Patents by Inventor Darren W. Stanley

Darren W. Stanley 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: 20230368210
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing product returns. In some embodiments, a system for processing returns comprises a POS terminal located in a retail facility and configured to receive an order identifier associated with an online order that includes a product purchased from a third-party seller via the retailer's website, wherein the retail facility is a brick-and-mortar facility associated with the retailer, and wherein the third-party seller is not the retailer, and transmit, to a control circuit, the order identifier, a database configured to store order information, and the control circuit configured to receive the order identifier, determine the product, determine a refund amount for the product, determine a location to which the product should be returned, generate a return label, create a return transaction for the product, and transmit the return label, wherein the POS terminal is configured to print the return label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Maheer Manmohan, Douglas E. Humphrys, Sid Shake, Charles Harry Lobo, Tripuresh Pandey, Zhijian Huang, Nivea Mandavia, Casey S. Hulliberger, Darren W. Stanley
  • Patent number: 11748761
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing product returns. In some embodiments, a system for processing returns comprises a POS terminal located in a retail facility and configured to receive an order identifier associated with an online order that includes a product purchased from a third-party seller via the retailer's website, wherein the retail facility is a brick-and-mortar facility associated with the retailer, and wherein the third-party seller is not the retailer, and transmit, to a control circuit, the order identifier, a database configured to store order information, and the control circuit configured to receive the order identifier, determine the product, determine a refund amount for the product, determine a location to which the product should be returned, generate a return label, create a return transaction for the product, and transmit the return label, wherein the POS terminal is configured to print the return label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Maheer Manmohan, Douglas E. Humphrys, Sid Shake, Charles Harry Lobo, Tripuresh Pandey, Zhijian Huang, Nivea Mandavia, Casey S. Hulliberger, Darren W. Stanley
  • Publication number: 20210326878
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing product returns. In some embodiments, a system for processing returns comprises a POS terminal located in a retail facility and configured to receive an order identifier associated with an online order that includes a product purchased from a third-party seller via the retailer's website, wherein the retail facility is a brick-and-mortar facility associated with the retailer, and wherein the third-party seller is not the retailer, and transmit, to a control circuit, the order identifier, a database configured to store order information, and the control circuit configured to receive the order identifier, determine the product, determine a refund amount for the product, determine a location to which the product should be returned, generate a return label, create a return transaction for the product, and transmit the return label, wherein the POS terminal is configured to print the return label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Maheer Manmohan, Douglas E. Humphrys, Sid Shake, Charles Harry Lobo, Tripuresh Pandey, Zhijian Huang, Nivea Mandavia, Casey S. Hulliberger, Darren W. Stanley