Patents by Inventor Byron George Merritt

Byron George Merritt 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).

  • Method of visual shopping
    Patent number: 10817921
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for customizing consumer products. A display device may present a rendering of a customizable product to a user. The display device may also present a set of customizations on a scrollable axis. An input interface such as a touch interface may receive a selection of at least one customization from the user, and the rendering of the product may be updated to display the customizations selected by the user. An electronic file may be generated that includes product manufacturing details, which indicate the customizations selected by the user. The product may be an article of footwear, and a printer may print the selected customizations on the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Collier, Byron George Merritt, Esther S. Chang, Joshua A. Moore
  • Visual Shopping
    Publication number: 20170330257
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for customizing consumer products. A display device may present a rendering of a customizable product to a user. The display device may also present a set of customizations on a scrollable axis. An input interface such as a touch interface may receive a selection of at least one customization from the user, and the rendering of the product may be updated to display the customizations selected by the user. An electronic file may be generated that includes product manufacturing details, which indicate the customizations selected by the user. The product may be an article of footwear, and a printer may print the selected customizations on the article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Michael David Collier, Byron George Merritt, Esther S. Chang, Joshua A. Moore
  • Visual shopping
    Patent number: 9734527
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for customizing consumer products. A display device may present a rendering of a customizable product to a user. The display device may also present a set of customizations on a scrollable axis. An input interface such as a touch interface may receive a selection of at least one customization from the user, and the rendering of the product may be updated to display the customizations selected by the user. An electronic file may be generated that includes product manufacturing details, which indicate the customizations selected by the user. The product may be an article of footwear, and a printer may print the selected customizations on the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Collier, Byron George Merritt, Esther S. Chang, Joshua A. Moore
  • Visual Shopping
    Publication number: 20140201024
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for customizing consumer products. A display device may present a rendering of a customizable product to a user. The display device may also present a set of customizations on a scrollable axis. An input interface such as a touch interface may receive a selection of at least one customization from the user, and the rendering of the product may be updated to display the customizations selected by the user. An electronic file may be generated that includes product manufacturing details, which indicate the customizations selected by the user. The product may be an article of footwear, and a printer may print the selected customizations on the article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael David Collier, Byron George Merritt, Esther S. Chang, Joshua A. Moore