Patents by Inventor Michael W. Nail

Michael W. Nail 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: 9489354
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for masking and unmasking content. A system configured to practice the example method embodiment parses a markup language document to identify a location of a section of the markup language document to mask and selects, based on a content type for content within the section, replacement content for the section. Then the system saves a copy of the section in a storage external to the markup language document. The system inserts the replacement content in the markup language document at the location in place of the section to mask the section while preserving formatting and layout of the markup language document. Upon receiving an indication to restore the section, the system inserts the copy of the section in the markup language document at the location in place of the replacement content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Lee, Michael W. Nail, Homan Lee
  • Patent number: 7962422
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for redirecting orders based on delivery site unavailability. A first delivery site that will be unavailable during an unavailability period is identified, and a coincidence between the unavailability period and a pick-up period of a shipment at the first delivery site is determined, the shipment being currently scheduled to be picked up by a customer at the first delivery site during the pick-up period. A second delivery site is then determined. A notification is sent to the customer of the second delivery site, and a rerouting of the shipment to the second delivery site is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Valeria Melechko, Michael W. Nail, Jeremy Brian Hanni