Patents by Inventor Andrea C. Coldwell

Andrea C. Coldwell 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).

  • Displaying in real-time prebuilt devices that match a custom configured device
    Patent number: 11436654
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may display a build-to-order user interface to enable a default configuration of a configurable device to be modified. The computing device may receive modifications to the default configuration and modify the default configuration to create a modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may identify prebuilt devices with configurations matching at least a portion of the modified configuration. For example, the computing device may determine a score for individual prebuilt devices indicating how many options of the individual prebuilt device are similar or identical to corresponding options of the modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may display at least a portion of the matching prebuilt devices in a particular order that is based on the score associated with individual prebuilt devices. The computing device may receive a selection to acquire a particular one of the prebuilt devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Andrea C. Coldwell, Nora H. Farouk, Jason B. Singh, Anil Kumar Kotha, Daniel Luna
  • DISPLAYING IN REAL-TIME PREBUILT DEVICES THAT MATCH A CUSTOM CONFIGURED DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190236672
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may display a build-to-order user interface to enable a default configuration of a configurable device to be modified. The computing device may receive modifications to the default configuration and modify the default configuration to create a modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may identify prebuilt devices with configurations matching at least a portion of the modified configuration. For example, the computing device may determine a score for individual prebuilt devices indicating how many options of the individual prebuilt device are similar or identical to corresponding options of the modified configuration of the configurable device. The computing device may display at least a portion of the matching prebuilt devices in a particular order that is based on the score associated with individual prebuilt devices. The computing device may receive a selection to acquire a particular one of the prebuilt devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Andrea C. Coldwell, Nora H. Farouk, Jason B. Singh, Anil Kumar Kotha, Daniel Luna