Patents by Inventor John Paul Thompson

John Paul Thompson 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: 20170039579
    Abstract: A sensory system comprises at least one input sensor proximal an item for sale at a retail establishment. The sensor collecting data is related to the item for sale and generating a sensor signal. An analytic engine performs analytics and generates an analytic signal. A sensory processor generates an output device modification signal that is modified in response to the analytic signal and the sensor signal. An output device generates the sensory output according to the output device modification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventor: John Paul Thompson
  • Publication number: 20160036875
    Abstract: Various aspects and embodiments facilitate management of digitally emulated physical resources. Users can access a management system to create pairings between digitally emulated resources and physical resources. The paired resources can be consistently managed through the system, such that any user from any source can access and dynamically reserve physical and digital resources. In further embodiments, the system can create pairings between the digital emulation and physical resources based on merge operations performed on multiple digital emulations of resources, copy and pasting for other digital emulation of resources, and digital altering of existing resources. The system enables efficient management, control, and implements security for digital and physical resources using, for example, a “digital room.” Security rules and enforcement can be specified within the digital rooms based on access rights, content displays, and can be specific to each resource controlled by the digital room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, John Paul Thompson
  • Publication number: 20140257883
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to reserving physical resources in an enterprise via an electronic reservation environment. An electronic search request for an availability of one or more resources in an enterprise is received from a user through a web page and/or a mobile application and is submitted to a reservation engine. The search request includes one or more resource search parameters received via a graphical user interface associated with the electronic reservation environment. A result identifying resources that satisfy the resource search parameters in the request is received in response to the search request and an electronic metadata request is automatically submitted in response to receipt of the result. The electronic metadata request including resource identifiers corresponding to the resources identified in the result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: John Paul Thompson, Kurt Haas, Eric Letson, Christopher Johnson