Patents by Inventor ANDREW BOEREMA

ANDREW BOEREMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230222516
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system useable for validation of third party items to be included on a retailer website is disclosed. The third party item listing management system includes an application programming interface (API) accessible by a plurality of third parties and configured to receive item data. An item management process receives the item data and calls an item validation pipeline which includes a plurality of item validation stages including an item legalization stage. In the item legalization stage, the item data and the identity of the third party are validated against a plurality of item listing rules to determine whether the one or more items are allowed to be offered via the retailer website by the third party. The item listing rules can include a rule preventing the third party from listing an item included in a core item collection offered by the retailer via the retailer website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: JORGE A. TRUJILLO, ANDREW BOEREMA, DAKOTA REESE BROWN, TRACY WAKI, SHAAN KATYAL
  • Patent number: 11605094
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system useable for validation of third party items to be included on a retailer website is disclosed. The third party item listing management system includes an application programming interface (API) accessible by a plurality of third parties and configured to receive item data. An item management process receives the item data and calls an item validation pipeline which includes a plurality of item validation stages including an item legalization stage. In the item legalization stage, the item data and the identity of the third party are validated against a plurality of item listing rules to determine whether the one or more items are allowed to be offered via the retailer website by the third party. The item listing rules can include a rule preventing the third party from listing an item included in a core item collection offered by the retailer via the retailer website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorge A. Trujillo, Andrew Boerema, Dakota Reese Brown
  • Patent number: 11494786
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system usable for verification of third party items to be included on a retailer website includes an application programming interface and an item verification pipeline. The application programming interface is accessible by a plurality of third parties and is configured to receive item data associated with one or more items. The item verification pipeline is configured to receive the item data and call an item validation pipeline, the item validation pipeline includes a plurality of item validation stages including a field verification. At the field verification stage, data is extracted from at least one of an item image or text associated with the item. The data extracted is compared to item data obtained from an independent verification source to confirm the accuracy of the item data provided by the third party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Dakota Reese Brown, Jorge A. Trujillo, Andrew Boerema
  • Publication number: 20200334686
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system usable for verification of third party items to be included on a retailer website includes an application programming interface and an item verification pipeline. The application programming interface is accessible by a plurality of third parties and is configured to receive item data associated with one or more items. The item verification pipeline is configured to receive the item data and call an item validation pipeline, the item validation pipeline includes a plurality of item validation stages including a field verification. At the field verification stage, data is extracted from at least one of an item image or text associated with the item. The data extracted is compared to item data obtained from an independent verification source to confirm the accuracy of the item data provided by the third party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: DAKOTA REESE BROWN, JORGE A. TRUJILLO, ANDREW BOEREMA
  • Publication number: 20200334688
    Abstract: A third party item listing management system useable for validation of third party items to be included on a retailer website is disclosed. The third party item listing management system includes an application programming interface (API) accessible by a plurality of third parties and configured to receive item data. An item management process receives the item data and calls an item validation pipeline which includes a plurality of item validation stages including an item legalization stage. In the item legalization stage, the item data and the identity of the third party are validated against a plurality of item listing rules to determine whether the one or more items are allowed to be offered via the retailer website by the third party. The item listing rules can include a rule preventing the third party from listing an item included in a core item collection offered by the retailer via the retailer website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: JORGE A. TRUJILLO, ANDREW BOEREMA, DAKOTA REESE BROWN