Patents by Inventor Nicholas Rellas

Nicholas Rellas 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).

  • Distribution of products
    Patent number: 10282766
    Abstract: Among other things, information is maintained that associates competitors with respective territories for which the competitors have rights that are to be exclusive relative to other competitors for items associated with the territories. A user can enter, through a user interface, an expression of interest that can be associated with one of the territories. In response to the expression of interest, a user is automatically enabled to interact with the competitor that has the exclusive right to the territory, without automatically enabling the user to interact with a competitor that does not have the exclusive right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Drizly, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier
  • DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20150186963
    Abstract: Among other things, information is maintained that associates competitors with respective territories for which the competitors have rights that are to be exclusive relative to other competitors for items associated with the territories. A user can enter, through a user interface, an expression of interest that can be associated with one of the territories. In response to the expression of interest, a user is automatically enabled to interact with the competitor that has the exclusive right to the territory, without automatically enabling the user to interact with a competitor that does not have the exclusive right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier
  • AUTHENTICATING A PHYSICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140279516
    Abstract: Among other things, a physical device is determined to be validly issued by a party that issues physical devices that include security features. At least a portion of a photographic or video image of the physical device is processed automatically to determine if the physical device includes at least one of the security features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier, Theodore Kuklinski, Brandon Currul
  • DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20140201001
    Abstract: Among other things, information is maintained that associates competitors with respective territories for which the competitors have rights that are to be exclusive relative to other competitors for items associated with the territories. A user can enter, through a user interface, an expression of interest that can be associated with one of the territories. In response to the expression of interest, a user is automatically enabled to interact with the competitor that has the exclusive right to the territory, without automatically enabling the user to interact with a competitor that does not have the exclusive right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier
  • CONFIRMATION OF IDENTITY
    Publication number: 20140201100
    Abstract: Among other things, a user of a mobile device who is delivering an ordered product from a store to a customer at a location can confirm that the customer is a proper person to receive the ordered product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Rellas, Justin Robinson, Spencer Frazier, Brandon Currul, Theodore Kuklinski