Patents by Inventor Prajakta Vaidya

Prajakta Vaidya 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).

  • System and method for authoritative item identification based on facility operations
    Patent number: 9754235
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for authoritative item identification based on facility operations are described. Embodiments may include an authoritative item identification component configured to, for each particular item of multiple items in inventory of a materials handling facility, determine multiple identifiers for the particular item, where one or more of the multiple identifiers are electronically obtained from a unit of the particular item during operations of the materials handling facility. The authoritative item identification component may, for each of the multiple identifiers, determine a quantity of instances in which that identifier was electronically obtained from a given unit of the particular item. The authoritative item identification component may, based on a statistical analysis of the quantities, determine one of the multiple identifiers as being an authoritative identifier for the particular item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Priya Padmanabhan, Samir Kumar, Alexander C. Prater, Prajakta Vaidya, Eric Young
  • System and method for authoritative item identification based on facility operations
    Patent number: 8423432
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a system and method for authoritative item identification based on facility operations are described. Embodiments may include an authoritative item identification component configured to, for each particular item of multiple items in inventory of a materials handling facility, determine multiple identifiers for the particular item, where one or more of the multiple identifiers are electronically obtained from a unit of the particular item during operations of the materials handling facility. The authoritative item identification component may, for each of the multiple identifiers, determine a quantity of instances in which that identifier was electronically obtained from a given unit of the particular item. The authoritative item identification component may, based on a statistical analysis of the quantities, determine one of the multiple identifiers as being an authoritative identifier for the particular item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Priya Padmanabhan, Samir Kumar, Alexander C. Prater, Prajakta Vaidya, Eric Young