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.
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…
Method, system, and device of virtual dressing utilizing image processing, machine learning, and computer vision
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062114
A computerized method, system and computer program product may comprise: generating or receiving a search result in response to a user query by a user that searches for an item, the search result depicting the item; and modifying the search result by generating a combination image that depicts user-defined subject matter engaging with the item. The present invention may provide other and/or additional benefits or advantages.
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…
Check-in to checkout systems and methods
Granted: August 13, 2024
Patent Number:
12062034
Provided are check-in to checkout systems and methods. The system includes a point of sale, a display, a mobile device, and a backend system. When the POS starts a transaction, such as, but not limited to scanning an item, the POS generates a transaction/basket identification. In response to starting the transaction, the POS sends the transaction/basket ID to the display in the form of a QR code or one-dimensional barcode. The mobile device operating a mobile application scans and…
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…
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…
Systems and methods for data validation
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12050550
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to validating migrated data. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for validating migrated data including a control circuit configured to migrate data from a first database platform to a second database platform and validate the migrated data. The control circuit configured to transmit a message indicating a mismatch in response to a determination that a first single aggregated hash value does not match…
Automated integration system
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12051097
Automated integration systems and methods using a broker system to enable the integration of a user's stored online session with a current session on a computing device in a physical facility are discussed.
Distributed sensor system and method for inventory management and predictive replenishment
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12051040
An system and a method for scoring products viewed by a user prior to making a purchase decision and also identify the products considered most before ultimately purchasing. The system uses sensors placed on the shelves to identify the item viewed before making a purchase decision and also track the time spent per decision. The tracking will allow viewed and ultimately bought scores and item similarity scores to be determined. The scores in conjunction with point-of-sale terminal data to…
Systems and methods for vehicle routing
Granted: July 30, 2024
Patent Number:
12051036
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 cause the one or more processors to perform receiving one or more orders comprising a list of one or more pallets; grouping each pallet of the one or more pallets into one or more groups using one or more respective qualities of each respective pallet; for each group of the one or more groups, building one…
