Patents by Inventor Maninder Singh Suri
Maninder Singh Suri 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: 11915226Abstract: A validation terminal located at a registered location comprises a barcode reader, a memory, and a processor. The memory stores a public key that is paired with a private key linked with the registered location of the validation terminal. The processor is operably coupled to the barcode reader and the memory, and is configured to detect an encrypted barcode that was scanned by the barcode reader from a mobile device that is located at the registered location of the validation terminal. The encrypted barcode is based at least in part upon transaction information associated with products in a digital cart, and the encrypted barcode is encrypted using the private key. The processor is further configured to decrypt the encrypted barcode using the stored public key, and to indicate the transaction is valid in response to decrypting the encrypted barcode using the public key.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Nishanth Mandaara, Gurmeet Singh, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Maninder Singh Suri
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Patent number: 11836815Abstract: A system that includes a fuel dispenser terminal and a remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is configured to send a service request for a fuel purchase to the remote controller and receive a personalized offer in response to sending the service request. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to display the personalized offer, receive a user response indicating the personalized offer was accepted, and send the user response to the remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to receive an authorization token for retrieving the personalized offer and output the authorization token to the customer. The remote controller is configured to update the service request by adding a purchase associated with the personized offer to the fuel purchase, send an encrypted service request to a service processor, generate the authorization token, and send the authorization token to the fuel dispenser terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Vivek Malik, Maninder Singh Suri, Gurmeet Singh, Matthew O'Daniel Redmond, Boonchai Matthew Ragan
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Patent number: 11605089Abstract: A system that includes a fuel dispenser terminal and a remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is configured to generate a service request for a fuel purchase that includes card information, encrypt the service request, and send the encrypted service request to the remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to receive a personalized offer in response to sending the encrypted service request and display the personalized offer. The remote controller is configured to decrypt the service request to identify the card information associated with a customer and determine an identity of the customer based on the card information. The remote controller is further configured to generate a personalized offer for the customer based on their identity and send the personalized offer to the fuel dispenser terminal. The remote controller is further configured to re-encrypt the service request and send the re-encrypted service request to a service processor.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Vivek Malik, Maninder Singh Suri, Gurmeet Singh, Matthew O'Daniel Redmond, Boonchai Matthew Ragan
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Patent number: 11602696Abstract: An access control system that includes an access control device configured to receive transaction information that identifies a member identifier for a member and a purchased item. The access control device is configured to compare the purchased item to items in an item list and to determine whether the purchased item matches any items in the item list. The access control device is configured to store an authorization for the member identifier to access an augmented reality experience in response to a match.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Charles Nathan Beran, Sajjad Mahmood Khan, Santhanagopalakrishnan Panchapakesan, Stephen Patrick Kinch, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Mark Hollon, Maninder Singh Suri, Manish Agarwal, Gurmeet Singh
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Patent number: 11580516Abstract: A device that includes a housing configured to couple to an interior of a vehicle. The device further includes a card reader and a user interface. The card reader is configured to receive payment card information for a payment card. The user interface is configured to receive a user input identifying a product, to determine a current location of the device, to determine a vending location where the product is available based on the current location of the device, and to modify a route to a final destination to include the vending location. The user interface is further configured to send an authorization request requests a purchase of the product, to receive an approval message, to generate an authorization token that authorizes a purchase to retrieve the products from the vending location, and output the authorization token.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Jonathan Christopher Hodge, Gurmeet Singh, Maninder Singh Suri, Ranganathan Mohan
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Publication number: 20220301081Abstract: A system that includes a fuel dispenser terminal and a remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is configured to send a service request for a fuel purchase to the remote controller and receive a personalized offer in response to sending the service request. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to display the personalized offer, receive a user response indicating the personalized offer was accepted, and send the user response to the remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to receive an authorization token for retrieving the personalized offer and output the authorization token to the customer. The remote controller is configured to update the service request by adding a purchase associated with the personized offer to the fuel purchase, send an encrypted service request to a service processor, generate the authorization token, and send the authorization token to the fuel dispenser terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Vivek Malik, Maninder Singh Suri, Gurmeet Singh, Matthew O'Daniel Redmond, Boonchai Matthew Ragan
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Patent number: 11379936Abstract: A system that includes a fuel dispenser terminal and a remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is configured to send a service request for a fuel purchase to the remote controller and receive a personalized offer in response to sending the service request. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to display the personalized offer, receive a user response indicating the personalized offer was accepted, and send the user response to the remote controller. The fuel dispenser terminal is further configured to receive an authorization token for retrieving the personalized offer and output the authorization token to the customer. The remote controller is configured to update the service request by adding a purchase associated with the personized offer to the fuel purchase, send an encrypted service request to a service processor, generate the authorization token, and send the authorization token to the fuel dispenser terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Vivek Malik, Maninder Singh Suri, Gurmeet Singh, Matthew O'Daniel Redmond, Boonchai Matthew Ragan
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Publication number: 20220180424Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Matthew Raymond Magee, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Joshua E. Berry, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Ravi Kumar Kurva, Sarath Vakacharla, Ranganathan Mohan, Maninder Singh Suri, Jonathan Christopher Hodge
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Patent number: 11338717Abstract: A device that includes a housing configured to couple to a vehicle console. The device further includes a lid that is configurable between a closed position and an open position. The device further includes a lock is configured to transition from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. In the locked configuration, the lock is configured to maintain the lid in the closed position. In the unlocked configuration, the lock is configured to release the lid from the closed position. The device further includes a user interface configured to display products, receive a user input identifying a product, receive card information, send an authorization request that requests a purchase of the product, and send an authorization signal to a controller in response to receiving an approval message. The device further includes the controller configured to send an actuation signal to unlock the lock in response to receiving the authorization signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Jonathan Christopher Hodge, Gurmeet Singh, Maninder Singh Suri, Ranganathan Mohan
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Patent number: 11341569Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Matthew Raymond Magee, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Joshua E. Berry, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Ravi Kumar Kurva, Sarath Vakacharla, Ranganathan Mohan, Maninder Singh Suri, Jonathan Christopher Hodge
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Publication number: 20210316224Abstract: An access control system that includes an access control device configured to receive transaction information that identifies a member identifier for a member and a purchased item. The access control device is configured to compare the purchased item to items in an item list and to determine whether the purchased item matches any items in the item list. The access control device is configured to store an authorization for the member identifier to access an augmented reality experience in response to a match.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Charles Nathan Beran, Sajjad Mahmood Khan, Santhanagopalakrishnan Panchapakesan, Stephen Patrick Kinch, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Mark Hollon, Maninder Singh Suri, Manish Agarwal, Gurmeet Singh
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Patent number: 11135521Abstract: An access control system that includes an access control device configured to receive transaction information that identifies a member identifier for a member and a purchased item. The access control device is configured to compare the purchased item to items in an item list and to determine whether the purchased item matches any items in the item list. The access control device is configured to store an authorization for the member identifier to access an augmented reality experience in response to a match. The access control device is configured to receive a number of session points earned by the member from interacting with the augmented reality experience, to add the received number of session points to the cumulative number of session points for the member, to identify a reward based on the cumulative session points, and to send reward information for retrieving the identified reward to the member.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Charles Nathan Beran, Sajjad Mahmood Khan, Santhanagopalakrishnan Panchapakesan, Stephen Patrick Kinch, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Mark Hollon, Maninder Singh Suri, Manish Agarwal, Gurmeet Singh
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Publication number: 20210233058Abstract: A validation terminal located at a registered location comprises a barcode reader, a memory, and a processor. The memory stores a public key that is paired with a private key linked with the registered location of the validation terminal. The processor is operably coupled to the barcode reader and the memory, and is configured to detect an encrypted barcode that was scanned by the barcode reader from a mobile device that is located at the registered location of the validation terminal. The encrypted barcode is based at least in part upon transaction information associated with products in a digital cart, and the encrypted barcode is encrypted using the private key. The processor is further configured to decrypt the encrypted barcode using the stored public key, and to indicate the transaction is valid in response to decrypting the encrypted barcode using the public key.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Nishanth Mandaara, Gurmeet Singh, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Maninder Singh Suri
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Patent number: 11062297Abstract: A validation system that includes a server and a validation terminal. The server is configured to receive location information for a mobile device and to determine the mobile device is at a registered location. The server is further configured to process a transaction for the products in a digital cart, to generate a barcode, and to encrypt the barcode using a private key linked with the registered location. The server is further configured to send the encrypted barcode to the mobile device. The validation engine is configured to scan the encrypted barcode using a barcode reader and to decrypt the encrypted barcode using the stored public key that is linked with the private key. The validation terminal is further configured to indicate the transaction is valid in response to decrypting the encrypted barcode using the public key.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.Inventors: Nishanth Mandaara, Gurmeet Singh, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Maninder Singh Suri
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Publication number: 20210125269Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Matthew Raymond Magee, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Joshua E. Berry, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Ravi Kumar Kurva, Sarath Vakacharla, Ranganathan Mohan, Maninder Singh Suri, Jonathan Christopher Hodge
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Publication number: 20210060439Abstract: An access control system that includes an access control device configured to receive transaction information that identifies a member identifier for a member and a purchased item. The access control device is configured to compare the purchased item to items in an item list and to determine whether the purchased item matches any items in the item list. The access control device is configured to store an authorization for the member identifier to access an augmented reality experience in response to a match. The access control device is configured to receive a number of session points earned by the member from interacting with the augmented reality experience, to add the received number of session points to the cumulative number of session points for the member, to identify a reward based on the cumulative session points, and to send reward information for retrieving the identified reward to the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Charles Nathan Beran, Sajjad Mahmood Khan, Santhanagopalakrishnan Panchapakesan, Stephen Patrick Kinch, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Mark Hollon, Maninder Singh Suri, Manish Agarwal, Gurmeet Singh
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Patent number: 10861085Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Raymond Magee, Shahmeer Ali Mirza, Joshua E. Berry, Trong Nghia Nguyen, Ravi Kumar Kurva, Sarath Vakacharla, Ranganathan Mohan, Maninder Singh Suri, Jonathan Christopher Hodge
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Publication number: 20200361356Abstract: A device that includes a housing configured to couple to a vehicle console. The device further includes a lid that is configurable between a closed position and an open position. The device further includes a lock is configured to transition from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration. In the locked configuration, the lock is configured to maintain the lid in the closed position. In the unlocked configuration, the lock is configured to release the lid from the closed position. The device further includes a user interface configured to display products, receive a user input identifying a product, receive card information, send an authorization request that requests a purchase of the product, and send an authorization signal to a controller in response to receiving an approval message. The device further includes the controller configured to send an actuation signal to unlock the lock in response to receiving the authorization signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Jonathan Christopher Hodge, Gurmeet Singh, Maninder Singh Suri, Ranganathan Mohan
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Patent number: D909384Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.Inventors: Vivek Malik, Scott Albert, Maninder Singh Suri, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Gurmeet Singh
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Patent number: D998599Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: 7-ELEVEN, INC.Inventors: Vivek Malik, Scott Albert, Maninder Singh Suri, Tarang Swadeshkumar Sethia, Gurmeet Singh