Patents by Inventor Lew Price
Lew Price 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).
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Patent number: 10707960Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Publication number: 20200059298Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Publication number: 20190386746Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Patent number: 10498445Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Patent number: 10447395Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Publication number: 20180123691Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined. Additionally, the system can determine customer locations and communicate with customers and/or track customer activity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Patent number: 9893808Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Publication number: 20170272155Abstract: A retail merchandising system includes a plurality of gondolas positioned in a retail space, a plurality of visible light communication (VLC) sources positioned in the retail space, and at least one VLC sensor disposed at a fixed location relative to each of the plurality of gondolas. The plurality of VLC sources and the at least one VLC sensor are configured to cooperatively identify a location of the gondolas in the retail space. With pre-stored planograms and the locations of the store gondolas, product locations can be readily determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Christopher Olsen, Robert Gilman, Lew Price
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Patent number: 9245292Abstract: A method is provided for managing item placement in a store. A count of electronic price labels (EPLs) is sent, by a processor, to a handheld device indicating a quantity of EPLs needed in a select portion of a planogram. An EPL identifier is received, by the processor, from the handheld device for each of the quantity of EPLs equal to the count. An item in the portion of the planogram is linked, by the processor, to each EPL. Placement information is sent, by the processor, to each electronic price label. The placement information corresponds with the linked item and is configured to be rendered on a display of each EPL.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Traci N. Schweiger, Jill S. Runquist, Itti Jindani, Lew Price
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Patent number: 9153109Abstract: A cover for a mobile device includes an engaging portion for engaging an exterior surface of the mobile device to secure the cover to the mobile device, a back protective panel for protecting a back surface of the mobile device and at least one wall extending from an interior side of the back protective panel and contacting the back surface of the mobile device. A theft-detection device capable of generating a signal in response to passing through a field is positioned on the interior side of the back protective panel such that a height of the theft-detection device is less than a height of the at least one wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Robert F. Foster, Lew Price, Stacy L. Abel
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Publication number: 20140279126Abstract: A method is provided for managing item placement in a store. A count of electronic price labels (EPLs) is sent, by a processor, to a handheld device indicating a quantity of EPLs needed in a select portion of a planogram. An EPL identifier is received, by the processor, from the handheld device for each of the quantity of EPLs equal to the count. An item in the portion of the planogram is linked, by the processor, to each EPL. Placement information is sent, by the processor, to each electronic price label. The placement information corresponds with the linked item and is configured to be rendered on a display of each EPL.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Target Brands, Inc.Inventors: Traci N. Schweiger, Jill S. Runquist, Itti Jindani, Lew Price