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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2010
Applicants:

Bhaven Avalani, Cupertino, CA (US);

Abhinav Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);

Ronald Francis Murphy, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ping Zhao, Saratoga, CA (US);

Inventors:

Bhaven Avalani, Cupertino, CA (US);

Abhinav Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);

Ronald Francis Murphy, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Ping Zhao, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5011 (2013.01); G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/30657 (2013.01); G06F 9/505 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 12/5695 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); Y02B 60/142 (2013.01); G06F 2209/504 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems to automatically respond to consider the weight of a request when responding to requests associated with resources are described. In one embodiment, an interface module may be configured to receive a request associated with consumer identifier and a resource. A calculator module may be configured to determine a weight of the request and a usage module configured to calculate, using a processor, a usage level associated with the consumer identifier, the usage level based on a usage history associated with the consumer identifier. An enforcer module may also be configured to respond to the request based on the usage level and the weight of the request. In one embodiment, the usage module may also be configured to update the usage level associated with the consumer identifier based on the weight of the request.


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