Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Point of purchase packaging
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Application No.: US16280185Application Date: 2019-02-20
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Publication No.: US11042835B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Eric V. Kline , Christopher Blake , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Tihon Poltavets
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G06F40/40 ; G06Q30/02 ; B65G1/137 ; B65G43/10 ; G07G1/00 ; B65B57/00 ; G06Q30/06

Abstract:
A method for point of purchase packaging includes responsive to receiving a selection of an object at a point of purchase, identifying a purchaser defined instruction associated with the selected object for sorting and packaging by a conveyor system. Responsive to sorting the plurality of objects based on data received and the purchaser defined instruction associated with the selected object, the method instructs an automated packaging system to package the plurality of objects based on the sorting. Responsive to determining a first portion of the plurality of objects are packaged for collection at the point of purchase, the method instructs the conveyor system to send the first portion of the plurality of objects to a first transfer station at the point of purchase for collection by a purchaser of the portion of the plurality of objects.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200262658A1 POINT OF PURCHASE PACKAGING Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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