Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for determining wait times
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Application No.: US16666109Application Date: 2019-10-28
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Publication No.: US11244529B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Shengyang Zhang , Mingang Fu , Arun Prasad Nagarathinam , Apeksha Mehta , Pawan Kumar , Madhavan Kandhadai Vasantham , Ankit Jasuja , Surnaik Prakash Srivastava , Jennifer Chen , Vidyanand Krishnan
- 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: Duane Morris LLP
- Agent Manita Rawat
- Main IPC: G07C11/00
- IPC: G07C11/00 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q10/04 ; H04M3/523 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06N20/00 ; G06Q30/02

Abstract:
A system is provided and generally includes a server, an associate computing device, and a customer computing device. The server may receive data from the customer computing device indicating that a customer is picking up items from a predetermined location. The server may compute an estimated wait time for the customer based on one or more machine learning processes. In some examples, a number of unexpected customers that may arrive is determined. The machine learning process may compute the estimated wait time based on the number of unexpected customers. The machine learning process may be trained with historical data. The estimated wait time is transmitted to the customer computing device, and is displayed to the customer. In some examples, the server sends a list of customers waiting to be serviced to the associate computing device. The list may be prioritized based on estimated wait times for those customers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210125445A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WAIT TIMES Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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