Systems and methods for automatically determining a preferred communication channel for messaging
Granted: March 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11605024
A method including determining a preferred communication channel. The method can include retrieving, from a user database, subscription data for a user. The method further can include determining a preferred communication channel by: (a) determining a respective normalized propensity score for each of subscribed communication channels; and (b) determining the preferred communication channel from among the subscribed communication channels based on the respective normalized propensity…
Method and apparatus for determining data linkage confidence levels
Granted: March 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11604942
This application relates to apparatus and methods for determining confidence levels in associated data using machine learning algorithms. In some examples, a computing device may generate training graph data where each training graph connects at least two nodes by an edge, and each node represents data. The computing device may train a machine learning algorithm based on the generated training data. The computing device may then receive linked data, which associates at least two nodes,…
Systems and methods for transporting containers
Granted: March 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11603266
Among other things, a connection assembly for motion along a rail is disclosed. The connection assembly can include a first plate assembly, a second plate assembly, and a release assembly. The first plate assembly can include a first stop mounted to a first base. The second plate assembly can include a second stop mounted to a second base and a post mounted to the second base. The release assembly can include a rod and a spring. The rod can include an outward extension. The spring can be…
System and method for automated electronic catalogue management and electronic image quality assessment
Granted: March 7, 2023
Patent Number:
11599983
In various examples, a system receives image data characterizing an image of an item. Additionally, the system implements a first set of operations and a second set of operations. In some examples, the first set of operations includes performing a structural similarity analysis of the item, based on the image data, and determining a structural similarity score based on the structural similarity analysis of the item. In other examples, the second set of operations includes generating a…
Blocking insecure code with locking
Granted: March 7, 2023
Patent Number:
11599644
Systems and methods for preventing vulnerable software assets from being deployed by modifying the underlying source code in such a way that a build of the software asset will fail. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a system for securing software artifacts in a repository comprises a repository interface communicably coupleable to a software repository to retrieve an original artifact usable for building a software asset, and to replace the original artifact in the software…
Methods and apparatus for vehicle arrival notification based on object detection
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11594079
A system is provided and generally includes a server and an associate computing device. The server may receive location video data comprising at least one image from a camera directed to a location, such as a designated area of a parking lot. The server may detect one or more objects in the image, and determine a bounding box based on the detected objects. The server may also determine a confidence value corresponding to the bounding box. The confidence value may be determined based on…
Systems and methods of product recognition through multi-model image processing
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593783
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided to recognize retail products, comprising: a model training system configured to: identify a customer; access an associated customer profile; access and apply a set of filtering rules to a product database based on customer data; generate a listing of products specific to the customer; access and apply a model training set of rules to train a machine learning model based on the listing of products and corresponding image data for each…
Inventory information distribution systems, devices and methods
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593759
Some embodiments provide a product inventory information distribution apparatus, comprising: a central electronic data storage buffer; a control circuit; and a memory storing computer instructions that when executed cause the control circuit to: detect product inventory update information messages, wherein each of the product inventory update information messages is received from one of multiple different product inventory systems and is generated by a corresponding one of the multiple…
Shipment verification
Granted: February 28, 2023
Patent Number:
11593749
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to verify accuracy of a shipment. In some embodiments, items loaded to and/or unloaded from a delivery vehicle are scanned and compared to a delivery schedule, and a unique identifier is provided to confirm proper loading/unloading at a subsequent scheduled stop of the vehicle.
Electrical safety plug
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11588267
Examples provide an electrical safety plug including a nonconductive plug body. A set of pins conform to a set of pin connector slots in an electrical outlet. A tether is threaded through a tether connection aperture in an anchor couple. A first inter-locking device on the anchor couple removably attaches to a second inter-locking device on a return couple having an attachment member. The first interlocking device disengages from the second interlocking device to separate the anchor…
Systems and methods for a contactless visitor check-in
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587191
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 one or more processors and perform: transmitting an invitation to a mobile application on a mobile device of a user, wherein the invitation authorizes the mobile application on the mobile device to be used to check-in to a facility; generating, by a visitor application, an image that is displayed on a…
Gender attribute assignment using a multimodal neural graph
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587139
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 receiving from an item catalog database a respective item description and respective attribute values for each item of a set of items; generating text embeddings using a text embedding model to represent the respective item description and the respective attribute values; generating a graph of the set…
Continuous data quality assessment and monitoring for big data
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11587012
A data quality assessment and monitoring tool addresses inconsistency in large data sets from differing sources, determining data quality attributes such as completeness, conformity, validity, and accuracy. Flexible taxonomies and rollup strategies accommodate diverse business unit needs across a complex enterprise, and provides insight into individual entities' performance. An exemplary tool comprises a data importer for importing data from a data lake; a rules manager for generating…
System and method for package construction
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11585587
An optimal package structure and an amount of refrigerant to insert into the package structure are determined based upon product information, consumer preference information, and weather information. The optimal package structure and the amount of refrigerant are an optimized combination that is effective to both protect the product from damage and preserve the product from spoilage. A package is constructed to contain the product according to the optimal package structure and the amount…
System for watering live plants on a maneuverable rack
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
11582925
Examples provide a system for watering plants on a rack. A robotic device attaches to a portion of the rack and pulls or pushes the rack to a watering zone. A sprinkler device sprays water to evenly distribute water across all plants on the rack. The system determines quantity of water, duration of watering, and frequency of watering based on real-time sensor data and context data associated with the environment, historical watering data, condition of the plants on the rack and a set of…
Battery pack
Granted: February 21, 2023
Patent Number:
D978786
System and method for removing debris from a storage facility
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11579608
Autonomous carriers or totes that include vacuum units are provided. As the totes move or are moved through a warehouse carrying products, they collect debris. The debris can be analyzed at the tote, and actions can be performed based upon the analysis.
Systems and methods for transportation staffing
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11580612
Exemplary embodiments provide a transportation staffing management system. An amount of transportations miles are forecasted for delivering inventory from a distribution enter to a store based on a sales forecast for a store. Non-driving time for drivers engaged in delivering inventory to a store is tracked based on data collected in real-time from mobile computing devices associated with delivery vehicles. An amount of time needed to deliver the inventory based on the forecasted amount…
Systems and methods for automated association of product information with electronic shelf labels
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11580495
Systems and methods that employ an autonomous robotic vehicle (ARV) alone or in combination with a remote computing device during the installation of electronic shelf labels (ESLs) in a facility are discussed. The ARV may detect pre-existing product information from paper labels located on modular units prior to their removal and then detect the location of electronic shelf labels (ESLs) after installation. Pre-existing product information gleaned from the paper labels is associated with…
System and method for determining and implementing sales clusters for stores
Granted: February 14, 2023
Patent Number:
11580471
Initial sales cluster is divided by the control circuit into a plurality of velocity buckets. Subsequently, each velocity bucket is divided into a plurality of micro-clusters. The micro-clusters are defined according to demographic information or store characteristic information. A importance score and a performance score for each of the micro-clusters is determined. An optimal sales cluster and a corresponding optimal planogram for each retail store in each micro-cluster are determined…
