Methods for predicting destinations from partial trajectories employing open-and closed-world modeling methods

JC Krumm, EJ Horvitz - US Patent 10,746,561, 2020 - Google Patents
The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate inferring
probability distributions over the destinations and/or routes of a user, from observations …

Method, computer program product, and system for providing a sensor-based environment

DF Herring, BM Johnson, AX Rodriguez… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Method, computer program product, and system to facilitate an audit of a checkout
transaction, where the checkout transaction is associated with a virtual transaction record …

Feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store

SA Mirza, SB Krishnamurthy, TN Nguyen… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives an algorithmic shopping cart
that includes a first set of items determined by an algorithm to have been selected by a …

Model-based data validation

ID Laserson, A Farbstein, T Shpigel - US Patent 10,679,471, 2020 - Google Patents
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, and software
for model-based data validation to identify when self-scan checkout data requires validation …

Method and apparatus for automated shopper checkout using radio frequency identification technology

JC Lewis, RB Ulrich, NA Jones, MM Lowrie - US Patent 10,679,219, 2020 - Google Patents
In some embodiments, a method and apparatus involve: providing a plurality of products that
are each associated with a respective radio frequency identification tag; using radio …

Search guided by location and context

G Flake, WH Gates III, EJ Horvitz, JT Goodman… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
The subject disclosure pertains to web searches and more particularly toward influencing
resultant content to increase relevancy. The resultant content can be influenced by …