Patents by Inventor Jarrod Lee Bourlon
Jarrod Lee Bourlon 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).
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Patent number: 10073992Abstract: These teachings generally comprise interrogating RFID tags and receiving corresponding responses from various ones of these RFID tags while also receiving, from a remote source, surrogate response corresponding to at least some of the plurality of RFID tags that are not responding to the current interrogation. A corresponding plurality of end user-perceivable indications as correspond to both the responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags and the aforementioned surrogate responses are then provided to thereby ultimately inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards the plurality of RFID tags.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Nicholaus A. Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Alvin Scott Taulbee, Bruce W. Wilkinson
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Patent number: 9460326Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of managing inventory performed by a processor includes receiving in a digital or analog format, from a first computing device, a first request for first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data associated with a first plurality of RFID tags and receiving in a digital or analog format, from a second computing device, a second request for second RFID tag data associated with a second plurality of RFID tags. In response to the first request and the second request, the method further includes automatically selecting a selected one of a first interrogation mode and a second interrogation mode based on the first request and the second request, and automatically transmitting configuration information to an RFID reader to operate in the selected interrogation mode.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel
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Patent number: 9165277Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of managing inventory includes receiving, at an antenna operatively coupled to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, product identification information encoded in an RF signal transmitted by a plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of a plurality of products. The method further includes processing, by a processor and using the product identification information, information contained in a portion of the encoded RF signal to compare apparent location information associated with the RFID reader with prior location information associated with at least one of the products, and updating, by the processor, the apparent location information to match the prior location information where the apparent location information is different than the prior location information.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel
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Patent number: 9098824Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing inventory includes receiving, at an antenna operatively coupled to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, product identification information encoded in an RF signal transmitted by a plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of a plurality of products. The method further includes processing, by a processor, the product identification information contained in a portion of the encoded RF signal to identify a characteristic associated with each of the products, and identifying, by the processor using the product identification information, one of the products having a characteristic different from another one of the products. The method may include identifying a majority of the products having a characteristic in common based on the product identification information, and identifying at least one of the products having a characteristic different from the majority.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel
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Publication number: 20150084746Abstract: These teachings generally comprise interrogating RFID tags and receiving corresponding responses from various ones of these RFID tags while also receiving, from a remote source, surrogate response corresponding to at least some of the plurality of RFID tags that are not responding to the current interrogation. A corresponding plurality of end user-perceivable indications as correspond to both the responses from various ones of the plurality of RFID tags and the aforementioned surrogate responses are then provided to thereby ultimately inform an end user of the RFID tag reader with respect to a corresponding reading state as regards the plurality of RFID tags.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Inventors: Nicholaus A. Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Alvin Scott Taulbee, Bruce W. Wilkinson
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Publication number: 20140263635Abstract: A computer-implemented method of managing inventory includes receiving, at an antenna operatively coupled to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, product identification information encoded in an RF signal transmitted by a plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of a plurality of products. The method further includes processing, by a processor, the product identification information contained in a portion of the encoded RF signal to identify a characteristic associated with each of the products, and identifying, by the processor using the product identification information, one of the products having a characteristic different from another one of the products. The method may include identifying a majority of the products having a characteristic in common based on the product identification information, and identifying at least one of the products having a characteristic different from the majority.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel
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Publication number: 20140266621Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of managing inventory performed by a processor includes receiving in a digital or analog format, from a first computing device, a first request for first radio frequency identification (RFID) tag data associated with a first plurality of RFID tags and receiving in a digital or analog format, from a second computing device, a second request for second RFID tag data associated with a second plurality of RFID tags. In response to the first request and the second request, the method further includes automatically selecting a selected one of a first interrogation mode and a second interrogation mode based on the first request and the second request, and automatically transmitting configuration information to an RFID reader to operate in the selected interrogation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel
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Publication number: 20140263636Abstract: According to an embodiment, a computer-implemented method of managing inventory includes receiving, at an antenna operatively coupled to a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, product identification information encoded in an RF signal transmitted by a plurality of RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of a plurality of products. The method further includes processing, by a processor and using the product identification information, information contained in a portion of the encoded RF signal to compare apparent location information associated with the RFID reader with prior location information associated with at least one of the products, and updating, by the processor, the apparent location information to match the prior location information where the apparent location information is different than the prior location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Nicholaus Adam Jones, Jarrod Lee Bourlon, Thomas Edward Stiefel