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).

  • Patent number: 11373140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Kohl's, Inc.
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Publication number: 20200394601
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Patent number: 10762469
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Kohl's, Inc.
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Patent number: 10579958
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Publication number: 20170262794
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Publication number: 20150142621
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Kohl's Department Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Stephanie Sansoucie
  • Patent number: 8700472
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Retail Royalty Company
    Inventor: Beau Gray
  • Publication number: 20130339198
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Retail Royalty Company
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt
  • Patent number: 8438081
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Retail Royalty Company
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt
  • Publication number: 20130110671
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Beau Gray
  • Publication number: 20110112919
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: BEAU GRAY
  • Publication number: 20100094729
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Beau Gray, Katherine Jassy Savitt