Patents by Inventor Ian D. Clarkson

Ian D. Clarkson 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: 10121181
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for surfacing local inventory. A location of a client device is determined based at least in part on a user-specified location associated with the client device or a geolocation technology using an identifier associated with the client device. It is determined that the location is within a region served by local deliveries from a materials handling facility. A first product and a second product that are stored in the materials handling facility are identified. While both the first and the second products are available for local delivery from the materials handling facility in the region, the first product is unavailable for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region, but the second product is available for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region. Data encoding a listing of products, including the first and second products, is sent to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Petrich, Ian D. Clarkson
  • Patent number: 9852464
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a method and system for capturing and utilizing item attributes are described. Various embodiments may include a mobile image capture apparatus, which may include a computer system configured to execute an image capture application. The image capture application may instruct an agent to capture an image of an item label. A data extraction component may be configured to process the images captured by the mobile image capture apparatus. For a given captured image, the data extraction component may in various embodiments be configured to perform OCR to determine one or more strings of characters from the image. The data extraction component may be further configured to determine whether one or more patterns match a determined string of characters. In response to the detection of a particular pattern matching a particular string of characters, the data extraction component may extract and store an attribute of the corresponding item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sean Tyra, Ian D. Clarkson
  • Publication number: 20160027083
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for surfacing local inventory. A location of a client device is determined based at least in part on a user-specified location associated with the client device or a geolocation technology using an identifier associated with the client device. It is determined that the location is within a region served by local deliveries from a materials handling facility. A first product and a second product that are stored in the materials handling facility are identified. While both the first and the second products are available for local delivery from the materials handling facility in the region, the first product is unavailable for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region, but the second product is available for delivery from the materials handling facility outside the region. Data encoding a listing of products, including the first and second products, is sent to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Nicole Petrich, Ian D. Clarkson
  • Patent number: 9152987
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for surfacing local inventory. Data representing a global inventory of items stored in several materials handling facilities is provided in a computing device. A portion of the global inventory that is stored in one or more of the materials handling facilities located within a region is identified. One or more network pages are generated that surface one or more items included in the portion of the global inventory in association with one or more dedicated items stored in the one or more materials handling facilities. The dedicated items are dedicated for delivery within the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Petrich, Ian D. Clarkson
  • Publication number: 20150043823
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a method and system for capturing and utilizing item attributes are described. Various embodiments may include a mobile image capture apparatus, which may include a computer system configured to execute an image capture application. The image capture application may instruct an agent to capture an image of an item label. A data extraction component may be configured to process the images captured by the mobile image capture apparatus. For a given captured image, the data extraction component may in various embodiments be configured to perform OCR to determine one or more strings of characters from the image. The data extraction component may be further configured to determine whether one or more patterns match a determined string of characters. In response to the detection of a particular pattern matching a particular string of characters, the data extraction component may extract and store an attribute of the corresponding item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: ANDREW SEAN TYRA, IAN D. CLARKSON
  • Patent number: 8873829
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a method and system for capturing and utilizing item attributes are described. Various embodiments may include a mobile image capture apparatus, which may include a computer system configured to execute an image capture application. The image capture application may instruct an agent to capture an image of an item label. A data extraction component may be configured to process the images captured by the mobile image capture apparatus. For a given captured image, the data extraction component may in various embodiments be configured to perform OCR to determine one or more strings of characters from the image. The data extraction component may be further configured to determine whether one or more patterns match a determined string of characters. In response to the detection of a particular pattern matching a particular string of characters, the data extraction component may extract and store an attribute of the corresponding item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sean Tyra, Ian D. Clarkson