Patents Assigned to Target Brands, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11915187
    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: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Abrahamson, Jon Dejong, Joshua Allen Reed, Joshua Wing, Matthew Michael Anderson, Michelle Lyn Fuller
  • Publication number: 20240062137
    Abstract: The present application describes a method and systems for enterprise supply chain optimization by accounting for time, cost, product demand, capacity constraints, and other factors. The described application relates to solving for the optimal flow of products through a supply chain including overseas vendors and a selected set of import gateways by using a custom-built model based on linear programming techniques. The model described in the present disclosure relates to a model that optimizes the overall cost or time (or a balance of both cost and time) to ship products from origin ports to domestically located distribution centers. By doing so, the model also optimally allocates how shipping containers are sent to domestic ports. The model subsequently outputs the optimal flow, cost, and time for each route in the network, as well as providing other relevant output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: KARTHIK RAJPUROHIT, CONG GUO, LIYU ZHENG
  • Patent number: 11907798
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein include an apparatus for providing RFID-based locations for items located in an indoor environment including an RFID scanner to transmit interrogating RFID signals and to receive RFID identifiers for RFID tags, the RFID tags being affixed to the items in the indoor environment. The apparatus can additionally include an indoor location tracking device to determine a current location of the apparatus within the indoor environment, wherein the apparatus is mobile and configured to be moved throughout the indoor environment. The apparatus can further include an RFID-location processor to receive RFID data from the RFID scanner and location data from the indoor location tracking device, correlate portions of the RFID data with portions of the location data, and generate RFID-based location data for the items located in the indoor environment based, at least in part, on the correlated portions of the RFID data and the location data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands Inc.
    Inventors: David Groomes, Kalyan Manepalli, Tim Milne, Cameron Peickert
  • Patent number: 11909773
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed can evaluate security detection rules in a network security computing environment. Results for a processed log of security events can be retrieved. The results can identify determined outcomes for instances triggering security detection rules. The security detection rules can detect specific behavior on a network by being processed against a log of security events. Scores for the security detection rules can be determined based on the results of the processed log of security events and the determined outcomes. The security detection rules can be ranked based on the scores, from highest to lowest score. The highest score can indicate that a corresponding rule is performing worst among the security detection rules and the lowest score can indicate that a corresponding rule is performing best among the security detection rules. A rules score report can be generated based on the ranked rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hutelmyer, Adam Blake
  • Patent number: 11907776
    Abstract: An integrated asynchronous interface for data retrieval from across a plurality of data sources is described. An interface may include a plurality of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as well as a database for constructing responsive data. A search request may be decomposed at the interface to sub-search requests to be distributed to multiple data sources via a search request API. Data responsive to the sub-search requests may be aggregated at an interface database. A status API may maintain a status of the search request, and can update a tenant regarding the status of the tenant's search request. A response API may be used to provide reconstructed data responsive to the search request from the interface database to the tenant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Joseph Heim
  • Patent number: 11905105
    Abstract: A shipping container is configured to transport goods from a distribution center, to a retail location, and onto the sales floor of the retail location. The shipping container glides on wheels and is stackable. The shipping container is configured to receive forklift forks from multiple sides. At least one of the channels includes a surrounding framework to safeguard against tilting. The lid is selectively mountable in two orientations to close the container or to provide handles for propelling and/or steering the shipping container. An expandable storage location for empty packaging is provided at an exterior of the shipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tripp
  • Patent number: 11907996
    Abstract: An item recommendation control platform is disclosed. The item recommendation control platform presents an administrative user one or more user interfaces at which recommendation rules may be defined. Each of the recommendation rules may be associated with one or more nodes within a retail website, such as an item detail page or an item category page. The recommendation rules may be selected, defined, and prioritized, such that one or more item recommendation rules may be reflected within a given item recommendation presented on a retail website. The item recommendation rules can include one or more filters, the filters controlling which items may be recommended to a given user based, for example, on item availability or shipping availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Portnoy, Anupama Joshi, Sayon Majumdar, Ken Dombeck
  • Publication number: 20240035828
    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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lissick, Eric Runquist, Clayton Black
  • Patent number: 11880266
    Abstract: A processor on a computing device executes a monitoring module to perform steps that include sending a request to a baseboard management controller in the computing device to search for an event in an event log maintained by the baseboard management controller. A response is received from the baseboard management controller in response to the request and is used with a current state of the monitoring module to determine whether to send an event message to a central controller located on a network to indicate that the computing device is malfunctioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob L. Senn, Jena L. Boerum, Thomas J. Kimlinger, Anthony L Fillmore, Ankit Singh
  • Patent number: D1012454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Austyn Dunham
  • Patent number: D1012471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Olivia Hillard
  • Patent number: D1013349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1014051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1015691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Mariya Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1015692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariya Kroshinskaya, Olivia Hillard
  • Patent number: D1015695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley Damian, Megan Ganley, Sara Swenson
  • Patent number: D1015703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Masha Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1015704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Masha Kroshinskaya
  • Patent number: D1015705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Austyn Dunham
  • Patent number: D1015706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Austyn Dunham