Patents Assigned to Target Brands, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12223488
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing register content is described. A register content management module receives an identity of the retail location register, identifies a geographic location associated with the retail location register, identifies a time for which the updated register content is requested, generates a new register content, and sends the new register content to the retail location register independently from sending an application update to the retail location register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Beyers, Dan Chamberlain, Erin Hanson, Matthew Howard, Rilee Krier, Ryan Lambrecht, John Russ, Julie L Wegmiller
  • Patent number: 12209870
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method performed by data processing apparatuses includes receiving stored map data corresponding to a digital map, identifying a discrepancy between the digital map and a physical space which the digital map represents, updating the digital map to correct the identified discrepancy, storing the updated digital map, and optionally providing the updated digital may for presentation on a device display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lissick, Eric Runquist, Clayton Black
  • Patent number: 12211081
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a product bundle recommendation are disclosed. One method includes receiving a selection of a first product. Data relating to historical customer shopping activity and data describing online shopping sessions in which products are selected for addition to historical shopping carts to which the first product was previously added is accessed. A list bundled products having a complementary relationship with the first product is generated. At least one product from the list of bundled products is selected and the at least one product is presented on a user interface on a customer device as a recommendation for purchase with the first product. A filter may be applied to the list of bundled products, such as a price filter. The method may be performed by a system including one or more computing devices communicating via a network with one or more data storage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Aparupa Das Gupta, Anupama Joshi, Gregory Olsen, Saloni Agarwal
  • Patent number: 12210574
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating and distributing data visualizations are provided. One method includes displaying a user interface including a canvas and a card builder toolset, the card builder toolset including a plurality of selectable options, each of the plurality of selectable options responsive to user input to present a definition screen including one or more card definition parameter input fields. The method further includes receiving user input into the one or more card definition parameter input fields for each of the plurality of selectable options and, in response, defining at least one aspect of a card to be included within a user dashboard presented on the canvas. The method also includes rendering a card within the canvas in accordance with parameters defined by the user input, the card being included within a dashboard to be displayed to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Schrupp, Jeremy Woelfel, Paul Algren
  • Patent number: 12198154
    Abstract: In one implementation, a method for determining accurate store traffic levels includes receiving, at a computer system, historical store data for a physical store that was generated by internal data sources located within the physical store; generating, by the computer system, a historical store model that correlates values from store data with guest traffic levels within the physical store; receiving, by the computer system, current store data from one or more of the internal data sources; determining, by the computer system, current guest traffic level in the physical store based on the current store data and the historical store model; and outputting, by the computer system, the current guest traffic level in the physical store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Schuster, Susan Yang, Elizabeth Feist, Clayton Black, Matthew Fevold, Andrew Wipf
  • Patent number: 12198152
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for tracking a shopper route at a retail enterprise. Location information associated with assets can be collected at a retail location, from which a detailed route through the retail location may be recreated and overlaid on map data reflecting a retail location layout. Further analysis may be performed on the route. Additionally, the route may be overlaid on a map, including business context information and point-of-sale transaction information, allowing for various metrics and metric visualizations to be generated that can be further analyzed to achieve various objectives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kovacs, Vinodhini Chandrasekaran, Gowthami Peri, Varsha Shiva Kumar
  • Patent number: 12190287
    Abstract: The disclosed system and method relate to automatically detecting empty spaces on retail store shelves, identifying the missing product(s) and causing the space to be replenished or restocked. For example, stores may use shelf-mounted imaging devices to capture images of shelves across the aisle from the imaging devices. The images captured by the imaging devices may be pre-processed to de-warp, de-skew images and stitch together multiple images in order to retrieve an image that captures a full width of a shelf. The pre-processed images can then be used to detect products on the shelf, identify the detected products. An iterative projection algorithm or product fingerprint matching algorithm can be used to identify the products. When an incorrect product listing or an empty shelf space is encountered, a message may be sent to the store employee to remedy the issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas Eggert
  • Patent number: 12190289
    Abstract: A software system operates to store information about a plurality of products in a common data management system that serves as a single source of truth for product information. Multiple different computing systems can access and edit item records. As information in the item records is updated, other computing systems can access the updated information immediately. The overall system is a multi-use tool for assortment planning that allows for flexible data sharing across the lifecycle of an item for item definition, budget definition, and vendor negotiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: James Preston Rowe, Rebecca Ann Danaher, Gangi Reddy Thimmasani, Amith Krishnan, Kelly Anne Ellis
  • Patent number: 12190280
    Abstract: In general, the present disclosure describes inventory management systems and methods which track all inventory of items within a retail supply chain. A computerized system aggregates inventory movement events to produce a common source of truth for the location and disposition of items within a supply chain. Order events and inventory events are received from multiple data sources. Additionally, a current inventory level for each item at each location within the supply chain is provided according to the data source. The computerized system normalizes the information in the event messages before it is stored in the centralized inventory database. The inventory information in the database can be accessed by multiple consumers through an API to obtain the most up-to-date information about the disposition and location of an item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Abrahamson, Jon Dejong, Joshua Allen Reed, Joshua Wing, Matthew Michael Anderson, Michelle Lyn Fuller
  • Publication number: 20240420284
    Abstract: A platform, web application, system, and methods are disclosed for creating digital 3D scenes having digital 3D objects and for creating images of the digital 3D scenes. The platform can be communicatively coupled with the web application. The platform can apply a multi-stage method to convert high-fidelity digital 3D objects into low-fidelity digital 3D objects, store a mapping between them, and transmit low-fidelity digital 3D objects to the web application. The web application can include user interfaces for manipulating low-fidelity digital 3D objects to create low-fidelity digital 3D scenes. The platform can automatically convert low-fidelity digital 3D scenes received from the web application into high-fidelity digital 3D scenes and create high-fidelity 2D images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: GODHA NARAYANA, MADANMOHAN ATMAKURI, GOPIKRISHNA CHAGANTI, ANJALI UNNI, BALRAJ GOVINDASAMY, STEVE SAMUEL
  • Patent number: 12166774
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for associating users of a network infrastructure to network or endpoint events within the network infrastructure. A method can include receiving, by a network security system that monitors and protects the network infrastructure, a packet for a network event, the packet including (i) information identifying a user device from which the network event originates and (ii) a payload, determining whether the packet triggers at least one association rule in a group of association rules, determining candidate users to be associated with the network event based on the rule triggered by the packet, determining confidence values for the candidate users to be associated with the network event based on the rule triggered by the packet, and returning the candidate users to associate with the network event and the corresponding confidence values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hutelmyer, Adam Blake
  • Patent number: 12160671
    Abstract: An imaging system capture images of products on shelves in a minimally invasive way. The images can be processed to assess restocking needs and other information. The imaging system includes multiple shelf-mountable imaging devices that can be positioned throughout one or more retail locations. Certain types of imaging devices may be self-contained units having replaceable or rechargeable internal power sources and/or wireless communication interfaces. Certain types of imaging device are configured to take images only when the field of view is not blocked by traffic (e.g., consumers, employees, etc.). Certain types of imaging devices are low-profile and/or are camouflageable to enhance the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Anup Jayapal Rao, Sunay Narkar, Karthik Raju, Sanjay Bhokse, Sandeep Tammana, Abby P Joby, Hithyshi M, Kurmanadharao Valla
  • Patent number: D1053516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1054757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Theisen, William Y. Stafford, Benjamin S. Weshler, Marc D. Weshler
  • Patent number: D1055028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Rose, Yousin B. Smith, Kent D. Katterheinrich, Tyler J. Abrahamson, Nathan J. Romportl
  • Patent number: D1056593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad M. Bogdan
  • Patent number: D1056875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousin B. Smith, Daniel C. Rose, Nathan J. Romportl, Tyler J. Abrahamson, Kent D. Katterheinrich
  • Patent number: D1059270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Yousin B. Smith, Daniel C. Rose, Kent D. Katterheinrich, Nathan J. Romportl, Tyler J. Abrahamson, Nick E. Peters
  • Patent number: D1060985
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Masha Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1061570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Brianna Johnson