Patents by Inventor Ethan Baker McGee

Ethan Baker McGee 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).

  • Sequential reconfiguration guidance with synchronization across devices
    Patent number: 12602654
    Abstract: Examples provide an automatic item display reconfiguration guidance system providing sequential reconfiguration instructions presented to a user coordinated across multiple display devices in real-time as the modular item display is being reconfigured from an original item configuration to a new item configuration. A sequence of graphical instructions for removing a set of items, moving a set of items, and adding a set of new items to the modular item display are generated and presented to a user via a user interface (UI) on a user device and/or one or more shelf display device(s) on the modular item display in a substantially simultaneous manner. The graphical instructions including, color-coded indicators and/or images of the items, are presented to the user in real-time as items are removed, moved, or added in sequence enabling fast and efficient reconfiguration of items on the display with minimized expenditure of labor and reduced error rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Ammon Ikaika No Kapono Hepworth, Frank Thomas Sampognaro, Jr., Ethan Baker McGee, Yusuf Serki, Vinay Vishnumurthy Adiga, David Balaun, Beverly Ben-Lulu, Zachary Springer
  • SEQUENTIAL RECONFIGURATION GUIDANCE WITH SYNCRONIZATION ACROSS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20250265541
    Abstract: Examples provide an automatic item display reconfiguration guidance system providing sequential reconfiguration instructions presented to a user coordinated across multiple display devices in real-time as the modular item display is being reconfigured from an original item configuration to a new item configuration. A sequence of graphical instructions for removing a set of items, moving a set of items, and adding a set of new items to the modular item display are generated and presented to a user via a user interface (UI) on a user device and/or one or more shelf display device(s) on the modular item display in a substantially simultaneous manner. The graphical instructions including, color-coded indicators and/or images of the items, are presented to the user in real-time as items are removed, moved, or added in sequence enabling fast and efficient reconfiguration of items on the display with minimized expenditure of labor and reduced error rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Ammon Ikaika No Kapono Hepworth, Frank Thomas Sampognaro, JR., Ethan Baker McGee, Yusuf Serki, Vinay Vishnumurthy Adiga, David Balaun, Beverly Ben-Lulu, Zachary Springer