Patents Examined by Hunter Wilder
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Patent number: 11972309Abstract: A central server receives API calls requesting services. The central server identifies whether the API calls are associated with a merchant. A distribution is constructed based on the API calls. The central server further executes a pre-defined rule to identify a set of the API calls belonging to a maximum percentile in the distribution and a set of the API calls belonging to a minimum percentile in the distribution before estimating a set of the anomalous data points with one or more goodness of fit functions against the maximum percentile and the minimum percentile. A GUI receives a critical value from a user. In response to receiving the critical value, the central server generates probabilities of the set of the anomalous data points before displaying a set of the anomalous data points in response to the probabilities being less than the critical value.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Visa International Service AssociationInventors: Nagraj K. Naidu, Sheeban Raza Zaheer Shaikh, Christopher Patrick, Santanu Bhattacharya
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Patent number: 11972411Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for managing contactless transactions. A first tap is performed when a system is placed within a predetermined proximity to a payment terminal. A first select command including an AID corresponding to a first application is received from the payment terminal. A first response based on the first select command is transmitted to the payment terminal. A data request including information indicating supported data types is received from the payment terminal. A second response based on the data request and including transaction data is transmitted to the payment terminal. The transaction data includes at least a portion of commerce data stored in the at least one memory.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Larry L. Bush, Christopher J. Tomczak
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Patent number: 11972493Abstract: A system and method in accordance with example embodiments for comprehensive sales and service data reporting. Sales and service events that take place at a front end branch of an enterprise may be input into a front end system and transmitted to a backend system where various modules then use the front end system data to generate various data and reports to display various data, such as, for example, sales incentive metrics and key performance indicators.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Kenneth A. Windbeck, Emil W. Philips, Corey J. Barrett, Jason R. Kary, Sean J. White, Paula Edwards-Seal, Elizabeth Hoffman
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Patent number: 11972394Abstract: A shelf inventory management system includes: a shelf installed in a house; a sensor that detects that an article is taken out from the shelf; a management unit that manages an inventory status of the article stored in the shelf, based on a detection result of the sensor; and a terminal for notifying a user of information related to the article stored in the shelf. The management unit stores, for each user, a taken out amount of each health-related product a consumption amount of which affects health, of the article stored in the shelf, and is able to output the taken out amount of each health-related product to the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshiaki Nakamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi, Junya Ota, Kunihiro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 11966902Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a communication interface, an input device, and a processor are provided. The processor collects electronic receipt data containing a commodity code for identifying an already traded transaction target commodity from a plurality of data management apparatuses via the communication interface. The processor generates history data on the basis of the collected electronic receipt data, the history data indicating a transaction history of the commodity identified by the commodity code acquired via the input device.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takahiro Yasuda
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Patent number: 11954549Abstract: A point-of-sale system is a dual-screen stand assembly that includes a merchant terminal and a consumer terminal. The merchant terminal and the consumer terminal can be mated together in a fixed position to form a single unitary stand, or can be separated from each other in a separated position with each terminal serving as its own separate stand. The merchant terminal supports a merchant computing device and is oriented in a merchant-facing direction. The consumer terminal is detachably mated to the merchant terminal and supports a consumer computing device that is oriented in a consumer-facing direction. The point-of-sale system also includes a card reader as part of the customer terminal to perform a payment. The card reader is configured to accepting swipe cards, chip cards or contactless (EMV or NFC) payments.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Block, Inc.Inventors: Yenliang Chen, Isreal Blagdan, Michael C. Lamfalusi, Kartik Lamba, Jeremy Wade
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Patent number: 11954745Abstract: Systems, methods, and/or articles of manufacture that utilize omnichannel Artificial Intelligence (AI) restaurant management modeling to accurately compute and update order fulfillment times in an omnichannel ordering environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Fresh Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shaun Shankel, David Corts, Tracy Reinker, Paul Signorelli
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Patent number: 11948119Abstract: Systems and methods for lost asset management using photo-matching are disclosed herein. An example method includes capturing a lost asset image corresponding to a lost asset, and generating, by a feature extractor model, a lost asset descriptor that represents features of the lost asset image. The example method also includes storing the lost asset descriptor and the lost asset image in an asset database that includes known asset descriptors, and performing, by a visual search engine, a nearest neighbor search within the asset database to determine a respective metric distance between the lost asset descriptor and the known asset descriptors. The example method also includes determining, by the visual search engine, a ranked list of known assets corresponding to the lost asset, and displaying, at a user interface, the ranked list of known assets for viewing by a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Zebra Technologies CorporationInventors: Andre Luecht, Andrea Mirabile, Michele Taroni, Chad E. Tripp
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Patent number: 11941601Abstract: A near field communications vending control file is a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) for configuring a near field communication vending machine. Typically, a control file will be stored in computerized memory on a computer on a network connected to vending machines as described herein. The control file may be configured with at least one universal configuration template organizing vending parameters in a pattern of software commands, wherein the vending parameters are selected to complete an interface protocol that enables the NFC vending machine to accept a request by a customer payment device. The vending parameters enable the NFC vending machine to consummate a vending transaction initiated by an NFC tap from a customer payment device (i.e., a transaction type device).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Jeffrey Cummins, Jason Aurelia
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Patent number: 11941579Abstract: An inventory management system managing a plurality of inventory items stored in a storage area. The inventory management system includes an autonomous vehicle configured to move within the storage area and a computing device communicatively coupled to the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle includes a beacon configured to facilitate detection of a current position of the autonomous vehicle based on signal triangulation, a sensor configured to detect information indicative of a number of inventory items at the current position of the autonomous vehicle, and a wireless data link configured to transmit a signal indicative of the number of inventory items. The computing device may detect a position of the autonomous vehicle based on the signal transmitted from the beacon, and update an inventory of the storage area based on the signal indicative of the number of inventory items.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Inventor: Aislan Gomide Foina
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Patent number: 11935055Abstract: An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) terminal receives a transaction request from a user. The ATM terminal triggers a camera to capture a first image of the authentication media item presented by the user, where the first image of the authentication media item is embedded with a first unique code. The ATM terminal compares the first image of the authentication media item with a second image of the authentication media item that is associated with the user, where the second image of the authentication media item is embedded with a second unique code for verifying the user. The ATM terminal determines whether the first unique code corresponds to the second unique code. The ATM terminal conducts the transaction request if it is determined that the first unique code corresponds to the second unique code.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Srilekha Mudumbai Srinivasa, Brandon Sloane, Jinyoung Nathan Kim, Regina Yee Cadavid, Nia Mack, Ramkumar Korlepara, Elliott Leonard Lillard, Philip Lone Mintac, Michael Jacob Richardson, Gloria Youngsook Joo
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Patent number: 11935022Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned store operation method of operating an unmanned store system including an unmanned store apparatus and an unmanned store server, the unmanned store operation method including: a user identification step of identifying a user adjacent to the unmanned store apparatus; a door opening step of unlocking the door of the unmanned store apparatus by controlling a door unit of the unmanned store apparatus; a purchase target product identification step of identifying a product selected by the user and removed from the product storage unit of the unmanned store apparatus based on the analysis of an image photographed by a camera unit; and a payment processing step of processing payment based on the identification information of the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LOUNGE'LAB INC.Inventor: Sung Jae Hwang
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Patent number: 11915217Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a self-checkout anti-theft vehicle system, comprising: a self-checkout vehicle having a plurality of sensors and components implemented thereon, the self-checkout vehicle being used by shoppers for storing selected merchandises in a retail environment; and a centralized computing device. The centralized computing device is configured to: obtain information related to each merchandise selected and placed into the self-checkout vehicle by a shopper by exchanging data with the plurality of sensors and components via a first communication network, identify each merchandise via a second, different communication network based at least upon the information obtained from the plurality of sensors and components, and process payment information of each merchandise.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Maplebear Inc.Inventors: Lin Gao, Yilin Huang, Shiyuan Yang, Ahmed Beshry
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Patent number: 11915222Abstract: A receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiromasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 11915220Abstract: An apparatus for dynamic credit card reader mode management is provided, the apparatus including: a point-of sale (POS) terminal, configured to accept employee login credentials via a magnetic stripe card, to display menu items for selection, to add selected menu items to an order, and to accept payment for the order, where the payment may be obtained via swipe, dip, or tap, the POS terminal including: a first card reader, configured to read first provided cards when enabled; a second card reader, configured to read second provided cards when enabled; and a dual reader controller, coupled to the first and second card readers, configured to determine one or more workflow states of the POS terminal, and configured to dynamically control modes of the first and second card readers according to the one or more workflow states.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Toast, Inc.Inventors: Tom Hanley, Stephen Kirk, Chance Ashley Kirsch
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Patent number: 11900381Abstract: Through a missing entity process any point of sale (POS) terminal can be used to help a missing entity contact find a missing entity. A missing entity system can receive a request that includes at least missing entity account information and merchant information as transmitted from the POS terminal. The request may be a missing entity service request (an API call) requesting a missing entity alert or a conventional transaction request, such as an authorization request or a preauthorization request. Upon receipt of the request, the missing entity system can obtain contact information for a missing entity contact associated with the missing entity account information and communicate, via a messaging application, the missing entity alert to the missing entity contact using the obtained contact information. The missing entity alert notifies the missing entity contact of the location of the missing entity as indicated by the merchant information.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATEDInventors: Joseph Hayes, Marek Kurylko, Eugene Reda
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Patent number: 11900315Abstract: An object storing and finding method and system integrating human sensor into lamp and working together with mobile device to perform object storing and finding operations of storage object in storage environment includes an object storing procedure that sets an identification code for the storage object, installs a human sensor to each lamp, and sets up Beacon host systems in the storage environment, and after detected by the human sensor, the Beacon host systems are triggered to send out coordinate value of the lamp located at position of the storage object and integrate coordinate value with the identification code to complete object storing operation; and an object finding procedure that inputs the identification code of the storage object by the mobile device and obtains the corresponding coordinate value, such that the corresponding lamp shows luminous change provided for user to visually observe and determine the position of the storage object.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventors: Chien Lee, Yung-Hong Wang
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Patent number: 11900439Abstract: Various embodiments relate generally to data science and data analysis, computer software and systems, and control systems to provide a platform to facilitate implementation of an interface and one or more sensors, and, more specifically, to one or more sensors that implements specialized logic to facilitate in-situ monitoring of inventories of consumables and automatic reordering of a consumable. In some examples, a method may include receiving sensor data representing usage of a device configured to process a consumable, characterizing the usage to form a characterized value, correlating data representing a unit of the consumable processed via the device to a characterized value of the usage, adjusting an amount representing an inventory of the consumable, detecting an amount of the inventory of the consumable is associated with one or more ranges of threshold values, and generating data representing a request to replenish the inventory of the consumable.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: OrderGroove, LLCInventors: Greg E. Alvo, Michael Bifolco, Paul Fredrich, Ofir Shalom, Juan Gutierrez, Marcos Moyano, Bradley Williams Groff
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Patent number: 11887094Abstract: Provided is an authentication server and the like capable of easily preventing illegal electronic settlement in a store. An authentication server 300 includes: a storage unit 2 for storing settlement destination information indicating a destination of a request for electronic settlement in a store and first face data of a salesclerk of the store in association with each other; an input unit 1 for acquiring second face data of the salesclerk of the store from a user terminal that makes the electronic settlement; an authentication unit 3 for collating the second face data that has been acquired with the first face data stored in the storage unit; and an output unit 4 for outputting the settlement destination information associated with the first face data to the user terminal based on a result of collation.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuyuki Nasu
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Patent number: 11869308Abstract: A casino cage cashout system includes integrated chip validation and transaction record generation. The system includes an interface to a chip reader. An output of the chip reader is used to generate chip information, including chip value, such as for causing an automated cash dispenser to dispense cash in an amount equal to the value of the chips being redeemed. The cage cashout system is also integrated with an anti-money laundering (AML) system, wherein the cage cashout system automatically generates a transaction report which include information regarding the chip cashout and transmits that report to the AML system.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Everi Payments Inc.Inventors: Adam Fong, Suresh Narayanan, Marcie Arai