Monitoring and self-healing of deployed environments
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121914
Systems and methods for monitoring and correcting a cloud environment are disclosed. An alert associated with an active issue at a component is received and an issue object is generated based on the alert. A self-healing flow is executed based on an alert type of the alert to attempt to correct the active issue.
Systems, devices, and methods for in-field authenticating of autonomous robots
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11121857
Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for in-field authentication of autonomous electronic devices. A first mobile autonomous electronic device wirelessly communicates with a second mobile autonomous electronic device and receives a set of identification information associated with the second mobile autonomous electronic device. The first electronic device autonomously travels to a specified location and transmits a first authentication signal to the second…
Systems and methods for distributing online advertisements
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120486
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 creating a unique identification (UID) for an online advertisement for an item available for sale from an online retailer, publishing the online advertisement with the UID for the item in an online medium of the online retailer, receiving a user selection of the online…
System and method for mobile express return of products
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120451
Systems and methods for mobile-initiated in-store return of products are provided. An example system can include: an Order Management Module (OMM) configured to store in a first database completed transactions and associated electronic receipts for customers; a mobile device having a mobile application installed thereon and configured to query and receive from the OMM selection of products for return; a Return Management Module (RMM) configured to apply rules to validate the return based…
System and method for a distributed data management system
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120415
A distributed data management system is described. Document images stored by a first computing system may be retrieved by a broker system communicating with a user's mobile device that is interacting with a second computing system. The retrieved document images may be transmitted by the broker system for integration into a graphical user interface of the second computing system.
Systems and methods for verifying machine-readable label associated with merchandise
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11120265
A system for verifying a machine-readable label comprises a scan table processing device comprising a first input for receiving a list of items with machine-readable labels; a second input for receiving a list of stores that have an inventory of the items in the list of items and that have at least one sensing device for capturing images of the items; and an output that includes a plurality of electronic records. The system further comprises a data repository that stores the captured…
Apparatus and method for unmanned flight
Granted: September 14, 2021
Patent Number:
11117663
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for unmanned flight optimization. A system for unmanned flight comprises a set of motors configured to provide locomotion to an unmanned aerial vehicle, a set of wings coupled to a body of the unmanned aerial vehicle via an actuator and configured to move relative to the body of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a sensor system on the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to: control the…
Contingency battery charging system
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11114873
The system and method described herein provide a contingency battery charging system that can be deployed on demand to a location in need of an alternate power system to power industrial vehicles (such as forklifts or other industrial vehicles used in a transportation and distribution operation). The contingency battery charging system can be transported from a centrally-located standby location to support a fleet of industrial vehicles at a deployment location. The contingency battery…
System and method for optimized navigation
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11115780
Various embodiments include a system that can comprise one or more processing modules and/or one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions on the one or more processing modules. The computing instructions can be configured to perform the acts of receiving an ordered list from a user via a software application on a mobile device of the user, wherein the software can comprise a bar code scanner, wherein the ordered list can comprise a first set of records…
System and methods for point to point encryption and tokenization in a hosted environment
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11115397
Mechanisms for providing point to point encryption and tokenization enabling decryption, tokenization and storage of sensitive encrypted data on one system are discussed.
System and method for assessing quality of produce
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113808
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to assess quality of produce at a facility. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for assessing quality of produce at a facility including a produce assessment station configured to provide a staging area to determine a quality classification of a target produce. By one approach, the produce assessment station includes a fixed surface; a rotatable base, a first arm comprising a microphone; a second arm…
Systems and methods for predicting lost demand using machine learning architectures
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113751
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 acts of: providing, via an electronic platform, access to one or more order placement user interfaces; collecting order placement information associated with the one or more order placement user interfaces; analyzing, by a conversion determination network of a machine learning architecture, the order…
Personalized item recommendations through large-scale deep-embedding architecture with real-time inferencing
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113744
A method including training two sets of item embeddings for items in an item catalog and a set of user embeddings for users, using a triple embeddings model, with triplets. The triplets each can include a respective first user of the users, a respective first item from the item catalog, and a respective second item from the item catalog, in which the respective first user selected the respective first item and the respective second item in a respective same basket. The method also can…
System for automatic signature for receipt verification
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113656
Provided is a system for automatic signature for receipt verification. The system includes a delivery management server, wherein the deliver management server includes a memory and a processor. A digital copy of an authorized signature is stored in the memory of the delivery management server. The system also includes a delivery smart crate for receiving packages unattended. The delivery smart crate is in communication with the delivery management server through a network connection. The…
System and method for a recommendation mechanism regarding store remodels
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113652
An iterative, tiered system for identifying which assets need to be remodeled. This tiered system uses a Bayesian Structural Time Series, followed by an ensemble classification and cost estimation. The results are then input into an optimization model, where the best possible set of stores is selected according to the constraints. Remodeling of the store then commences.
Technology agnostic system and method for achieving eventually-consistent data replication
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11113311
A method for achieving eventually-consistent data replication in a technology agnostic manner. The method can be implemented via execution of computing instructions configured to run at one or more processors and stored at one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The method can include receiving, by a system comprising the one or more processors and the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, a write request for an object. The write request can be received from a…
Irrigation controller wireless network adapter and networked remote service
Granted: September 7, 2021
Patent Number:
11109546
Some embodiments provide systems for use in controlling irrigation, comprising: an irrigation controller configured to couple with one or more valves at a site and to control activation and deactivation of the one or more valves in accordance with an irrigation schedule stored in the irrigation controller; a wireless adapter directly communicationally coupled through a direct wired connection with the irrigation controller; and a network adapter wirelessly coupled over a point-to-point…
Modular shelf assembly for a cosmetic fixture system
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11103090
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a shelf assembly.
Retail financial system testing system and methods
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11107086
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to testing retail financial system transactions. In some embodiments, a system comprises an automated robotic testing device configured to retrieve a selected card from a physical media library, interact, via the selected card, with a point-of-sale terminal, the point-of-sale terminal configured to receive from the selected card, information associated with the selected card, and transmit, to an external banking…
Fraud risk scoring tool
Granted: August 31, 2021
Patent Number:
11107084
The disclosed fraud risk scoring tool provides data-driven identification of potential fraud cases. A fraud risk score is determined based at least on a weighted sum of multiple metrics, where weights are determined based on precision or inverse variance and suspension propensity importance, which is indicative of variable importance. An exemplary method includes: receiving and aggregating transaction metrics across customer IDs to produce an aggregated transaction metric data set;…
