Patents by Inventor Brian Stegall

Brian Stegall 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: 11861579
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an intelligent inventory system are disclosed. The systems and methods described herein may receive data from a point-of-sale (POS) device of a merchant indicating an item to add to an inventory catalog of the merchant. A rate may be determined that is associated with how many times the item may be returned or exchanged with a similarly-situated merchant. Additionally, or alternatively, the rate may comprise a fluctuation in price for the item and/or an amount of times the item may be re-stocked and/or re-ordered by the similarly-situated merchant. If the determined rate exceeds a threshold rate, a suggestion may be sent to the POS device of the merchant. The suggestion may comprise a suggested second item rather than the item requested, a suggested price to charge for the item suggested, and/or a suggested quantity to order of the item requested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Capers, Brian Stegall, Katherine Brennan, Marsal Gavalda, Matthew O'Connor
  • Patent number: 11823154
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Publication number: 20230351409
    Abstract: A service provider that provides a plurality of merchant services can obtain first merchant information associated with a plurality of merchants registered with the service provider. The service provider can obtain intent data associated with the merchants indicating merchant service(s) that individual merchants of the plurality of merchants use or indicated interest in using during onboarding with the service provider. A machine learning model can be trained using the first merchant information and the intent data. The service provider can receive an indication that a potential merchant has initiated an onboarding process with the service provider. The service provider can determine second merchant information associated with the potential merchant and, based at least in part on the second merchant information and the machine learning model, can determine merchant service(s) of the service provider that the potential merchant is predicted to intend to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Brennan, Bruce Bell, Brian Stegall, Matthew O'Connor, Timothy Donnelly, Jared Travis Marr, Christopher Cosgrove, Edward Ruder, Allyson Schrader
  • Patent number: 11803829
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Patent number: 11720905
    Abstract: Intelligent merchant onboarding is described. A service provider can determine first directive(s) that were presented to one or more first potential merchants that completed an onboarding process with the service provider and second directive(s) that were presented to one or more second potential merchants that did not complete the onboarding process. The service provider can train a data model based at least partly on the first directive(s) or the second directive(s), Based at least partly on receiving an indication that a potential merchant initiates the onboarding process, the service provider can determine information associated with the potential merchant. Based at least partly on the data model and the information, the service provider can intelligently determine an order that one or more directives are to be presented to the potential merchant such that a first directive of the first directive(s) is presented prior to a second directive of the second directive(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Brennan, Bruce Bell, Brian Stegall, Matthew O'Connor, Timothy Donnelly, Jared Travis Marr, Christopher Cosgrove, Edward Ruder, Allyson Schrader
  • Publication number: 20220398600
    Abstract: Intelligent merchant onboarding is described. A service provider can determine first directive(s) that were presented to one or more first potential merchants that completed an onboarding process with the service provider and second directive(s) that were presented to one or more second potential merchants that did not complete the onboarding process. The service provider can train a data model based at least partly on the first directive(s) or the second directive(s), Based at least partly on receiving an indication that a potential merchant initiates the onboarding process, the service provider can determine information associated with the potential merchant. Based at least partly on the data model and the information, the service provider can intelligently determine an order that one or more directives are to be presented to the potential merchant such that a first directive of the first directive(s) is presented prior to a second directive of the second directive(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Katherine Brennan, Bruce Bell, Brian Stegall, Matthew O'Connor, Timothy Donnelly, Jared Travis Marr, Christopher Cosgrove, Edward Ruder, Allyson Schrader
  • Publication number: 20220358476
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Patent number: 11348119
    Abstract: Intelligent merchant onboarding is described. A service provider can determine first directive(s) that were presented to one or more first potential merchants that completed an onboarding process with the service provider and second directive(s) that were presented to one or more second potential merchants that did not complete the onboarding process. The service provider can train a data model based at least partly on the first directive(s) or the second directive(s). Based at least partly on receiving an indication that a potential merchant initiates the onboarding process, the service provider can determine information associated with the potential merchant. Based at least partly on the data model and the information, the service provider can intelligently determine an order that one or more directives are to be presented to the potential merchant such that a first directive of the first directive(s) is presented prior to a second directive of the second directive(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Brennan, Bruce Bell, Brian Stegall, Matthew O'Connor, Timothy Donnelly, Jared Travis Marr, Christopher Cosgrove, Edward Ruder, Allyson Schrader
  • Patent number: 11341473
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Publication number: 20220101292
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Publication number: 20220101410
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Publication number: 20220101294
    Abstract: This disclosure describes, in part, techniques for enabling merchant devices to interoperate with one another in a more robust manner, such that overall operation and efficiency within a merchant establishment is improved. For instance, the techniques described herein may enable the intelligent routing of requests between devices within the merchant establishment based on real-time locations of the devices, which devices are associated with which orders, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall
  • Publication number: 20220038570
    Abstract: Integrating buyer and/or merchant functionality with discoverable applications is described. In an example, applications associated with a service provider can be stored in a repository associated with the service provider. At least a part of an application of the applications is associated with a particular, discrete functionality. The service provider can determine context data associated with a user computing device and can select, based at least in part on the context data, the application from the applications, wherein at least the part of the application is to be surfaced on the user computing device. The service provider can cause a user interface associated with at least the part of the application to be presented via the user computing device, wherein the user interface enables a user of the user computing device to input data for enabling the particular, discrete functionality, and wherein a portion of the context data is used to customize the user interface for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Brian Stegall, Matthew T. Kursmark, Arjun Mahanti, Todd Bennings
  • Patent number: 11064047
    Abstract: Techniques described are directed to accessibility of instant application data via an associated application. In an example, a service provider can cause a first user interface associated with an instant application associated with a particular, discrete functionality of an application to be presented via a first user computing device of a user. The service provider can receive data via an interaction with the first user interface associated with the instant application. The service provider can receive a request to download the application from a second user computing device of the user, cause the application to be downloaded on the second user computing device of the user, and cause the data received via the interaction with the first user interface associated with the instant application to be associated with the application on the second user computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Stegall, Kenneth Randall Kinsella Wigginton, Arjun Mahanti, Marc David Perry, Matthew T. Kursmark
  • Patent number: D827657
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Visa International Service Association
    Inventors: Jessica Cuebas, Raj Brahmbhatt, Miguel Lunaparra, Michael Sequeira, Paul Dyrwal, Jared Benson, Brian Stegall
  • Patent number: D1021943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Mahanti, Matthew T. Kursmark, Brian Stegall