Patents by Inventor Carl Prindle

Carl Prindle 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).

  • Linking Online and Retail-Location Shopping Carts
    Publication number: 20150186978
    Abstract: A system for linking a shopper's online electronic shopping cart with the shopper's in-store electronic shopping cart is provided. The system includes an online website of a merchant for the purchase of goods by one or more shoppers. Each shopper is provided with an online electronic shopping cart accessible through the website and an in-store electronic shopping cart accessible at a local retail location. The online and in-store electronic shopping carts are linked by placing one or more items contained in the online shopping cart in the in-store shopping cart and vice versa. Related apparatus, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Carl Prindle
  • Linking online and retail-location shopping carts
    Patent number: 8983864
    Abstract: A system for linking a shopper's online electronic shopping cart with the shopper's in-store electronic shopping cart is provided. The system includes an online website of a merchant for the purchase of goods by one or more shoppers. Each shopper is provided with an online electronic shopping cart accessible through the website and an in-store electronic shopping cart accessible at a local retail location. The online and in-store electronic shopping carts are linked by placing one or more items contained in the online shopping cart in the in-store shopping cart and vice versa. Related apparatus, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Blueport Commerce
    Inventor: Carl Prindle
  • LINKING ONLINE AND RETAIL-LOCATION SHOPPING CARTS
    Publication number: 20140344109
    Abstract: A system for linking a shopper's online electronic shopping cart with the shopper's in-store electronic shopping cart is provided. The system includes an online website of a merchant for the purchase of goods by one or more shoppers. Each shopper is provided with an online electronic shopping cart accessible through the website and an in-store electronic shopping cart accessible at a local retail location. The online and in-store electronic shopping carts are linked by placing one or more items contained in the online shopping cart in the in-store shopping cart and vice versa. Related apparatus, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Carl Prindle