Docking apparatus for handheld computer and mobile payment terminal
Granted: March 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11269375
A connectivity sled for docking and undocking a mobile computer and a payment device, comprises a first adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the payment device, including a configuration that couples to a surface of the payment device is exposes all ports, function keys, and interfaces of the payment device and at least one magnet. The sled further comprising a second adapter plate assembly directly coupled to the mobile computer, including a first portion that couples to a top…
Ecommerce picking and packaging cart
Granted: March 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11267498
Various configurations of picking and packaging carts are disclosed that can be advantageously employed in Ecommerce and retail settings to improve operational efficiency. Examples can preclude the need for a detour from the item retrieval location to a packaging area, prior to delivery to a shipping area, such as a drop-off point. Some examples include a frame; a shelf rack; accessory support units including a printer holder; multiple shipping container support units configured to hold…
Expendable service surface device
Granted: March 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11266256
Examples provide a height adjustable tray including a service surface for moving one or more items from a first height near the top of a display case down to a lower height within reach of a user in a seated position or otherwise unable to reach a top surface of the display case. The tray is connected to a set of one or more support arms. A gearing mechanism moves the set of support arms along a range of motion to lower the tray from the first height near the top of the display case to a…
System and method for coupling a user computing device and a point of sale device
Granted: March 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11263682
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing shopping recommendations. Amounts and timing of user purchases are recorded and analyzed to determine consumption rates for various products. A list of recommended products is generated for a user including previous purchases. Expected runout dates for products may be determined based on previous purchases and consumption rates. The list of recommended products may be prioritized based on expected runout dates. A listing of products…
Systems and methods for a machine learning framework
Granted: March 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11263554
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing machine learning algorithms. Some embodiments comprise one or more transformer applications, one or more streamliner applications, a configuration file; accessing the configuration file, and an output file. In various embodiments, the streamliner application can be configured to read a configuration file and identify one or more attributes defining a machine learning algorithm. The streamliner application can also run each transformer…
System for calculating competitive interrelationships in item-pairs
Granted: March 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11263222
Examples provide a multi-stage cluster component that performs a multi-stage clustering analysis on a plurality of items in a category associated with a selected item using a set of interrelationship factors. The multi-stage cluster component generates a cluster of non-substitute item-pairs, a cluster of traditional substitute item-pairs, and a cluster of variety item-pairs. The set of interrelationship factors includes at least one of measure of association, brand similarity, pack-size…
Parallel software deployment system
Granted: March 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11262997
Systems and methods for performing parallel program installations using a script-based installation mode are provided. An exemplary system can include: a plurality of backend servers on which a plurality of scripts is executed to automatically install application programs; and an application server, the application server being configured to: receive a plurality of web service calls from a user device via a user interface; locate web services in response to the web service calls; and…
Handle mounted fan support having a circular base
Granted: March 1, 2022
Patent Number:
D944967
Conveyor and logic systems to return, balance, and buffer processed or empty totes
Granted: February 22, 2022
Patent Number:
11254513
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to automatically balance and buffer the return of empty containers or other totes to a plurality of areas. In some embodiments, a control circuit employs a logic system in which empty totes are directed along primary, secondary, or tertiary paths depending on information gathered from sensors regarding the availability of space for empty totes at a plurality of potential destinations. In this way, the return of empty…
Apparatus and method of identifying an overstated perpetual inventory in a retail space
Granted: February 22, 2022
Patent Number:
11257016
Methods and apparatuses are provided to automatically identify overstated perpetual inventory (PI) conditions regarding an inventory level of an item in a retail space. For example, in some embodiments, a method performed by a control circuit comprises determining (504) that, a plurality of times, an item for sale at a retail store sells within a defined tolerance of a non-zero inventory quantity value and then stops selling for a period of time; and making (506) a determination that an…
Identifying and labeling fraudulent store return activities
Granted: February 15, 2022
Patent Number:
11250444
A method and system for identifying and labeling fraudulent store return activities includes receiving, by a server, retailer events from an online transaction system of a retailer, the retailer events comprising records of transactions between customers and the retailer, including sale, exchange and return activities across multiple stores. The retailer events are processed to build a network that associates stores, transactions, payment instruments, and customer identification over…
Systems and methods for processing trailer repair requests submitted by carriers
Granted: February 15, 2022
Patent Number:
11250389
In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for facilitating submission of repair requests by carriers having to repair trailers to domicile facilities associated with the trailers. A central computing device provides a first graphical interface accessible by a computing device of a carrier having to repair a trailer in order to permit the carrier to submit a repair request indicating repair needed for the trailer. The central computing device then generates an invoice for the…
Methods and apparatus for determining wait times
Granted: February 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11244529
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…
Systems and methods of advertisement creatives optimization
Granted: February 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11244346
Systems and methods including 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 receiving a plurality of advertisement creatives for an advertisement campaign, generating first predefined frequency weights for the plurality of advertisement creatives, and coordinating a display of the plurality of advertisement creatives within the impression slot of the…
Systems and methods for receiving retail products
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11235694
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to receiving retail products. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for receiving retail products including: a temperature controlled storage container and comprising: one or more chambers having corresponding chamber temperatures that are each individually maintained and adjustable based on a particular temperature assigned by a server to each of the one or more chambers; one or more temperature sensors; a…
Systems and methods for e-commerce API orchestration using natural language interfaces
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11238850
Systems and methods for e-commerce systems using natural language understanding are described. A computing device is configured receive a user utterance and identify at least one semantic element within the user utterance. An intent associated with the at least one semantic element is identified and an intent flow associated with the identified intent is executed. The intent flow includes a set of tasks executed in a predetermined order. A system utterance is generated by instantiating a…
Method and system for data driven personalization
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11238495
A system and method for providing a customized user experience is presented. A system can include one or more processing modules and one more non-transitory storage modules. The usage history of a user can be tracked at an eCommerce retailer. Static information about the user can also be tracked. Thereafter, using the usage history, the static information, and the available promotions of the retailer, a probability of conversion can be calculated for each promotion. Thereafter, the…
Systems and methods for promotional programs
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11238484
Exemplary embodiments are directed to managing promotional programs. A promotion card is associated with at least one promotional program. Eligibility of one or more items is determined based on rules associated with the promotional program. A payment amount is calculated based on the eligibility of the items and the rules of the promotional program.
Systems and methods of metadata monitoring and analysis
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11238031
A system and method of generating platform-dependent queries from a platform-agnostic query are disclosed. A data pipeline comprising a plurality of events is implemented. Each event in the plurality of events has a set of platform-dependent metadata associated therewith and each of the plurality of events is processed by one of a plurality of ingestion platforms. Metadata associated with each of the plurality of events is stored in a combined metadata repository. The combined metadata…
Code profiling system and associated methods
Granted: February 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11237944
Described in detail herein is a profiling system. In one embodiment, a computing system can be configured to generate a graphical user interface through which a profiling application is configured, and receive a first request for initiating profiling of an executable module including one or more data structures via the graphical user interface. The computing system can further initiate the profiling of the executable module via the graphical user interface based on the information…
