Patents by Inventor Craig J. Pape

Craig J. Pape 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: 8463665
    Abstract: A method and system for event-driven inventory disposition are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include detecting a disposition event associated with a given one of a number of inventory items. The method may further include evaluating each of a number of disposition channels with respect to the given item in response to detecting the disposition event, and dependent upon the evaluation, selecting a particular disposition channel through which to dispose of the given item. In one particular implementation of the method, detecting the disposition event may include detecting an indication that an expected profitability of the given item is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig J. Pape, Denise M. Stecconi, Sunit S. Kavathekar, Mark P. Russell
  • Patent number: 8447664
    Abstract: A method and system for managing inventory by expected profitability. In one embodiment, a method may include individually evaluating a respective expected profitability for each of a number of inventory items, and individually determining a disposition of each of the number of items dependent upon its respective expected profitability. In one particular implementation of the method, individually evaluating the respective expected profitability of a given item may include forecasting an estimated date of transaction corresponding to the given item, forecasting an estimated revenue corresponding to the given item as of the estimated date of transaction, estimating accrued costs of holding the given item until the estimated date of transaction, and comparing a total cost of the given item against the estimated revenue, where the total cost may include the accrued costs of holding the given item until the estimated date of transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig J. Pape, Denise M. Stecconi, Suresh Kumar, Joseph K. Hall
  • Patent number: 7881986
    Abstract: A method and system for event-driven inventory disposition are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method may include detecting a disposition event associated with a given one of a number of inventory items. The method may further include evaluating each of a number of disposition channels with respect to the given item in response to detecting the disposition event, and dependent upon the evaluation, selecting a particular disposition channel through which to dispose of the given item. In one particular implementation of the method, detecting the disposition event may include detecting an indication that an expected profitability of the given item is less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig J. Pape, Denise M. Stecconi, Sunit S. Kavathekar, Mark P. Russell