Patents by Inventor Henry Robert Nickerson

Henry Robert Nickerson 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: 10796339
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a content page with markup language corresponding to user interface widgets. A user interface widget can generate markup language to be incorporated into the content page. The markup language can be analyzed to determine whether it contains a content identifier. The content identifier can be embedded within a portion of a URL. An analysis of the content identifier can be performed to determine whether the content identifier corresponds to expired content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Ross Ikaika Chang, Adam Lloyd Days, Henry Robert Nickerson, Steven Howard Tarcza, II
  • Publication number: 20190012703
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a content page with markup language corresponding to user interface widgets. A user interface widget can generate markup language to be incorporated into the content page. The markup language can be analyzed to determine whether it contains a content identifier. The content identifier can be embedded within a portion of a URL. An analysis of the content identifier can be performed to determine whether the content identifier corresponds to expired content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Brandon Ross Ikaika Chang, Adam Lloyd Days, Henry Robert Nickerson, Steven Howard Tarcza, II
  • Patent number: 10089654
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for assigning user interface widgets to page slots associated with a page template and detecting expired content generated by the widgets. A user interface widget can generate markup language for placement within a page slot. The markup language can be analyzed to determine whether it contains a URL incorporating a content identifier. An analysis of the content identifier can be performed to determine whether the content identifier corresponds to expired content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Ross Ikaika Chang, Adam Lloyd Days, Henry Robert Nickerson, Steven Howard Tarcza, II
  • Publication number: 20110106598
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and other embodiments are described relating to the selection of digital coupons for display in network pages. In one embodiment, a plurality of coupon campaigns are maintained in a computing device for a plurality of entities in association with an operation of an electronic commerce system employed to sell a plurality of items over a network. Each of the coupon campaigns comprises at least one digital coupon to be applied to a purchase of at least one of the items. A network page is generated in the electronic commerce system to be rendered on a client. The network page is generated in association with the operation of the electronic commerce system. A subset of the digital coupons is determined to be included in the network page to present to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Monica Theresa McCann, William W. Allocca, Brandon R. I. Chang, Henry Robert Nickerson, Mark S. Gulbrandsen, Douglas J. Herrington, Dilip S. Kumar, James J. Shimada, Paul D. DeMarco
  • Publication number: 20110106599
    Abstract: Various embodiments, including systems and methods, are described for providing digital coupons to third party network sites. In one representative embodiment, a computing device is provided, where a plurality of digital coupons are maintained in a memory associated with the computing device. Each digital coupon is directed to the purchase of at least one item through an electronic commerce system. A coupon service is implemented in the computing device that is configured to identify at least one of the digital coupons to present on a third party network site in response to a request for at least one of the digital coupons received from the third party network site based at least in part upon information contained in the request. The identified digital coupons are then sent to the third party network site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Monica Theresa McCann, William W. Allocca, Brandon R. I. Chang, Henry Robert Nickerson, Mark S. Gulbrandsen, Douglas J. Herrington, Dilip S. Kumar, James J. Shimada, Paul D. DeMarco
  • Publication number: 20110106603
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a self-service portal for coupon implementation in association with an electronic commerce system. Coupon campaigns are implemented in a computing device for a plurality of vendors in association with the electronic commerce system. Each of the coupon campaigns comprises one or more digital coupons. An automated submission of each of the campaigns is facilitated in the computing device from respective ones of the vendors through a self-service portal. Vendor control is facilitated through the self-service portal as to whether the digital coupons associated with a respective one of the campaigns are activated to be applied to a purchase of an item through the electronic commerce system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Monica Theresa McCann, William W. Allocca, Brandon R. I. Chang, Henry Robert Nickerson, Mark S. Gulbrandsen, Douglas J. Herrington, Dilip S. Kumar, James J. Shimada, Paul D. DeMarco