Reservation, Check-in, Or Booking Display For Reserved Space Patents (Class 705/5)
  • Patent number: 10956837
    Abstract: Described herein is a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for monitoring transaction data for a user in a proactive and reactive mode for a detecting of a booking of a flight by the user in the transaction data, parsing flight detail parameters of the booking, and inputting parameters into a prediction model, such that if the likelihood of the flight being oversold exceeds a certain threshold, the user may be notified that the flight may be oversold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira, Joshua Edwards, Michael Mossoba
  • Patent number: 10956996
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating recommendations based on predicted activity includes: receiving transaction data associated with a first transaction initiated by a user; determining, based on the transaction data, that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase; in response to determining that the first transaction is associated with a travel purchase, identifying itinerary information associated with a trip; and automatically initiating at least one target action based on the itinerary information. A system and computer program product for generating recommendations based on predicted activity is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Phan Huong Ly, Mohanraj Ragupathiraj, Pranjul Singhai, Dinesh Moorthi Subburaman, Madhavi Vaddepalli, Saurav Verma
  • Patent number: 10956999
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides for multiple service classes within a controllable transit system (e.g., a PRT system), by route allocation according to service class priority. Routes are optimized for vehicles needing or entitled to the highest service level, then remaining capacity is used to optimize routes for the next lower service class. Such optimization can be extended indefinitely, through “N” service classes of service. In addition, an embodiment of the invention allows the cataloging of PRT capacity and vehicle types/roles/emissions, as well as related business models. The system provided hereunder provides a means of ensuring that various service classes of system users can be given treatment according to the service class in which they reside. Such prioritization leads to a more flexible system, with higher user satisfaction and a greater number of available business models (e.g., “pay for service class”) permissible within the transit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Christopher J. Dawson, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Benjamin G. Morris
  • Patent number: 10943190
    Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include receiving, by a portal, requests from entities to become members, selectively granting the requests by the portal, receiving information by the portal from a plurality of first members, in response to requests from the first members, creating member files in the database using the received information, the files corresponding to the first members, receiving an information request by the portal from a second member, and selectively supplying by the portal to the second member, information from at least one of the files, the supplied information being selected based on the requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: EVED, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Talia Mashiach, Kelly Fifield, Susan Buckles, Michael Lambert
  • Patent number: 10943233
    Abstract: Some implementations provide a method that includes: generating an association, at a mobile device, between a government-issued identification document of a user and a mode of payment; receiving, at the mobile device, a presentation of the government-issued identification document of the user to support a request for payment; validating whether the presented government-issued identification document is a valid identification of the user; and in response to validating the presented government-issued identification document, proceeding with payment by using the mode of payment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MorphoTrust USA, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Andrew Eckel, Mohamed Lazzouni
  • Patent number: 10936610
    Abstract: A technique is described for executing and displaying search results, such as for a travel search engine. The technique includes the generation of search results by querying the one or more databases based on a search request for a travel reservation by a user, who is a member of an organization having a travel expense policy. A target cost associated with the search request is determined based on the generated search results and on the travel expense policy. One or more of the search results can be annotated with a positive weight or with a calculated reward amount based on a comparison of the corresponding cost and the target cost. A graphical user interface is created having a listing of the search results, wherein the search results are rendered for display in an order based on at least one annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TripActions, Inc.
    Inventors: Iian Ezra Twig, Ariel Cohen
  • Patent number: 10937543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing a healthcare command center in a healthcare venue such as a hospital are disclosed. A healthcare command center may provide a number of services to the healthcare venue or to a healthcare system, such as a system including multiple healthcare venues. Services may be selected according to the needs and capacity of a healthcare venue or system. A healthcare command center may provide all available services and tools to a healthcare venue or system. Services and tools may span a continuum of care from community health to preventative health to acute care to post-acute care to reintegration of patients back into the community.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Newton
  • Patent number: 10930103
    Abstract: A method for providing automated entry to a property includes placing a short-range wireless enabled lock box or a short-range wireless enabled automated door lock at or near a property. An automated entry application receives registration information from a visitor who desires to use the automated system for visiting properties. The automated entry application allows the visitor to schedule an automated showing of the property at a visitor selected time and date. A central property application enables the visitor to unlock the short-range wireless enabled lock box or the short-range wireless enabled automated door lock at the visitor selected time and date. The short-range wireless enabled device obtains an identifying number of the short-range wireless enabled lock box or the short-range wireless enabled automated door lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Consumer 2.0, Inc.
    Inventors: Merrick Schmidt-Lackner, Clark Li
  • Patent number: 10929782
    Abstract: In some implementations, a navigation application can integrate third party services into the navigation application in an easy to use and convenient manner. For example, the navigation application can receive user input indicating that the user is interested reserving a table from a table reservation service. In response to receiving the indication, the navigation application can invoke an application extension for a third party table reservation application. The navigation application and table reservation application can then communicate to provide the table reservation service through the navigation application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Shelby, Eric Albert, David Hodge, Curtis Galloway, Tara Teich, Sam Iglesias, Maria D. Ioveva
  • Patent number: 10922709
    Abstract: Discounted ticket prices for flight itineraries are obtained by purchasing merchandises offered by the airlines or by the airline partners. For example, duty free merchandises, souvenirs or specialty items are purchased together with the flight tickets to lower the prices of the flight itineraries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Onriva LLC
    Inventor: Vajid Jafri
  • Patent number: 10922679
    Abstract: A method for authenticating data, implemented during a payment transaction between a merchant's communications terminal and a user device of the type including authentication by the communications terminal of at least one message generated by the user device, by using near field communications wireless data. The method includes the following acts by the user's device: obtaining an authentication code from the message, a piece of random data and a hash function; obtaining a first signature component from the message, the random piece of data, a public key of the communications terminal, a first private key of the user device and the authentication code; obtaining a second signature component from the message, the random piece of data, the public key of the communications terminal, a second private key of the user device and the authentication code; and transmitting the authentication code and of the two signature components to the communications terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: INGENICO GROUP
    Inventor: Remi Geraud
  • Patent number: 10922745
    Abstract: Systems and methods for machine-based matching of lodging inventory from a plurality of disparate reservation provider systems address the difficulties inherent in comparing prices to obtain a lowest possible price, which difficulties are inherent in the distribution of inventory to multiple third-party reservation providers who are generally permitted to utilize their own naming conventions when describing lodging inventory and who are also free to at least some extent to set prices for the various lodging inventory within their control. The systems and methods match room types using information obtained from the multiple third-party reservation providers, whereby direct comparisons can be made between prices for the same room types even when the reservation providers do not utilize identical descriptions or naming conventions for the respective room inventories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TravelPass Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Williams, Ryan McCoy, Daniel Nelson, Neil Valentine, Scott Jensen
  • Patent number: 10922933
    Abstract: A system for providing seating guidance for an attraction ride vehicle of an amusement park attraction includes a computing device associated with a display, one or more processors of the computing device, and one or more memory devices of the computing device storing information about the attraction ride vehicle and storing instructions corresponding to a seating application. The seating application, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the computing device to: provide an interface to receive seating input data for a guest or a group of guests, process the seating input data in combination with the information about the attraction ride vehicle based on seating logic to provide guidance data, and outputting guidance, based on the guidance data, for loading the guest or the group of guests onto the attraction ride vehicle via the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Linguanti, Jake Louden, Brian Carey, Jessica Harned, Andrew Jackson Biar
  • Patent number: 10922719
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods for providing promotion to networked consumer device groups are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system including one or more servers with processing circuitry configured to provide consumer interfaces to consumer devices that facilitate the sharing of a group promotion via a network between the consumer devices. The sharing may include the creation of the group promotion, the transmission of the group promotion to consumers via various communication channels, the tracking of consumer activity toward a group discount, among other things. For example, subsequent to purchase of a promotion via a consumer device, the processing circuitry may provide a sharing channel display to the consumer device for consumer selection of a communication channel for sharing the group promotion. The processing circuitry may create an impression of the group promotion compatible with the selected communication channel and provide the impression to other consumer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Bengt Karl Bergstrom, Sebastian Heycke, Adam J. Muhlbauer, J. Gray Sandridge, Juhyeong Yu
  • Patent number: 10915603
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for estimating suitability as a multi-screen projecting type theatre and the method for estimating the suitability as the multi-screen projecting type theatre includes: creating a plurality of image representation models (M) respectively corresponding to a plurality of candidate theatres; calculating a total image representation model ({circumflex over (M)}total) corresponding to all of the plurality of candidate theatres; and calculating a deviation between the total image representation model ({circumflex over (M)}total) and each of the plurality of image representation models (M) of the target theatre and estimating theatre suitability of the target theatre based on the deviation when one target theatre is selected among the plurality of candidate theatres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Junyong Noh, Jungjin Lee, Sangwoo Lee, Younghui Kim, Bumki Kim
  • Patent number: 10916083
    Abstract: Exit-possible exit gates are managed for each of vehicles that exit a parking lot. A vehicle exit management system 100 includes a gate terminal 161 controlling an exit gate of the parking lot; a DCM 141; and a vehicle management server 110 connected with the DCM 141 via a network 170. The DCM 141 transmits priority information acquired from the vehicle management server 110 based on a user ID of a vehicle 130 to the gate terminal 161 at a time of vehicle exit; and the gate terminal 161 opens the exit gate in the case of the received priority information satisfying the conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenichi Murata, Yasuyuki Tamane, Masato Endo
  • Patent number: 10916069
    Abstract: A parking space operating apparatus for an autonomous smart car controls a plurality of autonomous smart cars that are autonomously and remotely controlled and a plurality of parking space servers of parking spaces providing various services including car washing, maintenance, and charging to the autonomous smart cars in a smart parking space where the autonomous smart cars are parked, wherein the apparatus communicates with a financial institution server to automatically execute payment of a parking fee of the autonomous smart car when using a parking space service or leaving a parking space, when the autonomous smart car requests parking, the autonomous smart car is remotely controlled to be guided to one of a plurality of parking spaces that is selected based on a current location and a schedule of the autonomous smart car, and a condition of the autonomous smart car is identified to provide the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: HANCOM, INC.
    Inventor: Sang Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 10909475
    Abstract: A lowest rate on a multi-night lodging stay is achieved by obtaining lodging rate information for a first lodging location from a plurality of lodging rate sources. The information is correlated with a desired multi-night lodging stay to locate a lowest lodging rate for each of the nights of the desired multi-night lodging stay. Then, a plurality of lodging reservations corresponding to the multi-night lodging stay are generated, wherein at least two of the lodging reservations correspond to different nights of the multi-night lodging stay and are placed through different lodging reservation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TravelPass, Group, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel A. Nelson, Ryan Williams, Ryan McCoy, Neil Valentine, Steven Dalley, Bradley P. Pace
  • Patent number: 10910090
    Abstract: A medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process includes receiving first pieces of terminal identification information and a request for updating second pieces of terminal identification information included in management targets to the first pieces of terminal identification information, comparing the second pieces of terminal identification information with the first pieces of terminal identification information, transmitting information including at least one of a first number of terminals to be excluded from the management targets by executing a update regarding the request, a second number of terminals to be added to the management targets by executing the update, and a third number of terminals that are included in the management targets before and after executing the update, and when receiving an instruction to execute the update regarding the request, updating the second pieces of terminal identification information to the first pieces of terminal identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Kenzo Noda, Iori Takeda, Hirofumi Mihara
  • Patent number: 10902476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an advertisement providing system that takes advantage of the comment function of an SNS to expand Internet advertising, such as affiliate advertising, between members. Upon receiving a predetermined notification from an advertiser server, an SNS site control unit identifies a first user identifier associated with a second user identifier included in the notification and transmits, as content data, comment data including user information pertaining to a user of a second communication terminal and link information for a commercial website to a first communication terminal to which is allocated the identified first user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: GREE, INC.
    Inventors: Shohei Nanba, Ryo Shibuya, Takuya Arioka
  • Patent number: 10902354
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing system and a control method capable of effectively selecting a specific space unit. The information processing system includes a generation unit that specifies a user who occupies or reserves occupation of a specific space unit in a predetermined area, and generates a heat map in accordance with attribute information about the user, and a providing unit that provides the heat map as a user interface for the user to select a specific space in the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Iwanami
  • Patent number: 10902379
    Abstract: Examples provide an unrequested item resolution system. A rules-decision engine analyzes unrequested item data using a set of per-item constraints to determine whether to accept or reject at least one unrequested item based on open order(s) and/or predicted future order(s). The rules-decision engine generates a reject notification if an overage amount of the at least one unrequested item exceeds an overage amount threshold or a quantity of the at least one unrequested item is above a quantity threshold. A prediction engine generates an accept notification if the unrequested item(s) conform to one or more predicted items. A resolution component extracts supplier-specific resolution data from a plurality of unresolved remedy tickets for the identified supplier. A notification component generates a consolidated notification for the identified supplier, including the extracted supplier-specific resolution data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Ryals, Benji Enssle
  • Patent number: 10895462
    Abstract: A method for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan for a transportation vehicle using at least two user devices. A starting position and a destination position are sensed by the first of the at least two user devices, and the travel plan is generated, wherein the travel plan includes at least one route from the starting position to the destination position and one list of planning objects assigned to the route. A participant enquiry is generated for all the further of the at least two user devices and transmitted to the respective further user device, wherein the participant enquiry is output by the respective further user device, and a user input is sensed as an acceptance. Also disclosed is a system for cooperatively generating and managing a travel plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Astrid Kassner
  • Patent number: 10891810
    Abstract: It is provided a method for enabling distribution of a mobile key for obtaining access to a physical space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Peder Sylwan, Eric Thomsen, Victor Adolfsson, Igor Stevstedt, Orjan Bredberg, Kasper Blom
  • Patent number: 10891806
    Abstract: The present invention provides a virtualized parking meter system using the GPS location information of a user's mobile phone, cloud-based servers, databases and software application programs. A user application program is installed in the user's mobile phone. In response to receiving the GPS location data of the mobile phone from the application program the server generates and sends a virtualized map of one or more blocks in the neighborhood of the user. The virtualized map is created by superimposing space numbers assigned to the parking spaces on a commercially available map. The user selects a parking space and indicates a parking duration via the application program. The system collects payment using an online payment method for the duration and starts a timer. The system sends parking status of one or more block in response to a query from the parking system operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Sid Chaudhuri
  • Patent number: 10887477
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an information exhibiting device and method. The information exhibiting device includes a display component and an information acquisition component that are connected to each other. The information acquisition component is configured to acquire target information. The display component is provided with an information exhibiting interface which may be displayed on the display component after the information exhibiting device is powered on. The information exhibitive interface includes a target information exhibiting region. The display component is configured to exhibit the target information, which is acquired by the information acquisition component, in the target information display region. The information exhibiting device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure may guarantee that memo information has low probability of getting lost. Thus, a user may be effectively reminded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiaoni Wang, Yabin Lin, Hui Chen, Chunmei Yang, Zhijian Chen, Xingming Chen, Xinyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 10887627
    Abstract: A set-top box with enhanced features and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box generates a default interactive portal as well as a guest-specific interactive portal, which is generated from a guest configuration profile having information including guest identification, a guest channel preference presentation, and a guest service preference presentation with guest account information. The guest configuration profile may also enable the creation of a local area wireless network with substantially the same behavior as the guest's home wireless network. The guest configuration profile may further enable the control of in-room amenities, such as temperature control, lighting, shades, and availability, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Enseo, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Miller, Vanessa Ogle, Charles T. Hixon, Craig D. Smith
  • Patent number: 10885471
    Abstract: There is provided a wireless portable device for providing location-based data to a user in a defined geographical area including a plurality of points of interest, the wireless portable device comprising a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, and a display. The wireless transmitter can transmit location information to a wireless server over a wireless network. The wireless receiver can receive location-based data relating to a point of interest from the wireless server periodically and automatically, based on the location of the wireless portable device. By optimizing map routes and schedules using the location-based data and user preferences including wish lists, the wireless portable device can provide helpful recommendations via the display, enabling the user to plan an efficient schedule of activities in the defined geographical area optimized by walking distance, queue wait times, booking and arriving at reserved events, and/or by other user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Purvis, Laura Kampo, Kevin Rice
  • Patent number: 10878431
    Abstract: A system and method for providing previews of search results and, more particularly, to a system and method for providing preview results for search systems integrating multiple collections. The method includes providing search results associated with a first collection based on at least one search term and providing a customizable preview of search results for the at least one search term. The customizable preview of search results is associated with at least a second collection different from the first collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason M. Blackwell, Robert B. Desaulniers, Seenivasagam Dhamotharakkannan, Annie Fleming, Brian C. Meyer, Douglas Spadotto
  • Patent number: 10862983
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for executing tasks selected based on locations of user devices. A first user device associated with an access right to a resource can be identified. The location of the first user device can be determined at a time before a defined time period. Further, a protocol execution condition can be detected. Upon detecting the protocol execution condition, executing a protocol. Executing the protocol can include determining a distance between the first user device and a resource location. Whether the distance between the first user device and the resource location is less than or equal to a distance range of the resource location at a time prior to the defined time period can be determined. In response to determining that the distance is not less than or equal to the distance range, accessing a plurality of tasks, selecting a task, and executing the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Live National Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: David Scarborough, Dennis Denker, Adam Sussman, MyDung Tran Nackman
  • Patent number: 10854026
    Abstract: Systems and methods for premise management comprising a reservation 5 management module having at least one server, the at least one server arranged in data communication with a user device to receive a request for reservation from the user device to access a premise for a specific duration; and a key generator arranged in data communication with the reservation management module; wherein upon receipt of the request for reservation, the key generator generates a secret key for 10 the user to access the premise for the specific duration, is disclosed. The system may be integrated with other modules including, but not limited to, a lock system and a presence detection system to provide a seamless service to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: IGLOOHOME PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Wang, Khee Kien Ho, Anthony Wen Jie Chow, Sharon May Ling Goh
  • Patent number: 10854019
    Abstract: An aircraft tolling system uses tolling tags that are configured for attachment to aerial vehicles. The tolling tags include a data format that can be used by any and all aerial vehicles. The system detects and tracks aerial vehicles in a monitored airspace, and receives data from the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace. The data include unique identifiers for each of the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace. The system and device determine operators for the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace based on a database of aerial vehicle and operator associations, access accounts in the database associated with each of the operators, and apply charges to the accounts associated with each of the operators in response to the reception of the unique identifiers of the aerial vehicles in the monitored airspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Scott G. Barnes, Katie J. Maxwell, Scott D. Harlan, Luther John Durkop, III, John S. Lear
  • Patent number: 10853865
    Abstract: An active locations (AL) computing device is described herein. The AL computing device is programmed to receive, from a user computing device, a selection of a geographical region. The AL computing device may retrieve transaction data from a payment processing network, environmental data representing environmental conditions at the selected geographical region, merchant data representing characteristics of one or more merchants located within the selected geographical region, social media data including events occurring within the selected geographical region, and historical data. The AL computing device is further programmed to determine activity levels for the selected geographical region based on one or more of the transaction data, environmental data, merchant data, social media data, and historical data. The AL computing device may convert the determined activity levels into an interactive heat map, apply a filter to the heat map, and transmit the heat map to the user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Keith J. Yeldham
  • Patent number: 10846634
    Abstract: Methods and devices to implement a combined physical and digital project planning system are described. The system functions by optically processing notes on a planning board, and converting the information embodied in the notes into digital information. The digital information can then be accessed by multiple users. The digital information is updated when notes are added, removed, or rearranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: STICKFLAME, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Andrew Moore
  • Patent number: 10841121
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for configuring a hospitality environment. A control module located in the hospitality environment may receive an instructional signal from a control device based on user input corresponding to a desired connected device status. The control module may transmit a corresponding instructional signal to one or more connected devices. The control module may receive instructional signals from one of a personal control device or a local control device located in the hospitality environment, as well as an enterprise control entity, each of which may be used interchangeably and independently to control at least one connected device according to a user's preferences. The control module utilizes an event-driven architecture to facilitate the execution of both an internet of things control functionality and a content delivery functionality. Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for configuring a plurality of hospitality environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hilton International Holding LLC
    Inventors: Charles Scoggins, Durga Prasad Koka
  • Patent number: 10837786
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for real-time planning and fulfillment of multi-modal transportation services in a multi-modal ride sharing network. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a computing system that creates an end-to-end multi-modal itinerary responsive to a user request for transportation service between an origin and a destination. The multi-modal itinerary can include two or more transportation legs that include travel via two or more different transportation modalities such as, as examples, via a car and via an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Tian, Adam Warmoth, Raphael Max Lurie, Hasrat Godil, Nikhil Goel
  • Patent number: 10839685
    Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for providing information through a display of parking devices is provided. A multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces is managed through a server. Smart parking devices, vehicle occupancy sensors, and parking availability indicators are associated with at least one of the parking spaces. Use of the parking spaces is managed through the server. The parking availability indicators associated with the parking spaces are activated. Occupancy of at least one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle is sensed through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor and the location of the parking space is provided to the server. An identity of the driver of the motor vehicle is determined through the nearest smart parking device and the identity of the driver is provided to the server. Information associated with the identity of the driver is displayed on the smart parking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Jeffrey Stefik, Alan G. Bell, Craig Eldershaw, Lance E. Good, Daniel H. Greene, Francisco Eduardo Torres, Serdar Uckun, David Preston Cummins
  • Patent number: 10824966
    Abstract: Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of: receiving a request to reserve a service that is provided by a restaurant. The request to reserve is for a particular time and a particular date and the service comprises at least one of: (i) preparing a consumable good that is consumed at the restaurant's location; (ii) preparing a consumable good that is received at the restaurant's location; or (iii) preparing a consumable good that is delivered to a location external to the restaurant's location. The methods and system also include comparing the particular time requested with a schedule associated with the restaurant. The schedule comprises a list of times that are available for reservation. The methods and system also include determining an availability of the request to reserve; and outputting an indicia that the request to reserve the service has been accepted or denied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CFPH, LLC
    Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick, Dean P. Alderucci
  • Patent number: 10817887
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for setting a benchmark conversion rate. An example method comprises accessing user search data, the user search data generated by a user interacting with a promotion and marketing service to identify a requested promotion, generating an identification pair for the search data, the identification pair comprising an identification of a promotion tuple and a geographic subdivision, generating a search velocity based on the generated identification pairs, accessing a conversion rate for the promotion tuple in a plurality of geographic subdivisions and setting a benchmark rate for a promotion tuple, the benchmark rate corresponding to the conversion rate of a subdivision of the plurality of subdivisions based on the subdivision satisfying at least one of a search velocity threshold, a prime merchant metric threshold or a conversion rate threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shafiq Shariff, Derek Nordquist
  • Patent number: 10818119
    Abstract: A wireless device system employs short-range wireless communication to require the proximity of a user device to a defined area prior to communicating a request or notification to the wireless user device. The system authenticates a request and the proximity of the user to or within the defined area prior to transmitting a command, request, or notification to the user or a third party. Additionally, the system uses an access node configured to shape the radiation pattern of short-range wireless communications to better determine the position of a user proximate in or around a defined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Yikes LLC
    Inventor: William Benjamin Robertson
  • Patent number: 10817806
    Abstract: A system for generating a carpooling prediction includes a computer that performs the operations of receiving a query for a ride match location from a user computing device. The query includes a given destination location and target arrival time for reaching the destination. The computer is operative to transmit coordinates to the user computing device of a location where a user can find other users willing to rideshare. For a number of passengers that are looking for a ride to a given destination during a given time, the computer is operative to predict a number of drivers that will pass or end at the given destination during a given time interval that includes the target time. For a number of drivers that are looking to offer a ride to a given destination during a given time, the computer is further operative to predict a number of passengers that will pass or wait at a given node, for example, along the drivers' route or alternate route, for reaching the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Meunier
  • Patent number: 10817517
    Abstract: A method and system for facilitating user access to enterprise related data are provided. A catalog of data and metadata is generated from enterprise related data stored in a plurality of data stores. A user interface (UI) is displayed on an electronic device associated with a user. The UI is configured to provide a plurality of query options to query the catalog of data and metadata. At least one query option is configured to enable the user to provision a query to a virtual assistant associated with the UI. The query provided by the user using a query option is received, and a processing of the query is facilitated. A display of a response is caused on the UI based on the processing of the query. The response is selected from among a plurality of response options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Boomi, Inc.
    Inventors: Ravikiran Krishnan, Ayush Parashar, Deepak Chandrasekar, Christopher Pedrotti
  • Patent number: 10817863
    Abstract: A method of processing payments in a location-based sales venue such as a restaurant. Each customer location has a physical identity target attached in proximity thereto comprising a unique system-wide identifier readable by mobile customer devices. Targets might be visually readable, using QR codes or the like, or might be a short range radio beacon broadcasting the identifier (NFC, RFID etc.)—they do not contain human-readable location indication information. The identifiers associated with the targets do not contain location- or venue-specific information, and are recorded in relation to location records corresponding to individual customer locations in the venue in a location database held on a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: IQMetrix Software Development Corporation
    Inventors: Garett Rogers, Laurent May, Ryan Volberg, Phil Brockmeyer, Zoran Kovacevic
  • Patent number: 10810636
    Abstract: The queue wait time estimation system of the present disclosure leverages its users' Internet-connected mobile devices—and the data they generate based on sensor feedback—to estimate the queue wait times at various establishments. The queue wait time estimation system communicates the estimated queue wait times to the users to enable the users to make an informed decision as to whether they'd like to visit a particular establishment based on its estimated queue wait time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventor: Musa Sulejmani
  • Patent number: 10810516
    Abstract: A method for providing information related to a flight ticket search, and a user terminal, a server, and a computer program, which are related to the search method. The method for providing information by a server while searching for a flight ticket includes receiving flight schedule information of a user transmitted from a user terminal; collecting information on places to visit using the flight schedule information; transmitting the collected information on the places to visit to the user terminal and making the user terminal provide the user with a travel information providing screen including the information on the places to visit together with at least a part of the flight schedule information before the server searches for the flight ticket information that corresponds to the flight schedule information and transmits the searched flight ticket information to the user terminal; and transmitting the searched flight ticket information to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Hae Rin Kim
  • Patent number: 10810606
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for receiving consumer search data, aggregating by consumer and location, and utilizing the aggregated consumer search data in demand forecasting and relevance determination. An example method may include receiving consumer search data, the consumer search data indicative of search performed by a consumer, the consumer search data comprising one or more search terms and at least one of a consumer location or consumer identification information, storing the consumer search data for a predetermined time interval, and providing at least one of consumer aggregated search data to a relevance module for determining which of a plurality of promotions to present to a consumer at a second time or providing location aggregated search data to a demand forecasting module for utilization in forecasting promotion demand in a particular location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Groupon, Inc.
    Inventors: Greyson Gregory, Vincenzo Mannino, Alex Lester
  • Patent number: 10810576
    Abstract: Mobile payments integrated with a booking system. In one embodiment, for example, a method in a service provider computer system is performed. The service provider computer system is communicatively coupled to a computing device of a user and a merchant point-of-sale computer by one or more data networks. The method comprises: receiving a request from the computing device of the user to pay a ticket open at the merchant point-of-sale computer; obtaining a current total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; determining an estimated total ticket amount based at least in part on the current total ticket amount; authorizing but not capturing payment of the estimated total ticket amount with a payment network gateway computer; after the ticket is closed at the merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a final total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; and capturing payment of the final total ticket amount with the payment network gateway computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: OpenTable, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohan Angrish, Rishi Deshpande, Kashyap Deorah, Tapan Pandita, Ulhas Mandrawadkar, Keshav Krity, Sanjay Dalsania, Abhay Kumar, Dave Arthurs
  • Patent number: 10803315
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed herein, including a camera, display, processor and memory storing instructions, executable by the processor to: obtain and display an image using the camera, identify food items in the image, obtain nutritional information corresponding to each food item, obtain recommendation information including recommended consumption quantities associated with each food item, and display indications based on the recommended consumption quantities. In another embodiment, the processor is configured to: display indications indicating a recommended consumption quantity of each food item included in an image obtained through the at least one camera, detect a user input changing a recommended consumption quantity of a particular food item associated with a first indication to a new target consumption quantity, and change sizes of the first indication and a second indication different from the first indication, responsive to the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungchan Cho, Sanghyun Lee, Jihwan Choe, Ji-Yoon Park, Byungjun Son, Yang-Geun Oh
  • Patent number: 10796248
    Abstract: A ride-sharing server may receive, from a user, a vehicle-rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin location, a destination location, and time constraints; identify another user having rental criteria matching that of the vehicle-rental request; send a rent-share request to the user and the other user to rent-share as a joint-rental group; and rent a vehicle to the joint-rental group when the rent-share request is confirmed. A mobile device of a ride-sharing user may send, to a rent-sharing server, a vehicle-rental request including trip characteristics specifying an origin location, a destination location, and time constraints; receive, from the rent-sharing server, a rent-share request to rent-share a vehicle as a joint-rental group including another user having rental criteria matching that of the vehicle-rental request; and responsive to the rent-share request, rent the vehicle as the joint-rental group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yimin Liu, Perry Robinson MacNeille, Jinjing Yang
  • Patent number: 10798099
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that intelligently generate reassignment value conditions for reassigning access rights. The systems and methods include executing a trained contextual machine-learning model to generate predictions of value components of the reassignment value condition, which once satisfied, enables an access-right requestor to have an assigned access right reassigned to the access-right requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carnahan, Mathieu Rodrigue