Paypal, Inc.

Ebay, Incorporated

Zhenyin Yang

Chintan Jain

Todd E Davis

Dennis Cheung

Dawnray Young

Greg Alan Cox

Viswa Vaddi

Andrew Shea

Fei Li

Bhupendra G Jain

Rajkumar Chinnakonda

Andrew John Melnick

Vikram Subramaniam

Janet Lee

Wei Zhang

Jun Zhang

Xiaohan Yun

Ying Yue

Haoran Zhang

Meng Zang

Quin Zuo

Jun Yang

Chao B Zhang

Xin Li

Chun Kiat Ho

Peter M Johnson

Lin Song

Pengshan Zhang

Kai Xie

Ladd Van Tol

Yuehao Wu

Yang Yu

Yuliya Feldman

Steven Romero

Gunshekar Cemballi

Erik Rannala

George B Petkov

Loic Tregan

Ghufran Ahmed

Jamie Iannone

Annupreet Sidana

Ke Zheng

Junshi Guo

Zhe Huang

Vadim Kutsyy

Chaoyi Chen

Shio-Hsien Hubert Tai

Junsheng Tan

Suresh Anamanamuri

Wen Lu

Raj Chinnakonda

Samuel Au

Sandeep Bhalla

Mohana Fulay

Tingjie Jia

Qinghai Fu

Hemadri Ananta

Wenbing Zhu

Arun Srinivasan

Siddarth Anand

Mikhail Kourjanski

Chinmayee Rathi

Vivek Kumar Murarka

Anthony Shah

Udaiyaraj Subramaniam Sivashanmugam

A computer system receives a set of user-defined rules are that useable by a computer service to automate a decision flow. The computer system generates a graph model from the user-defined rules. From the graph model, the computer system determines an input dependency model that is indicative of a set of inputs referred to in the graph model. The input dependency model is useable by an orchestrator to coordinate accesses to the one or more data stores in which the set of inputs is stored. The computer system receives the set of inputs and determines one or more automated decisions by applying the set of inputs to the graph model.

Automated decision platform

Techniques are disclosed for storing an arranging data in a database. A method includes a computer system storing, in a database, data indicative of a graph data structure having a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of edges. The method further includes the computer system determining that a number of edges connected to a first node satisfies a threshold number. In response to the determining, the computer system may store an index in an index row associated with the first node. The index identifies a first row having first and second ranges of values stored in first and second rows, respectively. The values in the first and second rows correspond to edges connected to the first node. The values in the first and second ranges are usable to indicate properties of corresponding ones of the plurality of edges.

Graph storage in a database

Systems and methods that describe a graph database system with an online component and an offline component, are provided. Write events that modify a first graph in a real-time graph database included in the online component are received. Graph logs that include changes to the first graph in the real-time graph database caused by the write events are generated. The graph logs are transmitted to an offline component of the graph database system in a chronological order. A second graph in the offline component is modified using the graph logs. The first graph and the second graph are instantiated using a graph schema.

Graph database system

A system to effectuate passive check-in with respect to a user's mobile device is described. A server system may be configured to receive communications from a GPS-enabled mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone), extract a stream of locations from the received communications, and use the location information to determine whether a boundary-crossing event has occurred with respect to the mobile device. In response to detecting a boundary-crossing event, the server may communicate a message, such as a recommendation, to the mobile device.

Passive check-in

A system to effectuate passive check-in with respect to a user's mobile device is described. A server system may be configured to receive communications from a GPS-enabled mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone), extract a stream of locations from the received communications, and use the location information to determine whether a boundary-crossing event has occurred with respect to the mobile device. In response to detecting a boundary-crossing event, the server stores special locations information in a profile that represents the user with respect to a web-based service.

A method and a system to promote a publication are provided. In example embodiments, data is received from a user that is used to create a publication for placement on a networked-based system. An indication to promote the publication on the networked-based system is received. A user interface through which the user selects an option to promote the publication on the network-based system is presented. The publication is published on the network-based system, whereby the publication is promoted based on the option selected to promote the publication.

System and method to promote a publication

A method and a system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before the user finalizes the purchase. The promotion may be based on at least one attribute of past transactions and the preliminary selection.

Point-of-sale promotions

A method and system to publish a promotion at a point-of-sale are provided. For example, a preliminary selection associated with a purchase from a user may be received. A promotion may be published to the user at a point-of-sale associated with the purchase after the user makes the preliminary selection and before the user finalizes the purchase. The promotion may be based on at least one attribute, where the at least one attribute is selected from a group including a user attribute and an attribute associated with the preliminary selection.

A method and system for assessing VAT on marketing services provided via a network-based marketplace are disclosed. VAT is automatically assesses for users of the services having residences in different countries, at least a portion of which require VAT charges for the services. Corresponding data is stored at individual sites operated by the marketplace service. Periodically, VAT-related data are aggregated for each of the plurality of countries to generate respective tax return reports. VAT is accessed for different users based on the country of residence of the user and whether the user has a VAT-exempt status.

Method and system for assessing and reporting VAT charges for network-based marketplace services

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Zhenyin Yang