Patents by Inventor Charles M. Griffith

Charles M. Griffith 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: 10242335
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for courier management. For example, in one embodiment, a courier application is executed on a mobile computing device to retrieve a list of stops associated with a courier from a computing device over a network. The list of stops includes a plurality of orders to be delivered, wherein a customer location is associated with each order. The courier application generates user interfaces to facilitate a confirmation that items associated with orders have been delivered, to facilitate an input of a review of the performance of the courier, and to perform other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai
  • Patent number: 10089593
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method and apparatus for determining a grouping of containers, assigning a visually distinctive indicator to the group, directing application of the visually distinctive indicator to the containers of the group are disclosed. The visually distinctive indicators of containers of a group may be analyzed manually or automatically and a message may be issued for containers that are determined to not be members of the group based on the dominant visually distinctive indicators of the group. The distinctive characteristics of the visually distinctive indicators may be colors, patterns or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Andrew Shapira
  • Publication number: 20160350714
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for courier management. For example, in one embodiment, a courier application is executed on a mobile computing device to retrieve a list of stops associated with a courier from a computing device over a network. The list of stops includes a plurality of orders to be delivered, wherein a customer location is associated with each order. The courier application generates user interfaces to facilitate a confirmation that items associated with orders have been delivered, to facilitate an input of a review of the performance of the courier, and to perform other functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai
  • Patent number: 9443219
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for courier management. For example, in one embodiment, a courier application is executed on a mobile computing device to retrieve a list of stops associated with a courier from a computing device over a network. The list of stops includes a plurality of orders to be delivered, wherein a customer location is associated with each order. The courier application generates user interfaces to facilitate a confirmation that items associated with orders have been delivered, to facilitate an input of a review of the performance of the courier, and to perform other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai
  • Patent number: 8572013
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for the identification and assignment of classifications for items. One of a plurality of classifications are identified in at least one computing device based at least in part on a plurality of tokens associated with the item and a data dictionary. An identified classification is thereby produced, and the identified classification is associated with a confidence score. The identified classification is automatically assigned to the item when the confidence score meets a threshold. A manual confirmation of the identified classification is obtained when the confidence score is below the threshold. The manual confirmation indicates whether the identified classification is erroneous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd A. Nash, Venkatram Pramod, Reginald D. McDaniel, Jeffrey S. Pitts, Charles M. Griffith
  • Patent number: 8473326
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for courier management. For example, in one embodiment, a courier application is executed on a mobile computing device to retrieve a list of stops associated with a courier from a computing device over a network. The list of stops includes a plurality of orders to be delivered, wherein a customer location is associated with each order. The courier application generates user interfaces to facilitate a confirmation that items associated with orders have been delivered, to facilitate an input of a review of the performance of the courier, and to perform other functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai
  • Patent number: 8429019
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for scheduled delivery of shipments with multiple shipment carriers are described. Various embodiments may include a scheduled delivery component configured to receive delivery availability information for multiple shipment carriers. In various embodiments, for each shipment carrier, delivery availability information may specify one or more delivery periods during which that shipment carrier is available to deliver shipments of one or more items to designated locations. This delivery availability information may be utilized to generate a scheduled delivery tool that enables users to select a particular delivery period during which an item is to be delivered. The scheduled delivery tool may provide multiple selectable delivery periods based on the delivery availability information of multiple shipment carriers. The scheduled delivery component may determine that a particular delivery period has been selected and generate a delivery instruction based on such selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Yeatts, Neha Goswami, Andrew Korytko, Michael Seifert, Charles M. Griffith, Girish S. Lakshman, Gregory Ignatov, Trenton M. Tatro
  • Publication number: 20120246090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the generation of shipping labels that aid in delivery of shipments. In one example, at least a portion of a carrier infrastructure is identified that is to be used to deliver each one of a plurality of shipments, where each of the shipments corresponds to one of a plurality of destination locations. A shipping label is generated for each of the shipments. Each shipping label expresses both a respective one of the destination locations and a recitation of the portion of the carrier infrastructure employed to deliver a corresponding one of the shipments to a respective one of the destination locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles M. Griffith, Jinqian Li, Jonathan J. Shakes, Jin Lai