Patents by Inventor Daniel R. Goins

Daniel R. Goins 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: 20230419389
    Abstract: A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Susan W. Brosnan, Jessica Snead, Patricia Hogan, Daniel R. Goins
  • Patent number: 11798063
    Abstract: A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Susan W. Brosnan, Jessica Snead, Patricia Hogan, Daniel R. Goins
  • Publication number: 20230297905
    Abstract: Techniques for auditing purchases are provided. An item for purchase is scanned to determine a first identity of the item. The scanned item is added to a transaction. A first image of the scanned item is captured using a first camera. A second identity of the scanned item from the first image is determined using a trained machine learning (ML) model. Responsive to determining the first and second identities of the item do not match, an audit of the transaction is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Susan W. BROSNAN, Jessica SNEAD, Patricia S. HOGAN, Daniel R. GOINS
  • Publication number: 20230106210
    Abstract: Systems and methods of performing video analysis related to a video of an electronic terminal. In one exemplary embodiment, a method is performed by an electronic device that includes processing circuitry. The method may include causing a display to play a video that shows an electronic terminal, automatically detecting a captured event related to the electronic terminal in the video, capturing first time stamp information corresponding to a time point in the video that the captured event occurs in the video, and predicting a future event associated with the captured event related to the electronic terminal in the video. The method may also include capturing and outputting second time stamp information corresponding to a time point in the video that the predicted future event is detected to have occurred in the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Patricia S. Hogan, Susan W. Brosnan, Jessica K. Snead, Daniel R. Goins
  • Publication number: 20230100437
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first image of an item captured by a first camera when the item is purchased and linking the first image to a transaction component corresponding to the purchase of the item. The method also includes determining that the first image is linked to the transaction component and, in response to a request from a user device to display the item and in response to determining that the first image is linked to the transaction component, communicating the first image to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Susan W. BROSNAN, Jessica SNEAD, Patricia S. HOGAN, Daniel R. GOINS
  • Publication number: 20220405828
    Abstract: A method of assigning products to shoppers can be provided by determining that a plurality of shoppers are collaborating with one another to purchase a plurality of products included on a shared shopping list, receiving shopper characteristics for the plurality of shoppers, receiving respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, assigning respective sub-lists of the plurality of products for picking by respective ones of the shoppers at a retail shopping location based on the shopper characteristics for the respective ones of the shoppers and the respective parameters for the plurality of products included on the shared shopping list, and providing the respective sub-lists of the plurality of products to the plurality of shoppers. Related systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Susan Brosnan, Jessica Snead, Patricia Hogan, Daniel R. Goins