Patents by Inventor Heather Viszlay

Heather Viszlay 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).

  • Interleaving surprise activities in workflow
    Patent number: 11244264
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining primary workflow having a list of activities being performed by a worker; obtaining a surprise activity; comparing a context of the worker to contextual needs of the surprise activity; and interleaving the surprise activity in the list of activities based on a best fit context of the worker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Mellott, Heather Viszlay, John Pecorari, Mark David Murawski, Justin Volz, George J. Karabin
  • RESTOCKING WORKFLOW PRIORITIZATION
    Publication number: 20160203429
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of data collection devices to receive and provide retail store product inventory data, rate of sale data, and incoming product inventory data in real time; and a programmed computer coupled to receive the data from the plurality of data collection devices and execute code to generate and prioritize restocking workflow activities as a function of the received data. The programmed computer further provides the restocking workflow activities to at least one of the data collection devices to direct a worker to restock a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Mellott, Mark David Murawski, Vanessa Cassandra Sanchez, John Pecorari, Heather Viszlay
  • INTERLEAVING SURPRISE ACTIVITIES IN WORKFLOW
    Publication number: 20160189076
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining primary workflow having a list of activities being performed by a worker; obtaining a surprise activity; comparing a context of the worker to contextual needs of the surprise activity; and interleaving the surprise activity in the list of activities based on a best fit context of the worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Mark Mellott, Heather Viszlay, John Pecorari, Mark David Murawski, Justin Volz, George J. Karabin