Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated-service retail system and method
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Application No.: US17499783Application Date: 2021-10-12
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Publication No.: US11952215B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: John G. Lert, Jr.
- 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: B65G1/137
- IPC: B65G1/137 ; B65G1/04 ; B66F9/06 ; G05B19/418 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06Q10/087 ; G06Q20/12 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q30/0601 ; G06K7/14

Abstract:
A combination automated-service and self-service store for implementation at brick-and-mortar retail locations is provided. The store and corresponding method of implementation is an automated-service model in which robots, deployed at the brick-and-mortar location, fill orders for fungible goods placed by customers either online or in-store. The store also includes a shopping section where customers can select/order items and/or personally select non-fungible goods. The store includes a shopping section for non-fungible goods that customers prefer to pick out by hand and a back end automated order fulfillment section for other goods (e.g., fungible goods, dry goods, etc.). The two sets of goods are merged to a delivery bundle and delivered together for pickup by the customer. The combination automated-service and self-service store combines the convenience of online shopping and self-service shopping using an unconventional approach that reduces costs for the retailer and simultaneously increases customer satisfaction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220036295A1 AUTOMATED-SERVICE RETAIL SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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