Patents by Inventor Eric Letson

Eric Letson 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: 11717948
    Abstract: Examples provide an electronic shelf label (ESL) removal tool for removing an electronic shelf label from a shelf. The tool includes a central body member which is substantially cylindrical. A gripping member is included at a first end of the central body enabling a user to grip the tool. An expansion member at a second end of the central body slides between a shelf rail to expand or increase a distance between the rails. The tool enables the user to remove the ESL from between the rails more easily. A wedge-shaped tab at the second end of the central body fits between one edge of the shelf rail and the edge of the ESL to pry the ESL out from between the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Letson
  • Publication number: 20210268633
    Abstract: Examples provide an electronic shelf label (ESL) removal tool for removing an electronic shelf label from a shelf The tool includes a central body member which is substantially cylindrical. A gripping member is included at a first end of the central body enabling a user to grip the tool. An expansion member at a second end of the central body slides between a shelf rail to expand or increase a distance between the rails. The tool enables the user to remove the ESL from between the rails more easily. A wedge-shaped tab at the second end of the central body fits between one edge of the shelf rail and the edge of the ESL to pry the ESL out from between the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Eric Letson
  • Publication number: 20190313831
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus is presented. The cooking apparatus includes multiple independently controlled food preparation zones. The cooking apparatus further includes a network interface and a scanning device integrated into the cooking apparatus and configured to read a machine-readable identifier of a meal kit. The cooking apparatus additionally includes a processor in communication with each of the food preparation zones and that independently controls a temperature and time of food preparation in each of the food preparation zones in accordance with a set of cooking instructions retrieved via the network interface using the machine-readable identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Greg A. Bryan, Brian Charlesworth, David G. Tovey, Eric Letson, Kurt William Robert Bessel
  • Publication number: 20190315551
    Abstract: A meal kit and a method of using the meal kit are presented. The meal kit includes a liner for a network-connected cooking apparatus, the liner having multiple segmented areas, each segmented area containing a food product. The liner also includes a machine-readable code disposed on the liner that is utilized to access information relating to cooking temperature and cooking time for each segment. The liner is configured to be placed into a cooking apparatus and align with different individually controllable cooking zones in the cooking apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Greg A. Bryan, Kurt William Robert Bessel, Brian Charlesworth, David G. Tovey, Eric Letson
  • Publication number: 20190104830
    Abstract: A device for holding a hand-held computer is provided. The device includes a holder and a mount for receiving and locking the holder. The holder includes a clamp for holding the hand-held computer, a short peg extending from a surface of the clamp, and a circular engaging end attaching to a distal end of the short peg. The mount includes a front wall, a back wall separated from the front wall by side walls, a slot being formed in the front wall and having two opposite arcing side walls, and a circular engaging opening in the slot terminating at respective first ends of the two opposite arcing side walls to lock the short peg and the circular engaging end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Cortellacci, Yurgis M. Bacallao, Eric Letson
  • Patent number: 9798983
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to reserving physical resources in an enterprise via an electronic reservation environment. An electronic search request for an availability of one or more resources in an enterprise is received from a user through a web page and/or a mobile application and is submitted to a reservation engine. The search request includes one or more resource search parameters received via a graphical user interface associated with the electronic reservation environment. A result identifying resources that satisfy the resource search parameters in the request is received in response to the search request and an electronic metadata request is automatically submitted in response to receipt of the result. The electronic metadata request including resource identifiers corresponding to the resources identified in the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Kurt Haas, Eric Letson, Christopher Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140257883
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to reserving physical resources in an enterprise via an electronic reservation environment. An electronic search request for an availability of one or more resources in an enterprise is received from a user through a web page and/or a mobile application and is submitted to a reservation engine. The search request includes one or more resource search parameters received via a graphical user interface associated with the electronic reservation environment. A result identifying resources that satisfy the resource search parameters in the request is received in response to the search request and an electronic metadata request is automatically submitted in response to receipt of the result. The electronic metadata request including resource identifiers corresponding to the resources identified in the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Kurt Haas, Eric Letson, Christopher Johnson