Patents by Inventor Brian Crowder

Brian Crowder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11763407
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a product packaging model for a product offering of a set of product items associated with a merchant account. At an e-commerce platform, a trigger event is detected and, in response, two or more product items are automatically selected to form a kit that makes up the product offering. Model data for the two or more product items and packaging parameters are used to automatically select a packaging option and to build a product packaging model that is sent to the merchant account. The product packaging model may be a three-dimensional computer model of the kit containing the two or more product items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel Delgado, Daniel Beauchamp, Brian Crowder
  • Publication number: 20230018330
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a product packaging model for a product offering of a set of product items associated with a merchant account. At an e-commerce platform, a trigger event is detected and, in response, two or more product items are automatically selected to form a kit that makes up the product offering. Model data for the two or more product items and packaging parameters are used to automatically select a packaging option and to build a product packaging model that is sent to the merchant account. The product packaging model may be a three-dimensional computer model of the kit containing the two or more product items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel DELGADO, Daniel BEAUCHAMP, Brian CROWDER
  • Patent number: 11481857
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a product packaging model for a product offering of a set of product items associated with a merchant account. At an e-commerce platform, a trigger event is detected and, in response, two or more product items are automatically selected to form a kit that makes up the product offering. Model data for the two or more product items and packaging parameters are used to automatically select a packaging option and to build a product packaging model that is sent to the merchant account. The product packaging model may be a three-dimensional computer model of the kit containing the two or more product items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel Delgado, Daniel Beauchamp, Brian Crowder
  • Patent number: 11403723
    Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging a product offering of product items associated with a merchant account. A product packaging model is associated with a kit of product items having a selected packaging option. During assembly, one or more images of the kit are captured and image features are detected and compared to parameters specified in the product packaging model. An error notification is output if a deviation is detected between the detected image features and the parameters prescribed by the product packaging model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Shopify Inc
    Inventors: Byron Leonel Delgado, Daniel Beauchamp, Brian Crowder
  • Publication number: 20210256648
    Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging a product offering of product items associated with a merchant account. A product packaging model is associated with a kit of product items having a selected packaging option. During assembly, one or more images of the kit are captured and image features are detected and compared to parameters specified in the product packaging model. An error notification is output if a deviation is detected between the detected image features and the parameters prescribed by the product packaging model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Byron Leonel DELGADO, Daniel BEAUCHAMP, Brian CROWDER
  • Publication number: 20210192661
    Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging a product offering of product items associated with a merchant account. A product packaging model is associated with a kit of product items having a selected packaging option. During assembly, one or more images of the kit are captured and image features are detected and compared to parameters specified in the product packaging model. An error notification is output if a deviation is detected between the detected image features and the parameters prescribed by the product packaging model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel DELGADO, Daniel BEAUCHAMP, Brian CROWDER
  • Publication number: 20210192660
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a product packaging model for a product offering of a set of product items associated with a merchant account. At an e-commerce platform, a trigger event is detected and, in response, two or more product items are automatically selected to form a kit that makes up the product offering. Model data for the two or more product items and packaging parameters are used to automatically select a packaging option and to build a product packaging model that is sent to the merchant account. The product packaging model may be a three-dimensional computer model of the kit containing the two or more product items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel DELGADO, Daniel BEAUCHAMP, Brian CROWDER
  • Patent number: 11042953
    Abstract: Methods and systems for packaging a product offering of product items associated with a merchant account. A product packaging model is associated with a kit of product items having a selected packaging option. During assembly, one or more images of the kit are captured and image features are detected and compared to parameters specified in the product packaging model. An error notification is output if a deviation is detected between the detected image features and the parameters prescribed by the product packaging model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shopify Inc.
    Inventors: Bryon Leonel Delgado, Daniel Beauchamp, Brian Crowder
  • Patent number: 9604145
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player of a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game a first game task in a conditional series of game tasks. The assignment is based at least in part on a measure of difficulty associated with the first game task. The measure of difficulty depends on a profile associated with the player that includes an Active Social Network (ASN) metric as determined by data that has been read from an in-memory database and that has been retrieved from a social networking website through an application programming interface (API) exposed by the social networking website. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends at least in part on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that were completed by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Morrison, Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder
  • Publication number: 20160045830
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player of a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game a first game task in a conditional series of game tasks. The assignment is based at least in part on a measure of difficulty associated with the first game task. The measure of difficulty depends on a profile associated with the player that includes an Active Social Network (ASN) metric as determined by data that has been read from an in-memory database and that has been retrieved from a social networking website through an application programming interface (API) exposed by the social networking website. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends at least in part on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that were completed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Travis Morrison, Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder
  • Patent number: 9186584
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player game tasks in a conditional series of game tasks based at least in part on a measure of difficulty associated with the each game task. The measure of difficulty of each game task depends on a profile associated with the player. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends at least in part on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Morrison, Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder
  • Patent number: 9168458
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player of an MMO game a first game task in a conditional series of game tasks. Each game task includes a specified duration. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. The software determines whether the player completed the first game task within the specified duration. If the player did not complete the first game task within the specified duration, the software assigns the player a second game task in the conditional series of game tasks that is less difficult to complete than the first game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder
  • Publication number: 20140031129
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player game tasks in a conditional series of game tasks based at least in part on a measure of difficulty associated with the each game task. The measure of difficulty of each game task depends on a profile associated with the player. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends at least in part on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Travis Morrison, Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder
  • Publication number: 20140031130
    Abstract: Software at an online game website assigns to a player of an MMO game a first game task in a conditional series of game tasks. Each game task includes a specified duration. At least one of the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks is a social game task. The software determines whether the player completed the first game task within the specified duration. If the player did not complete the first game task within the specified duration, the software assigns the player a second game task in the conditional series of game tasks that is less difficult to complete than the first game task. Then the software provides a reward to the player upon termination of the conditional series of game tasks. The reward depends on the game tasks in the conditional series of game tasks that are completed by the player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Chandra Janakiraman, Brian Crowder