answers on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: THE LIKE MACHINE, INC.Inventors: Thomas Bolling, John Farrar
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System and method for management of perpetual inventory values based upon customer product purchases
Patent number: 11715066Abstract: A data structure programmatically links the first product to a second product. The second product is historically purchased by the customer whenever the customer has also purchased the first product. A determination is made as to whether the customer purchased the second product together with the first product based upon the sales data. When the customer has failed to purchase the second product with the first product, instructions are transmitted to the retail store over the network to perform a verification that the second product is out-of-stock. An outcome of the verification from the retail store is received via the network. A determination is made as to a level of certainty that the second product is actually out-of-stock based upon an analysis of the sales data and the outcome of the verification. When the level of certainty exceeds a predetermined threshold, the PI value is adjusted to zero.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Greg A. Bryan, Cristy C. Brooks, David Blair Brightwell, Benjamin D. Enssle, Matthew A. Jones -
Patent number: 11636148Abstract: Provided are a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable record medium for comparing common features of products and providing a comparison result. A product comparison method includes recognizing at least two comparable products from at least one image; displaying at least one common attribute of the at least two comparable products through a user interface; and based on the user interface receiving a user input that selects one of the at least one common attribute, as a selected attribute, providing a result of comparison between the at least two comparable products with regard to the selected attribute.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: LINE Plus CornorationInventor: Yei Won Choi
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Patent number: 11615133Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a search results interface for sharing user content for subsequent media searches of a physical object. In one example, a system comprises machine readable instructions stored in the a memory of a client device. The instructions cause the client device to at least transmit to a computing device a request for an image search of an object. The request comprises an image of the object. An image result is received from the computing device in response to the request for the image search. The instructions cause the client device to display an image search results interface. The image search results interface includes an image result from the image search and an upload user interface component. The upload user interface component is configured to display an input interface for uploading user content associated with the object in the image result.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Collective Vision Inc.Inventor: Igor Babushkin
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Patent number: 11562418Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a vehicle recommendation to a user may include: obtaining one or more vehicle images via a device associated with the user; identifying one or more user-selected images of the one or more vehicle images based on user interaction with the one or more vehicle images performed by the user via a user interface; identifying one or more first-level attributes from the one or more user-selected images; obtaining one or more vehicle identifications from the one or more user-selected images; determining one or more second-level attributes based on the one or more vehicle identifications; determining a value of each of the one or more first-level attributes and the one or more second-level attributes; determining the vehicle recommendation based on the value; and transmitting, to the device associated with the user, a notification indicating the vehicle recommendation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Qiaochu Tang, Michelle Emamdie, Jiaxin Guo, Jeremy Huang, Derek Bumpas
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Patent number: 11507996Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for catalog item selection based on visual similarity are disclosed. A similarity detection system selects candidate items for an unavailable item in a catalog. The candidate items are selected from one or more item categories in which the unavailable item is classified. The system determines respective similarity scores for at least some of the candidate items with respect to the unavailable item. For a particular candidate item, the similarity score is determined based at least in part on a visual similarity between an image of the unavailable item and an image of the particular candidate item. The system selects, from the candidate items, a set of visually similar items to the unavailable item based at least in part on the similarity scores. The visually similar items are available to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Xiaolei Zhou, Chang Liu, Lin Lin, Frederick Ian St Johnston
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Patent number: 11416905Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, and the like capable of reducing labor of associating an item for sale with a category. The information processing device acquires an image specified by a user. The information processing device extracts a feature value of the specified image. The information processing device acquires category information corresponding to an item for sale represented by the specified image. The information processing device searches for images similar to the specified image, based on the extracted feature value. The information processing device causes at least one of the found images to be displayed as a search result. The information processing device, when the user has selected any one image from the displayed search result, makes a storage unit store the acquired category information in association with sale item identification information corresponding to the selected image.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Rakuten Croup. Inc.Inventor: Takuya Murakami
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Patent number: 11373222Abstract: Systems and methods electronically obtain data regarding a plurality of sources and corresponding amounts of resources received from the sources for a plurality of relationship instances each associated with one or more respective domains of a plurality of domains. For each relationship instance of the plurality of relationship instances: the system electronically identifies a rate to calculate an amount of resource due to one or more respective domains associated with the relationship instance based on a source of a resource received for the relationship instance and the one or more respective domains and calculates an amount of resources due to at least one respective domain associated with the relationship instance based on the identified rate. For each domain of the plurality of domains, the system aggregates a total amount of resources due to the domain based on the calculated amount of resources due for each relationship instance associated with the domain.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Avalara, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Brandon Chan, Danielle Lear, Brian K. Mason, Andrew Z. Fountain, Patrick Collins Chesser, Patrick J. Hampton, David A. Goldstein
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Patent number: 11295197Abstract: The disclosure relates to extraction of rationales for studied outcome. A method comprises: grouping features as expert to align with a set of operating practices; generating interpretable features using operating rules, combining with statistical dependence analysis to bin selected features to generate favorite practice actions; grouping features as expert that combine a subset of the interpretable features to align with a set of operating practices.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Pavankumar Murali, Nianjun Zhou, Ta-Hsin Li, Pietro Mazzoleni, Wesley Gifford
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Patent number: 11205516Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining the appropriateness of medical interventions. In one embodiment, a machine learning system for determining the appropriateness of a selected medical intervention includes health-related data sources, the health-related data sources providing at least one data file of a first type, and a second data file of a second type. A machine learning module is configured to receive the first and second data files, perform a normalization procedure on at least one of the first and second data files, and apply at least one previously trained machine learning model to the normalized data files to produce a prediction output. The prediction output may include a confidence level associated with an appropriateness of the selected medical intervention.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Inventor: Daniel M. Lieberman
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Patent number: 11004133Abstract: Accessing measurements associated with garments and leveraging the measurements to determine fit characteristics associated with the garments is described. The fit characteristics may be leveraged to provide information about how a garment fits relative to another garment to streamline online shopping transactions. Fit characteristics may correspond to scores that are determined based at least in part on one or more measurements of a garment. Individual measurements may be standardized and/or weighted. The individual measurements may be combined to determine a score representative of a fit characteristic. Fit characteristics associated with two or more garments may be compared and a user interface may be caused to be displayed to compare garments. The user interface may summarize fit characteristic comparisons via textual descriptions, graphical representations, etc. Users may leverage fit characteristics and resulting user interfaces to comparison shop between various garments.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Bukyung Kim
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Patent number: 10748207Abstract: A method for searching for apparel online includes storing multiple apparel cut patterns and determining a distance between points of the multiple apparel cut patterns. The method also includes retrieving a reference apparel item cut pattern from the multiple apparel cut patterns based on user input corresponding to a reference apparel item. The method further includes identifying a search apparel cut pattern from the multiple apparel cut patterns based on the determined distance and generating an overlay of a visual representation of the search apparel cut pattern and corresponding to a visual representation of the reference apparel cut pattern. The method still further includes displaying the overlay and information of a search apparel item corresponding to the search apparel cut pattern.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Inventor: Sina Sohangir
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Patent number: 10673935Abstract: A cloud service broker apparatus and method thereof are provided. The cloud service broker apparatus includes a controller configured to provide a brokerage service between a plurality of cloud service providers and a cloud service user by dividing a cloud service requested by the cloud service user into a plurality of cloud service segments and distributing each of the cloud service segments to each of the clouds.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Seok Ho Son, Dong Jae Kang, Jin Mee Kim, Hyun Joo Bae, Ji Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 10521089Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of a method of providing a virtual window treatment decorating interface that comprises receiving, at a processor, window data pertaining to at least one window of a premises, providing a user interface for selection of a window treatment for the at least one window, rendering one of the at least one window in the user interface, the rendering being generated based on the window data, receiving a selection of a window treatment to be applied to the rendered window, and rendering the window treatment onto the rendered window in the user interface. Preferably, the method includes setting dimensions of the rendered window and window treatment to correspond to professional measurement data of the window to provide an accurate virtual visualization of the window with the selected treatment.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.Inventor: Marko Sonnenberg
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Patent number: 10496914Abstract: Devices and methods for detecting credit card skimmers are provided herein. A device can include a printed circuit board having a pattern of electrical traces on its surface, and a computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a processor to direct an electrical voltage to a trace and detect an electrical current between two points of the trace. A gap can be disposed between the two points across which a voltage is applied in order to detect a magnetic reader. A count of the detected magnetic readers within a credit card reading device may be indicative of the presence of a credit card skimmer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, IncorporatedInventors: Walter N. Scaife, Patrick G. Traynor, Christian Peeters
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Patent number: 10467476Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing image data depicting properties are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may analyze image data depicting a property to identify a set of attributes of the property. The electronic device may identify, based on the set of attributes, an architectural style of the property. Further, the electronic device may identify at least one additional property having the same architectural style. Data indicative of the at least one additional property may be presented to a user for viewing and assessment.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Alexander Cardona, Erin A. Olander, John A. Schirano
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Patent number: 10445354Abstract: Text input data may be aggregated and mapped to create composite text input data for electronic records. A semantic event may be automatically detected, triggered by a semantic rule and associated semantic tag. The detected semantic event may be flagged, and a text mining result database may be updated by adding an entry to the database. An indication associated with the event may be transmitted, and a back-end application computer server may establish a hierarchy for multiple elements of the electronic records. The computer server may determine a weight variable and response variable for each element in the hierarchy and apply a hierarchical credibility weighting methodology to the elements from level 1, representing the least granular level in the hierarchy, to level n, representing the most granular level in the hierarchy, calculated recursively from level n, to determine a final estimated credibility for the electronic records.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance CompanyInventors: Reuben Emory Houser, Qiao Wang, Arthur Paul Drennan, III, Nicole Rose Sims, Tracey Ellen Steger
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Patent number: 10395298Abstract: A device that automates a design of an engagement ring. The handheld device comprises a display for displaying a series of questions to a customer and an input device that is capable of receiving at least one answer to the series of questions. The device also includes a microprocessor; and a memory that stores instructions, which cause the microprocessor to: input the at least one answer into an algorithm; identify on behalf of the customer a plurality of engagement rings that best matches the at least one answer; generate an information box in the display, in response to the selection of a specific engagement ring from the plurality of engagement rings; receive the customer's feedback on the specific engagement ring; and generating a recommended engagement ring to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ELECTRONIC COMMODITIES EXCHANGE, L.P.Inventor: Alex Berg
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Patent number: 10366093Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a query result bottom retrieval method and apparatus. The query result bottom retrieval method includes: acquiring, from a resource library and based on a user input target query, query resources associated with the user input target query; acquiring comparative scoring characteristics of each of the query resources, the comparative scoring characteristics including base relevance characteristics; inputting the comparative scoring characteristics of each of the query resources into a pre-trained rank model, to acquire relevance scoring values corresponding to the query resources and output by the rank model, the rank model being a GBRank model; and ranking the query resources based on the relevance scoring values, and selecting, according to the ranking result, a set number of target resources as a bottom retrieval result corresponding to the target query.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTDInventors: Jia Gui, Jun Cheng, Gaolin Fang
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Patent number: 10334072Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes a computing device receiving postings from users of an online social networking system. A postings may include location data along with one or more tags that may describe the content of the posting. The computing device may identify regions and subregions from which the postings originated, and may determine a distribution of the tags according to two data dimensions: the ubiquity of the tags across the regions, and the ubiquity of the tags across the subregions. Based on the distribution, the computing device may create a neighborhood characterization to accurately describe one or more subregions. The computing device may also determine applications for the neighborhood characterization.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Tannen, Bogdan State
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Patent number: 10319002Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing image data depicting portions of properties are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may analyze image data depicting a portion of a property to identify a set of elements and a set of characteristics associated therewith. The electronic device may access a desired set of characteristics and may calculate a monetary amount associated with modifying the set of elements to achieve the desired set of characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANYInventors: Alexander Cardona, Erin A. Olander, John A. Schirano, Dana C. Hunt
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Patent number: 10313754Abstract: User interfaces associated with devices and applications for distributing digital media content are described. A user interface may be provided that includes a favorites selection button allowing a user to identify selected media tracks and/or associated artists to be played more frequently. A ban selection button may be also provided allowing a user to selectively ban media tracks and/or associated artists. Additional controls may be provided including controls and interfaces for creating user customized stations to customize content delivery based on user specified preferences stored in a user profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SLACKER, INCInventors: Dennis M. Mudd, Wendy Eichenbaum, David James Parise
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Patent number: 10257298Abstract: An online system receives tracking requests from client devices interacting with a website. The online system analyzes user interactions with websites using the tracking requests. The online system predicts an accurate label for the web page that caused the tracking request to be generated. The online system uses the accurate label for generating reports describing user interactions with the website. The online system determines a quality of tracking requests generated by the website based on various factors including a number of web pages of the website that generate tracking requests, the type of information provided by the tracking requests, and so on. The online system generates reports describing the quality of the tracking requests. The online system uses a metric indicating the quality of tracking requests of the website to determine whether to use predicted labels instead of labels provided by tracking requests for generating reports of the website.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Shiliyang Xu, Aleksey Sergeyevich Fadeev
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Patent number: 10218783Abstract: Improved techniques for media item sharing are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a classification module to assign a media item to a content category, a correlation module to determine context information for the media item, and an estimation module to determine a set of relevance values for a set of contacts based at least in part on a sharing history and to generate a set of suggested recipients for the media item based at least in part on the set of relevance values and the set of contacts. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: INTEL CORPORATIONInventors: Michelle X. Gong, Horst W. Haussecker, Ali Mehdizadeh, Tam Le, Krishna Kaza
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Patent number: 10169797Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer readable storage medium, for identifying entities based on value. In one aspect, the method may include actions for receiving a query that specifies a location. Additional actions may include identifying candidate entities that are identified as responsive to the query and that are associated with the location, selecting a subset of the candidate entities, and determining a representative value of an attribute that is associated with each candidate entity of the subset of the candidate entities. Other actions may include in response to determining that the current value of the attribute that is associated with the particular candidate entity of the subset deviates more than a threshold amount from the representative value, adjusting a ranking score for the particular candidate entity, and ranking the particular candidate based at least on the ranking score for the particular candidate entity.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: CoStar Realty Information, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Florance, Jack Spivey, Abhi Jeevaganambi, Stuart Richens
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Patent number: 10152741Abstract: A computer implemented system for e-commerce includes a server hosting a system management domain, and a number of domains. A first domain provides a first website displaying a plurality of products for purchase using a first shopping cart provided by the system management domain. A second domain provides a second website displaying a plurality of products for purchase using a second shopping cart provided by the system management domain. The system management domain may display on the first website a link pointing to a product displayed by the second website when certain conditions exist. When the link is followed to the second website, the first shopping cart is used for purchases at the second website.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Inventor: Hsien-Ta Chao
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Patent number: 10009336Abstract: In one embodiment, a Domain Name Service (DNS) server pre-fetches domain information regarding a domain that includes certificate information for the domain. The DNS server receives a DNS request that includes a security request for the domain in metadata of a Network Service Header (NSH) of the DNS request. The DNS server retrieves the certificate information for the domain from the pre-fetched information regarding the domain, in response to receiving the security request. The DNS server sends, to a Transport Layer Security (TLS) proxy, a DNS response for the domain that includes the certificate information in metadata of an NSH of the DNS response.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: K. Tirumaleswar Reddy, Prashanth Patil, Daniel G. Wing
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Patent number: 9697234Abstract: A computing device can determine visual words for images in a first set of images associated with a description that includes a term. Each visual word can describe pixels in an image. The device can determine visual words for images in a second set of images that are associated with a description that does not include the term. The device can determine a set of visual words that are associated with the term. The device can determine regions in images corresponding to visual words in the set of visual words. The device can associate the respective determined regions for the images with the term in a database. When a search query is received that includes an image that is determined to be associated with the term, the database can be utilized to determine images responsive to the query by identifying images that are also associated with the term.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: A9.COM, INC.Inventors: Arnab Sanat Kumar Dhua, Himanshu Arora, Sunil Ramesh
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Patent number: 9530151Abstract: A computer-implemented method for recommending a merchant based on transaction data is provided. The method is implemented using an analyzer computing device in communication with one or more memory devices. The method includes generating a profile indicating a stage of life of a cardholder, based at least in part on first transaction data stored in the one or more memory devices. The first transaction data is associated with one or more purchases made by the cardholder through a payment network. The method additionally includes retrieving, from the one or more memory devices, second transaction data associated with a plurality of sales from a first merchant, determining a transaction volume associated with the first merchant, and generating a recommendation for the cardholder to purchase goods from the first merchant, based at least in part on the determined transaction volume and the profile.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: MasterCard International IncorporatedInventors: Pedro Chavarria, Kristofer Perez
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Patent number: 9379559Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle includes a forward model for modeling vehicle charging data for a plurality of vehicles, and a charge exchange market which, based on the forward model, facilitates an agreement for transmitting power to a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles via a dynamic power grid including a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles. A system of managing power consumption in the vehicle includes, an optimizing unit for optimizing a plurality of parameters to determine a power to be consumed by the vehicle based on a plurality of power source signatures for a plurality of power sources, and an operating mode setting unit for setting an operating mode for powering the vehicle based on the determined power.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian A. O'Connell, Rick Hamilton, James R. Kozloski, Clifford A. Pickover
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Publication number: 20150142608Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating the identification and registration of available Internet domain names in response to user input and/or other external criteria. In embodiments, a domain name platform is provided for interfacing with a user, generating lists of available top level and second level domain combinations, and facilitating registration of those domains. In embodiments, information beyond user input may be considered in generating lists of available domain names. In alternate embodiments, a computer system is disclosed for implementing the system. In further embodiments, machine-usable storage media is disclosed containing instructions for implementing the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: ANDREW HORN, ADAM HUDSON, GRAHAM JONES, MEAGAN TODD, JOHN RICH
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Publication number: 20150127592Abstract: A clothing search system provides a clothing search to users using a component-based image search. Retailer catalogs are analyzed to determine clothing components within clothing images. Features associated with the components are determined. When a user requests a clothing search, the clothing search system selects clothing based on the components and features requested by the user. The user may also provide an image to the clothing search system. The clothing search system determines components and features of the image and identifies clothing with matching components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Shuicheng Yan, Zheng Song, Si Liu
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Publication number: 20150120507Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a photo showing a taggable object, wherein the taggable object is a purchasable object that has not yet been identified. First purchase data is collected related to past purchases of a first user associated with the photo. The first purchase data is compared to the taggable object to determine whether one or more purchased items potentially match the taggable object. A set of potential matches is generated, by a computer processor, based at least in part on comparing the first purchase data to the taggable object. The taggable object is tagged in the photo with an identifier representing at least one of the potential matches.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Yuk L. Chan, Christopher Cramer, Robert G. King, Deepti M. Naphade, Jairo A. Pava
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Patent number: 9020841Abstract: Systems and methods for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements are provided. A method for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements, comprises acquiring a request for the service solution from a consumer via a conversational interface, and issuing a query to a service knowledge base to obtain a set of service knowledge representation items from the service knowledge base and analyzing each service knowledge representation item to determine whether a custom-fit service solution can be developed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Jim A. Laredo, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Chang-Shing Perng, Tao Tao
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Patent number: 9020840Abstract: Systems and methods for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements are provided. A method for custom-fitting a service solution to consumer requirements, comprises acquiring a request for the service solution from a consumer via a conversational interface, and issuing a query to a service knowledge base to obtain a set of service knowledge representation items from the service knowledge base and analyzing each service knowledge representation item to determine whether a custom-fit service solution can be developed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rahul P. Akolkar, Thomas E. Chefalas, Jim A. Laredo, Anca Sailer, Frank A. Schaffa, Alla Segal, Ignacio Silva-Lepe, Chang-Shing Perng, Tao Tao
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Publication number: 20150112841Abstract: A method and system for matching a consumer to a desired product is disclosed. Each of the products is initially described using a defined list of characteristics. Each of the characteristics is defined on a scale, and the consumer provides a value on the scale when describing the desired product. The consumer creates a search by entering values for the characteristics describing the product that are important to that consumer. Each of the entered values in the search is compared against the list defining a particular product. The matching routine ranks each of the products that most closely match the search by the consumer. The search results are further filtered according to the present location of the consumer. The filtered results are presented to the consumer to provide a list of products that best match the desired product and that are located proximate to the consumer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Aleksandar Ivanovic, Stefan Ivanovic, Nikola Ivanovic
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Publication number: 20150112842Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for identifying parts of a vehicle. A method and apparatus is also provided for generating keywords and logic structures to access a part number database. A method and apparatus is further provided for use of the keywords and logic structure to access the part number database. Vehicle identifiers such as VIN numbers are utilized to determine vehicle parts so that vehicle parts for a vehicle may be determined from the vehicle identifier of that vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joseph Michael Sieger, Neil Sanders, Samip Jani, Ramya Dubbudu, Sharada Rajaraman
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Publication number: 20150106235Abstract: A system for normalizing, codifying categorizing divergent color systems into a universal color language. A server connected to a communications network receives, processes, codifies and categorizes divergent color data from a merchant system. A middleware engine of the server receives a data feed comprising a plurality of color swatches or images from the merchant system, and normalizes the data feed into a common format. A server processor extracts image data comprising a plurality of product images from the normalized data feed, identifies and converts at least one dominant product color in each product image to a digital value based on color component intensity values, and assigns a hexadecimal code of the universal color language to each product image that is closest to the digital value of each product image. A product categorization engine categorizes each product image into one of a plurality of product categories.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: DANN GERSHON, DAVID ROBINSON, JONATHAN WILDER, MAURICE M. SCHONFELD
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Publication number: 20150106234Abstract: A system and method for the generation and presentation of candidate domain names and/or candidate name assets are presented. The method includes receiving, by at least one server communicatively coupled to a network, a request to access or purchase access to a software application, the request being received from a user. Keywords associated with at least one of the user, a website of the user, and a business of the user are generated and a candidate domain name relevant to the keywords is generated. A user interface is displayed including the candidate domain name. The user interface enables the user to register the candidate domain name. A plurality of candidate domain names may be generated and organized into carousels or stacks according to a common theme. The candidate domain names may be displayed on a user interface and arranged thereon according to a relevance score of the domain name bundles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Tapan Kamdar, Nitin Gupta
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Publication number: 20150095196Abstract: A method for identifying replacement parts includes receiving a sequence of images of a test part. A set of features of the test part is extracted from the sequence of images. The features include at least one of a dimension, a shape, a texture, a color, a material, a thread count, a spectral characteristic, a histogram threshold, scale invariant features, and keypoint features. The set of features of the test part are compared with a database of a plurality of replacement parts. The database stores a set of features of each of the plurality of replacement parts. At least one replacement part is identified in the database, which has a set of features similar to the set of features of the test part. The identified replacement parts are filtered based on priority. A priority list of replacement parts is developed, and is communicated to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Jewel Burks, Nashlie Sephus, Jason Crain, Troy Nunnally