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    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE VENDING
    3.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE VENDING 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20180053369A1

    公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

    申请号：US15648059

    申请日：2017-07-12

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Donald R. High ,  Brian G. McHale ,  Michael D. Atchley

    IPC分类号： G07F11/00 ,  G01C21/34 ,  G01C21/36

    CPC分类号： G07F11/00 ,  G01C21/343 ,  G01C21/3605 ,  G01C21/362

    摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for mobile vending. A system for mobile vending comprises a mobile vending machine comprising: an item dispenser configured to display a plurality of items for purchase, a set of motorized wheels, a navigation sensor device, a communication device, and, a control circuit configured to navigate the mobile vending machine based on navigation instructions; and a central computer system configured to communicate with the mobile vending machine via the communication device, the central computer system being configured to: determine a destination for the mobile vending machine, provide the navigation instructions to the mobile vending machine to cause the mobile vending machine to travel to the destination using the set of motorized wheels and the navigation sensor device.

    Product Display Surface Apparatus and Method
    4.
    发明申请
    Product Display Surface Apparatus and Method 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170344937A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-11-30

    申请号：US15608042

    申请日：2017-05-30

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Michael D. Atchley ,  John P. Thompson

    IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G01G19/42 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G09F3/20

    CPC分类号： G06Q10/087 ,  G01G19/42 ,  G01G19/52 ,  G06K7/10009 ,  G06K19/0716 ,  G06K19/0723 ,  G09F3/20 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W4/30

    摘要： A product display surface supports at least one product being offered for sale thereon. This product display surface has a weight-sensitive RFID tag associated therewith. This tag has at least one transmission element that moves with respect to a remaining portion of the tag as a function of weight being supported by the product display surface. So configured, the weight-sensitive RFID tag transmits at a first level when there are no products (or only a few products) on the product display surface and at a second level when there are at least a predetermined number of products on the product display surface, the first transmission level being less than the second transmission level. An RFID-tag reader reads the weight-sensitive RFID tag and a control circuit determines when the first product display surface lacks sufficient displayed inventory as a function, at least in part, of the weight-sensitive RFID tag's transmission strength.

    APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR RECIPE SUGGESTION
    5.
    发明申请
    APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR RECIPE SUGGESTION 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170316489A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

    申请号：US15499644

    申请日：2017-04-27

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Henry Sampara ,  Michael D. Atchley ,  Donald R. High

    IPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q10/08

    CPC分类号： G06Q30/0633 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q30/0631

    摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing recipe suggestions. In one embodiment, a system for recipe suggestion comprises a customer inventory information database, a recipe database, a communication device configured to communicate with a user device; and a control circuit coupled to the customer inventory information database, the recipe database, and the communication device The control circuit is configured to collect and update customer inventory information stored in the customer inventory information database, select one or more recommended recipes from the recipe database to recommend to a customer based on at least a customer inventory information associated with the customer, and for each recommended recipe comprising one or more missing ingredients not in a customer inventory according to the customer inventory information database: cause the user device to display a purchase suggestion of the one or more missing ingredients to the customer.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUDIO NOTIFICATION
    6.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUDIO NOTIFICATION 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170294110A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

    申请号：US15480916

    申请日：2017-04-06

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Michael D. Atchley ,  John P. Thompson ,  Robert C. Taylor

    IPC分类号： G08B25/12 ,  G08B3/10

    CPC分类号： G08B25/12 ,  G08B3/10 ,  H04L67/12

    摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for providing audio notification. A system for providing audio notification comprises a communication device configured to communicate with a delivery arrival detection system, a doorbell coupler configured to couple to a stationary doorbell device, and a control circuit coupled to the communication device and the doorbell coupler. The control circuit being configured to receive a delivery notification from the delivery arrival detection system via the communication device and cause the stationary doorbell device to produce an audible sound via the doorbell coupler.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
    7.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT WITH SOCIAL MEDIA 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170262873A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-09-14

    申请号：US15457277

    申请日：2017-03-13

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Michael D. Atchley ,  Donald R. High

    IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/00 ,  G06Q10/08

    CPC分类号： G06Q30/0202 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q30/0205 ,  G06Q50/01

    摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for analyzing social media messages for inventory management. A system for analyzing social media messages comprises a communication device, an item identifier database, an inventory database, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to aggregate a plurality of social media messages, identify a plurality of messages of interest associated with customers seeking items to purchase, for each message of interest of the plurality of messages of interest: identify an item of interest based on comparing a text of the message of interest with identifying texts in the item identifier database, and identify a customer location associated with the message of interest; determine an item in demand for a geographic location, determine a stock information of the item in demand in the geographic location, and automatically generate an order for the item in demand to be stocked at the geographic location.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LAYAWAY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
    9.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LAYAWAY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170255900A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

    申请号：US15441598

    申请日：2017-02-24

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： Donald R. High ,  Michael D. Atchley

    IPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/28

    摘要： Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for dynamic inventory management. A system for dynamic layaway inventory management comprises a layaway contract database, an inventory database, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to periodically: aggregate a plurality of layaway contracts in the layaway contract database to determine convey locations and convey dates for one or more units of an item, determine inventory unit counts of the item at a plurality of item locations based on inventory information stored in the inventory database, determine a layaway reserve unit count for each of the plurality of item locations based on the convey locations and the convey dates for the one or more units of the item and the inventory unit counts of the item at the plurality of item locations, and cause a number of available units of the item to be adjusted based on the layaway reserve unit count.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REORDERING OF DISCARDED PRODUCTS
    10.
    发明申请
    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REORDERING OF DISCARDED PRODUCTS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20170243279A1

    公开(公告)日：2017-08-24

    申请号：US15433286

    申请日：2017-02-15

    申请人： Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    发明人： John P. Thompson ,  Donald R. High ,  Michael D. Atchley

    IPC分类号： G06Q30/06 ,  G01G23/36 ,  G01G19/414

    CPC分类号： G06Q30/0633 ,  G01G19/414 ,  G01G19/52 ,  G01G23/36

    摘要： In some embodiments, a receptacle for storing one or more products discarded by a consumer includes a side wall defining a receptacle opening for receiving a product, a closed bottom end, and an interior cavity configured to retain the product. The receptacle may include a product detecting sensor configured to detect the product proximate the receptacle opening, a product weight sensor configured to detect a weight of the product retained in the interior cavity, and a control unit in communication with the product detecting sensor and the product weight sensor. The control unit may be configured to obtain sensor data from the product detecting sensor and the product weight sensor, identify the product based on the obtained sensor data, and add the identified product to a shopping list of the consumer. Methods of adding a product discarded by a consumer to a shopping list of the consumer are also described.