Patents by Inventor Anthony HOPPER

Anthony HOPPER 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).

  • Patent number: 12699949
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure object provide tracking and monitoring techniques for implementing improved distribution systems in various environments. The techniques may include generating an intake data object including an intake identifier and an object identifier respectively corresponding to a plurality of intake objects. The intake data object is used to generate transitioning data objects corresponding to a subset of the intake objects. The intake data object may be modified with a transition identifier to link the objects. In addition, one or both identifiers may be added to a backstop data object to link the subset of intake objects to a backstop location. In response to a request, the subset of intake objects may be moved from the backstop location to conveyor pallet, and, in response, the transition and intake identifier may be removed from the backstop data object and added to a conveyor pallet data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Optum, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Thomas Roberts, Michael L. Mahar, Anthony Hopper
  • Patent number: 12665064
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure object provide tracking and monitoring techniques for implementing improved distribution systems in various environments. The techniques of the present disclosure may include receiving a transition identifier corresponding to a transitioning data object that include (a) a first object count of a plurality of transitioning objects within a transitioning container, (b) an intake identifier corresponding to the plurality of transitioning objects, and (c) a pallet identifier for a conveyor pallet configured to move the transitioning container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Optum, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Thomas Roberts, Michael L. Mahar, Anthony Hopper
  • Publication number: 20250206543
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and systems for intelligently routing linked objects. One technique may include receiving, at a conveyer assembly, a first carrier container pair. The first carrier container pair may be moved, responsive to a first distance-based stimulus, to a first recirculation system within a first transportation portion of the conveyer assembly. The first recirculation system may recirculate the first carrier container pair until a first distance threshold is achieved. Responsive to a second distance-based stimulus, the first carrier container pair may be moved to a second recirculation system within a second transportation portion of the conveyer assembly. The second recirculation system may recirculate the first carrier container pair until a second distance-based stimulus is achieved. The first carrier container pair and a second carrier container pair may then be moved to a packaging portion of the conveyer assembly based on the second distance threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Aaron M. KURNETA, Warren Thomas ROBERTS, Holmberg LOPEZ, Michael L. MAHAR, Anthony HOPPER