Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Out of stock item tracking at retail sales facilities
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Application No.: US15202897Application Date: 2016-07-06
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Publication No.: US09911097B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Nicholaus A. Jones , Robert J. Taylor , Matthew A. Jones
- Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AR Bentonville
- Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AR Bentonville
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; G06Q10/08

Abstract:
In some embodiments, methods and systems of locating overstock items at a retail sales facility include receiving an indication that a product at the retail sales facility is out of stock and determining whether the product is located on a sales floor or in the stock room at the retail sales facility; then, in response to a determination that the product is not located on the sales floor or in the stock room, tracking a location of the product based on at least one inventory management factor associated with the retail sales facility and at least one worker task event associated with the product; and outputting to a worker at the retail sales facility, based on the tracking of the location of the at least one product, an indication of a perceived location of the least one product.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170039512A1 OUT OF STOCK ITEM TRACKING AT RETAIL SALES FACILITIES Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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