Patents by Inventor John Michael Weldon

John Michael Weldon 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: 11532026
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and techniques for implementing a single mechanism that, when activated, provides a list of items which is customized according to the user that activated the mechanism. In some embodiments, a list of item types may be received by the system. The system may identify a number of potential items for each of the item types in the list of item types. The potential items may be filtered based on configuration settings associated with the user in order to identify a most appropriate item for each item type in the list of item types. The user may then be provided with a list of items that includes the most appropriate item for each item type. In some embodiments, the user may be provided with the ability to complete a transaction for one or more item in the list of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo Auyon Cheang, Stephanie Derouet, Anwasha Dhar, Michael Giovanelli, Nolan Greene, Jennifer Anne Hiatt, Timothy O'Connell, Xavier Tatarkiewicz, Spencer Lyle Voorheis, Yang Wang, John Michael Weldon, Kristen Yagley, Michael Zahalan
  • Patent number: 7702247
    Abstract: A latent image developer system and method is disclosed permitting the recovery of document impressions present in paper and other materials. The disclosed system utilizes two power supplies, a first power supply providing a plate bias charge which is applied to the document to be inspected, and a secondary power supply utilized to attract toner or other imaging powder attractant to the latent images present on the document to be inspected. The disclosed invention permits recovery of previously unrecoverable latent detail within documents as compared to the prior art which utilized a single power supply to promote toner to be attracted to the latent document images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Inventors: John Michael Weldon, Albert Barsimanto