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- Patent Title: Communication system and method
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Application No.: US15877742Application Date: 2018-01-23
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Publication No.: US10091623B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Donald R. High , Brian Gerard McHale , Michael Dean Atchley
- Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W4/02 ; G06Q10/06 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
A communication system comprises a mobile reporting device and a server. The mobile reporting device comprises a signal receiver configured to receive data usable to determine the location of the reporting device; a communication module configured to transmit data to and receive data from a server, the data including location data from the location determiner; a display including a user interface. The server comprises a database with a location module configured to store a default room location for a plurality of personnel; a server communication module configured to transmit data to and receive data from the reporting device; an information module configured to provide information on the personnel; a controller configured to determine, based on the location data, which personnel default locations are within a predetermined distance of the reporting device, to control the server communication module to transmit to the reporting device information from the information module regarding the personnel associated with the default locations within the predetermined distance for display on the user interface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180152813A1 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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