Airbnb patents

Empirical expert determination and question routing system and method

Systems and methods for empirical expert determination and question and answer routing are provided. They system collects location tracking data about each user and analyzes the location tracking data to empirically determine the level of expertise a particular user has for a specific venue/event or a specific geographic region at a particular scale on a map. ... Airbnb

Demand prediction for time-expiring inventory

This disclosure includes methods for predicting demand based on the price of a time-expiring inventory. An online system provides a connection between a manager of a time-expiring inventory and a plurality of clients. ... Airbnb

Password manipulation for secure account creation and verification through third-party servers

A method and system for deterring attacks at potential breach points between servers and an account and login server for creating and subsequent verification of accounts. Various cryptographic primitives are used to manipulate passwords to generate verifiers. ... Airbnb

Regression-tree compressed feature vector machine for time-expiring inventory utilization prediction

This disclosure includes systems for regression-tree-modified feature vector machine learning models for utilization prediction in time-expiring inventory. An online computing system receives a feature vector for a listing and inputs the feature vector and modified feature vectors into a demand function to generate demand estimates. ... Airbnb

Database encryption to provide write protection

An online computer system including a database uses an encrypted table that allows for write protection its contents. Middleware logic operating on the system acts as an interface for access to the database, so that any business logic on the system accesses the database through simple procedural calls to the middleware rather than directly to the database itself. ... Airbnb

Identity and trustworthiness verification using online and offline components

Methods and systems for verifying the identity and trustworthiness of a user of an online system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving online and offline identity information for a user and comparing them to a user profile information provided by the user. ... Airbnb

Unique accommodation search improvement founded in listing booking conversion

Methods and systems for machine learning assisted search functions for unique accommodations founded in listing booking conversion are disclosed. In one embodiment, an online booking system models the conversion propensity of listings based on statistical relationships between features of previously received accommodation reservation requests and the booking of those reservation requests by guests. ... Airbnb

Beam device architecture

A communications system provides access to services when direct internet connectivity is not practical. The system includes a beam modem and a beam api server. ... Airbnb

Automated database record activation using predictive modeling of database access

A computer implemented system and method for selecting and notifying operators of the option to enable a record activation feature for a short interval of time for the records they offer in a selected geographic area. Enabling record activation for a record indicates that the record may be booked by a user without first requesting the operator to manually approve the transaction request and waiting for the operator's approval of the request. ... Airbnb