Patents Assigned to Target Brands, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12726505
    Abstract: A system for testing an alerting pipeline of a security network can include a synthetics computing device, a network analysis computing device, and an alerting computing device. The synthetics computing device can generate a synthetic event, a non-malicious version of an actual security event, to test one or more detection signatures of the security network and inject the synthetic event into a network log of events. The network analysis computing device can scan the network log of events, identify an event that triggers a detection signature of the security network, identify the event as the injected synthetic event, and generate a notification identifying the synthetic event and an associated detection signature triggered in response to the injected synthetic event. The alerting computing device can receive the notification and flag the synthetic event. The synthetics computing device can also validate the flagged synthetic event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hutelmyer, Caleb Walch
  • Patent number: 12725116
    Abstract: A network based order fulfillment system that tracks capacity of staging facilities for perishable items. As changes to usage of refrigerated storage resources are monitored, changes in the usage of the refrigerated storage resources cause a computing system to communicate with one or more computing devices to update user interfaces on the one or more computing devices to provide users with additional options for fulfilling orders that include perishable items in a timely fashion. Such additional options for fulfilling orders can include options to fulfill the orders at different fulfillment locations that are within a specific travel distance or time of a location associated with the user. Such additional options for fulfilling orders can include options to fulfill the orders at times in the future at which usage of refrigerated storage resources is predicted to be below a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: David Perich, Ali Obler, Patrick Brinton, Rushabh Sanghvi, Baskar Natarajan, Kristofer Hjelmeland
  • Publication number: 20260244625
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enhanced information retrieval in retail fulfillment operations are provided. An ontology-based knowledge graph is integrated with structured query generation for submission to a large language model. Multi-hop queries across varied data sources are performed while maintaining high accuracy and precision. In examples, a three-stage query processing pipeline generates ontology-aligned queries, performs relationship mismatch resolution, and validates attribute references. This structured approach enables precise traversal of object relationships and systematic data aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2026
    Publication date: August 20, 2026
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mengyue Zhao, Matthew Nokleby, Bo Shen
  • Patent number: 12705870
    Abstract: A platform for data collection and annotation is disclosed. The systems and methods herein describe a system that can receive vision data from a plurality of heterogenous sources and store this vision data in a common datastore. The vision data is then processed (for example, prioritized and annotated) at common applications, while security and access rights features are maintained. Machine learning models for annotation are trained in such a way as to generate an efficient and accurate model, while ensuring that manual annotation costs remain below a set budget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Prasad, Bindu Shetty, Lavanya Nagaraj, Nitin Khandelwal, Anagha Subramanya
  • Patent number: 12703538
    Abstract: A storage container includes: a plurality of sidewalls; a bottom wall operably coupled to the plurality of sidewalls, together defining a storage cavity; at least one support bracket coupled to the bottom wall, movable between a first position wherein an outer surface of at least one support bracket is flush with a perimeter of the bottom wall, and a second position wherein the outer surface of the at least one support bracket extends beyond the perimeter; and a plurality of guide walls extending parallel to one another and formed adjacent to the at least one support bracket that guide the movement of the at least one support bracket between the first position and second the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Amelia Kennedy, Nathan Pennycuick, Fadde Ali
  • Patent number: 12705565
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides for preparing items for packaging and shipping at a fulfillment location. A method can include receiving, using a user computing device, item information about an item, where the user computing device is configured to receive item information about a plurality of items via a server; transmitting, using the user computing device, the item information to a remote computing device, where the remote computing device is a remote database configured to store information about the plurality of items via the server; obtaining, using the remote computing device, item preparation instructions; receiving, using the user computing device, the item preparation instructions from the remote computing device; and outputting, using the user computing device, the item preparation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Constant, Mohanraj Subramaniam, Jonathan Lawman, Kapil Gangwal, Marquise Allen, Richard Hines, Miranda Orr, Noah E Dahlien, Carissa Staples, Simhan Mahesh Puduppadi Kuppaswamy, Matthew Anderson
  • Publication number: 20260228782
    Abstract: A system and method for efficiently serving personalized offer content across digital platforms through a unified content architecture are provided. The system includes a data repository storing single-instance content elements and a server system that dynamically serves offer stories while performing real-time eligibility verification. The server system maintains a unified content pool, enabling automatic adaptation of content across different channels while reducing computational resource usage through consolidated storage. The system performs real-time eligibility checks through integration with loyalty services, dynamically collapses offer slots when users are ineligible, and automatically updates offer visibility based on eligibility changes. The system enables querying and serving of content while supporting real-time updates to display manner as user behavior and eligibility changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Janet Keel, Maggie Smith, Princewill Eneh, Fan Zhang, Kusumakumari Vanteru, Yujin Lee, Siyu Qi, Chad Morgan, Marcus LaBrecque, Ken Dombeck
  • Patent number: 12696941
    Abstract: A garment is described for covering a torso and a portion of a lower body of a user when the user wears the garment body. The garment includes a front panel and a rear panel coupled to the front panel forming a cavity therebetween to receive the torso and the portion of the lower body. The rear panel defines an exterior surface facing away from the front panel and an interior surface facing toward the front panel. The interior surface is divided into a top section and a bottom section, the top section is configured to at substantially align with the torso, and the bottom section is configured to substantially align with the portion of lower body. The top section is defined by a first lining material, and the bottom section is defined by a second lining material having a greater coefficient of friction than the first lining material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Marilyn Anderson, Erin Nicole Dineen, Alycia R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12694769
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for generating a watch list of users who pose specific security threats to a store. The method can include retrieving, by a computer system from a data store, case files that document activity that poses a security threat by a user at the store, predicting, based on applying prediction models to the case files, future activity associated with the case files, determining threat scores for the case files based on the predicted future activity, ranking the case files into a candidate list from highest to lowest threat score, generating a watch list for the store that includes a subset of the ranked case files based on which case files pose a greatest current threat to the store, generating summary videos for each case file in the watch list, and transmitting the watch list and summary videos to a user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brakob, Ethan Sommer
  • Patent number: D1136485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1136486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1138020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Marilyn Anderson, Erin Nicole Dineen, Kirk Ingram
  • Patent number: D1138040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1138041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1142659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Selina M. Larsen, Daniel S. Smith, Sarah F. McPherson
  • Patent number: D1142660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Selina M. Larsen, Daniel S. Smith, Sarah F. McPherson
  • Patent number: D1143490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Kroshinskaya, Marco Quiñonez
  • Patent number: D1143491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Kroshinskaya, Marco Quiñonez
  • Patent number: D1143527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Kroshinskaya, Marco Quiñonez
  • Patent number: D1143528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Kroshinskaya, Marco Quiñonez