Patents by Inventor Alexander Fu

Alexander Fu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEMS TO ENCOURAGE USER PICK-UP OVER HOME DELIVERY OF AN ITEM MADE AVAILABLE AND RELATED METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190220883
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system to encourage user pick-up over home delivery of an item being made available to a user for purchase. The system can comprise one or more processors and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage devices. The one or more memory storage devices can store computer instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of: causing the item to be displayed on a graphical user interface; and when the item is to be received by the user by user pick-up, evaluating whether the item is eligible to be made available for purchase at a user pick-up discounted retail price that is less than a home delivery retail price at which the item is made available for purchase when the item is to be received by the user by home delivery. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Eric Lore, Jatin Pahuja, Stephen Menaquale, Alexander Fu, Hiren Patel, Brandon Strong, Jordan Sweetnam, Yang Tang, Nathan Thomas Faust, Zachary Dennett, Julia Lu
  • APPARATUS COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL SUBSTRATE AND AN INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20100135609
    Abstract: Apparatus (2) comprising a cylindrical substrate (4), and an integrated optical circuit which is provided on the cylindrical substrate and which comprises at least one optical waveguide (6). A process for producing the apparatus (2) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Peter George Robin Smith, Gregory Daniel Emmerson, Samuel Paul Watts, Richard Bird Williams, Alexander Fu