Patents by Inventor Michael John Zettler
Michael John Zettler 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: 10909595Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Patent number: 10719861Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Patent number: 10580052Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Publication number: 20190266652Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Patent number: 10339579Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Publication number: 20180349973Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Publication number: 20180330416Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Publication number: 20160328767Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling shelf display units and for graphically presenting information on shelf display units are disclosed. A system includes one or more display units configured to be coupled to shelves of a modular shelving system, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more display units, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. When executed by the one or more processors, the machine readable instructions cause the system to determine a product identifier corresponding to a product, identify one or more display units to update in response to determining the product identifier corresponding to the product, and update a graphical output of the one or more display units identified to be updated in response to identifying the one or more display units to update.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Titus Arthur Jones, Richard Alexander Grosse, III, Michael John Zettler, Christopher Todd Hjelm
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Patent number: 8396755Abstract: A method of reclaiming products from a retail store includes passing a plurality of products through an object identification system, capturing images of the plurality of products with object sensors as the products pass through the object identification system, processing the images to identify an indicium for each product, transmitting the indicium for each product through a wireless communication network to a logic engine, sorting the plurality of products based on the indicia to produce a bundled lot of products, producing a unique identifier for the bundled lot, the unique identifier having a machine readable code, and communicating the unique identifier of the bundled lot and the indicia of the products in the bundled lot to an auctioneer for initiation of a direct-to-consumer auction for auctioning of the bundled lot directly to a group of bidders.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Sunrise R&D Holdings, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Robert Edward Carmack, Titus Arthur Jones, Doug Steven Meiser, Christopher Dale Norris, Nathaniel Wellikoff, Michael John Zettler
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Publication number: 20120209741Abstract: A method of reclaiming products from a retail store includes passing a plurality of products through an object identification system, capturing images of the plurality of products with object sensors as the products pass through the object identification system, processing the images to identify an indicium for each product, transmitting the indicium for each product through a wireless communication network to a logic engine, sorting the plurality of products based on the indicia to produce a bundled lot of products, producing a unique identifier for the bundled lot, the unique identifier having a machine readable code, and communicating the unique identifier of the bundled lot and the indicia of the products in the bundled lot to an auctioneer for initiation of a direct-to-consumer auction for auctioning of the bundled lot directly to a group of bidders.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLCInventors: Brett Bracewell Bonner, Robert Edward Carmack, Titus Arthur Jones, Douglas Steven Meiser, Christopher Dale Norris, Nathaniel Wellikoff, Michael John Zettler