Patents Examined by Hunter A Molnar
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Patent number: 12217211Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automated modification of delivery parameters. Particularly, computing model that is trained to determine a probability that a delivery defect is likely to occur for a given delivery or set of deliveries. Based on the probability, various limitations associated with the deliveries may be activated or deactivated on a mobile device application used by a delivery driver to perform the deliveries. The systems and methods reduce the number of delivery defects that occur while simultaneously reducing the use of unnecessary guardrails for low-risk deliveries. The model may be queried in real-time such that guardrails for a delivery itinerary may be optimized prior to the delivery driver beginning the delivery route.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Kenneth Bellamy, Manoj Nibhoria, Brian Michael Rock, Charlton Wong, Mohammad Reza Shakouri, Christopher William Canal
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Patent number: 12205153Abstract: A sales support system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: generate a purchase product list including a product registered using a portable terminal through an operation of a customer and a price based on a set price referred to for registration of the product; and update a price of a registered product included in the purchase product list to a new set price when an execution condition of a price updating process is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Rumi Ikezawa
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Patent number: 12165097Abstract: A method includes, in response to a determination that one or more authenticated delivery locations includes a first delivery location, identifying, using an unmanned aerial vehicle registry, one or more unmanned aerial vehicles based on at least one unmanned aerial vehicle characteristic associated with a medication delivery request. The method also includes determining, for each unmanned aerial vehicle of the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, an availability status, selecting an unmanned aerial vehicle based on at least a corresponding availability status and at least one selection criteria, and instructing the unmanned aerial vehicle to transport the medication package from a starting location to the first delivery location.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: Ankur Kaneria
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Patent number: 12141739Abstract: A distributed computing system is disclosed that practically applies networked computing technology and machine-readable indicia to support traceability of products from providers to clients, the system comprising a plurality of distributed computers for communication over a network regarding a product identified by machine-readable indicia, for which a record is maintained in memory, and which is distributed through a supply chain that includes at least the provider, a distributor, and the client. The distributed computers include first, second, third, and fourth computers that cooperate with each other to support compliance with client rules and tracing of the order from the provider to the client through the participants in the supply chain via the machine-readable indicia and associations that are created in the memory to link the product with its passage through the supply chain.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FARM-LOGIX, LLCInventor: Linda Mallers
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Patent number: 12131285Abstract: Multi-domain management of a node-based logistics receptacle that is responsive to a dispatched logistics operation involving the node-based logistics receptacle and a mobile courier node. The node-based logistics receptacle has a plurality of storage receptacle components including at least an entrance opening for receiving one or more shipping items, a temporary storage area for temporarily maintaining the one or more shipping items once received, and a retrieval door providing selective access to the one or more shipping items within the temporary storage area. The node-based logistics receptacle further includes a wireless accessory sensor node disposed on the node-based logistics receptacle and a receptacle bridge node disposed on the node-based logistics receptacle operative to communicate with a backend server. The wireless accessory sensor node is operatively coupled to a plurality of sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATIONInventor: Ole-Petter Skaaksrud
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Patent number: 12106339Abstract: To appropriately determine the usage fee for each business operator of a system using a cloud service. An information processing apparatus includes a calculating unit configured to calculate a usage fee relating to a cloud service with respect to each of a plurality of business operators, based on information relating to a number of devices managed by each of the plurality of business operators by using the cloud service, and information relating to a usage record of using the cloud service by each of the plurality of business operators.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Kenji Kita
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Patent number: 12079762Abstract: A user can receive an article even when the user of a delivery destination is absent. An information processing device includes: a storage unit configured to store article identification information, article name information, delivery destination user identification information, delivery destination information, and arrival date and time information in association with each other; a notification unit configured to notify a delivery destination information terminal used by the delivery destination user of an arrival date and time before the moving body starts to move to deliver the delivery target article to the delivery destination; and an information receiving unit configured to store housing place identification information in the storage unit when the housing place identification information and information are received, in which the notification unit notifies the delivery destination information terminal of the article name of the delivery target article and the housing place.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: KDDI CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Tachiiwa, Tomoaki Matsuki, Hiroshi Kawana
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Patent number: 12056651Abstract: A system and method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for retrieval and delivery of a medical package includes determining a thermal control period for the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying a relevant retrieval location corresponding to the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between the relevant retrieval location and a delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the relevant retrieval location. The disclosure also includes determining whether to retrieve the medical package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.Inventor: John Ciliberti
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Patent number: 12041021Abstract: A method of processing messages executes at a computing device having one or more processors and memory. The memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. A first message for a user is analyzed for a structured content element. When found, content from a data source distinct from the message is obtained by executing an associated action. A first message display state is formed for the message comprising a message notification and the content. A messaging application user interface, comprising an electronic message list with a plurality of objects, is updated. Responsive to selection of a first object of the plurality of objects, the first object representing the first message, the user is enabled to toggle the first message display state between first and second display states, the second display state differing from the first by providing direct access to the first message.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Shalini Agarwal, Clarence Yung, Han Seul Lee, Mary Linnell, Bikin Chiu, Rodrigo Ipince, Srinivas Vasudevan, Syed Albiz
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Patent number: 12014313Abstract: An information processing device includes a processor that: acquires history information indicating a history, about a first product, of storage in a repository or removal from the repository, the storage or the removal being detected by a sensor provided at the repository; acquires first information indicating a consumption pattern, for the first product, of a user associated with the repository, the first information being acquired based on the history information; and performs a process related to delivery of the first product to the user based on the first information.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiki Kashiwakura, Yukiya Sugiyama, Kano Asai, Hideo Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11978008Abstract: Systems and methods for providing integrated, secure, and verifiable home services, such as delivery of physical items within a home and execution of services within a home, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the system includes cameras, sensors and locks wirelessly connected and configured to provide information to a server associated with the delivery of items and services. In one embodiment, the disclosed methods track and deliver a package in a secure and verifiable manner through use of a time-limited electronic key. Other embodiments include apparatuses having wirelessly connected cameras that allow monitoring of the status of the delivery of an item or of services.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: P3 Ventures, LLCInventors: Phillip Felice, Alfred M. Pirrone, Chase C. Penman
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Patent number: 11972389Abstract: Disclosed herein is an unmanned delivery management device. The unmanned delivery management device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a travel route manager, a delivery information manager, an obstacle analyzer, and a UAV control manager. Wherein the travel route manager is configured to confirm delivery mission information provided by a user terminal, to set a waypoint based on the delivery mission information, to set a travel route including a waypoint for a takeoff segment, a landing segment and a flight segment, and to correct the travel route according to a travel condition of a UAV.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Moon Sung Park, Yeong Woong Yu
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Patent number: 11972386Abstract: In a distributed ledger (DLT) network, a transaction, related to movement of a monitored entity from a first party's location to a second party's location, is monitored. The transaction is associated with a respective real-time status and with at least a first predetermined milestone. Sensor outputs from an IoT enabled sensor that is operably coupled to the monitored entity, are received while the monitored entity is located remotely from the first and second parties during its movement from the first location to the second location. Updates to a real-time status of the monitored entity, relating to progress towards a milestone, are determined based on the received sensor outputs. The transaction is updated, in real time, on the DLT network when the milestone is reached. Information is communicated relating to the update of the transaction and the first predetermined milestone, in real-time, to the first party and the second party.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Ajay Maikhuri, Rajesh Krishnan, Dhilip Kumar, Souptik Banerjee
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Patent number: 11966864Abstract: Aspects described herein may provide determination of a pedestrian route for a user to reach a seating area inside of a venue. Financial transaction data of the user may be reviewed to determine the user purchased one or more tickets to an event at the venue. Information regarding the event or the venue may be determined including seating charts for the venue and whether the tickets are for assigned or unassigned seats. Crowd densities inside and outside of the venue may be determined. The pedestrian route may be determined based on the crowd densities, number of tickets, and type of seating. The route may be updated as conditions change including any change to the crowd densities or change to seating availability. The route may increase a likelihood that the user reaches the seating area prior to a start of the event, and in a less stressful manner.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Captial One Services, LLCInventors: Lee Adcock, Ana Cruz, Christopher Camenares, Nahid Farhady Ghalaty
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Patent number: 11961335Abstract: A dual mode method of assessing a toll fee by collecting i) sensor data of a vehicle as it travels on a lane and determining a first axle count based on said sensor data; and 2) collecting video images of said vehicle and determining a second axle count based on said video images. The video images are analyzed using computer vision and machine learning to determine the second axle count, and the first and second axles count compared and if identical the vehicle is charged based on the axle count. However, the video images are re-analyzed if the first and second axle counts are not identical and this is repeated until identity is obtained. The system learns from its errors, and the axle count improves with time. If identity is not reached, the transaction record can be flagged for human intervention, but tests show at least 100 fold reduction in errors, thus obviating thousands of interventions per day. Ultimately, monthly summaries of charges are compiled and sent to the customer.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITYInventors: Anil Mirmira, David Patterson, Kelsey Heath
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Patent number: 11961035Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced geographical caching of estimated arrival times. A method may include receiving respective user inputs indicative of respective users being in transit to a destination location from within a geographic region; determining, for the first user and the second user, a first estimated time of arrival from a first geographical area to the destination location, the first geographical area including the first location and the second location; identifying a third location of the first device at a third time, wherein the third location is within the first geographical area; determining that a time-to-live (TTL) of the first estimated time of arrival has not expired at the third time; and refraining from recalculating the first estimated time of arrival.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael John Neville, Ryan David Hapgood, Jeremy S. Jonas, Ken Peter Gilmore Wilson, Charles Plunkett O'Farrell
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Patent number: 11954634Abstract: A method for managing a delivery item in the absence of a recipient invention includes the operations in which a delivery item management system determines whether or not an unloading request has been made by a client terminal with respect to a delivery robot which has arrived at a place of delivery; and the delivery item management system enables the delivery robot to automatically unload a delivery item at the place of delivery, on the basis of the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: WOOWA BROTHERS CO., LTD.Inventors: Myung Sik Kim, Jun Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11948122Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided herein for facilitating in-garage delivery. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for facilitating in-garage delivery including a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; communication circuitry configured to receive image data representative of an interior of a garage captured by an imaging device; and a processor operably coupled to the memory and the communication circuitry, the processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to: process the image data to determine a characteristic of the interior of the garage; select a packaging for an item to be delivered to the garage based at least in part on the characteristic of the interior of the garage; and effect delivery to the garage of the item with the selected packaging.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: The Chamberlain Group, LLCInventor: David R. Morris
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Patent number: 11948165Abstract: Embodiments of this invention provide an adaptive marketplace in which customers can place a request for a service and vendors have an opportunity to make an offer to provide the service on behalf of the customer for a particular price. The service request and vendor management is handled by a systems engine. An apparatus is arranged to receive a customer request and identify at least one vendor suitable for satisfying the customer request. The system is arranged to determine a vendor compatibility score, which is dependent on the compatibility of the vendor to the customer request. An estimate is made of the probability of the vendor being selected to provide the customer request. The customer request, customer preferred reference price and the probability of the vendor being selected are provided to the vendor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Bidah Technologies Pty LtdInventor: Ivan Boladian
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Patent number: 11907982Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coordinating an Unmanned Vehicle (UV) to perform authenticated delivery of goods. A method for coordinating a delivery may include instructing, via a communication network, a user device to collect user preferences on delivery logistics. The method may also include receiving the user preferences from the user device. The method may also include receiving user financial data from a financial service provider server. The method may also include receiving real-time information comprising location information of a UV and a user device. The method may also include authorizing the delivery of the package if an authentication process is satisfied based on the user preferences, the user financial data, and the real-time information. The method may also include transmitting to the UV a command to complete the delivery, if the delivery is authorized. The method may also include transmitting to the UV an abort command, if the delivery is not authorized.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy J. Phillips, Kevin S. Park, Shane F. Blackman