Walmart Patent Grants

Systems and methods for dynamically simulating load to an application under test

Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number: 11636019
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to simulate a load to an application under test. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including one or more control circuits configured to implement a plurality of agent test virtual machines (VMs) each cooperatively configured to simulate a load; a database; and a main control circuit configured to execute in parallel a load testing tool associated with each agent test VM. The main control circuit…

Systems and methods for altering a graphical user interface

Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number: 11635878
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 in-session user activity entered into on an initial graphical user interface (GUI) from a user electronic device of a user; pre-processing the in-session user activity to determine one or more intents of the in-session user activity; comparing the one or more intents of the in-session user…

Adjustable truck compartment system

Granted: April 25, 2023
Patent Number: 11634083
An example adjustable truck compartment is described. The truck compartment includes a first side wall including a first guiding rail extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and a second side wall disposed opposite from the first side wall, the second side wall including a second guiding rail extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the second side wall. The truck compartment includes a rear wall coupled to the distal ends of the first and second side walls to…

Methods and apparatus for payment transfer fraud detection

Granted: April 18, 2023
Patent Number: 11631082
This application relates to apparatus and methods for identifying fraudulent payment transfers. In some examples, a computing device determines payment transfer initiation features, and payment transfer reception features, based on previous payment transfer data. The computing device may train a machine learning fraud detection model with the payment transfer initiation features, and may train a machine learning fraud detection model with the payment transfer reception features. Once…

System and method for autonomous decision making, corrective action, and navigation in a dynamically changing world

Granted: April 18, 2023
Patent Number: 11630455
An autonomous vehicle system includes a body and a plurality of sensors coupled to the body and configured to generate a plurality of sensor measurements corresponding to the plurality of sensors. The system also includes a control unit configured to: receive inputs from a plurality of sources wherein the plurality sources comprise the plurality of sensors, the inputs comprise the plurality of sensor measurements; determine a confidence level of each input based on other inputs;…

Configurable service isolation zones for service of equipment employing mobile robots

Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number: 11623342
A safety system is disclosed for failsafe servicing of areas within an order fulfillment facility. During normal operation, a number of battery-powered robots receive wireless instructions from a management control system (MCS) to transfer items to/from workstations or storage shelves in a multi-level storage structure. The order fulfillment facility may be divided into dynamically configurable service zones. When service is required in a service zone, different safety protocols may be…

Real time order and activation processing system

Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number: 11625765
Methods and systems are provided for utilizing interactive UI dialogs to resolve issues that may arise during the real-time ordering and activation of wireless products and services while a user is engaged during their session. The interactive UI dialogs may provide a customer with an opportunity to provide information, make decisions or trigger additional steps during the real time order.

Image searching using a full-text search engine

Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number: 11625429
A method including bit-operation and sub-code/substring filtering for image searching using a full-text search engine. The method can include determining a first binary vector comprising first binary substrings for a first image. The method also can include obtaining a respective second binary vector comprising second binary substrings for each of second images from a database. The method additionally can include determining a respective substring distance for each of the binary…

Automatically planning delivery route

Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number: 11624622
A method including automatically planning delivery routes. The method can include extracting an initial delivery route from the delivery data. The initial delivery route can comprises delivery stops. The method also can include setting a preferred delivery route as the initial delivery route. The method also can include evaluating, in real-time, the preferred delivery route. The method also can include repeating evaluating, in real-time, the preferred delivery route until a predetermined…

System having robotic workstation

Granted: April 11, 2023
Patent Number: 11623826
An apparatus is disclosed including a robotic system having a robotic picking workstation, tote storage and retrieval and transit decks. The system has bots that autonomously transport totes from the storage and retrieval system to the robotic picking workstation via the transit decks. The robotic picking workstation may have a picking lane where a robotic handler transports eaches from totes on the bots to order totes in the workstation. The robotic picking workstation further has a…

Configurable manifold water distribution system

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11619032
Examples provide a configurable, modular manifold system for distributing water. The manifold receives water via a first supply line dropped vertically down from a ceiling structure. The first supply line is connected to a water source, such as a water tank or pre-existing water line without demolition. The water may be heated or filtered and then supplied to a fixture or other device via a perpendicular second supply line. Drainage from the fixture is received via a drainage line. The…

Systems and methods for detecting text in images

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620839
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting text in images. In some embodiments, a system for detecting text in images comprises a database configured to store images and a control circuit configured to retrieve an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, detect characters in each of the augmented images, generate bounding boxes for the characters in each of augmented images, recognize the characters in each of the…

Energy-efficient systems and methods for producing and vending ice

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620624
Systems and methods are provided herein for producing and vending ice in an energy-efficient manner. A system for producing and vending ice comprises: an ice-making device configured to manufacture ice; a reservoir coupled to the ice-making device and configured to store the manufactured ice manufactured; and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the ice-making device, the control circuit configured to: determine a beginning ice inventory at a first time; determine a predicted ice…

Methods and apparatus for providing digital item advertisements

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620356
This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item advertisements, such as for display on a website. In some examples, a computing device obtains a prioritized list of item advertisements for each of a plurality of item categories. The computing device also obtains an item category for each of a plurality of positions of a display interface. Each item category may correspond to one or more of the plurality of item categories. Further, the…

Configurable manifold water distribution system

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11619032
Examples provide a configurable, modular manifold system for distributing water. The manifold receives water via a first supply line dropped vertically down from a ceiling structure. The first supply line is connected to a water source, such as a water tank or pre-existing water line without demolition. The water may be heated or filtered and then supplied to a fixture or other device via a perpendicular second supply line. Drainage from the fixture is received via a drainage line. The…

Systems and methods for detecting text in images

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620839
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to detecting text in images. In some embodiments, a system for detecting text in images comprises a database configured to store images and a control circuit configured to retrieve an image, generate, based on the image, a collection of augmented images, detect characters in each of the augmented images, generate bounding boxes for the characters in each of augmented images, recognize the characters in each of the…

Energy-efficient systems and methods for producing and vending ice

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620624
Systems and methods are provided herein for producing and vending ice in an energy-efficient manner. A system for producing and vending ice comprises: an ice-making device configured to manufacture ice; a reservoir coupled to the ice-making device and configured to store the manufactured ice manufactured; and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the ice-making device, the control circuit configured to: determine a beginning ice inventory at a first time; determine a predicted ice…

System and method for electronic device access

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620620
Techniques for electronic device access are discussed. In one embodiment, data indicative of a card number associated with a bank-issued debit card is received at a computing device. The debit card is associated with a bank account at a bank that issued the bank-issued debit card. The computing device also receives data related to a check to be deposited into the bank account and routes encrypted data indicative of the card number and the data associated with the check to a gateway…

System and method for providing uniform tracking information with a reliable estimated time of arrival

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620608
A system can comprise one or more processors; and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one more processors and perform a method for providing uniform tracking information, in a standard format, based on tracking information provided by multiple delivery driver networks, each having different hardware and software platforms. The method in this embodiment can comprise: receiving a user tracking request from a customer;…

Methods and apparatus for providing digital item advertisements

Granted: April 4, 2023
Patent Number: 11620356
This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatically determining and providing item advertisements, such as for display on a website. In some examples, a computing device obtains a prioritized list of item advertisements for each of a plurality of item categories. The computing device also obtains an item category for each of a plurality of positions of a display interface. Each item category may correspond to one or more of the plurality of item categories. Further, the…