Patents by Inventor Debra Lin Singer-Harter

Debra Lin Singer-Harter 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).

  • Retail store fly-around product locator
    Patent number: 7537156
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product and service for aiding a shopper in locating a product in a store are presented. The shopper enters an identifier for a desired product into a wireless computer, such as a tablet computer or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). A server determines both where the shopper is presently located (starting physical location) and where the desired product is located (final physical location) in the store. The server then sends the wireless computer a real-time image that corresponds with a changing physical location of the shopper, such that the shopper is able to find the desired product by following a travel pathway to the final physical location of the desired product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Debra Lin Singer-Harter
  • Retail store fly-around product locator
    Patent number: 7309009
    Abstract: A method, system, computer program product and service for aiding a shopper in locating a product in a store are presented. The shopper enters an identifier for a desired product into a wireless computer, such as a tablet computer or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). A server determines both where the shopper is presently located (starting physical location) and where the desired product is located (final physical location) in the store. The server then sends the wireless computer a real-time image that corresponds with a changing physical location of the shopper, such that the shopper is able to find the desired product by following a travel pathway to the final physical location of the desired product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Debra Lin Singer-Harter