Patents by Inventor James E. Gibbons, Jr.

James E. Gibbons, Jr. 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).

  • Bi-directional charging/integrated power management unit
    Patent number: 7741808
    Abstract: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Media Cart Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Fowler, Dan McQuitty, Chris Hartwell, James E. Gibbons, Jr.
  • RFID dense reader/automatic gain control
    Patent number: 7714723
    Abstract: A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Media Cart Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Fowler, James E. Gibbons, Jr.