Systems and methods for proactively predicting user intents in personal agents
Granted: June 27, 2023
Patent Number:
11687802
This application relates to systems and methods for proactively predicting user intents on personal agents. In some examples, a user intent prediction system can include a computing device configured to obtain user intent data identifying a desired action by a user on a network-enabled tool. The computing device is further configured to obtain contextual data characterizing a user's interaction with the network-enabled tool. The computing device can then determine at least one predicted…
Tote handling for chilled or frozen goods
Granted: June 27, 2023
Patent Number:
11685588
An automated order fulfillment system is disclosed having different temperature zones and robots and containers capable of and/or configured to work in these different temperature zones. Containers include insulated wall panels and a thermal insert which may be chilled to maintain a temperature within the container below ambient temperature. Structure within a storage location for the containers may be used to open and close the containers to facilitate cooling of the thermal insert.
Systems and methods for processing emergency alert notifications
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11682292
In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via…
Methods and apparatuses for providing search results using embedding-based retrieval
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11682060
A system for retrieving products in response to a customer query includes a computing device configured to obtain query information characterizing a query initiated by the customer on an ecommerce marketplace and to determine embedding-based search results comprising a first list of items. The computing device is also configured to obtain legacy search results comprising a second list of items and to blend the embedding-based search results with the legacy search results to obtain…
Automated mechanisms to resolve explore-exploit dilemma with adaptive revival opportunities
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11682044
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; tracking respective impression response data for each impression of a respective content element of the content elements comprising (a) a respective response of a respective user of the users and (b) a respective time of the respective…
Scale having a machine-readable code display
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11681996
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to provide a weight of a product in a machine-readable code on a scale. More specifically, the scale can include an associated display that is configured to display a machine-readable code when a product is weighed on the scale, where the machine-readable code informs a scanning computing device of the weighed amount.
Automated exception event handler for resolving shipping exceptions
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11681976
A system includes one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of: configuring an exception event handler for a delivery system with a ruleset that enables proactive identification and resolution of delivery exceptions; monitoring a queue of incoming messages that are received from carriers indicating status information for shipments being handled by…
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
Granted: June 20, 2023
Patent Number:
11679969
Apparatuses, components and methods are provided herein useful to provide assistance to customers and/or workers in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, a shopping facility personal assistance system comprises: a plurality of motorized transport units located in and configured to move through a shopping facility space; a plurality of user interface units, each corresponding to a respective motorized transport unit during use of the respective motorized transport unit; and a central…
Body temperature screening control unit
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
D989278
Body mounted camera system for monitoring deliveries
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11676464
A delivery monitoring system comprises a portable camera positioned on a delivery person; a camera activation application executed by a mobile electronic device to control a video-generating operation of the portable camera; and a special-purpose processor that outputs a data instruction to an electronic locking device to unlock an entrance to a location for delivering an item by the delivery person only when the portable camera is recording video.
Identifying value conscious users
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11676168
A method can include retrieving product information from a website database to identify a first product as a value-sensitive product identified with at least a value price tag. The method can include determining second users who are not value conscious about the first product. The method can also include preparing first and second recommendations and promotions for the first product, wherein the first recommendation comprises one or more value-sensitive products. The method additionally…
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11676088
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis are discussed.
System and method for dynamic perishable item replenishment
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
11676084
System and methods for dynamic replenishment in a facility are disclosed. A mobile inventory processing device reads a machine readable tag affixed to a perishable item and transmits an indication of the perishable item to a stock inventory processing device. The stock inventory processing device retrieves a stock inventory value corresponding to the perishable item and a historic daily sales value for the perishable item from a database. The stock inventory processing device determines…
Battery pack
Granted: June 13, 2023
Patent Number:
D988984
Automatic resolution of the explore-exploit decision in omnichannel settings
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669857
A method including tracking impression response data in response to online impressions of content elements displayed to users of a website. The impression response data can include (i) first responses by the users in one or more physical stores in response to the online impressions, and (ii) second responses by the users in the website in response to the online impressions. The method also can include receiving a request from a user of the users to display a webpage of the website. The…
Query intent mapping
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669881
An approach is disclosed for mapping an intent of a query. The approach receives query data for one or more queries. The approach determines product type data of the one or more queries. The approach determines attribute data for the determined product type data. The attribute data includes sequence attribute data and sequence value data. The approach retrieves catalog data for one or more items that include product type data that matches the determined product type data. The catalog…
Systems and methods for determining an order collection start time
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669886
Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform receiving, at the one or more processors, an order from a customer electronic device; determining, using employee device data collected from one or more electronic devices of one or more employees of a store in a predictive analysis, an estimated collection time required for an employee of the one or…
Personalized mechanisms to resolve explore-exploit dilemma with dynamically shared learnings
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669851
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: displaying content elements on one or more websites to users; performing a classification of the users into segments; receiving a request from a first user of the users to display a webpage of the one or more websites; determining an amount of information in a respective posterior distribution of each…
Automated planogram anomaly detection
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669843
An automated planogram anomaly detection solution rapidly and reliably identifies mismatches between planograms and actual item placement. Examples receive a real time (RT) image of a shelf unit corresponding to at least a first portion of a planogram; detect, within the RT image, item boundaries for a plurality of items on the shelf unit and tag boundaries for a plurality of tags associated with the shelf unit; extract text from at least one tag; extract attributes from at least one…
Method and apparatus for managing a task and project messaging system
Granted: June 6, 2023
Patent Number:
11669788
Systems and methods for providing a project manager with a configurable platform from which to oversee the status of a project are discussed. A project management application provides a project manager with a granular oversight of individual tasks and a view of task dependencies in a sequence of tasks during a project's execution. A dashboard graphical user interface (GUI) provides graphical depictions of dynamically updated individual task status, group task status and overall project…
