Patents by Inventor David Martin Nelms
David Martin Nelms 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).
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Patent number: 11961061Abstract: A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: David Martin Nelms, Jason Todd, Tim Webb, Philip Wayne Marbut, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Patent number: 11954714Abstract: An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the purchase is complete, prompting the user to enable the age validation feature of the mobile wallet application of the user mobile device, directing a software application loaded on the user mobile device to access at least one biometric data input functionality of the user mobile device to capture the at least one biometric of the user, and comparing biometric features of the user captured by at least one camera.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Douglas Jahe Ryner, David Martin Nelms, Todd Mattingly
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Publication number: 20240078535Abstract: An example system for digital wallet management including one or more databases and a computing system is described. The databases are configured to store data corresponding to purchase history of a user, the purchase history including payment account information for a first transaction captured through a reader at a point-of-sale system at the time of the first transaction and an identifier associated with the first transaction. The computing system receives a machine-readable element having the identifier associated with the first transaction encoded therein, searches the databases to determine the payment account information associated with the identifier, generates a prompt requesting confirmation of adding the payment account information for the first transaction to a digital wallet, receives positive confirmation to the generated prompt, and populates the digital wallet with the payment account information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: David Martin Nelms, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Publication number: 20230419286Abstract: Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchases. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Christopher Joseph Hendrick, David Martin Nelms, Mindy Dawn Rector
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Patent number: 11853988Abstract: A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: David Martin Nelms, Jason Todd, Tim Webb, Philip Wayne Marbut, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Patent number: 11836709Abstract: An example system for digital wallet management including one or more databases and a computing system is described. The databases are configured to store data corresponding to purchase history of a user, the purchase history including payment account information for a first transaction captured through a reader at a point-of-sale system at the time of the first transaction and an identifier associated with the first transaction. The computing system receives a machine-readable element having the identifier associated with the first transaction encoded therein, searches the databases to determine the payment account information associated with the identifier, generates a prompt requesting confirmation of adding the payment account information for the first transaction to a digital wallet, receives positive confirmation to the generated prompt, and populates the digital wallet with the payment account information.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: David Martin Nelms, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Publication number: 20230342744Abstract: A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: David Martin Nelms, Jason Todd, Tim Webb, Philip Wayne Marbut, Douglas Jahe Ryner
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Patent number: 11790341Abstract: Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchases. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Christopher Joseph Hendrick, David Martin Nelms, Mindy Dawn Rector
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Publication number: 20230169490Abstract: A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: wirelessly transmitting a signal to a user device; storing, in a database, a user account associated with a user, the user account comprising a method of payment and a first authorization code; receiving a user device identification code from the user device in response to the user device receiving the signal; transmitting the user device identification code and the retail environment code to process sales; associating the user device with the retail environment in response to receiving the user device identification code and the retail environment code; receiving an order from the user device; and authorizing payment for the order utilizing a method of payment stored in the user account. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: David Martin Nelms, Bradley Joseph Kieffer, Mark Matthews, Eytan Daniyalzade, Berk Atikoglu
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Publication number: 20230153793Abstract: Provided are a re-using e-commerce payment instruments for in-store purchasing systems and methods. A customer enters a check out and a transaction at the point of sale is started. The system receives a pairing request at a wallet processor from a customer mobile device operating a mobile application. This pairing request is created and sent in response to scanning of a code having a transaction identification. The system associates a customer payment profile with the transaction identification and sends associated information to the point of sale. The point of sale sends an amount of sale to authorize to the wallet processor after completing scanning of items. The system creates an authorization for payment and sending the authorization for payment to an authorizer. The transaction may then be completed by processing payment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Bradley Joseph Kieffer, Mark Matthews, Eytan Daniyalzade, David Martin Nelms, Prasanna Rajendran, Charles David Berry, Daniel Eckert
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Patent number: 11568390Abstract: Provided are a re-using e-commerce payment instruments for in-store purchasing systems and methods. A customer enters a check out and a transaction at the point of sale is started. The system receives a pairing request at a wallet processor from a customer mobile device operating a mobile application. This pairing request is created and sent in response to scanning of a code having a transaction identification. The system associates a customer payment profile with the transaction identification and sends associated information to the point of sale. The point of sale sends an amount of sale to authorize to the wallet processor after completing scanning of items. The system creates an authorization for payment and sending the authorization for payment to an authorizer. The transaction may then be completed by processing payment.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Bradley Joseph Kieffer, Mark Matthews, Eytan Daniyalzade, David Martin Nelms, Prasanna Rajendran, Charles David Berry, Daniel Eckert
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Patent number: 11568385Abstract: Techniques for related to retail transaction are disclosed. The techniques involve various uses of a mobile device, such as a cell phone, in authorizing payment for a retail transaction and/or receiving and/or transmitting data to/from the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: David Martin Nelms, Bradley Joseph Kieffer, Mark Matthews, Eytan Daniyalzade, Berk Atikoglu
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Publication number: 20220358479Abstract: A mobile electronic device detects a first virtual Bluetooth low energy (vBLE) signal from a first vBLE transceiver associated with a first merchant transaction device and a second vBLE signal from a second vBLE transceiver associated with a second merchant transaction device. An overlap region is determined including a first region corresponding to the first vBLE signal and a second region corresponding to the second vBLE signal. A checkout area is selected corresponding to the first region in response to receiving, from the first merchant transaction device, an indication of an external device receiving the second vBLE signal but not receiving the first vBLE signal. The mobile electronic device is then paired to the first merchant transaction device and a payment transaction is initiated with the first merchant transaction device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Bradley J. Kieffer, Mark Matthews, Eytan Daniyalzade, David Martin Nelms, Robert C. Taylor, Berk Atikoglu, Charlie Berry
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Patent number: 11410160Abstract: A method for authenticating an online transaction on a first computing device using a second computing device including detecting a request to process sensitive payment information input on the first computing device to complete a transaction, determining that a condition is present associated with the transaction, disabling a payment processing function of the website to prevent a payment from being processed and completed, generating a unique identifier to be displayed on the first computing device, wherein the user scans the unique identifier with a second computing device to initiate an authentication function, authenticating the user operating the first computing device, and enabling, by the processor, the payment processing function of the website to allow the payment to process.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Mark Matthews, Daniel Eckert, David Martin Nelms, Todd Mattingly
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Publication number: 20220245690Abstract: An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the purchase is complete, prompting the user to enable the age validation feature of the mobile wallet application of the user mobile device, directing a software application loaded on the user mobile device to access at least one biometric data input functionality of the user mobile device to capture the at least one biometric of the user, and comparing biometric features of the user captured by at least one camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Douglas Jahe Ryner, David Martin Nelms, Todd Mattingly
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Publication number: 20220237674Abstract: Automated integration systems and methods using a broker system to enable the integration of a user's stored online session with a current session on a computing device in a physical facility are discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Douglas Jahe Ryner, David Martin Nelms
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Patent number: 11334931Abstract: An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the purchase is complete, prompting the user to enable the age validation feature of the mobile wallet application of the user mobile device, directing a software application loaded on the user mobile device to access at least one biometric data input functionality of the user mobile device to capture the at least one biometric of the user, and comparing biometric features of the user captured by at least one camera.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Douglas Jahe Ryner, David Martin Nelms, Todd Mattingly
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Publication number: 20220084003Abstract: Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchases. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Christopher Joseph Hendrick, David Martin Nelms, Mindy Dawn Rector
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Patent number: 11182760Abstract: Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between any front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchase of the items. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Christopher Joseph Hendrick, David Martin Nelms, Mindy Dawn Rector
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Patent number: 11120415Abstract: A distributed data management system is described. Document images stored by a first computing system may be retrieved by a broker system communicating with a user's mobile device that is interacting with a second computing system. The retrieved document images may be transmitted by the broker system for integration into a graphical user interface of the second computing system.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Douglas Jahe Ryner, David Martin Nelms