Patents by Inventor Nicholas E. Oswald

Nicholas E. Oswald 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).

  • Demand-based product sourcing
    Patent number: 10636079
    Abstract: Techniques and system configurations for demand-based product sourcing in an electronic commerce setting is described herein. In one example, information about an item corresponding to a plurality of fulfillment locations is stored in a database. The information includes a plurality of transit times and a plurality of transit costs corresponding to each of the plurality of transit times. A subset of transit times is selected upon receiving a location of a user. A subset of transit costs corresponding with the subset of transit times is selected. An indication of a selection of a transit time is received. The indication includes the item, a quantity of the item, and a destination. A preferred fulfillment location of a subset of fulfillment locations is calculated, the calculating using the transit time, the location, and a selection rule, wherein the selection rule is generated using a plurality of selection attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Shiely, Bradley R. McBeath, Trevis Williamson, Bradley K. Struble, Jeffrey D. Rathburn, Vaibhav Agrawal, Amy Williams, Pranab Koner, Vyas Mohan Mohan, Tanmay Sinha, David R. Leeder, Nicholas E. Oswald, Rick E. Allan, Rambabu Raipati
  • DEMAND-BASED PRODUCT SOURCING
    Publication number: 20170083967
    Abstract: Techniques and system configurations for demand-based product sourcing in an electronic commerce setting is described herein. In one example, information about an item corresponding to a plurality of fulfillment locations is stored in a database. The information includes a plurality of transit times and a plurality of transit costs corresponding to each of the plurality of transit times. A subset of transit times is selected upon receiving a location of a user. A subset of transit costs corresponding with the subset of transit times is selected. An indication of a selection of a transit time is received. The indication includes the item, a quantity of the item, and a destination. A preferred fulfillment location of a subset of fulfillment locations is calculated, the calculating using the transit time, the location, and a selection rule, wherein the selection rule is generated using a plurality of selection attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Shiely, Bradley R. McBeath, Trevis Williamson, Bradley K. Struble, Jeffrey D. Rathburn, Vaibhav Agrawal, Amy Williams, Pranab Koner, Vyas Mohan Mohan, Tanmay Sinha, David R. Leeder, Nicholas E. Oswald, Rick E. Allan, Rambabu Raipati