Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining shopping facilities available for customer pick up of orders
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Application No.: US15705413Application Date: 2017-09-15
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Publication No.: US10943289B2Publication Date: 2021-03-09
- Inventor: Todd D. Mattingly , Bruce W. Wilkinson
- Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; G01C21/34

Abstract:
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to facilitating the vehicle pick up of orders at shopping facilities. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an electronic interface for receiving an order corresponding to a customer and for receiving a time period during which the customer requests to pick up the order; a control circuit configured to: determine the location of the customer; determine a plurality of shopping facilities near the customer's location; determine when the order would be available for pick up; determine the subset of shopping facilities where the order would be available within the time period requested by the customer; transmit the location to the customer; and at least one shopping facility where the order is made available for pick up by the customer during the requested time period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180082353A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING SHOPPING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR CUSTOMER PICK UP OF ORDERS Public/Granted day:2018-03-22
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