Patents by Inventor Gregory M. NATIONS

Gregory M. NATIONS 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: 20120158537
    Abstract: In some implementations, a product category web page includes a middle region with recommend products and topical information. The middle region optionally includes three columns with recommend products in the center column and topical information in the outer columns. In some implementations, the topical information is associated with the product category. The topical information in certain embodiments helps a search engine determine product results for a natural language query and the product results are presented in the product tile array. In one implementation, the product web page is a product specific web page. The product specific web page may include an upper region with a horizontal rotating product carousel. The product carousel optionally permits a user to select and view information relating to products in a product category or products that are related to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael F. GONSALVES, Gregory M. NATIONS, Chad R. GOURLEY, Patricia KORTH-MCDONNELL, Sarah E. SCHOEFFLER, Joe STEWART
  • Publication number: 20120158539
    Abstract: In one example, a private profile page is displayed to a user having a user profile registered with a vendor. In this example, the private profile page includes a list of unviewed products, a product list, and information about a local retail store. As a further example, the user selects a public profile preview function and, in response, the user is presented with a preview of information associated with the user profile. In another example, a social network selection page is displayed to a user having a first profile registered with a vendor. The social network selection page includes a social network selection function for selecting a second profile of the user in a social network. In this example, the user indicates a social network and a second profile registered with the indicated social network is linked to the first profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Sarah LAWRENCE, Sarah PETERSON, Gregory M. NATIONS, Chad R. GOURLEY, Patricia KORTH-MCDONNELL, Joe STEWART
  • Publication number: 20120159294
    Abstract: A web site user interface for an e-commerce retail company allows a user to easily browse or purchase products or services offered by the company. The web site user interface can include a dual horizontal navigation bar including a main navigation bar and subordinate navigation bar. The subordinate navigation bar can be actively and passively customized. Further, the subordinate navigation bar can include product shipment information in a user specific notification pane. The web site user interface can also include a drop-down logo from the dual parent navigation bar where the web page continues to include the drop-down logo as the user scrolls down to focus on web page content. Alternatively, the web site user interface can include a main navigation bar and secondary navigation bar where the main navigation bar includes fewer subcategories of products than the secondary navigation bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael F. GONSALVES, Gregory M. NATIONS, Chad R. GOURLEY, Patricia KORTH-MCDONNELL, Troy NEIDERMIRE, Joe STEWART
  • Publication number: 20120158544
    Abstract: An on-item tag displays information about an item in a fixed retail location. The on-item tag is associated with an online collage tag for the same item on a web page of a web site associated with a retail location. The on-item tag has an ornamental appearance substantially the same as an online collage tag for the same item displayed on a web page of the web site. The on-item tag has a first part that includes a user review. An online item includes an online collage tag that includes the first part of the on-item tag along with additional information for the product that includes, but is not limited to, user reviews, product cost, product description, product status, and product availability. The on-item tag includes the first part along with a second part that provides additional product information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory M. NATIONS, Chad R. GOURLEY, Patricia KORTH-MCDONNELL, Joe STEWART
  • Publication number: 20120158551
    Abstract: In one example a retail webpage displays a product collage and social media content. For example, the social media content includes reviews by a user's social contacts and/or an image of the user, a social contact, and/or a product. Some content of the website, for example, is organized to display content in a predefined layout. In another example, a retail website system collects social information from external social networks. For example, a user's social information is identified and content created by the user's social contacts is identified. The social contact-created content is displayed, for example, with a product or group of products. In another example, the layout of a webpage is organized to encourage a user to explore the webpage. The layout, for example, includes elements in two columns with content adjacent to similar content. For example, elements in descending location relate more or less specifically to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael F. Gonsalves, Gregory M. Nations, Chad R. Gourley, Patricia Korth-McDonnell, Sarah E. Schoeffler, Joe Stewart