公开(公告)号：EP2721568A2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-23

申请号：EP12801286.1

申请日：2012-06-15

Applicant: Microsoft Corporation

Inventor： PAPARIZOS, Stelios

IPC: G06Q30/08 ,  G06Q30/06

CPC classification number: G06Q30/00 ,  G06Q10/087

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic pricing in real-time marketplace transactions are provided. A method may include receiving a request from a bid agent associated with a location-aware user device, and an offer for goods/services from an offer agent that is associated with a merchant device. The offer may include an inventory and one or more locations of the goods/services. The method includes determining a location of the location-aware user device, and determining whether the inventory and the one or more locations of the goods/services are sufficient to satisfy the request. If so, then the method includes establishing a real-time dynamic marketplace session between the offer agent and the bid agent to facilitate a negotiation for the goods/services. Upon receiving an acceptance from the offer agent for a bid from the bid agent, the method includes processing a purchase transaction for the goods/services.

公开(公告)号：EP2721521A2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-23

申请号：EP12802317.3

申请日：2012-06-18

Applicant: Microsoft Corporation

Inventor： BURGER, Doug ,  CHENG, Lili ,  HUANG, Xuedong ,  PAPARIZOS, Stelios

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06Q50/30 ,  G06Q30/02

CPC classification number: G06F21/316 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q50/01

Abstract: A computing system and method for managing an identity of a user are provided. A server may be configured to communicate with each of a plurality of client devices in corresponding request and response streams. An inference engine is configured to monitor the streams for identifying factors distinguishing each of the plurality of client devices from other of the plurality of client devices. Upon detecting one or more of the identifying factors for each of two or more client devices that match within a threshold probability, the inference engine makes an inference that two or more of the plurality of client devices are used by the user. Based upon the inference, the inference engine creates a virtual identity record at the server linking the two or more client devices.

公开(公告)号：EP2561449A2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-27

申请号：EP11772661.2

申请日：2011-04-20

Applicant: Microsoft Corporation

Inventor： FUXMAN, Ariel ,  NGUYEN, Hoa ,  SILVA, Juliana Freire de Lima e ,  PAPARIZOS, Stelios ,  AGRAWAL, Rakesh ,  CHEN, Zhimin ,  COLAGIOVANNI, Lawrence William ,  SIKCHI, Prakash

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC classification number: G06F17/30386 ,  G06Q30/0281 ,  G06Q30/0603

Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically synthesizing product information from multiple data sources into an on-line catalog are disclosed, and in particular, for automatically synthesizing the product information based on attribute-value pairs. Information for a product may be obtained, via entity extraction, feed ingestion, and other mechanisms, from a plurality of structured and unstructured data sources having different taxonomies and schemas. Product information may additionally or alternatively be obtained or derived based on popularity data. The product information may be cleansed, segmented and normalized. The product information may be clustered so closest products, attribute names and attribute values are associated. A representative value for an attribute name may be determined, and the on-line catalog may be updated so that entries are comprehensive, meaningful and useful to a catalog user. Updates from at least 500 million different data sources may be scheduled to occur as frequently as several times daily.

公开(公告)号：EP2727007A2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-07

申请号：EP12803675.3

申请日：2012-06-15

Applicant: Microsoft Corporation

Inventor： HORVITZ, Eric ,  PAPARIZOS, Stelios ,  BARGA, Roger ,  BURGER, Doug ,  GUPTA, Vinay

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/16 ,  G06Q50/10 ,  H04W4/02

CPC classification number: G06N5/04 ,  G01C21/3679 ,  G06N5/022 ,  G06N99/005 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: A long-term personal agent program, executable as network service and/or on one or more user computing devices and related method for identifying opportunities and making recommendations on behalf of one or more users, are disclosed herein. In one example, the personal agent program includes a monitoring engine configured to monitor and interpret a user's activities over time with a plurality of sensing and logging methodologies according to user authorization, the use of statistical methods for learning to understand a user's goals and behavioral patterns from data, and the use of procedures for computing the expected value of information guiding sensing and logging in different contexts. The personal agent further may include a recommendation methodology configured to make suggestions and to take actions on behalf of the user, in the present moment as well as for future times, based on inferences about user goals and opportunities in the world.