Patents Examined by Scott Tungate
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Patent number: 9870548Abstract: A pickup location may be enabled to continue to operate when communication over a network is not available by preemptively synchronizing certain data. For the delivery of an item, order data such as the expected tracking identification for an item may be sent to the pickup location before the item is delivered. An access code that will be used by the user for retrieving the item from a storage compartment at the pickup location may also be generated and synchronized between the pickup location and a remote computing resource before the item is delivered. A delivery of an item as confirmed by a carrier may be reported to a user when communication with the pickup location is unavailable if the carrier meets a certain confidence threshold requirement based on past performance.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rucheek Hasmukh Sangani, Piyush Gupta, Neha Goswami, Nicholas John Morren, Ameya Rahane
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Patent number: 9830561Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product implement visual booking operations to search for travel products and/or present travel recommendations associated with travel products to users based upon visual elements in one or more digital images captured by a wearable or mobile device. Visual elements may be extracted and inferred to identify one or more travel destination locations that are geographically remote from a current location of a user, and the identified travel destination locations may be used to search a travel database to identify at least one travel product for travel from a travel origination location to a travel destination location.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Amadeus S.A.S.Inventors: David Renaudie, Nicolas Hauviller, Francois Montegut
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Patent number: 9754329Abstract: A management system, a smart meter, a server, an operation method and a management method are provided. The management system includes a remote server and at least one smart meter. The smart meter is coupled to the remote server via a communication network. The smart meter measures electrical energy of at least one power line to obtain at least one batch of electricity data. The smart meter detects whether the loading event occurs. If the loading event occurs, the smart meter performs data compression on the electricity data obtained during an event period corresponding to the loading event to obtain compressed data, and uploads the compressed data to the remote server. The remote server performs data decompression on the compressed data to obtain decompressed data. The remote server performs load identification according to the decompressed data.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chung-Wei Lin, Lun-Chia Kuo, Wan-Jung Lin, Nien-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 9710780Abstract: A system and method for coordinating item delivery is disclosed. The system includes a control hub configured to receive item information, a dynamic routing system configured to provide routing instructions, and a handheld device configured to receive routing instructions. The control hub controls and coordinates receiving and transmitting item information, including pick-up and delivery schedules, and other item information.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: United States Postal ServiceInventors: Mary P. Anderson, James D. Wilson, Angela D. Lawson, Rosemarie Bolha
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Patent number: 9659335Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that record details of product samples given to a customer. A request to add one or more product sample records is received, and in response, user interface showing product sample information for available product samples is presented. The user interface may include a field for entering a quantity of each product sample given to the customer. One or more product sample records is recorded corresponding to each product sample for which a quantity was entered in the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2009Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Darshan Kumar, Ambili Sudhi, Govindraja Achar, Pankesh Jhaveri, Harish Kumar, Pinjari Allavali, Walter Back
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Patent number: 9633319Abstract: A queue management scheme whereby a system-wide status is considered together with a status of each and every specific or particular queue and associated device within the system, in order to efficiently and effectively balance the needs and desires of customers with the needs and desires of an entity that provides services to the customers.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Cubic CorporationInventor: Paul Monk
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Patent number: 9582773Abstract: A queue management scheme whereby a system-wide status is considered together with a status of each and every specific or particular queue and associated device within the system, in order to efficiently and effectively balance the needs and desires of customers with the needs and desires of an entity that provides services to the customers.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Cubic CorporationInventor: Paul Monk