Patents by Inventor Stefan M. Haney

Stefan M. Haney 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).

  • Patent number: 9984406
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for displaying content. A display area includes multiple information regions presenting content. Visual characteristics associated with the information regions adjust according to values corresponding to the to the information regions. For example, the sizes or positions of the information regions may adjust according to the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Singh Parihar, Stefan M. Haney, Tobin J. Weldele, Alexander Hristov, John E. Darrow, Stuart Ross Hobbie, Dylan Nooney
  • Patent number: 9894135
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a network page having a data density that corresponds to a network page load time for a client in communication with an electronic commerce system. In one embodiment, the electronic commerce system determines a network page load time for a client and draws an association between the client and a data density based at least in part on the network page load time. The electronic commerce system generates a network page having the data density and serves the network page for the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Anderson, Bashar Mohd Qudah, Stefan M. Haney
  • Publication number: 20150268824
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for displaying content. A display area includes multiple information regions presenting content. Visual characteristics associated with the information regions adjust according to values corresponding to the to the information regions. For example, the sizes or positions of the information regions may adjust according to the values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Singh Parihar, Stefan M. Haney, Tobin J. Weldele, Alexander Hristov, John E. Darrow, Stuart Ross Hobbie, Dylan Nooney
  • Patent number: 9070158
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for displaying content associated with a merchant selling items through an electronic commerce system. A display area includes multiple information regions presenting content associated with the merchant. Visual characteristics associated with the information regions adjust according to values corresponding to the to the information regions. For example, the sizes or positions of the information regions may adjust according to the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunil Singh Parihar, Stefan M. Haney, Tobin J. Weldele, Alexander Hristov, John E. Darrow, Stuart Ross Hobbie, Dylan Nooney
  • Patent number: 8914524
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for generating a network page having a data density that corresponds to a network page load time for a client in communication with an electronic commerce system. In one embodiment, the electronic commerce system determines a network page load time for a client and draws an association between the client and a data density based at least in part on the network page load time. The electronic commerce system generates a network page having the data density and serves the network page for the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Anderson, Bashar Mohd Qudah, Stefan M. Haney
  • Publication number: 20140101001
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Michael George Brown, Gregory Paul Niejadlik, Stefan M. Haney, Luis Felipe Cabrera
  • Patent number: 8639581
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for adjusting prices of items in foreign marketplaces based on fluctuations in currency exchange rates. A deviation from a return sought by a merchant for an item offered in an electronic marketplace is determined. The deviation results from a change in an exchange rate between a first currency employed by the merchant and a second currency employed by the electronic marketplace. It is determined whether the deviation from the return meets a threshold. One or more actions in response to the deviation are implemented when the deviation from the return meets the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Aravind Yalamanchi, Stefan M. Haney, Jason W. Vogrinec
  • Patent number: 8612304
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating seller to seller transactions. A seller can make products in the seller's inventory available to other sellers. Therefore, other sellers may list a portion of the seller's inventory as their own in-stock inventory. Upon the sale of such a product by another seller, embodiments of the disclosure can facilitate initiating and settling transactions between the sellers and the purchaser as well as fulfillment of the product from the seller's inventory to the purchaser on behalf of another seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandi S. Lin, Thomas Plaster, Jason William Vogrinec, Stefan M. Haney
  • Patent number: 8566137
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining inventory levels of a multi-channel seller. Order rates can be retrieved from various marketplaces in which a seller participates. An inventory depletion rate can also be determined. A period of uncertain inventory availability can be determined based at least upon an update interval with which order updates are retrieved. Inventory can be reported as unavailable based at least upon an initial quantity of the product, the inventory depletion rate, and whether the period of uncertain inventory availability is entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Cabrera, Aravind Yalamanchi, Stefan M. Haney
  • Patent number: 8533054
    Abstract: Embodiments for implementing a buyer global search in electronic commerce include a method of detecting, by a computing device, that a search query for a product item within a first marketplace is unsuccessful and in response to the unsuccessful search query, executing the search query for the product item within a second marketplace. The method further includes detecting that the search query for the product item within the second marketplace is successful; and in response to the successful search query in the second marketplace, offering a user that submitted the search query in the first marketplace to purchase the product item being sold by a seller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan M. Haney, Aravind Yalamanchi
  • Patent number: 8533053
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Brown, Gregory Niejadlik, Stefan M. Haney, Luis Felipe Cabrera
  • Publication number: 20120233028
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for implementing inventory pooling for multiple merchants. A first inventory of an item held at a first fulfillment center on behalf of a first merchant is contributed to a common pool of inventory. A second inventory of the item held at a second fulfillment center on behalf of a second merchant is contributed to the common pool of inventory. Fulfillment of an order placed by a customer of the first merchant is initiated from the second inventory of the item that was contributed by the second merchant to the common pool of inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael G. Brown, Gregory Niejadlik, Stefan M. Haney, Luis Felipe Cabrera