Seasonality score systems and methods
Granted: September 3, 2024
Patent Number:
12079855
Systems and methods for generating and using seasonal affinity scores is disclosed. A set of user-specific historical transaction data is obtained and a user-specific affinity score including at least one of a user-specific season affinity score or a user-specific seasonal theme affinity score is determined by determining one or more product affinity scores for a set of product taxonomies and combining the one or more product affinity scores with one or more product index scores to…
Systems and methods for forecasting campaign parameters using machine learning architectures and techniques
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073441
A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform: training a machine learning model using one or more training features, wherein each training feature of the one or more training features is segmented in a respective group of one or more groups by a respective time period; executing, after training the machine learning model, the machine learning model to…
Systems and methods for contextual targeting optimization
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073432
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform: receiving a taxonomy identifier corresponding to a taxonomy for a product; determining taxonomy embeddings based on the taxonomy identifier, the taxonomy embeddings representing at least a first level of the taxonomy and a second level of the taxonomy; modifying taxonomies based on a threshold to reduce…
System and method for automatically retrieving relevant digital advertisements from multiple channels
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073428
Systems and methods for automatically retrieving and providing digital advertisements from multiple channels with improved relevancy to a search query are disclosed. In some embodiments, based on a query, a first set of sponsored items is retrieved and ranked based on an optimization of conversion rate, and a second set of sponsored items is retrieved and ranked based on an optimization of click-through rate. Based on the first set of sponsored items and the second set of sponsored…
Methods and apparatus for generating target labels from multi-dimensional time series data
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073423
This application relates to apparatus and methods for generating target labels from multi-dimensional time series data. In some examples, a computing device receives parameters that correspond to each one of a plurality of sellers, and gathers a set of relevant time series metrics for each one of the sellers based on the respective seller's parameters over a time period. The computing device calculates aggregated metrics for each corresponding subperiod based on each seller's respective…
Systems and methods for processing third-party returns
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073412
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing product returns. In some embodiments, a system for processing returns comprises a POS terminal located in a retail facility and configured to receive an order identifier associated with an online order that includes a product purchased from a third-party seller via the retailer's website, wherein the retail facility is a brick-and-mortar facility associated with the retailer, and wherein the third-party…
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12073349
Systems and methods for distributed risk analysis are discussed.
Tote handling for chilled or frozen goods
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12071306
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.
System and method for adjusting the opening of containers to avoid damage to contents
Granted: August 27, 2024
Patent Number:
12070870
First scanned images of the first container are received from a scanning device that show the contents of the interior of the first container before the first container is cut and opened. Second scanned images that are of the contents of the first container after the first container is cut and opened are also received. The images are analyzed and, based upon the analysis, selective modifications to the operating parameters of the container opening machine are determined and made.
Adjustable power shelf system
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12068594
Examples provide an adjustable power shelf system. Electrical power is supplied to a power bus running through a shelf support railing. The railing includes a slots for engaging mounting brackets on a shelf. The shelf is removably attached to the railing via the mounting brackets. The mounting bracket includes a plug with a tab sized to fit within the slots when the shelf is mounted on the railing. The tab is guided into position to engage the power bus by a guide formed within…
Methods and apparatus for providing context aware personalized in-store customer experience
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12067598
The disclosed subject matter relates to a system and method for personalizing customer experience at a retailer's physical location in order to increase sales and customer satisfaction. The personalization is based upon classification of customer's online interaction with the retailer. Upon detecting the customer's presence at the retailer's physical location, data of the customer's online interactions is retrieved and classified based on the type of online interactions and temporal…
Systems and methods of image processing and shrinkage evaluation
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12067549
Some embodiments provide image evaluation systems and methods, comprising: a plurality of camera systems distributed about a retail facility and each of the plurality of camera systems; and an image processing system configured to receive multiple images over time, process each image comprising: determine, from pixel data, a gradient amplitude and directional component; determine a histogram curve from the gradient amplitudes as a function of the directional component of the pixel data,…
Systems and methods for optimization of pick walks
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12067514
A system includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform: selecting, by a greedy tote reduction algorithm within an infeasible totes loop, items that have a highest volume restriction and a highest weight restriction for each of a plurality of respective totes; iteratively executing a swap of the items; iteratively searching…
System and method for machine learning-based delivery tagging
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12067469
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 historical delivery records over a predetermined time period from partners associated with items offered to subregions through an online platform; generating nodes for combinations each comprising a respective one of the partners, a respective one of the items offered by the partners, and a…
System and methods for deploying a distributed architecture system
Granted: August 20, 2024
Patent Number:
12066922
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: onboarding data received from one or more entities to create a version of an artifact of a first distributed architecture; periodically running one or more test cases using the version of the artifact in an environment; detecting a modification to the version of the artifact; automatically generating a…
Systems and methods of identifying products through portable scanning
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12061950
Some embodiments product identifying systems comprising: a scanner control circuit; an imaging system; a display; and a memory storing a product identifier module executed by the control circuit to: detect, through a series of images, a machine-readable identifier pattern; control the display to render the series of images on the display; activate a scan timer having a scan duration; render, on the display, a scan timer graphic overlaid on a subset of the series of images and…
Gender attribute assignment using a multimodal neural graph
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062081
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform functions including: receiving a respective item description and at least one respective attribute value for each item of a set of items; generating at least one respective text embedding; generating a graph of the set of items based on at least co-view data to create…
Systems and methods of managing hardware systems in a retail point-of-sale management network
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062028
In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided a retail point-of-sale (POS) hardware management system, comprising: an intermediary system control circuit configured to execute computer program modules comprising a hardware management module configured to operate as an intermediary module between multiple different sets of client POS systems, a plurality of different sets of hardware systems configured to be engaged by the client POS systems, and a plurality of shared resource…
Check-in systems and methods for an automated tower that stores and dispenses customer orders
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062010
A check-in system for an dispensing items includes a computing device having an application installed thereon. The computing device is configured to check in a customer to notify the kiosk of a time range during which an order of the customer is picked up. The kiosk is configured to receive a check-in message from the computing device, receive the location of the computing device, receive a message indicative of the arrival of the customer at the automated tower, retrieve information of…
Flexible dock-out time
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062009
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: generating a feasible dock-out plan designed to deliver one or more orders to one or more physical stores based on a feasible route plan by: generating a preliminary dock-out time boundary based on one or more delivery time windows; determining an earliest dock-out time based at least in part on the…
