Patents by Inventor Forrest Gullion

Forrest Gullion 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: 12277573
    Abstract: A digital promotion processing system may include a shopper device associated with a given shopper, and a promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may be configured to determine available digital promotions for a given product for purchase, each available digital promotion having different redemption terms. The promotion processing server may also be configured to cooperate with the shopper device to prompt the shopper to select one of the available digital promotions to apply toward purchase of the given product, store shopper promotion terms preference data based upon the selected digital promotion, and update the shopper promotion terms preference data based upon a plurality of new selections of available digital promotions. The promotion processing server may further be configured to generate and communicate a personalized digital promotion to the shopper device. The personalized digital promotion may have redemption terms based upon the updated shopper promotion terms preference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sandgren, Forrest Gullion, Bobbi Iacovelli, Richard Polhemus, Meggan Salmon
  • Patent number: 11501328
    Abstract: A promotion processing system may include a point-of-sale (POS) terminal and a promotion processing server. The promotion processing server may include a memory for maintaining a database of product identifiers, and store promotion identifiers for store promotions corresponding to at least some of the product identifiers. The promotion processing server may also include a processor configured to cooperate with the POS terminal during a purchase transaction to obtain at least one product identifier presented at the POS terminal, and determine whether a store promotion identifier is presented at the POS terminal, and, when presented, determine a matching product identifier and restrict sending a digital promotion related thereto, and, when not presented, then permitting sending of the digital promotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: INMAR CLEARING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sandgren, Amber Shew, Forrest Gullion