Patents by Inventor Jeff Gelfuso

Jeff Gelfuso 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: 11790437
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for personalizing portable shopping displays using mobile devices and inaudible tones. Example methods may include causing a first inaudible tone to be emitted by a speaker, the first inaudible tone configured to initiate a change in a user interface at a mobile device, determining a second inaudible tone from a user device using a microphone, the second inaudible tone including a user identifier of a user, and determining a user interaction with a product at a product display. Certain example methods may include determining user preference data, and causing presentation of product information for the product using the user preference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Hazlewood, Janet Ellen Galore, Alaa-Eddine Mendili, Dominick Khanh Pham, Jeff Gelfuso
  • Patent number: 11281354
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for digital navigation menus of swipeable cards with dynamic content. Example methods may include determining a first request from a mobile device for digital content to be presented at a plurality of cards in a digital navigation menu. The plurality of cards may include floating user interface elements that can be swiped in succession. Example methods may include determining a first card of the plurality of cards, and determining a second card of the plurality of cards, the second card having third content on a first side and fourth content on a second side. The third content may include an image-based representation of a first text-based link. Example methods may include sending first data associated with the first card and second data associated with the second card to the mobile device, and causing the first card to be presented at a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Gelfuso, Anna Maria Godfrey, Mintoo Kakati, Timothy Whalin
  • Patent number: 11107128
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for portable interactive product displays with region-specific products. Example methods may include determining a set of product identifiers of products to be positioned at an interactive display, the set of product identifiers including a first product identifier for a first product, determining a user identifier associated with a user device positioned within a distance of the interactive display, and determining a user interaction with the first product by a user of the user device. Certain methods may include determining a user interaction history for the user using the user identifier, and determining that an indication of the user interaction is to be added to the user interaction hi story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: William R. Hazlewood, Janet Ellen Galore, Alaa-Eddine Mendili, Dominick Khanh Pham, Jeff Gelfuso
  • Patent number: 10580066
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for personalizing portable shopping displays using mobile devices and inaudible tones. Example methods may include causing a first inaudible tone to be emitted by a speaker, the first inaudible tone configured to initiate a change in a user interface at a mobile device, determining a second inaudible tone from a user device using a microphone, the second inaudible tone including a user identifier of a user, and determining a user interaction with a product at a product display. Certain example methods may include determining user preference data, and causing presentation of product information for the product using the user preference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Hazlewood, Janet Ellen Galore, Alaa-Eddine Mendili, Dominick Khanh Pham, Jeff Gelfuso
  • Patent number: D837259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Loughlen, Melissa Leigh Allen-Arredondo, Ivy Cunningham, Jeff Gelfuso, Samuel Stevens Heyworth, Hannah McClellan Richards, Avani Parakh, Brett David Tracy, Liza Marie Walsh, Heather Zorn