ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,639,739, issued on May 26, was assigned to MERCARI INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Computer-implemented method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and system for enhancing listings in an e-commerce site" was invented by Byong Mok Oh (Los Altos, Calif.), Hayato Ryuki (Irvine, Calif.), Ajay Daptardar (Belmont, Mass.), Thea Lee (Campbell, Calif.) and Colin Smith (Aubrey, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein include modeling of seller profiles and behaviors on an e-commerce site to induce more listings and sales within the e-commerce site. For every seller and potential seller on the e-commerce site, thei...