Patents by Inventor James Michael Sutula

James Michael Sutula 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: 11240630
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Publication number: 20200329335
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Patent number: 10779111
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor within a geographic region. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. The selection of a subset of the location-based service zones to monitor within an active zone can be based on an estimated current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Patent number: 10757531
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones that are active during limited time periods. A notification of a trigger event relating to a location-based time zone can be received. The time the notification is received can be compared to time window that the location-based service zone is active. A notification of the trigger event is sent to a respective provider associated with the location-based service zone when the location-based service zone is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Patent number: 10531372
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones being monitored by a client device. The location-based service zones within a geographic region can be organized in location-based service zone clusters. In response to receiving an active zone from a computing device, a client device can begin monitoring the geographic parameters for the top-level location-based service zone clusters. When the client device detects an entry into a particular location-based service zone cluster, the client device stops monitoring the top-level location-based service zone clusters and begins monitoring the location-based service zones that are within the particular location-based service zone cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Publication number: 20190394610
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor within a geographic region. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. The selection of a subset of the location-based service zones to monitor within an active zone can be based on an estimated current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Patent number: 10462604
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor when the number location-based service zones within a geographic region exceed the amount the device can support. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. When the number of location-based service zones meets or exceeds a predefined threshold, a subset of the location-based service zones is selected for monitoring according to a current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Publication number: 20190058968
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor when the number location-based service zones within a geographic region exceed the amount the device can support. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. When the number of location-based service zones meets or exceeds a predefined threshold, a subset of the location-based service zones is selected for monitoring according to a current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Patent number: 10129694
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing which location-based service zones to monitor when the number location-based service zones within a geographic region exceed the amount the device can support. An active zone defining a geographic region and location-based service zones within the geographic region is provided by another computing device. When the number of location-based service zones meets or exceeds a predefined threshold, a subset of the location-based service zones is selected for monitoring according to a current device location and/or other parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Ronen Barenboim, Michael Bowerman, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Michael Schollmeyer, James Michael Sutula
  • Patent number: 10104605
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing location-based service zones. Specifically, a dynamically sized geographic region surrounding a client device location can be created. Location-based service zones within the geographic region can be selected. If the amount of location-based service zones identified within the geographic region exceed a client-supported limit, a subset of location-based service zones are selected and sent to the client device for monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters
  • Patent number: 9973892
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for a multi-provider management system for location-based service zones. The multi-provider management system can receive data associated with location-based service zones from multiple providers. A unique identifier can be assigned to each provider. The multi-provider management system can send location-based service zones from multiple providers to a client device, and can receive trigger event notifications associated with the location-based service zones. The unique identifier can be used to identify which provider to notify when receiving a trigger event notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sergey Parshin, Jon Robert Ducrou, Ryan Hapgood, Qiwei Liu, Raymond Smith, James Michael Sutula, Benjamin Winters