Karen M Swanson

US Patent:

8504436, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Mar 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/433950

Inventors:

Robyn Battle - Dublin CA, US
David Bricker - San Francisco CA, US
Alexander Henry - San Francisco CA, US
Karen Badenfort - San Francisco CA, US
Sailesh Gurnani - San Francisco CA, US
Karen Swanson - San Francisco CA, US
Jennifer Fong - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CBS Interactive Inc. - San Francisco CA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 261, 705 11, 705 263, 705 2635, 705 64, 705367, 707E17107, 707E17117, 709223

Abstract:

Computer-implemented methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for generating a tier rollup record perform the steps of: receiving a request for one of a product record and a plurality of product records having a determined attribute value; querying a first data set for product records corresponding to the request; receiving one or more unique record identifiers corresponding to the request; querying a second data set for a product record and associated product attribute values corresponding to each unique identifier; receiving the product record and associated product attribute values corresponding to each unique identifier; identifying a most representative product record from the product records and associated product attribute values corresponding to each unique identifier; rolling up the most representative product record; and transmitting the rolled up most representative product record.

US Patent:

20100332350, Dec 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 24, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/491078

Inventors:

Tristan G. RINEHART - San Francisco CA, US
James LOWRY - Sunnyvale CA, US
Kirill ULYANOV - San Francisco CA, US
Malcolm HANSEN - San Francisco CA, US
Howard A. BURROWS - Oakland CA, US
Karen SWANSON - San Jose CA, US
Keith Lowell DOHERTY - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

CBS INTERACTIVE,INC. - County of New Castle DE

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00
G06F 17/50
G06N 5/02

US Classification:

705 27, 700107, 706 47

Abstract:

Systems and methods for building a product that has a plurality of components. A product builder receives the user request to build the product and communicates with one or more APIs that identify a category of the product, a plurality of components associated with the category of the product, and relationships between the plurality of components. The product builder then displays a first list of components in the category of the product. The product builder receives a user selection of one of components in the first list, and then displays a second list of components that are compatible with the first selected component. The user then selects one of the components in the second list, and so on, until the product is ready to be built. The product builder can then be used to purchase the built product that is specific to the user or direct the user to websites that sell each of the components necessary to build the product.