Patents by Inventor Michael ATCHLEY

Michael ATCHLEY 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: 20240062143
    Abstract: A robotic delivery system includes a server, a dispatch module, and a robotic delivery vehicle. The dispatch module transmits a suggested item to the dispatch application being executable on a client device operated by a user; and receives, from the dispatch application, a selection of the suggested item from the user of the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 11829898
    Abstract: A robotic delivery system includes a server, a dispatch module, and a robotic delivery vehicle. The dispatch module transmits a suggested item to the dispatch application being executable on a client device operated by a user; transmits an item cost for the suggested item to a dispatch application; receives, from the dispatch application, a selection of the suggested item from the user of the client device; transmits a message directing the robotic delivery vehicle to deliver the suggested item having been selected; and transmits a message to a facility associated with the robotic delivery vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Publication number: 20230196266
    Abstract: A robotic delivery system includes a server, a dispatch module, and a robotic delivery vehicle. The dispatch module transmits a suggested item to the dispatch application being executable on a client device operated by a user; transmits an item cost for the suggested item to a dispatch application; receives, from the dispatch application, a selection of the suggested item from the user of the client device; transmits a message directing the robotic delivery vehicle to deliver the suggested item having been selected; and transmits a message to a facility associated with the robotic delivery vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 11610175
    Abstract: A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives suggested items for purchase, the suggested items selected by having a set of properties suitable for delivery by a selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles, where the set of properties includes product dimensions and weight; receives item costs to be provided to a user for the suggested items; displays the item costs; and transmits a message directing the dispatch module to deploy the selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles to deliver one or more items of the suggested items selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Publication number: 20220300897
    Abstract: A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives suggested items for purchase, the suggested items selected by having a set of properties suitable for delivery by a selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles, where the set of properties includes product dimensions and weight; receives item costs to be provided to a user for the suggested items; displays the item costs; and transmits a message directing the dispatch module to deploy the selected one of the plurality of robotic delivery vehicles to deliver one or more items of the suggested items selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 11348057
    Abstract: A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives an item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and acquisition factors. The mobile device displays the item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and the acquisition factors in a user interface. Upon a selection of robotic delivery option, the mobile application notifies the dispatch module to deploy the robotic delivery vehicle with the item to the specified delivery point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 10218754
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, John Paul Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190019143
    Abstract: A distributed robotic delivery system includes a mobile application, a server, a dispatch module, and a plurality of robotic delivery vehicles. The mobile application receives an item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and acquisition factors. The mobile device displays the item cost, robotic delivery shipping options, and the acquisition factors in a user interface. Upon a selection of robotic delivery option, the mobile application notifies the dispatch module to deploy the robotic delivery vehicle with the item to the specified delivery point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Robert Cantrell, Donald High, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 10115139
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for facilitating collaborative shopping. Notifications may be sent to remote devices in response to a shopper's device entering a store or within a given proximity to a store. Notifications may invoke or include an interface to add items to a shared shopping list. Notifications from the shopper's device may be sent in advance of a user entering a store to alert friends and family to add items to the shared shopping list. A remote device may be used to authorize and instruct the shopper's device to pick up items that have been previously purchased either automatically or in response to an input from a user of the remote device. Authorization to pick up the previously-purchased item may be transmitted to one or both of a merchant and the shopper's device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Ray High, Eric Eugene Welch, Michael Atchley
  • Patent number: 10109085
    Abstract: A data perspective analysis method is provided. The method includes obtaining, using a processor, one or more perspective criteria stored in a memory device. The method includes gathering, at the processor, master data and transactional data associated with each of the one or more perspective criteria. The method includes generating, at the processor, one or more perspectives by applying the one or more perspectives criteria to the master data and the transactional data. The method includes comparing, at the processor, at least two perspectives, and displaying, on a display controlled by the processor, a result of the comparison of the at least two perspectives as a dynamic and animated visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Atchley, Donald High, Robert Abate, Eric Welch
  • Patent number: 9797731
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for consolidating and transforming object-descriptive input data to distributed rendered location data. The systems and methods are configured to receive object-descriptive input data from a plurality of input devices, consolidate the object-descriptive input data and correlate it with a plurality of physical objects, determine first and second subsets of the plurality of physical objects based on a proximity of each of the physical objects to each of a plurality of user devices, construct user device-specific graphical maps each indicating a route to each object in a subset, and instruct each user device to display a graphical map constructed therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, Eric Welch
  • Publication number: 20170249669
    Abstract: A system receives registrations of users specifying a geographic preference and product preferences for demonstrations. The system likewise receives notifications of available demonstrations from vendors. Relevant demonstrations are identified for each user. In response to detecting a demonstration meeting the user's geographic preference, a notification of the demonstration is transmitted to the user. Notifications may be sent in response to demonstrations within a threshold distance from a location specified by the user, upon the user entering a store near a scheduled time for a relevant demonstration. Notifications may be sent in response to detecting a relevant demonstration within a threshold time from a predicted shopping trip of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, Eric Welch
  • 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: 20160033287
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for consolidating and transforming object-descriptive input data to distributed rendered location data. The systems and methods are configured to receive object-descriptive input data from a plurality of input devices, consolidate the object-descriptive input data and correlate it with a plurality of physical objects, determine first and second subsets of the plurality of physical objects based on a proximity of each of the physical objects to each of a plurality of user devices, construct user device-specific graphical maps each indicating a route to each object in a subset, and instruct each user device to display a graphical map constructed therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, Eric Welch
  • Publication number: 20150324702
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a prediction is disclosed. A series of historical data or profiles are collected and stored on a database. Using software to provide a first set of predictive patterns from the historical profiles and a second set of predictive patters from the first set of predictive patterns from which the prediction for a particular subject such as sales can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, Jennifer Stegemoller
  • Publication number: 20150193788
    Abstract: A data perspective analysis method is provided. The method includes obtaining, using a processor, one or more perspective criteria stored in a memory device. The method includes gathering, at the processor, master data and transactional data associated with each of the one or more perspective criteria. The method includes generating, at the processor, one or more perspectives by applying the one or more perspectives criteria to the master data and the transactional data. The method includes comparing, at the processor, at least two perspectives, and displaying, on a display controlled by the processor, a result of the comparison of the at least two perspectives as a dynamic and animated visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Atchley, Donald High, Robert Abate, Eric Welch
  • Publication number: 20150142591
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for facilitating collaborative shopping. Notifications may be sent to remote devices in response to a shopper's device entering a store or within a given proximity to a store. Notifications may invoke or include an interface to add items to a shared shopping list. Notifications from the shopper's device may be sent in advance of a user entering a store to alert friends and family to add items to the shared shopping list. A remote device may be used to authorize and instruct the shopper's device to pick up items that have been previously purchased either automatically or in response to an input from a user of the remote device. Authorization to pick up the previously-purchased item may be transmitted to one or both of a merchant and the shopper's device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ray High, Eric Eugene Welch, Michael Atchley
  • Publication number: 20150113460
    Abstract: A method for animating data analytics on a display is provided. The method includes receiving, at a processor, a first request to display a set of data, the set of data including a plurality of data dimensions having respective data. The method includes generating one or more visualizations of the set of data corresponding to at least two data dimensions. The method includes applying a filter to select one or more data ranges to be displayed along the at least two data dimensions. The method includes displaying each of the one or more visualizations at respective sets of pixels of the display based upon the applied filter. The method includes generating respective animations of the displayed one or more visualizations by simultaneously displaying respective variations in the at least two data dimensions on the respective sets of the pixels of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Donald High, Michael Atchley, Praveen Dodda
  • Publication number: 20150039410
    Abstract: A dynamic awards and restrictive tender method and system are provided. The method includes receiving, at a processor of a sales device, a request for a purchase of an item. A purchase rule applicable to the purchase is determined. An update to the purchase rule is received. The request for the purchase is processed based upon the updated purchase rule. At the processor, a notification of a success or a rejection of the processed request for the purchase is provided to a requester initiating the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Nick RONE, Robert ABATE, Michael ATCHLEY, Donald HIGH