Patents by Inventor Christopher Woodyard

Christopher Woodyard 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: 11615391
    Abstract: Sever-based order persistence and/or fulfillment is described herein. In an example, server(s) associated with a payment processing service may receive, from a point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a merchant, an order associated with at least one item available for purchase from a physical location of the merchant. The server(s) may store the order in a storage data structure. In an example, the server(s) may determine an occurrence of a trigger event and may update a status of the order based at least in part on the trigger event. In some examples, the trigger event may correspond to an interruption in a connection with the POS device, fulfillment of the order, etc. The status of the order can indicate whether the order is to be sent to the POS device, removed from the storage data structure, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Block, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Brad Seiler, Roshan Jhunja, Noah Batterson
  • Publication number: 20220101420
    Abstract: Customized interactive image collection generation is described. A plurality of interactive images associated with at least one merchant can be accessed. An interactive image of the plurality of interactive images can depict one or more items offered for sale by the merchant and individual items of the one or more items can be associated with individual selectable controls. A selectable control can enable a customer to view item information associated with an individual item with which the selectable control is associated. Customer data can be accessed and a subset of interactive images of the plurality of interactive images can be selected based at least in part on the customer data. The subset of interactive images can comprise a personalized lookbook that can be presented via a display of a device to enable the customer to add the individual item to a virtual cart via an interaction with the selectable control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Stephanie Grodin
  • Patent number: 11244382
    Abstract: Auto-generation of multi-merchant interactive image collections is described. A plurality of interactive images associated with multiple merchants can be accessed. An interactive image of the plurality of interactive images can depict one or more items offered for sale by a merchant and individual items of the one or more items can be associated with individual selectable controls. A selectable control can enable a customer to view item information associated with an individual item with which the selectable control is associated. A subset of interactive images of the plurality of interactive images can be included in an interactive image collection. The subset of interactive images can be associated with two or more merchants. The subset of interactive images can be presented via a display of a device to enable the customer to add at least the individual item to a virtual cart via an interaction with the selectable control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Stephanie Grodin
  • Patent number: 11210730
    Abstract: Customized interactive image collection generation is described. A plurality of interactive images associated with at least one merchant can be accessed. An interactive image of the plurality of interactive images can depict one or more items offered for sale by the merchant and individual items of the one or more items can be associated with individual selectable controls. A selectable control can enable a customer to view item information associated with an individual item with which the selectable control is associated. Customer data can be accessed and a subset of interactive images of the plurality of interactive images can be selected based at least in part on the customer data. The subset of interactive images can comprise a personalized lookbook that can be presented via a display of a device to enable the customer to add the individual item to a virtual cart via an interaction with the selectable control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Stephanie Grodin
  • Publication number: 20210248577
    Abstract: Sever-based order persistence and/or fulfillment is described herein. In an example, server(s) associated with a payment processing service may receive, from a point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a merchant, an order associated with at least one item available for purchase from a physical location of the merchant. The server(s) may store the order in a storage data structure. In an example, the server(s) may determine an occurrence of a trigger event and may update a status of the order based at least in part on the trigger event. In some examples, the trigger event may correspond to an interruption in a connection with the POS device, fulfillment of the order, etc. The status of the order can indicate whether the order is to be sent to the POS device, removed from the storage data structure, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Brad Seiler, Roshan Jhunja, Noah Batterson
  • Patent number: 10990948
    Abstract: Sever-based order persistence and/or fulfillment is described herein. In an example, server(s) associated with a payment processing service may receive, from a point-of-sale (POS) device associated with a merchant, an order associated with at least one item available for purchase from a physical location of the merchant. The server(s) may store the order in a storage data structure. In an example, the server(s) may determine an occurrence of a trigger event and may update a status of the order based at least in part on the trigger event. In some examples, the trigger event may correspond to an interruption in a connection with the POS device, fulfillment of the order, etc. The status of the order can indicate whether the order is to be sent to the POS device, removed from the storage data structure, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Brad Seiler, Roshan Jhunja, Noah Batterson
  • Patent number: 10692043
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing intelligent rebalancing of items between physical locations of merchants and replenishment of items for physical locations of merchants. The techniques include the use of a payment service that provides various services for merchants and obtains information associated with transactions of the merchants, employees of the merchants, and vendors of the merchants. Harnessing the information and knowledge associated with the variety of merchants, the payment service may intelligently automate the rebalancing items between physical locations, such as by moving items from a physical location of the merchant with a lower rate of sale to another physical location of the merchant with a higher rate of sale. Similarly, the payment service may intelligently automate replenishment of items by generating orders to have vendors fulfill needed quantities of items at locations of merchants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Cynthia Lobb, Roshan Jhunja, John Joseph Labanca, Jr., Brad Seiler, Noah Batterson
  • Patent number: 10586222
    Abstract: Sever-based order persistence and/or fulfillment is described herein. Server(s) associated with a payment processing service may receive, from a first point-of-sale (POS) device located at a first physical location of a merchant, a record identifying an item that a customer intends to purchase from the merchant. The server(s) may change an inventory status of a data item corresponding to the item in an inventory data structure associated with an inventory of the merchant to indicate that the item is reserved for the customer. Subsequently, the server(s) may receive, from a second POS device remotely located from the first POS device, a request for the item and may determine that the inventory status of the data item indicates that the item is reserved for the customer. The server(s) may manage the inventory such to enable the merchant to determine how to fulfill the multiple requests from multiple disparately located customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Square, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Woodyard, Brad Seiler, Roshan Jhunja, Noah Batterson