Patents by Inventor Steven Simons Armato

Steven Simons Armato 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: 10586073
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to preserving customer data privacy for merchant orders. A purchase request may be received from a user device. The purchase request may be processed to identify user data, merchant data, and merchandise data. A privacy identifier associated with the purchase request may be generated. An intermediate processing center to receive requested merchandise may be determined based at least in part on the purchase request. Intermediate processing center data may be associated with the privacy identifier. The purchase request may be modified by removing at least a portion of the user data, and adding the privacy identifier. The modified purchase request may be transmitted to a merchant based at least in part on the merchant data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Simons Armato
  • Patent number: 9916562
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to competitive merchandise fulfillment delivery speed monitoring. Competitor merchants for a geographic region may be identified. Data for merchandise from sources associated with the competitor merchants may be obtained. A set of policies may be retrieved. The obtained data may be analyzed based at least in part on the policies to identify merchandise and an associated delivery speed available via the one or more competitor merchants. One or more suggested inventory management actions affecting the identified merchandise available via an online retailer may be generated based at least in part on the analyzed data. Implementation of at least one of the suggested inventory management actions may be facilitated. A website of the online retailer may be updated for the identified merchandise based at least in part on the implementation of the at least one of the one or more suggested inventory management actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Simons Armato
  • Patent number: 9336509
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be provided for determining, assigning and directing containers for transshipment between facilities without using an item-level sortation process and moving containers from a receiving area of a facility to an outbound dock without placing the items into inventory. A facility may or may not have item-level sortation processing. Data indicating received items is received. A determination is made for which of the received containers are for transshipment from the materials handling facility based on multiple factors. Containers in receiving that are determined for transshipment may be directed from receive to outbound docks without placing the items into inventory and without using an item-level sortation process. Pallets may be transshipped without placing the items into inventory and without depalletization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Fnu Arun Singhal, Nathan Stanley Burkhart, Vikas Agarwal, Michael Ellsworth Bundy, Pavlo Korohod, Vidhi Vinodkumar Bhagdev, Steven Simons Armato, Ngochan Thi Nguyen, Maxim Kormilitsin, Paul Jeffrey Stroup, Kalyanaraman Prasad