Patents Assigned to Walgreen Co.
  • Patent number: 11956389
    Abstract: The method and system allow a user to launch a client application on an web-enabled device and subsequently to navigate to an image source screen within the client application. After receiving an image source selection from the user, the client application retrieves images from the selected image source. The client application displays the retrieved images available for printing to a user, and in response to receiving a selection of an image, the client application transmits the image to a proprietary server. Moreover, upon receiving print order information, the client application additionally executes a location awareness application that determines a current location of the web-enabled device and subsequently, determines a proximal retail store to the current location of the web-enabled device. Thereafter, the remote printing system creates and transmits a print order that includes the selected image to the retail store for pickup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Tim P. McCauley, Joseph M. Rago, Mathew Alexander
  • Patent number: 11954642
    Abstract: Systems and methods for product imaging and provisioning include a mobile application (app) installed on an imaging device, where the mobile app activates the imaging device to generate an image of a product tag associated with an unavailable product at a first location. The mobile app determines, based on the image, a product indicator associated with the unavailable product. A provisioning app, executing on a remote device, receives the product indicator associated with the unavailable product. The provisioning app also receives a user indicator associated with a first user and executes one or more product provisioning rules that determine, based on a product availability database and the user indicator, an availability result. The availability result indicates whether the unavailable product will be available to the first user. The provisioning app is further operable to send the availability result to the imaging device for presentation by the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Jai Thomas, Teresa Joy Astreides, William A. Cuffe, Lindsay N. Mikos, Andrew G. Shotwell
  • Patent number: 11948670
    Abstract: A method and system may provide an automated pharmacy processing system which automatically processes an electronic prescription by converting the electronic prescription into a pharmacy prescription record. In this way, an electronic prescription can be filled by a pharmacist without manual data entry. The system receives an electronic prescription and compares data from the electronic prescription with entries in one or more pharmacy database(s). When there is a match between the electronic prescription data and an entry in the one or more pharmacy database(s), the system populates the pharmacy prescription record with data from the matching pharmacy database entry. If all of the data fields from the pharmacy prescription record have been populated the pharmacist can fill the electronic prescription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Mohsin Ovais Ansari, Jill M. Kunicki, Paul K. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11941600
    Abstract: In a method for advanced identification of a customer, a customer may remotely place an order, intending to later go to a store to pick up the ordered item. The store may have a pick-up area (e.g., at the back of the store) where the customer can go to pick up the ordered item. To save the customer time, the customer may be identified when she enters the store so that an employee can obtain her ordered item and have it ready to pick up by the time the customer walks through the store and arrives at the pick-up area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Nimesh S. Jhaveri, Archana Dhruve, Heather K. Hill, Dejan Kozic, Laura Jean Tebbe, Susan G. Heald, Warit Tulyathorn, Mark A. Jones, Sara B. Frisk, Jennifer M. Levin, Jennifer A. Comiskey, David T. Blanchard
  • Patent number: 11942199
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed to initialize a pharmacy application in a mobile computing device, the pharmacy application configured to prompt a user for a location acceptance via a question prompt notification. The pharmacy application may be launched in a background process of the mobile computing device, without user intervention, wherein the pharmacy application is configured to transmit a location of the mobile computing device and customer identification information to a remote pharmacy computing system, and receive a ready prescription including a pickup location at a predetermined pharmacy location from the remote pharmacy computing system. When the mobile computing device is within a proximity of the predetermined pharmacy location, the pharmacy application may display, on the mobile communication device, an indication that the ready prescription is available at the pickup location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Timothy P. McCauley, Jon Turkington, Abhinav Dhar, Dejan Kozic, Nicholas L. Eby
  • Patent number: 11922372
    Abstract: The following relates generally to voice assisted delivery of goods. In some embodiments, a digital assistant receives audio data, and determines an intent from the audio data. The digital assistant may then match the determined intent to a flow of a set of flows, where the set of flows may include at least one of: (i) requesting curbside pickup of an item, (ii) requesting locker storage of the item, (iii) requesting an indication of locations that the item is available, (iv) requesting an indication of an inventory of a retail store, (v) requesting ads for an additional item that is related to the item, (vi) requesting a status of an order for the item, (vii) requesting drone delivery of the item from a retail store to a residence, or (viii) requesting drone delivery of the item from a warehouse to the residence. The matched flow of the set of flows may then be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Julija Alegra Petkus, Andrew David Schweinfurth, Stephen Elijah Zambo
  • Patent number: 11914971
    Abstract: A pharmacy management system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by processor, cause the pharmacy management system to train a machine learning model; receive a sig code utterance; analyze the sig code utterance using the trained machine learning model; and generate an output. A computer-implemented method includes training a machine learning model; receiving a sig code utterance; analyzing the sig code utterance using the trained machine learning model; and generating an output. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions that when executed, cause a computer to train a machine learning model; receive a sig code utterance; analyze the sig code utterance using the trained machine learning model; and generate an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Oliver Derza
  • Patent number: 11901055
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein provide drug pricing information for display on a graphical user interface (GUI). The methods and systems may receive an electronic request that includes a first set of information from an electronic device. The first set of information automatically captures user identification from a valid identification card, and includes a prescription drug and omits a second set of information corresponding to a prescription for the prescription drug. A cash price and a secondary price for variations in the prescription drug dosage are determined, and adjustments to the variation in drug dosage reduce the cash price and the secondary price. The lowest cash price and the lowest secondary price is identified for each variation in dosage of the prescription drug, and the lowest price of the prescription drug for a particular dosage is selected and displayed via the GUI executing on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Jason Rubin, Ekta Anand
  • Patent number: 11900228
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to estimate waiting times of prescriptions are disclosed herein. An example computer-implemented method, executed by a processor, to estimate a waiting time of a prescription for a medication includes training a machine learning model using, for each of a plurality of previously filled prescriptions, a set of characteristics of the previously filled prescription, and a fill time for the previously filled prescription, receiving a prescription for a medication for a patient, receiving a request for an estimated waiting time for filling the prescription medication for the patient, identifying a set of characteristics of the prescription medication for the patient, applying the set of characteristics of the prescription medication to the machine learning model to determine the estimated waiting time for filling the prescription medication for the patient, and providing an indication of the estimated waiting time for display on a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Adam Robert Snopek, Lawrence Salud, Nicholas Phillip Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11893623
    Abstract: The following relates generally to pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location selection. In some embodiments, factors are used to determine a pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location selection for an individual. In this regard, the factors may include: whether the pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location has a medication in stock; wait time at the pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location; geographic distance to the individual; travel time from the location of the individual; urgency of filling a prescription; price of a prescription; whether another product or class of products available at the pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location; and/or whether a locker is available at the pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location. In some embodiments, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to create a model of pharmacy and/or merchandise pickup location selection for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Gunjan Dhanesh Bhow
  • Patent number: 11861720
    Abstract: To extract information from a customer's insurance card, an insurance policy recordation system obtains a scanned image of an insurance card and analyzes text in the insurance card image to identify labels describing insurance policy characteristics and insurance policy values corresponding to the insurance policy characteristics. The insurance policy recordation system compares the identified insurance policy values to a set of stored identifiers associated with various insurance plans. If the insurance policy values match one or more of the identifiers, the insurance policy recordation system may determine that the insurance policy values are valid and that the customer has the matching insurance plan. The insurance policy recordation system may obtain additional insurance policy information for the customer based on the stored information in association with the matching insurance plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Adam Robert Snopek, Renata Lurye, Oliver Derza
  • Patent number: 11861651
    Abstract: An omni-channel coupon system may link electronic coupons across several couponing channels by storing the electronic coupons in association with a user profile or loyalty account. A user may clip electronic coupons from several couponing channels, such as a mobile application, retail web page, social networking web page, email, short message service (SMS) message, a physical coupon, a manufacturer/third-party web page or other affiliated web page, a manufacturer/third-party application, etc. Each clipped electronic coupon may be stored with a user profile for the user. When the user purchases products or items at an online or retail store, the electronic coupons may be retrieved from the user profile and redeemed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Jason Fei, Rosie Bu
  • Patent number: 11853957
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to management of automated delivery fleets are disclosed. Such systems and methods include using functionally-aligned machine learning engines to manage aspects of fleet dispatch and routing, inventory level adjustments, and order optimization. The techniques may be applied to manage an automated fleet delivery services system controlling a fleet of autonomous delivery devices (e.g., UAVs) to deliver products from a plurality of distribution hubs to fulfil customer orders. The interconnected machine learning engines enable efficient management of various aspects of such automated fleet delivery services in real time, including optimization of fleet distribution, optimization of inventory distribution, and optimization of order distribution. Optimization of order distribution may be obtained by dynamically adjusting delivery charges for orders based upon current fleet capacity and inventory levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Vince Scalabrino
  • Patent number: 11853959
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed to determine customer's prescription information and their position while waiting in a drive-thru lane. The drive-thru lane may have one or more transmitters installed at predetermined locations. By utilizing an application installed on each customer's mobile computing device, each mobile computing device may transmit customer information and ranging data when within range of one or more of the transmitters. The ranging data may include an indication of a range between each of the customer's mobile computing device and one or more proximate transmitters. By correlating the customer information to prescription information from recently filled and/or called in prescriptions, each customer's prescription order may be retrieved. Furthermore, by analyzing the ranging data, the position of each customer in the drive-thru lane may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Benjamin Weiss, Nicholas L. Eby
  • Patent number: 11843989
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing and facilitating geofencing features associated with electronic devices are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an entity may own or manage a set of retail stores. A server associated with the entity may receive an estimated location of an electronic device, and may determine that the estimated location is in proximity to one of the set of retail stores. The server may further calculate a geofencing boundary for the retail store based on certain location-based data, and may determine whether the estimated location of the electronic device is within the geofencing boundary. The server may additionally facilitate certain geofencing features based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Benjamin Weiss
  • Patent number: 11842366
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for activating electronic coupons via one or more third-party servers. A web-based application programming interface (API) is exposed to a set of online request instructions that are included as part of an electronic coupon configured for electronic transmission from one or more third-party servers of a third party. The web-based API is implemented on an API server hosted by a party different from the third party, and is configured to receive an activation request based on execution of the set of online request instructions by the client device. An electronic coupon is activated for a loyalty profile of a user upon receipt of the activation request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Andrew Schweinfurth, Manush Shah, David Valencia
  • Patent number: 11837345
    Abstract: A method of providing secure access to prescription information includes transmitting a text message including a short URL with a secure token to a device, receiving the secure token, transmitting to the device when the token matches, receiving a refill request; and transmitting a confirmation. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer to determine a user of a device, provide a status including a short URL with a secure token, receive a short URL access request, validate the request; and provide authorized PHI access. A system includes a processor and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to determine a user corresponding to a device, provide a status including a short URL with a secure token, receive a short URL access request, validate the request; and provide authorized PHI access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Lindsey Whitaker, Kevin David Meyer
  • Patent number: 11830036
    Abstract: A method and system for allocating displays to a plurality of stores grouped into a plurality of store configurations is presented. It includes receiving a plurality of counts, that specifies spaces available in the store configuration for one of a plurality of types of displays, a ranking of a plurality of displays, wherein the ranking is based on a benefit of each of the plurality of displays for the store configuration, and when the plurality of displays are to be allocated to the plurality of stores; determining a subset of the plurality of displays that meet one or more conditions related to at least one of a forecasted sell through or forecasted margin of the plurality of displays for the store, allocating at least some of the displays based on the ranking of the displays, and generating an indication of the allocated displays for output to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Jaclyn A. Harwood
  • Patent number: 11816522
    Abstract: A method of ordering tag prints on a graphical user interface (GUI) includes receiving a media selection in response to an upload selection, transmitting the media to a remote computing device, receiving a tag selection, transmitting the tag selection to the remote computing device, and displaying an order confirmation message. A computing system includes one or more processors and a memory including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to receive a user selection, transmit media to a remote computing device receive, a tag selection, transmit the tag selection to a remote computing device, and display a confirmation. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that when executed, cause a computer system to receive a user selection, transmit media to a remote computing device receive, a tag selection, transmit the tag selection to a remote computing device, and display a confirmation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventor: Andrew Schweinfurth
  • Patent number: 11793329
    Abstract: A locking case system for cosmetic products includes a fixture adapted to receive cosmetic products and a locking case adapted to be coupled to the fixture. Upon coupling the locking case to the fixture, at least one snap member of at least one side wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving portion of the at least one side wall of the fixture. In addition, at least one snap member of a rear wall of the locking case is snapped into at least one receiving aperture in a top edge of a rear wall of the fixture. Further, at least one snap member of a front member of the locking case is snapped into the at least one receiving aperture of a front wall of the fixture to secure the cosmetic products to the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Scott Fink, Nick Farinola