John PistoneJamaica, NY

2023004, Feb 16, 2023

Aug 11, 2021

17/399378

- Tokyo, JP
Tayon Dancy - Apex NC, US
Manda Miller - Raleigh NC, US
John Pistone - Cary NC, US

G06Q 20/38
G06Q 20/32
H04L 9/32
G06Q 20/20
G06Q 30/02

A method and system are provided for validating a promotional token redeemed at a Point-of-Sale (PoS) terminal, can include receiving, at the Point of Sale (PoS) terminal located at a physical retail location, a promotional token ID from a mobile device associated with a customer. The promotional token ID can be configured to uniquely identify a promotional token to promote a consumer packaged good (CPG) distributed on a social media platform. A CPG is entered at the PoS terminal to determine a CPG ID configured to uniquely identify the CPG. Next, a validation request is generated. The validation request comprises the promotional token ID and the CPG ID. The validation request is then transferred to a server having access to a private blockchain ledger. Upon completion, the PoS terminal will receive, from the server, the redemption status for the promotional token ID based on information stored in the private blockchain ledger responsive to the validation request.

2023004, Feb 16, 2023

Aug 4, 2021

17/393706

- Tokyo, JP
Adrian Rodriguez - Durham NC, US
John Pistone - Cary NC, US

G06Q 30/02
G06T 7/90

A computing device provides shoppers with a frictionless commerce experience. The computing device determines, tracks, and stores certain physical characteristics and/or attributes of the products selected by a shopper for purchase. The device analyzes these attributes with respect to the shopper's particular purchasing habits and uses the results of that analysis to recommend products to the shopper. Additionally, the computing device may modify the sales price of the product, or augment the shopper's order with the same or similar products, based on the results of the analysis.

2023003, Feb 2, 2023

Jul 27, 2021

17/386328

- Tokyo, JP
Kirk GOLDMAN - Cary NC, US
Jon A. HOFFMAN - Cary NC, US
John PISTONE - Cary NC, US
Dimple NANWANI - Durham NC, US
Theodore CLARK - Allendale NJ, US

G10L 13/027

The present disclosure provides techniques for graphics translation. A plurality of natural language image descriptions is collected for an image of a product. An overall description for the image is generated using one or more models, based on the plurality of natural language image descriptions, by: identifying a set of shared descriptors used in at least a subset of the plurality of natural language image descriptions, and aggregating the set of shared descriptors to form the overall description. A first request to provide a description of the first image is received, and the overall description is returned in response to the first request, where the overall description is output using one or more text-to-speech techniques.