Patents by Inventor Beau Gray
Beau Gray 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).
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Patent number: 11373140Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Kohl's, Inc.Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Publication number: 20200394601Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Patent number: 10762469Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Kohl's, Inc.Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Patent number: 10579958Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Publication number: 20170262794Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Publication number: 20150142621Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for storing, dispensing, and facilitating replenishment of a dispenser. The dispenser may store and dispense one or more types of consumable items. Additionally, the dispenser may include one or more sensors for sensing a storage status of the dispenser (e.g., the quantity consumable items remaining in the dispenser). Further still, the dispenser may communicate storage status updates to a remote device on which a related application can be executed, for updating a current storage status, and presenting a notification to a user of the remote device, suggesting the purchase of additional consumable items to replenish the dispenser. The related application may further present the user with other types of purchasing-related information, such as cross merchandise opportunities, a retailer located nearest to the user/mobile device where the additional consumable items can be purchased from, as well as other shopping-related features and/or functionalities.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
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Patent number: 8700472Abstract: A method, system, media, and device are directed to providing a check-out of a merchant transaction. A gift-card redemption interface is provided for redeeming a gift-card. A payment interface is provided for presenting a plurality of additional non-gift-card payment options comprising a credit-card payment option and a non-credit-card payment option. A mechanism is provided for performing operations. The operations include restricting a use of the gift-card redemption interface with the payment options; and processing the merchant transaction based on payments the gift-card.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Retail Royalty CompanyInventor: Beau Gray
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Publication number: 20130339198Abstract: Systems, methods, or media is directed to managing an outfit over a network. A navigation of an electronic media source is provided with a virtual closet widget representative of outfit data for display on at least one device. An activation component is provided within the virtual closet widget to configure a panel. The panel provides a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the outfit data. In response to adding an item, a visual indication of the item on the virtual closet widget is provided, wherein the item comprises at least one unset attribute for setting through the virtual closet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Retail Royalty CompanyInventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt
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Patent number: 8438081Abstract: Systems, methods, or media is directed to managing an outfit over a network. A navigation of an electronic media source is provided with a virtual closet widget representative of outfit data for display on at least one device. An activation component is provided within the virtual closet widget to configure a panel. The panel provides a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the outfit data. In response to adding an item, a visual indication of the item on the virtual closet widget is provided, wherein the item comprises at least one unset attribute for setting through the virtual closet.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Retail Royalty CompanyInventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt
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Publication number: 20130110671Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and media are directed to processing information, including apparel information. A dashboard widget is provided, wherein the dashboard widget comprises a plurality of modes of managing shopping items. At least one of the plurality of modes is activated, wherein the modes are configured to manage at least one of the shopping items. Thee processing of at least one of the shopping items is managed. Notification is provided related to at least one of the items as it relates to at least one of the plurality of modes. Based on the notification, the moving the shopping items between the plurality of modes is managed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventor: Beau Gray
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Publication number: 20110112919Abstract: A method, system, media, and device are directed to providing a check-out of a merchant transaction. A gift-card redemption interface is provided for redeeming a gift-card. A payment interface is provided for presenting a plurality of additional non-gift-card payment options comprising a credit-card payment option and a non-credit-card payment option. A mechanism is provided for performing operations. The operations include restricting a use of the gift-card redemption interface with the payment options; and processing the merchant transaction based on payments the gift-card.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventor: BEAU GRAY
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Publication number: 20100094729Abstract: Systems, methods, or media is directed to managing an outfit over a network. A navigation of an electronic media source is provided with a virtual closet widget representative of outfit data for display on at least one device. An activation component is provided within the virtual closet widget to configure a panel. The panel provides a selectable catalog of items that are configured to be added into the outfit data. In response to adding an item, a visual indication of the item on the virtual closet widget is provided, wherein the item comprises at least one unset attribute for setting through the virtual closet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt