Patents by Inventor Jason Stephen Merron

Jason Stephen Merron 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: 12051100
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for training and/or inferencing using a list ordering model. A list ordering model, such as a Markov chain, may be trained using a plurality of lists with location metadata in common, wherein a first list of the plurality comprises items and corresponding competition timestamps. A list ordering model may accept, as an input, a plurality of items, and determine, as an output, an order for the plurality of items. Recommendations may be generated based on the determined order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vanessa Graham Murdock, Sandeep Avula, Neven Tomislav Boric Bargetto, Jason Stephen Merron, Timothy R. Heithaus, Sina Khaleghi, Andrew Michael Nienhaus
  • Patent number: 11682063
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with a first area of the user interface corresponding to uncompleted tasks associated with a keyword of the list, and a second area corresponding to completed tasks associated with a keyword of the list. One or more sensors may receive information about an item. Input about an interaction with the user interface and a keyword of the list may be received. The user interface may be updated to move the keyword of the list from the first area to the second area. A mapping of the keyword to the item may be updated by a computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Liu, Matthew Charles Johnson, Timothy R Heithaus, Ruimin Zhang, Jason Stephen Merron, Neven Tomislav Boric Bargetto, Andrew Michael Nienhaus
  • Publication number: 20210358012
    Abstract: Techniques described herein include systems and methods for utilizing a shopping list generated by a user in one or more shopping list features. A list of items including keywords not associated with specific items may be received. A user interface may be updated to present the list of items, with a first area of the user interface corresponding to uncompleted tasks associated with a keyword of the list, and a second area corresponding to completed tasks associated with a keyword of the list. One or more sensors may receive information about an item. Input about an interaction with the user interface and a keyword of the list may be received. The user interface may be updated to move the keyword of the list from the first area to the second area. A mapping of the keyword to the item may be updated by a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Guang Liu, Matthew Charles Johnson, Timothy R. Heithaus, Ruimin Zhang, Jason Stephen Merron, Neven Tomislav Boric Bargetto, Andrew Michael Nienhaus