Geoffry A. Westphal

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Evanston, IL, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Crowd sourced real-time search engine filters and user interfaces
- Patent number 12,106,357
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for providing personalized search results
- Patent number 12,056,734
- Issue date Aug 6, 2024
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to obtain search results
- Patent number 11,836,182
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for managing product inventory
- Patent number 11,836,678
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for providing simultaneous shopping carts
- Patent number 11,682,064
- Issue date Jun 20, 2023
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for providing navigation tendencies to users of...
- Patent number 11,301,876
- Issue date Apr 12, 2022
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to obtain search results
- Patent number 11,182,421
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for providing continued access to user related in...
- Patent number 11,144,932
- Issue date Oct 12, 2021
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Paul Miller
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for displaying, searching, and interacting with a...
- Patent number 11,049,155
- Issue date Jun 29, 2021
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for providing search results incorporating supp...
- Patent number 11,037,220
- Issue date Jun 15, 2021
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Power harvesting inventory management system with identity verifica...
- Patent number 10,824,989
- Issue date Nov 3, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to obtain search results
- Patent number 10,698,946
- Issue date Jun 30, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using geographical locations to provide acces...
- Patent number 10,687,173
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using a mobile device to access inventory
- Patent number 10,672,216
- Issue date Jun 2, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Manufacture for providing access to product information and related...
- Patent number 10,600,114
- Issue date Mar 24, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for directing a customer to additional purchasing...
- Patent number 10,565,637
- Issue date Feb 18, 2020
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for providing a user interface with contextual se...
- Patent number 10,459,998
- Issue date Oct 29, 2019
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for highlighting differences in items in a search...
- Patent number 10,410,271
- Issue date Sep 10, 2019
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for providing personalized messaging
- Patent number 10,389,671
- Issue date Aug 20, 2019
- W.W. Frainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for monitoring inventory of a product within a...
- Patent number 10,366,365
- Issue date Jul 30, 2019
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- George C. Rimnac
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for detecting a possible error in a customer prov...
- Patent number 10,304,118
- Issue date May 28, 2019
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for providing automated customer order cross re...
- Patent number 10,147,127
- Issue date Dec 4, 2018
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Methods and systems for creating vending machine kits
- Patent number 9,818,250
- Issue date Nov 14, 2017
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Thomas John Carroll
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Grant
Systems and methods for providing product recommendations incorpora...
- Patent number 9,626,711
- Issue date Apr 18, 2017
- W.W. Grainer, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to provide search results
- Patent number 9,613,283
- Issue date Apr 4, 2017
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to provide search results
- Patent number 9,613,059
- Issue date Apr 4, 2017
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to provide search results
- Patent number 9,535,930
- Issue date Jan 3, 2017
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for using an image to provide search results
- Patent number 9,466,003
- Issue date Oct 11, 2016
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for providing access to product information and r...
- Patent number 9,418,379
- Issue date Aug 16, 2016
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
System and method for electronically creating a customized catalog
- Patent number 9,230,256
- Issue date Jan 5, 2016
- W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING UNDERPERFORMING SEARCHES
- Publication number 20240095774
- Publication date Mar 21, 2024
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Jean-Marc Francois Reynaud
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
ROBOTIC VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM
- Publication number 20230316848
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRODUCT INVENTORY
- Publication number 20230134715
- Publication date May 4, 2023
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
COMPUTER MOUSE PROVIDING A TOUCHLESS INPUT INTERFACE
- Publication number 20220413634
- Publication date Dec 29, 2022
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION TENDENCIES TO USERS OF...
- Publication number 20220270118
- Publication date Aug 25, 2022
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME VISUAL SEARCH
- Publication number 20220012789
- Publication date Jan 13, 2022
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Thomas Allen Mathis
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS SHOPPING CARTS
- Publication number 20210334880
- Publication date Oct 28, 2021
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20210279273
- Publication date Sep 9, 2021
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CALL CENTER SERVICE WITH VISUAL S...
- Publication number 20210195028
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A CAMERA IMAGE TO PROVIDE E-COMMERCE RE...
- Publication number 20210027356
- Publication date Jan 28, 2021
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Fouad Bousetouane
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20200065325
- Publication date Feb 27, 2020
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL SE...
- Publication number 20190311013
- Publication date Oct 10, 2019
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO ACCESS INVENTORY
- Publication number 20190139352
- Publication date May 9, 2019
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CROWD SOURCED REAL-TIME SEARCH ENGINE FILTERS AND USER INTERFACES
- Publication number 20190087887
- Publication date Mar 21, 2019
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
POWER HARVESTING INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH IDENTITY VERIFICA...
- Publication number 20190087771
- Publication date Mar 21, 2019
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20180293256
- Publication date Oct 11, 2018
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE ACCES...
- Publication number 20170055112
- Publication date Feb 23, 2017
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INVENTORY OF A PRODUCT WITHIN A...
- Publication number 20160350710
- Publication date Dec 1, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- George C. Rimnac
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PURCHASING HISTORY DATA TO AUTOMATICALL...
- Publication number 20160328779
- Publication date Nov 10, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED CUSTOMER ORDER CROSS RE...
- Publication number 20160321729
- Publication date Nov 3, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT REVIEWS AND/OR RA...
- Publication number 20160300276
- Publication date Oct 13, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Hala Farouk El-Hmayssi
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT INFORMATION AND R...
- Publication number 20160300295
- Publication date Oct 13, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20160203515
- Publication date Jul 14, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENCES IN ITEMS IN A SEARCH...
- Publication number 20160070799
- Publication date Mar 10, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20160055179
- Publication date Feb 25, 2016
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING VENDING MACHINE KITS
- Publication number 20150356809
- Publication date Dec 10, 2015
- Thomas John Carroll
- G07 - CHECKING-DEVICES
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20150178314
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20150178583
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS
- Publication number 20150178313
- Publication date Jun 25, 2015
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PRODUCT PRICES
- Publication number 20150120614
- Publication date Apr 30, 2015
- W.W. Grainger, Inc.
- Geoffry A. Westphal
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Geoffry A. Westphal

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Crowd sourced real-time search engine filters and user interfaces

System and method for providing personalized search results

System and method for using an image to obtain search results

System and method for managing product inventory

Systems and methods for providing simultaneous shopping carts

Systems and methods for providing navigation tendencies to users of...

System and method for using an image to obtain search results

System and method for providing continued access to user related in...

System and method for displaying, searching, and interacting with a...

Systems and methods for providing search results incorporating supp...

Power harvesting inventory management system with identity verifica...

System and method for using an image to obtain search results

System and method for using geographical locations to provide acces...

System and method for using a mobile device to access inventory

Manufacture for providing access to product information and related...

System and method for directing a customer to additional purchasing...

System and method for providing a user interface with contextual se...

System and method for highlighting differences in items in a search...

System and method for providing personalized messaging

Systems and methods for monitoring inventory of a product within a...

System and method for detecting a possible error in a customer prov...

Systems and methods for providing automated customer order cross re...

Methods and systems for creating vending machine kits

Systems and methods for providing product recommendations incorpora...

System and method for using an image to provide search results

System and method for using an image to provide search results

System and method for using an image to provide search results

System and method for using an image to provide search results

System and method for providing access to product information and r...

System and method for electronically creating a customized catalog

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING UNDERPERFORMING SEARCHES

ROBOTIC VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PRODUCT INVENTORY

COMPUTER MOUSE PROVIDING A TOUCHLESS INPUT INTERFACE

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION TENDENCIES TO USERS OF...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME VISUAL SEARCH

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS SHOPPING CARTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CALL CENTER SERVICE WITH VISUAL S...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A CAMERA IMAGE TO PROVIDE E-COMMERCE RE...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITH CONTEXTUAL SE...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO ACCESS INVENTORY

CROWD SOURCED REAL-TIME SEARCH ENGINE FILTERS AND USER INTERFACES

POWER HARVESTING INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH IDENTITY VERIFICA...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO OBTAIN SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS TO PROVIDE ACCES...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING INVENTORY OF A PRODUCT WITHIN A...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PURCHASING HISTORY DATA TO AUTOMATICALL...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED CUSTOMER ORDER CROSS RE...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT REVIEWS AND/OR RA...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRODUCT INFORMATION AND R...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENCES IN ITEMS IN A SEARCH...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS

METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING VENDING MACHINE KITS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING AN IMAGE TO PROVIDE SEARCH RESULTS

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PRODUCT PRICES