Patents by Inventor VINODH MUTHIAH

VINODH MUTHIAH 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: 11734688
    Abstract: A facility may allow an authorized user to sponsor other users to enter. Actions taken by those users may be associated with the account of the authorized user. Sensor data obtained at a portal may be indicative of whether a user attempted to provide credentials to a sensor at the portal, time between entry of users, attributes about the user, and so forth. Information about when the users have exited may also be obtained. For example, if three people entered one after another and then left at the same time, they may be deemed to form a group. Based on this information, the actions taken by the users in the group may be associated with the account of the authorized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin Charles Scarborough, Gareth Ujvarosy, Vinodh Muthiah, Maxwell Aaron Corman, Salvador Bedredin Medina Maza
  • Patent number: 11587384
    Abstract: Described are implementations that facilitate group determination and association at entry into a facility so that activities of group members of the group are associated with the group and/or applied to a single account designated for the group. For example, if four individuals enter the facility together, the disclosed implementations determine whether the four individuals are to be associated as a group. If associated as a group, an account, such as an account of one of the individuals, is also determined and associated with the group. Activities, such as an item pick, performed by one of those individuals is associated with the group and if there is a fee or charge associated with the activity it is applied to the associated account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Lemmon, Vinodh Muthiah, Yi Xiang, Timothy Liaw
  • Publication number: 20200005319
    Abstract: A facility may allow an authorized user to sponsor other users to enter. Actions taken by those users may be associated with the account of the authorized user. Sensor data obtained at a portal may be indicative of whether a user attempted to provide credentials to a sensor at the portal, time between entry of users, attributes about the user, and so forth. Information about when the users have exited may also be obtained. For example, if three people entered one after another and then left at the same time, they may be deemed to form a group. Based on this information, the actions taken by the users in the group may be associated with the account of the authorized user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: BENJAMIN CHARLES SCARBOROUGH, GARETH UJVAROSY, VINODH MUTHIAH, MAXWELL AARON CORMAN, SALVADOR BEDREDIN MEDINA MAZA