Patents by Inventor Nambi SANKARAN

Nambi SANKARAN 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: 20240394645
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Patent number: 12118500
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Patent number: 11651321
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for securing private information during shipping of an item storing shipping information at a blockchain address that includes a recipient geolocation address and generating a shipping label that includes a machine-readable pointer to the blockchain address. The label can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request the shipping information. In response to a request, the recipient geolocation address or a next intermediate shipper can be provided. The recipient can be notified to obtain authorization to release the recipient geolocation address or provide an alternative geolocation for delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, David John Kamalsky, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Publication number: 20230059581
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for securing private information during shipping of an item storing shipping information at a blockchain address that includes a recipient geolocation address and generating a shipping label that includes a machine-readable pointer to the blockchain address. The label can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request the shipping information. In response to a request, the recipient geolocation address or a next intermediate shipper can be provided. The recipient can be notified to obtain authorization to release the recipient geolocation address or provide an alternative geolocation for delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi SANKARAN, Constanza Maria HEATH, Someshekhar BANERJEE, David John KAMALSKY, Abhishek PANDEY, Mikhail TSIRELSON
  • Publication number: 20220351125
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi SANKARAN, Constanza Maria HEATH, Someshekhar BANERJEE, Abhishek PANDEY, Mikhail TSIRELSON
  • Patent number: 11468390
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for securing private information during shipping of an item storing shipping information at a blockchain address that includes a recipient geolocation address and generating a shipping label that includes a machine-readable pointer to the blockchain address. The label can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request the shipping information. In response to a request, the recipient geolocation address or a next intermediate shipper can be provided. The recipient can be notified to obtain authorization to release the recipient geolocation address or provide an alternative geolocation for delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, David John Kamalsky, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Patent number: 11379785
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Nambi Sankaran, Constanza Maria Heath, Someshekhar Banerjee, Abhishek Pandey, Mikhail Tsirelson
  • Publication number: 20200311675
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for shipping route selection involving receiving sender and recipient shipping information for an item to be shipped and obtaining shipping route options for the item based on the sender and recipient shipping information. The route options are provided for display and selection of an option. A routing data block is created for the item at an address on a blockchain that stores shipping information for each stage of the selected route. A shipping tag is encoded with the blockchain address and attached to the item. The tag can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request information for a next stage of the shipping route from the block. The next shipping information from the block is received and utilized to ship the item to a next geolocation. The next shipping information can be determined based on current conditions, such as weather, pricing and availability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nambi SANKARAN, Constanza Maria HEATH, Someshekhar BANERJEE, Abhishek PANDEY, Mikhail TSIRELSON
  • Publication number: 20200311670
    Abstract: Technologies are shown for securing private information during shipping of an item storing shipping information at a blockchain address that includes a recipient geolocation address and generating a shipping label that includes a machine-readable pointer to the blockchain address. The label can be scanned to obtain the blockchain address and request the shipping information. In response to a request, the recipient geolocation address or a next intermediate shipper can be provided. The recipient can be notified to obtain authorization to release the recipient geolocation address or provide an alternative geolocation for delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nambi SANKARAN, Constanza Maria HEATH, Someshekhar BANERJEE, David John KAMALSKY, Abhishek PANDEY, Mikhail TSIRELSON