Patents by Inventor Jason W. Murray

Jason W. Murray 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).

  • Publication number: 20180137455
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated buying are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include implementing a just-in-time purchasing plan prior to arrival of a seasonal period, receiving an indication of one or more business goals corresponding to an item to be stocked in inventory during a seasonal period, and receiving an indication of one or more operational constraints corresponding to the seasonal period. The method may also include evaluating a financial cost function with a multi-constraint optimization model to provide a seasonal purchasing plan for the item during the seasonal period based, at least in part, on the business goals and operational constraints. In some cases, the business goals and operational constraints may cause the seasonal purchasing plan to depart from the just-in-time purchasing plan. The method may further include causing an automatic purchasing of the item that implements the seasonal purchasing plan during the seasonal period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Eric M. Mack, Jeffrey B. Maurer, Jason W. Murray, Devesh Mishra
  • Patent number: 9189768
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing inventory fulfillment services to customers who have small quantities of heterogeneous items to sell. A self-service registration interface for generating lists of items to sell via the inventory fulfillment service is provided. The inventory fulfillment service may provide pricing suggestions to the customer. The inventory fulfillment service may determine whether a listed item satisfies one or more listing rules. Shipping information for a list of items may be automatically generated and provided to the customer. The customer may ship the items in one shipment to a specified facility. The customer is the seller of record for all items listed. The customer may not be charged for services until an item is sold. A listing period may be specified for which listed items will be carried. If an item does not sell within the period, option(s) for disposal of the item may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Plaster, Kyle A. Freeman, Jason W. Murray, Mark B. Griffith, Alan C. Rawcliffe, Ankit Patel
  • Publication number: 20140310048
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supply risk detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying fulfillment-related features corresponding to an item to be stored in inventory. The method also includes selecting a subset of the fulfillment-related features that is correlated with a supply constraint associated with the item. For example, in some cases the correlation is based on historical supply constraint data. The method further includes building a supply risk early detection model based, at least in part, upon the subset fulfillment-related features and evaluating the model to determine a probability that a third-party vendor will suffer a shortage of the item, as well as an expected duration of the shortage. Upon evaluation of the model, the method may include creating a purchasing plan for the item that takes into account the probability of the shortage and the expected duration of the shortage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: JASON W. MURRAY, DEVESH MISHRA, ERIC M. MACK, JEFFREY B. MAURER, MINSHU XU
  • Patent number: 8732040
    Abstract: Methods and systems for inventory planning are described. An inventory reduction factor for an entity, based at least in part on an estimated ability of hosted merchants to fulfill demand for an item, may be determined. An adjusted target inventory estimate may be calculated using the determined inventory reduction factor and a target inventory quantity. The hosted merchants may be merchants offering the item for sale via a sales channel through which the entity also offers the item. The hosted merchants may in some cases be merchants offering the item for sale via the entity's website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aniket Ajit Prabhune, Pierre-Francois Seri, Ashish Agiwal, Jason W. Murray, Devesh Mishra
  • Patent number: 8700443
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supply risk detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes identifying fulfillment-related features corresponding to an item to be stored in inventory. The method also includes selecting a subset of the fulfillment-related features that is correlated with a supply constraint associated with the item. For example, in some cases the correlation is based on historical supply constraint data. The method further includes building a supply risk early detection model based, at least in part, upon the subset fulfillment-related features and evaluating the model to determine a probability that a third-party vendor will suffer a shortage of the item, as well as an expected duration of the shortage. Upon evaluation of the model, the method may include creating a purchasing plan for the item that takes into account the probability of the shortage and the expected duration of the shortage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason W. Murray, Devesh Mishra, Eric M Mack, Jeffrey B. Maurer, Minshu Xu
  • Patent number: 8473425
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predictive drop shipping are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include maintaining inventory of an item that is offered for sale to customers via a webpage. A ratio may be calculated between a number of views of the webpage and a number of units of the item purchased over a first time period when a fast shipping or delivery option is available, and over a second time period when such option is not available. The method may identify the item as a candidate for drop shipping in response to the ratio being larger during the first time period than during the second time period. Upon receipt of an order, the received order may be fulfilled via drop shipping, in some cases, despite the inventory being sufficient to fulfill the order, and despite a cost of fulfillment via drop shipping being higher than fulfillment from inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Maurer, Jason W. Murray, Eric Mack, Devesh Mishra
  • Patent number: 7853480
    Abstract: A fulfillment services provider may offer export services to merchants, including generation of required export documentation; calculation, collection, and remittance of customs duties; and transportation via an international carrier. Such export services may be offered through a registration service, and may be integrated with other fulfillment services provided to registered merchants (e.g., domestic order fulfillment and/or warehousing of inventory), or may be offered to merchants that do not receive other fulfillment services from the provider. Export services may be provided to merchants who certify that all registered or specified items may be legally exported to all (or specified) international destinations, or the provider may verify compliance to export regulations on behalf of registered merchants. The provider may assume the role of Principal Party in Interest for registered merchants or the merchants may retain this role.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas B. Taylor, Jason W. Murray, Ankit Patel, John R. Ehrhardt, Karpagavalli Jaykumar, Kimberly Awalt
  • Publication number: 20080294536
    Abstract: A fulfillment services provider may offer export services to merchants, including generation of required export documentation; calculation, collection, and remittance of customs duties; and transportation via an international carrier. Such export services may be offered through a registration service, and may be integrated with other fulfillment services provided to registered merchants (e.g., domestic order fulfillment and/or warehousing of inventory), or may be offered to merchants that do not receive other fulfillment services from the provider. Export services may be provided to merchants who certify that all registered or specified items may be legally exported to all (or specified) international destinations, or the provider may verify compliance to export regulations on behalf of registered merchants. The provider may assume the role of Principal Party in Interest for registered merchants or the merchants may retain this role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas B. Taylor, Jason W. Murray, Ankit Patel, John R. Ehrhardt, Karpagavalli Jaykumar, Kimberly Awalt