Patents
US 12438990 B1: System and method for remotely printing digital images for pickup at a retail store
- Granted
- 2025-10-07
- Filed
- 2024-03-22 application 18613665
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The method and system allow a user to launch a client application on an web-enabled device and subsequently to navigate to an image source screen within the client application. After receiving an image source selection from the user, the client application retrieves images from the selected image source. The client application displays the retrieved images available for printing to a user, and in response to receiving a selection of an image, the client application transmits the image to a proprietary server. Moreover, upon receiving print order information, the client application additionally executes a location awareness application that determines a current location of the web-enabled device and subsequently, determines a proximal retail store to the current location of the web-enabled device. Thereafter, the remote printing system creates and transmits a print order that includes the selected image to the retail store for pickup.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251007.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALGREEN CO. 344 patents | US company or organization | Deerfield, IL | WALGREEN CO SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim McCauley | Evanston, IL | 18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Joseph M. Rago | Hinsdale, IL | 21 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mathew Alexander | Schaumburg, IL | 11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N1/00188 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0635 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | WALGREEN CO. signed 2025-08-28 DUANE READE signed 2025-08-28 WALGREENS SPECIALTY PHARMACY LLC signed 2025-08-28 WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC. signed 2025-08-28 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT BOSTON, MA | 72679/926 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-16 |
| 2025-08-28 | Security interest Security interest Intellectual property security agreement | WALGREEN CO. signed 2025-08-28 | SIXTH STREET LENDING PARTNERS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT DALLAS, TX | 72606/878 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-16 |
| 2024-04-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MCCAULEY, TIM signed 2012-08-27 RAGO, JOSEPH signed 2012-08-27 ALEXANDER, MATHEW signed 2012-08-27 | WALGREEN CO. DEERFIELD, IL | 67256/193 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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