US 10,853,870 B2Granted

Product and lid identification for sensor-based device

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsAllison Kramer, Kevin Chu, Samuel Stevens Heyworth, Devon Merritt

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Abstract

Techniques for identifying an automatic replenishment device (ARD) to item pairing based on an interaction by a user with a component of the ARD are disclosed herein. In embodiments, information from an ARD may be received that corresponds to an identify request based at least in part on an interaction with a component of the ARD. The information may include a device identifier for the ARD and a registration token. ARD data that identifies the ARD and the item associated with the ARD may be determined based at least in part on the received information. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a notification may be generated based at least in part on the ARD data where the notification is configured to present the item associated with the ARD. The notification may be transmitted to a user device associated with the ARD.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a computer system and from an automatic replenishment device (ARD), information in response to a first interaction with a component of the ARD, the information including a device identifier for the ARD and a registration token, the ARD comprising an output component that is configured to be activated in response to receiving a signal;
determining, by the computer system, that the information is associated with an identify request to identify an item associated with the ARD based at least in part on the information;
determining, by the computer system, ARD data for the ARD and the item associated with the ARD based at least in part on the information including the device identifier;
generating, by the computer system, a notification based at least in part on the ARD data and the item associated with the ARD, the notification identifying that the item is associated with the ARD;
transmitting, by the computer system, the notification to a user device associated with the ARD;
generating and transmitting, by the computer system, the signal to the output component of the ARD thereby activating the output component of the ARD that corresponds to the identify request;
receiving, by the computer system and from the user device, an indication of a second interaction with the notification;
generating, by the computer system, an ARD user interface that is configured to present the ARD data of the ARD and the item associated with the ARD based at least in part on the second interaction;
and
transmitting, by the computer system, the ARD user interface to the user device.

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A computer system comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
and
a processor in communication with the memory configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
identify automatic replenishment device (ARD) data and a corresponding item for the ARD in response to receiving a device identifier for the ARD, the device identifier for the ARD provided in response to a first interaction with the ARD, the ARD comprising an output component that is configured to be activated in response to receiving a signal;
generate a notification based at least in part on the ARD data, the notification configured to present the item associated with the ARD;
transmit the notification to a user device associated with the ARD;
and
generate and transmit the signal to the output component of the ARD thereby activating the output component of the ARD that corresponds to the notification.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/928,370Filed 22 Mar 2018
Published: US 2019/0295149 A126 Sep 2019
Granted: 1 Dec 2020
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Classification5 codes

G06Q 30/0633
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists
G06F 21/31
Authentication, i.e. establishing the identity or authorisation of security principals: user authentication
G06Q 10/08
Administration; Management: logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
G06Q
Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial