Patents by Inventor Shawn Michael Murphy

Shawn Michael Murphy 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).

  • Method, computer-readable non-transitory storage media, and system for distributing and updating product catalogs to wireless devices
    Patent number: 11361354
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for efficiently upgrading product information stored on a client device to the latest version that reflects the current products offered by a particular establishment. Product information changes frequently, which could result in large upgrade packages. Yet, the time available for downloading the packages onto a device may be severely limited. To improve download time, upgrade packages may be shard based on product commonality within different predefined scopes. For instance, information related to products common across chain-wide establishments may be upgraded using one set of upgrade packages, and information related to products common across region-wide establishments may be upgraded using another set. This upgrade framework helps reduce file size and leverage the edge-caching capabilities of content delivery networks to reduce the time needed to transmit upgrade packages to client devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Swiftly Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Thomas Quinn, Shawn Michael Murphy, Benjamin Travis Stull, Sean Edward Turner
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND UPDATING PRODUCT CATALOGS TO WIRELESS DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210334871
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques for efficiently upgrading product information stored on a client device to the latest version that reflects the current products offered by a particular establishment. Product information changes frequently, which could result in large upgrade packages. Yet, the time available for downloading the packages onto a device may be severely limited. To improve download time, upgrade packages may be shard based on product commonality within different predefined scopes. For instance, information related to products common across chain-wide establishments may be upgraded using one set of upgrade packages, and information related to products common across region-wide establishments may be upgraded using another set. This upgrade framework helps reduce file size and leverage the edge-caching capabilities of content delivery networks to reduce the time needed to transmit upgrade packages to client devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: David Thomas Quinn, Shawn Michael Murphy, Benjamin Travis Stull, Sean Edward Turner