Patents Examined by Peter Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11734666
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system for providing and managing associations between mobile computing device and physical shopping carts used in retail stores includes a physical shopping cart configured to transport physical goods around a store. The physical shopping cart includes a product detection system that is programmed to detect products that are placed in the physical shopping cart, a wireless transceiver to wirelessly communicate with other devices, and a cart identifier that uniquely identifies the physical shopping cart. The system further includes a mobile computing device that is programmed (i) to obtain the cart identifier for the shopping cart, (ii) to establish an association with the physical shopping cart using the cart identifier, and (iii) once the association between the physical shopping cart and the mobile computing device has been established, to output a user interface that provides a real-time summary of the products in the physical shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Hagen, Josh Michael Dingman, Daniel Woods, Donald John Armstrong, Tomas Kadlec
  • Patent number: 11727357
    Abstract: Data structures, graphical user interfaces, and computer-implemented processes for automation of project management. In an embodiment, data structures are used to associate items with colors and elements. A virtual design board in a graphical user interface can then be automatically or semi-automatically populated with items that are associated with selected color(s) and/or element(s). A user may associate one or more of the populated items with a project, such as a wedding event. The underlying application may be cloud-based and/or be capable of managing clients and projects, processing payments, managing inventory, providing distinct libraries, creating assemblies, automatically generating preparation lists, generating reports, managing contracts, managing interactions, applying machine learning to make predictions or classifications and/or automate tasks, and/or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: True Client Pro
    Inventor: Mayuri Parikh
  • Patent number: 11715070
    Abstract: Workers often forget to enter clockings indicating when they have arrived or left work or transferred between work activities. Various embodiments provide a system that predicts the risk of potential missed worker clockings and delivers alerts to the workers and/or their managers when that risk is high. The system analyzes historical data to find previous instances of missed clockings at an organization, extracts feature information regarding the context of the missed clockings, and calibrates a missing clocking risk model. The model is then used in either an online or batch mode to predict the risk of workers missing upcoming scheduled clockings. Based on these risk scores and system configurations, alerts are generated for employees and managers reminding them about the upcoming clockings and lowering the amount of missed clockings and subsequent remedies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Kronos Technology Systems Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Michael A. Scarpati, Thomas J. Walsh, Gregory Lamarre Anderson
  • Patent number: 11715082
    Abstract: A shopping cart and method of autonomous shopping are provided including a cart chassis, a scale configured to rest on base of the chassis, a basket resting on the scale, wherein weights of products placed in the basket are indicated by the output signal of the scale, a weight guard rail positioned above the product basket and attached to the cart chassis, a user identification unit, a payment module, and a motion sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CUST2MATE LTD.
    Inventors: Joseph Bentsur, Amnon Peleg
  • Patent number: 11715141
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and computer readable media can be configured to facilitate receipt of a unique product identifier. The unique product identifier can correspond to a customized product. In one embodiment, an account identifier is received. The account identifier may correspond to an online account of a consumer purchasing the customized product. In an embodiment, an object associated with the online account is determined. The object may represent a portion of a building. In an embodiment, the object is associated with the customized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Lowe's Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Darren Norman, Bryan Wilbourne Pruet
  • Patent number: 11704758
    Abstract: Systems, devices, products, apparatuses, and/or methods for generating a land parcel for a siting request in a geospatial area by receiving a land parcel request within a requested region to provide requirements for land development siting indicating one or more requested proximity factors, determining at least one primary site selection having a size below a requested sizing threshold based on information received from a geographical information system (GIS) including land parcel data defining a plurality of land parcels and energy data defining a plurality of energy infrastructures, automatically determines geospatial data representing one or more secondary land parcels and generates an updated site selection comprising the at least one primary site selection and at least one of the one or more secondary site selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Michael Baker International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Scott Jurick, Richard Arthur Kammer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11704723
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, bid specifications for an ecommerce transaction are transmitted from a party requesting bids to a plurality of bidders. Then a modification to the bid specifications is received from a first bidder of the plurality of bidders along with a bid in accordance with the modified bid specifications. The modified bid specifications may then be transmitted to the plurality of bidders other than the first bidder. Bids in accordance with the modified bid specifications are then received from each of the plurality of bidders other than the first bidder. One of the bids may be selected, and the ecommerce transaction may be consummated based on the selected bid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Shilpa Parekh, Gaurav Rekhi, Joe Augenbraun
  • Patent number: 11699161
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating and managing an authentication and automated return process are provided. In example embodiments, a network system receives, via a first application protocol interface (API) call from an authenticator system, an indication that an item associated with a transaction is not authentic, whereby the transaction occurred on the network system between accounts associated with a first and second client device. Based on the receiving of the indication, the network system automatically causes a return to be created at the network system. The network system then automatically triggers processing of the return including transferring funds to the account associated with the first client device, the account associated with the first client device previously providing payment to purchase the item and the account associated with the second client device providing the item for sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: EBAY INC.
    Inventor: Maunish Ashok Shah
  • Patent number: 11694162
    Abstract: Systems and methods to recommend templates for project-level graphical user interfaces within a collaboration environment are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; manage information defining project-level graphical user interfaces; monitor use of the collaboration environment by the users determined metric values for use metrics of the users; create templates for the project-level graphical user interfaces based on the metric values; generate and deliver template recommendations for the project-level graphical user interfaces; effectuate presentation of the project-level graphical user interfaces for the individual projects in the collaboration environment; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Jazmin Ackerman-Greenberg, Melissa Adams, Benjamin Henry Watkins, Chelsea Renee Padgham
  • Patent number: 11694293
    Abstract: A system and method for generating analytics based on interactions through digital channels. The method includes determining a plurality of interaction sensor signals based on interactions with an electronic form (e-form); clustering at least one set of similar interaction sensor signals of the determined plurality of interaction sensor signals, wherein each set of similar interaction sensor signals includes signals determined based on interactions with the same portion of the e-form; and generating at least one analytic based on each clustered set of interaction sensor signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CONTENT SQUARE ISRAEL LTD
    Inventors: Shira Agasi, Ori Reshef
  • Patent number: 11687880
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system for providing interfaces for visualizing and managing a supply chain includes an inventory readiness date system that is configured to generate inventory readiness dates for items in the supply chain. Inventory readiness dates can (i) be calendar dates on which the items are expected to be available for distribution at destination locations, (ii) be generated upon creation of orders for the items, (ii) be configured to remain fixed and unchanged for the items regardless of events affecting delivery of the items to the destination locations. The system can further include a supply chain data system that is configured to receive and aggregate supply chain information for the items from a plurality of supply chain data sources. The system can further include a supply chain tracking system that is configured to generate and present interfaces for visualizing and managing the supply chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rorro, Bryce Cooks, Anne Plaisted
  • Patent number: 11687321
    Abstract: The method of building a patent valuation model includes acquiring patent information, processing the patent information and separately performing a plurality of multiple regression analyses in which a plurality of key valuation elements preset for a valuation index are dependent variables, calculating a representative value of a plurality of regression coefficients for each independent variable of a plurality of multiple regression models calculated through the plurality of multiple regression analyses, and generating a valuation model for the valuation index by building a valuation model in which the calculated representative values are coefficients for the respective independent variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Invention Promotion Association
    Inventors: Jung Ae Kwak, Sang Youp Song, In Jae Park
  • Patent number: 11687955
    Abstract: An apparatus including: one or more weighing elements; a processor in communication with the one or more weighing elements; memory in communication with the processor and containing processor executable instructions; a proximity sensor in communication with the processor; and a wireless communications device in communication with the processor. The instructions provide for monitoring of removal of units of a product on the weighing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PURCHASE POINT, LLC
    Inventors: Kelley R. Thornton, Paul J. Soldera, Craig Cameron Scott, Robert E. Hoxie
  • Patent number: 11684316
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence system for generating land responses from biological extractions. The artificial intelligence system includes a computing device, configured to retrieve, a biological extraction pertaining to a user, wherein the biological extraction contains at least an element of physiological data. The computing device is configured to locate, a land descriptor wherein the land descriptor identifies a property. The computing device is configured to generate, a land machine-learning model, wherein the land machine-learning model utilizes the biological extraction as an input and outputs property elements. The computing device is configured to determine the suitability of the property utilizing the output property elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Patent number: 11681994
    Abstract: A point of sale system includes a merchant terminal and a customer terminal. The merchant terminal is configured to display a user interface (UI) window on the merchant terminal. The UI window on the merchant terminal displays a merchant-specific version of a screen displayed on the customer terminal. The merchant terminal receives updates from the customer terminal regarding the status of the payment portion for a transaction. The merchant terminal can provide an input to the UI window which is sent as a message to the customer terminal. Control of state for the point of sale system is shared such that when the system is in a first state, the merchant terminal is the state control terminal, and when the point of sale system is in a second state, the customer terminal is the state control terminal and has control of state for the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Koun Han, Nicholas Dower, Raymond Ryan, Bruce Bell, Jared Travis Marr, Alexey Kalinichenko, Tien Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11682090
    Abstract: A method for agricultural land parcel valuation includes: accessing data for parcels within a prescribed region, the data comprising management practices, historical weather conditions, locations and topography, remote sense images, soil types, and crop types; assessing and ranking the management practices for each of the parcels; generating simulation inputs for the each of the parcels, where the simulation inputs comprise highest ranked management practices, the historical weather conditions, the locations and topography, the soil types, and the crop types; simulating crop growth for the each of the parcels over a prescribed number of previous years, where the simulating employs the simulation inputs provided by the generating; and employing selected outputs from the simulating to calculate agricultural metrics and a valuation corresponding to the each of the parcels, where the agricultural metrics include a stability metric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CIBO Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Shane Bussmann, Ernesto Brau, Pankaj C. Bhambhani, Marie A. Coffin, Amy E. Hawkins, Margaret C. Kosmala, Jason M. Rute, Samuel P. White
  • Patent number: 11676130
    Abstract: A network node associated with a retail store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Susan W. Brosnan, Brad M. Johnson, Hye Suk Makley, Stacy Arrington
  • Patent number: 11673788
    Abstract: A beverage operations control system of an establishment such as a bar communicates with numerous wireless beverage control devices that monitor and control the pouring of beverages. The system provides monitoring and predictive analysis based on the monitoring, including real-time modifications to the operations of the beverage control devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Lab2Fab, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Rao, Shawn Lange, Derek Pietz
  • Patent number: 11676107
    Abstract: Systems and methods to facilitate interaction with a collaboration environment based on assignment of project-level roles are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: manage environment state information maintaining a collaboration environment; obtain role information specifying roles of the users within units of work and projects; update the environment state information based on the role information; effectuate presentation of the collaboration environment based on the environment state information so that access, by the users, to the individual units of work and the individual projects reflects the roles of the users within the units of work and the projects; and/or perform other operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Asana, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Jeffrey Beauchamp, Micah Hanan Fenner, Reyana Fayyaz, Jocelyn Karlan Newman
  • Patent number: 11669802
    Abstract: A warehouse coordination system performs a simulation of tasks to be performed over a shift for a warehouse process, according to a defined sequence of the tasks and defined resources to be applied to the tasks, and generates simulation output data. The warehouse coordination system stores data that represents the defined sequence of the tasks, data that represents the defined resources to be applied to the tasks, and the simulation output data. The warehouse coordination system receives real-time warehouse data that indicates tasks being performed over the shift. The warehouse coordination system provides data for a performance monitoring interface, and the performance monitoring interface presents, for a plurality of time periods, an amount of tasks that have been predicted to be performed according to the simulation of the tasks, in comparison to an amount of tasks that have been performed according to the real-time warehouse data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Goetzke, Michael Rorro, Alexander J. Meyer, Chuong Bui, Mike Parker, Allison Ewald, Cory Norell, Margaret Casey, Christopher Swenson