Patents by Inventor David L. Ballenger

David L. Ballenger 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).

  • Fulfillment of orders
    Patent number: 8527373
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating orders for inventory items that are fulfilled from a physical fulfillment network of a merchant. A fulfillment network model is maintained in at least one server, the fulfillment network model comprising an abstraction of a physical fulfillment network operated by a merchant, the physical fulfillment network being configured for multi-channel delivery. An e-commerce application is maintained for the merchant on the at least one server. An order for an inventory item is generated in the e-commerce application based upon interaction with a client. A fulfillment manifest is generated based upon the fulfillment network model, the fulfillment manifest identifying at least one action to be taken in the physical fulfillment network to implement fulfillment of the order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian M. Ricci, Rory D. Fish, David L. Ballenger
  • Inventory commingling and reconciliation of inaccuracies
    Patent number: 8156006
    Abstract: A facility for managing ownership of units of an item is described. The facility defines a commingling zone. For units of the item that are outside the commingling zone, the facility attributes ownership among a plurality of owners individually to each of the units. For units of the item that are inside the commingling zone, the facility attributes ownership among the plurality of owners to particular numbers of the units without attributing ownership individually to each of the units. The facility includes a method for reconciling ownership of units in the event of any discovered innacuracies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ballenger, Richard Brinkerhoff, David Brown, John Chenault, Ian Clarkson, Jason Ho, Duane Krause, Jason Murray
  • Inventory commingling and reconciliation of inaccuracies
    Patent number: 7289969
    Abstract: A facility for managing ownership of units of an item is described. The facility defines a commingling zone. For units of the item that are outside the commingling zone, the facility attributes ownership among a plurality of owners individually to each of the units. For units of the item that are inside the commingling zone, the facility attributes ownership among the plurality of owners to particular numbers of the units without attributing ownership individually to each of the units. The facility includes a method for reconciling ownership of units in the event of any discovered inaccuracies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Ballenger, Richard Brinkerhoff, David Brown, John Chenault, Ian Clarkson, Jason Ho, Duane Krause, Jason Murray