Patents by Inventor Christopher R. HEENEY

Christopher R. HEENEY 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).

  • Publication number: 20190236539
    Abstract: A system for order delivery security using blockchain includes a container configured to: add a new block to a blockchain when an item of a customer order is added to or removed from the container, wherein the new block contains an order ID of the customer order, a customer name, items in the customer order, a delivery address of the customer order, and a delivery date of the customer order; a delivery vehicle configured to: carry the container; and add a new block to the blockchain when an item of the customer order is added to or removed from the vehicle, wherein the new block contains the order ID of the customer order, the customer name, the items in the customer order, the delivery address of the customer order, and the delivery date of the customer order; and a lock configured to: be attached to and secure the container; store a copy of the blockchain locally in memory of the lock; and communicate with the delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Brian MCHALE, Jennifer NORTHRUP, Richard C. MCSORLEY, Steven LEWIS, Christopher R. HEENEY, Joseph JURICH
  • Publication number: 20190226850
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying, via a processor, a plurality of causes for a vehicle to record data on a blockchain, wherein one cause in the plurality of causes is a repetition of a previous journey. The system generates route comparison data by comparing, via a processor as the vehicle is moving, current journey data for a current journey to previous journey data of at least one previous journey by: comparing a current journey start time to a previous journey start time; comparing a current journey travel time to a previous journey travel time; and comparing current journey route coordinates to previous journey route coordinates. Then based on the route comparison data, the system generates a side block which references the previous block in the block chain but contains only distinctions from the previous block. The side block is then added to the block chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel W. YOUNG, Vinay RAO, Dhivya GANESAN, Jennifer NORTHRUP, Richard C. MCSORLEY, Christopher R. HEENEY, Steven LEWIS, Joseph JURICH