Patents by Inventor Murad Dar

Murad Dar 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).

  • Patent number: 11789756
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing and inter-relating data that is used in generating graphical user interfaces through the use of a novel data structure. For instance, various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method comprising: receiving data inputs provided by a website visitor on a first webpage of a website or an object comprising a first component; retrieving, based on the inputs, first source data from at least one data source that is associated with the first component; identifying, based on the first source data, a set of first options for the first component; generating a transaction data structure by populating first fields of the transaction data structure with the set of first object options; and upon generating the transaction data structure: generating, based on the first fields of the transaction data structure, a second webpage comprising at least one first selectable control providing the set of first options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Visionworks of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20230075543
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing and inter-relating data that is used in generating graphical user interfaces through the use of a novel data structure. For instance, various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method comprising: receiving data inputs provided by a website visitor on a first webpage of a website or an object comprising a first component; retrieving, based on the inputs, first source data from at least one data source that is associated with the first component; identifying, based on the first source data, a set of first options for the first component; generating a transaction data structure by populating first fields of the transaction data structure with the set of first object options; and upon generating the transaction data structure: generating, based on the first fields of the transaction data structure, a second webpage comprising at least one first selectable control providing the set of first options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Patent number: 11500658
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing and inter-relating data that is used in generating graphical user interfaces through the use of a novel data structure. For instance, various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method comprising: receiving data inputs provided by a website visitor on a first webpage of a website or an object comprising a first component; retrieving, based on the inputs, first source data from at least one data source that is associated with the first component; identifying, based on the first source data, a set of first options for the first component; generating a transaction data structure by populating first fields of the transaction data structure with the set of first object options; and upon generating the transaction data structure: generating, based on the first fields of the transaction data structure, a second webpage comprising at least one first selectable control providing the set of first options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Visionworks of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20220326968
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing and inter-relating data that is used in generating graphical user interfaces through the use of a novel data structure. For instance, various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method comprising: receiving data inputs provided by a website visitor on a first webpage of a website or an object comprising a first component; retrieving, based on the inputs, first source data from at least one data source that is associated with the first component; identifying, based on the first source data, a set of first options for the first component; generating a transaction data structure by populating first fields of the transaction data structure with the set of first object options; and upon generating the transaction data structure: generating, based on the first fields of the transaction data structure, a second webpage comprising at least one first selectable control providing the set of first options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Visionworks of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20220058744
    Abstract: Systems and methods for calculating cost and benefit parameters under an eye care plan during an eye care purchase transaction and presenting such costs and benefits to an eye care plan participant are disclosed. Data associated with a particular plan and participant is collected from various sources to determine the specific options available to the participant. A data structure is generated and updated to track the participant's selections during an eye care product and/or services transaction and maintain transaction data. The costs and benefits to the participant are dynamically updated and presented to the participant in a graphical user interface as the purchase process progresses so that the participant is fully informed of the costs and benefits during each phase of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20210209572
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating online and in-store shopping are disclosed. The systems include a cashier station located in a store. The cashier station has a register, a product ID input device, and a screen accessible to a customer at the cashier station. An online site configured to facilitate ecommerce transactions between users and the store is also provided. The cashier station is in communication with the online store whereby recommended products are presented to the customer on the screen in response to the input of a product ID at the cashier station allowing the customer to make additional related purchases from the online site contemporaneously with the in-store purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Patent number: 10956886
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating online and in-store shopping are disclosed. The systems include a cashier station located in a store. The cashier station has a register, a product ID input device, and a screen accessible to a customer at the cashier station. An online site configured to facilitate ecommerce transactions between users and the store is also provided. The cashier station is in communication with the online store whereby recommended products are presented to the customer on the screen in response to the input of a product ID at the cashier station allowing the customer to make additional related purchases from the online site contemporaneously with the in-store purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20190050836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating online and in-store shopping are disclosed. The systems include a cashier station located in a store. The cashier station has a register, a product ID input device, and a screen accessible to a customer at the cashier station. An online site configured to facilitate ecommerce transactions between users and the store is also provided. The cashier station is in communication with the online store whereby recommended products are presented to the customer on the screen in response to the input of a product ID at the cashier station allowing the customer to make additional related purchases from the online site contemporaneously with the in-store purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Patent number: 10102513
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating online and in-store shopping are disclosed. The systems include a cashier station located in a store. The cashier station has a register, a product ID input device, and a screen accessible to a customer at the cashier station. An online site configured to facilitate ecommerce transactions between users and the store is also provided. The cashier station is in communication with the online store whereby recommended products are presented to the customer on the screen in response to the input of a product ID at the cashier station allowing the customer to make additional related purchases from the online site contemporaneously with the in-store purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20160034879
    Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating online and in-store shopping are disclosed. The systems include a cashier station located in a store. The cashier station has a register, a product ID input device, and a screen accessible to a customer at the cashier station. An online site configured to facilitate ecommerce transactions between users and the store is also provided. The cashier station is in communication with the online store whereby recommended products are presented to the customer on the screen in response to the input of a product ID at the cashier station allowing the customer to make additional related purchases from the online site contemporaneously with the in-store purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Murad Dar
  • Publication number: 20150317720
    Abstract: Control or prevention of usage of an online ecommerce system to transfer funds by evaluating proximity between a location where cash payment is made and a location where a cash refund is requested. When the proximity exceeds a distance threshold, the cash refund at the second location is prohibited, and when the proximity is less than the distance threshold, the cash refund is permitted. Various embodiments ask the customer to specify a choice of refund stores, evaluate whether the person who made the cash payment for the order is different than the person who requested the refund, require identification, check publicly available Internet social site information for a relationship between the people, check for a pattern of requesting refunds, limit the refund to store credit, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan
  • Patent number: 8849703
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A Shah, Sathya N Dharaneedharan
  • Patent number: 8751405
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A Shah, Sathya N Dharaneedharan, Anna Smalley, Jon Baron, Justin Singer
  • Patent number: 8615439
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A Shah, Sathya N Dharaneedharan
  • Publication number: 20130275246
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan
  • Publication number: 20130275239
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan
  • Publication number: 20130275247
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan
  • Publication number: 20130275241
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan, Anna Smalley, Jon Baron, Justin Singer
  • Publication number: 20130275240
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan
  • Publication number: 20130275243
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for managing transactions in which an order is specified online and payment is received at a point of sale (POS). Methods are disclosed for managing payment for such transactions at a POS, including transactions involving payment for both in-store purchases and online orders. Methods are also disclosed for managing inventory and price changes for such transactions where payment can occur at any time in a pay period following order creation. Also disclosed are methods for processing refunds for online orders for which payment was made at a POS. Finally, methods for preventing fraud and abuse as well as restricting the availability of this payment method for certain items are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Arjun Ramaratnam, Kenneth Hansen, Murad Dar, Puneet Srivastava, Richard Brett Gerry, Ruchitkumar A. Shah, Sathya N. Dharaneedharan