Patents Examined by William J. Allen
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Patent number: 11514538Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing order information are provided. One of the methods includes: receiving, by a server from a first client associated with a user, a request for generating an order, the request comprising identification information of a food establishment, identification information of the user, and information of a selected data object; generating, by the server, the order based on the request; sending, by the server, the order to a second client associated with a processing and preparing area of the food establishment; generating, by the server, a geometric code encoding identification information of the generated order; and sending, by the server to a third client associated with a raw material storage area of the food establishment, the generated geometric code and the information of the selected data object.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITEDInventor: Yuan Chen
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Patent number: 11475470Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform a method for providing visual navigation assistance in retail stores, which may include receiving a first indoor location of a user within a retail store; receiving a target destination; and providing first navigation data to the user through a first visual interface. The method may also include, after providing the first navigation data, receiving a second indoor location of the user within the retail store; determining that the second indoor location is within a selected area around the target destination, with the selected area not including the first indoor location; and, in response to the determination that the second indoor location is within the selected area around the target destination, providing second navigation data to the user through a second visual interface, where the second visual interface differs from the first visual interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Trax Technology Solutions Pte Ltd.Inventors: Youval Bronicki, Dolev Pomeranz
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Patent number: 11475507Abstract: Buy-online pickup-in-store (BOPIS) order fulfillment is optimized by prioritizing BOPIS orders according to estimated pickup times. The pickup time for a given order is based on a customer profile and order details which can include product properties for a product in the order, characteristics of the physical store, and an order velocity indicative of an urgency of the customer in placing the order. The pickup times are estimated by a cognitive system trained with input samples comprised of historical BOPIS orders associated with actual pickup delays. The customer profiles include historical information regarding previous BOPIS orders from the customer such as a percentage of previous BOPIS orders actually picked up, and an average pickup delay for the previous BOPIS orders that were picked up. If any order pickup time is less than a predefined threshold, the system notifies the store associate with a warning that it is urgent.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, John Kaufmann
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Patent number: 11461833Abstract: In an automated product delivery method a request for delivery of a product is received from a user device. One or more product delivery options are determined and transmitted to the user device and a selected product delivery option is received from the user device. The product is provided to the selected delivery location in advance of the selected delivery time window. A delivery processing server receives user device location information and determines an estimated arrival time of the user at the delivery location. At the estimated arrival time, the product is securely staged for pickup by the user. The delivery processing server receives user validation information, and responsive to validation of the user information, transmits to the delivery location processing device, an instruction to allow access to the product by the user, and access to the product by the user is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Jeremy Phillips, Andrew Grossman, Ari Horowitz
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Patent number: 11439255Abstract: A retail shower door display assembly is provided with a point-of-sale display unit sized to be received within a retail store aisle. An array of various shower door frames is oriented within the display unit. An array of various shower door glass panes is oriented within the display unit. A method for displaying shower door assemblies for retail is provided by displaying various shower door frames for purchaser selection. Various shower door glass panes are provided for purchaser selection independent of the shower door frames.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: LIBERTY HARDWARE MFG CORP.Inventors: James Allen Austin, III, Patrick William Boehnen, Matthew James Klein, Richard L. Roetken, Marcus Bosch, Geraint Krumpe, Natalie A. Schraufnagel
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Patent number: 11420863Abstract: Smart fuel dispensing techniques utilize telematics data to initiate fueling sessions. Techniques can receive telematics data including identification data for a vehicle, determine a fuel type based on the vehicle identification data, determine a scope of fueling permissions associated with the vehicle identification data, and initiate a fueling session based on the scope of fueling permissions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Bharat Prasad, Charles L. Oakes, III
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Patent number: 11417104Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically determining location of an object. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for automatically determining location of an object inside a retail store via one or more cameras including: a plurality of locations inside a retail store; a first camera capturing a first image of a first location; a portable electronic device configured to transmit a signal used to determine an absolute location of a test object; one or more first receiver circuits configured to receive transmitted first signals from the portable electronic device; and a control circuit configured to: associate a first set of store coordinates of a first coordinate system associated with an entire area inside the retail store with a first set of frame coordinates of a second coordinate system associated with the plurality of cameras; and cause a database to store the association.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Yanbin Ye, Zhichun Xiao
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Patent number: 11409431Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-executed method, a computer system and computer-program product for facilitating a transaction. The method includes transmitting computer-executable instructions to cause a representation of an item to be displayed on a consumer interface rendered on a visual display of a computing device. The method also includes receiving, from the computing device, an indication of a compound consumer input associated with a consumer and performed using the consumer interface. The method further includes, based on a determination that the compound consumer input corresponds to a purchase command, retrieving information previously stored for the consumer, generating an order to purchase the item for the consumer, and transmitting an order confirmation configured to be displayed by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Groupon, Inc.Inventors: Sri Viswanath, Eric Hyche, Mihir Shah, Peter Bergstrom, Michael Burton, Dor Levi, Fabio Sisinni, Don Albert Chennavasin, Marius G. Ciocirlan, Ben Kim, Riaz Rahim
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Patent number: 11392964Abstract: An automated predictive analytics system disclosed herein provides for generating sales leads with lead engagement recommendations. In one implementation, the system determines similarities between fitness, engagement, and intent characteristics of a plurality of target clients and fitness, engagement, and intent characteristics of an entity's existing clients. Subsequently, the system generates recommendations for engagement with the plurality of target clients, wherein components of the recommendations for engagement are based on determined similarities between the fitness, engagement, and intent characteristics of the plurality of target clients and the fitness, engagement, and intent characteristics of the entity's existing clients. The system presents the plurality of leads with the recommendations of engagement to using a graphical user interface (GUI) at the application layer of the system.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ZOOMINFO APOLLO LLCInventors: Hua Gao, Vincent Yang, Yi Jin, Amit Rai
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Patent number: 11393019Abstract: Purchase from sellers of selection is enabled to be made through simple operations. Furthermore, prospective purchase events are distributed to sellers as needed. Demands of purchase candidates are retrieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PEACE AND PASSION INC.Inventors: Satoshi Hirano, Nuttapong Attrapadung, Senlin Guan
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Patent number: 11361364Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shopping recommendation method, a client, and a server. The method includes: acquiring voice information of a user, and performing voice recognition and keyword extraction on the voice information, to obtain shopping keyword information; transmitting the shopping keyword information to a server, so that the server performs interest prediction according to the shopping keyword information and shopping related information of the user, to generate recommendation information; and receiving the recommendation information, and generating shopping recommendation content according to the recommendation information to be displayed by a display.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiangyang Liu, Chune Lan, Tong Liu, Zhiguo Zhang, Hui Rao
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Patent number: 11348164Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing electronic recommendation engines and displays of an apparel subscription application may comprise determining a status of the user as being a valid user of electronic closet recommendation engines and displays of an apparel subscription application; determining, if the user is a valid user, a presence of apparel data in an assistant section of an electronic record corresponding to the user in a database of the electronic closet recommendation engines and displays; and launching the assistant section of a user interface of the apparel subscription application, if the apparel data is present in the assistant section of the electronic record.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: CaaStle, Inc.Inventors: Arnab Bhattacharya, Georgiy Goldenberg, Aurelien Labonne
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Patent number: 11334937Abstract: Online products and priorities of the online products are obtained, where the online products are waiting to be displayed on a product shelf. The product shelf includes at least two display slots, where each display slot of the at least two display slots displays one online product. An attention ranking of each display slot is determined based on a distance between each display slot and a visual center of the product shelf. An online product is displayed with a higher obtained priority in a particular display slot with a greater determined attention ranking.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jie Li
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Patent number: 11328246Abstract: A delivery device includes an image capture device for generating delivery image data of a delivery at a service address. A processor executes a delivery application to bidirectionally communicate delivery data with the delivery data server via the network interface, wherein the delivery data includes a delivery tracking number and the delivery image data. The delivery data server processes the delivery data to provide a delivery confirmation to a customer at the service address, wherein the delivery confirmation includes the delivery tracking number and the delivery image data.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Inventors: Bruce E. Stuckman, Judith Lynn Stuckman, Katherine C. Stuckman
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Patent number: 11301919Abstract: Systems and methods for improving the efficiency of order fulfillment are disclosed. When fulfilling an order in which substitutions are required, due to unavailability of particular products, the process of contacting the customer and receiving a selection from the customer can be separated from the picking process. The picker can continue to fulfill the order, while an automated system offers alternatives and receives selections from the customer. If appropriate, the substitution can be appended to the picker's list. If the picker has completed the remainder of the order, on the other hand, a new order with the substitution can be created, which can later be aggregated with the original order. A variety of methods can be used to efficiently present substitutions to the customer and receive choices from the customer, including use of imagery of substitute items.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Wesley Scott Lauka, Julia Hannah Blum, Taylor Wayne Andrus, Trevor Joseph Allred
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Patent number: 11295373Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a multi-dimensional commerce platform that may be utilized for the communication of data. Aspects of the multi-dimensional commerce platform may include various functional components to facilitate a system to receive inventory data at a first server associated with the multi-dimensional commerce platform, provide a second server associated with a third-party (e.g., a third party seller/distributor) access to the inventory data, alter or modify the inventory data based on attributes of the second server, and cause display of a presentation of the modified inventory data at a client device.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Gail Anna Rahn Frederick, Tatjana Vlahovic, Sanjeev Katariya
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Patent number: 11295322Abstract: An online order management service is configured to interface between merchants and order/delivery services so that a merchant can provide a catalog to multiple order/delivery services without having to communicate directly with the order/delivery services. A recommendation service is also provided to provide recommendations to merchants regarding which of multiple order/delivery services to use. The recommendation service bases its recommendations on historical order data that has been archived by the online order management service, as well as on known or derived merchant properties. The recommendation service may also recommend product items to be included in a catalog in order to improve sales results achieved when listing the catalog with any particular order/delivery service.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Yien, Logan Johnson
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Patent number: 11270367Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to providing product information. The appearance of a first product and a second product is detected within a field of view of one or more image sensors. Movement of the first product or the second product relative to one another is then detected. If the movement of the first product or the second product relative to one another causes the first product to come within a threshold distance of the second product, then comparison information is displayed at a location at least partially between the first product and the second product.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Golnaz Abdollahian, Earl M. Olson
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Patent number: 11227253Abstract: Provided are a system and method for providing a product delivery service in an electronic transaction using a smartphone in which delivery product discharging devices are suitably disposed in specific places of main areas such as a subway station or a bus stop and a purchaser may conveniently pick up an ordered delivery product from a delivery product discharging device previously designated by the purchaser using a smartphone of the purchaser.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventor: Phil Jae Kim
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Patent number: 11222381Abstract: A mechanism for providing electronic commerce data onto publisher's site. The mechanism also provides ability for a consumer to interact with that data to complete a purchase from within the publisher's website or application. A method includes retrieving merchandise data from a plurality of merchants and storing at least one group of merchandise data formed based on the merchandise data and content on a publisher site. The method also includes embedding the group of merchandise data on the content of the publisher's website and generating a merchandise frame in view of the embedment. The method further includes rendering the merchandise frame directly onto the publisher site. The method further includes rendering a universal check out frame on the publisher's site, which provides the user the ability to check out from multiple retailers within a single universal check out on a publisher's site.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: 72Lux, Inc.Inventor: Heather Marie Udo