Patents by Inventor M. Steven Walker
M. Steven Walker 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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Publication number: 20240135436Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Patent number: 11910082Abstract: A system and method for providing a mobile interface for marking and organizing images is described herein. In some instances, the system may present, on a display device, an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device and a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews. The system may receive an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, generate a second image preview representing the second image, and update the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region. The system may receive an input including an annotation using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device and update the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Nathan Petersen
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Patent number: 11798067Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Publication number: 20230230148Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana
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Patent number: 11544772Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana
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Publication number: 20220366480Abstract: A system and method for intelligent item reordering using an adaptable mobile graphical user interface is described herein. In some instances, the system may generate a graphical user interface including a first set of graphical elements representing a first set of items, and receive a first input selecting a particular item of the first set of items, the first set of graphical elements including a graphical element representing the particular item. The system may generate a graphical list of quantities and render the graphical list of quantities at a first position in the graphical user interface based on the graphical element representing the particular item in the graphical user interface. In some instances, the system may receive a second input identifying a selected quantity from the graphical list of quantities and modify the graphical element representing the particular item to indicate the selected quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Publication number: 20220245717Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Patent number: 11403698Abstract: A system and method for intelligent item reordering using an adaptable mobile graphical user interface is described herein. In some instances, the system may generate a graphical user interface including a first set of graphical elements representing a first set of items, and receive a first input selecting a particular item of the first set of items, the first set of graphical elements including a graphical element representing the particular item. The system may generate a graphical list of quantities and render the graphical list of quantities at a first position in the graphical user interface based on the graphical element representing the particular item in the graphical user interface. In some instances, the system may receive a second input identifying a selected quantity from the graphical list of quantities and modify the graphical element representing the particular item to indicate the selected quantity.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Patent number: 11315174Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Patent number: 11218639Abstract: A system and method for providing a mobile interface for marking and organizing images is described herein. In some instances, the system may present, on a display device, an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device and a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews. The system may receive an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, generate a second image preview representing the second image, and update the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region. The system may receive an input including an annotation using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device and update the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Nathan Petersen
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Patent number: 10885496Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular button of a set of interchangeable buttons communicatively coupled with the local hub, the local hub being communicatively coupled with a remote server. The local hub may transmit a signal including a button ID of the particular button to the remote server based on the particular button being activated and the local hub receiving the actuation signal from the particular button. In some implementations, the remote server may determine an item associated with the particular button and attributes of the item based on the button ID of the particular button and a mapping of button IDs to items in a database accessible by the remote server, and execute a defined action using the attributes of the item associated with the particular button.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud, M. Steven Walker
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Patent number: 10740809Abstract: According to an example implementation, a method comprises generating a graphical asynchronous messaging user interface including an input region containing a set of digital images of items and an activity region displaying graphical messaging elements respectively representing messages sent between a consumer node and a provider node, displaying the graphical asynchronous messaging user interface, receiving a first user input from a user via the input region selecting a first digital image associated with a first item from the set of digital images of items in the input region, generating a first message including the first digital image associated with the first item, including the first message including the first digital image associated with the first item in a first messaging element in the activity region displayed to the user on the display device, and transmitting the first message via a public computer network as a request to the provider node.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana, Faisal Masud
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Patent number: 10706456Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana, Daniel Hailemariam
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Publication number: 20190370888Abstract: A system and method for intelligent item reordering using an adaptable mobile graphical user interface is described herein. In some instances, the system may generate a graphical user interface including a first set of graphical elements representing a first set of items, and receive a first input selecting a particular item of the first set of items, the first set of graphical elements including a graphical element representing the particular item. The system may generate a graphical list of quantities and render the graphical list of quantities at a first position in the graphical user interface based on the graphical element representing the particular item in the graphical user interface. In some instances, the system may receive a second input identifying a selected quantity from the graphical list of quantities and modify the graphical element representing the particular item to indicate the selected quantity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Publication number: 20190371162Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular interchangeable button communicatively coupled with the local hub. The actuation signal may include a button ID that identifies the particular interchangeable button and may indicating an actuation of the particular interchangeable button. The local hub may generate an order signal identifying the button ID based on the actuation signal, and may transmit the order signal instructing a remote server to perform a defined operation using the button ID. In some instances, the local hub may output a confirmation notification based on data received from the remote server based on the defined operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: M. Steven Walker, Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud
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Publication number: 20190287160Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana
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Patent number: 10354315Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system are described for ordering items within a zone of a physical location. An example method may include wirelessly receiving at a server via a computer network a unique identifier associated with a physical ordering device, the physical ordering device being remotely located from the server, retrieving, at the server from an information source, item information describing an item configured to be associated with the unique identifier of the physical ordering device, retrieving, at the server from the information source, shipping data including a physical location uniquely associated with the physical ordering device, and generating at the server a purchase request for re-ordering the item. The method may further include processing at the server the purchase request, and authorizing at the server shipment of the item to the physical location associated with the physical ordering device responsive to the processing of the purchase request.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventors: Ian Goodwin, Faisal Masud, Shiv Agarwal, Ryan Bartley, M. Steven Walker, Pratabkumar Vemana, Daniel Hailemariam
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Publication number: 20190122169Abstract: A restocking hub with interchangeable buttons mapped to item identifiers is described herein. In some instances, a local hub may receive an actuation signal from a particular button of a set of interchangeable buttons communicatively coupled with the local hub, the local hub being communicatively coupled with a remote server. The local hub may transmit a signal including a button ID of the particular button to the remote server based on the particular button being activated and the local hub receiving the actuation signal from the particular button. In some implementations, the remote server may determine an item associated with the particular button and attributes of the item based on the button ID of the particular button and a mapping of button IDs to items in a database accessible by the remote server, and execute a defined action using the attributes of the item associated with the particular button.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Ranjeet Sonone, Faisal Masud, M. Steven Walker
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Patent number: D945472Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventor: M. Steven Walker
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Patent number: D962281Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Staples, Inc.Inventor: M. Steven Walker