Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and medium for checking-in a customer
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Application No.: US15339808Application Date: 2016-10-31
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Publication No.: US10540705B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Gaurav Agarwal , Arnon Katz , Mayan Cohen , Pushkar Pande , Michal Russ , Sharanjeet Shingh Grewal
- 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: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/06 ; H04W4/029

Abstract:
A customer check-in system includes a server computer of a store including a processor programmed to install a customer application on a customer mobile computing device, install an associate application on an associate mobile computing device, receive a signal from the customer device including a unique customer identification, an indication that the customer has checked-in to pick up an order, and a customer-selected time slot for picking up the order, obtain tracking information of a current location of the customer device, utilize the tracking information to estimate a travel time remaining until the customer device arrives at the store, transmit a signal to the associate device including the customer identification and a first estimated time remaining, and transmit at least one signal to the associate device including an updated estimated time remaining and an instruction to display a graphical representation of the updated time remaining on the associate device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180121992A1 CUSTOMER CHECK-IN SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTERREADABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR CHECKING-IN A CUSTOMER Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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