Patents by Inventor Greg N. Vukin

Greg N. Vukin 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).

  • Publication number: 20190026696
    Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to enable sharing of commercial delivery vehicles across multiple commercial entities to facilitate the delivery of commercial products. In some embodiments, the system includes an electronic user device having a delivery interface, mobile analytics information (“MAI”) for a plurality of mobile devices, and commercial distribution analytics information (“CDAI”) that prescribes transportation information as well as delivery information and a control circuit(s). The control circuit(s) uses the CDAI to identify a delivery route(s) of interest. The control circuit(s) uses the delivery route of interest, the MAI, and the CDAI to identify a distribution solution that dictates use commercial delivery vehicle to deliver a commercial product(s) with the delivery information of the commercial product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Todd D. Mattingly, Greg N. Vukin, Bruce W. Wilkinson, Michael R. Bright
  • Publication number: 20180285816
    Abstract: A control circuit accesses mobile analytics information comprising, at least in part, data regarding movement of the user devices (such as but not limited to so-called smart phones). The control circuit uses that data to facilitate allocating unsold resources (such as goods and/or services). By one approach the data regarding movement of the user devices constitutes anonymized information that does not identify specific users. In addition, in lieu of the foregoing or in combination therewith, this data may comprise, at least in part, real-time data regarding movement of the user devices. By one approach the control circuit personalizes the anonymized information to thereby provide data regarding movement of specifically-identified users. In this case that personalized movement information can be leveraged by the control circuit when facilitating the aforementioned allocation of unsold resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Todd D. Mattingly, Bruce W. Wilkinson, Greg N. Vukin
  • Publication number: 20180174188
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to customizing content of a billboard. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for customizing content of a billboard including: a partiality vector database; a selector control circuit configured to: receive traveler data information of a plurality of travelers; identify a set of travelers that passes a particular geo-fence location; access the partiality vector database to determine a set of partiality vectors associated with the set of travelers; determine a rank for each of the set of partiality vectors; and select one or more partiality vectors of the set of partiality vectors based on the rank; and a billboard control circuit configured to: receive a notification of the one or more selected partiality vectors; access a billboard content database to determine a content of a plurality of available contents; and provide the content to a billboard interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce W. Wilkinson, Greg N. Vukin, Todd D. Mattingly
  • Publication number: 20180107971
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide retail product inventory distribution systems, comprising: an inventory tracking system; an inventory management control circuit configured to couple with a source of multiple different types of mobile analytics information, and to: electronically access aggregated layers of multiple different types of mobile analytics information corresponding to activities associated with multiple different electronic user devices; identify, based on at least a first pattern of activity determined from the aggregated multiple different types of mobile analytics information, an inventory adjustment activity to be implemented as a function of the first pattern of activity relative to retail services; and communicate instructions to cause the inventory adjustment activity to be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Greg N. Vukin, Todd D. Mattingly, Bruce W. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20180060857
    Abstract: A customer-device interface interacts with customer devices proximal to a retail shopping facility to thereby receive from the customer's device a first unique identifier. A control circuit operably couples to the customer-device interface. The control circuit accesses mobile analytics information regarding locations of customer devices and identifying information for the customer devices comprising a second unique identifier that is different from the first unique identifier. By then also accessing identifying information for customers of the retail shopping facility the control circuit uses the first identifier, the second unique identifier, and the identifying information for customers of the retail shopping facility to correlate the second unique identifier with a particular corresponding customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce W. Wilkinson, Todd D. Mattingly, Greg N. Vukin