Patents by Inventor Lacrecia Lynn Billings

Lacrecia Lynn Billings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230267393
    Abstract: System and methods for dynamic replenishment in a facility are disclosed. A mobile inventory processing device reads a machine readable tag affixed to a perishable item and transmits an indication of the perishable item to a stock inventory processing device. The stock inventory processing device retrieves a stock inventory value corresponding to the perishable item and a historic daily sales value for the perishable item from a database. The stock inventory processing device determines a restocking value based on whether the historic daily sales value exceeds the stock inventory value. The stock inventory processing device transmits a second indication to the mobile inventory processing device, The second indication correspond to insufficient shelf stock of the perishable item. The mobile inventory processing device receives the second indication and outputs an auditory alert in response to the second indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Robert James Taylor, Leigh Ann Marie Scobey, Matthew D. Alexander, Jeffrey Scott Cruz, Lacrecia Lynn Billings, Joseph Wayne Hendricks
  • Patent number: 11676084
    Abstract: System and methods for dynamic replenishment in a facility are disclosed. A mobile inventory processing device reads a machine readable tag affixed to a perishable item and transmits an indication of the perishable item to a stock inventory processing device. The stock inventory processing device retrieves a stock inventory value corresponding to the perishable item and a historic daily sales value for the perishable item from a database. The stock inventory processing device determines a restocking value based on whether the historic daily sales value exceeds the stock inventory value. The stock inventory processing device transmits a second indication to the mobile inventory processing device. The second indication correspond to insufficient shelf stock of the perishable item. The mobile inventory processing device receives the second indication and outputs an auditory alert in response to the second indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Taylor, Leigh Ann Marie Scobey, Matthew D. Alexander, Jeffrey Scott Cruz, Lacrecia Lynn Billings, Joseph Wayne Hendricks
  • Patent number: 10980359
    Abstract: Examples provide a smart maintenance cart for cleaning temperature-controlled display cases. The maintenance cart includes a main body including a set of water tanks, a pump, a vacuum, a set of hoses, a drain hose filter, a set of rollers, a memory, and a processor. A smart maintenance controller analyzes the sensor data using a set of per-case, customized performance thresholds. The smart maintenance controller generates a set of priority rankings for a set of temperature-controlled display cases based on a result of the analysis of the sensor data. The smart maintenance controller identifies a highest priority case in the set of temperature-controlled display cases for maintenance based on the set of priority rankings. The smart maintenance controller outputs a maintenance task notification to a user, the maintenance task notification comprising a case identifier associated with the highest priority case for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Lacrecia Lynn Billings, Jeremy Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20190298084
    Abstract: Examples provide a smart maintenance cart for cleaning temperature-controlled display cases. The maintenance cart includes a main body including a set of water tanks, a pump, a vacuum, a set of hoses, a drain hose filter, a set of rollers, a memory, and a processor. A smart maintenance controller analyzes the sensor data using a set of per-case, customized performance thresholds. The smart maintenance controller generates a set of priority rankings for a set of temperature-controlled display cases based on a result of the analysis of the sensor data. The smart maintenance controller identifies a highest priority case in the set of temperature-controlled display cases for maintenance based on the set of priority rankings. The smart maintenance controller outputs a maintenance task notification to a user, the maintenance task notification comprising a case identifier associated with the highest priority case for cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Lacrecia Lynn Billings, Jeremy Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20190287037
    Abstract: System and methods for dynamic replenishment in a facility are disclosed. A mobile inventory processing device reads a machine readable tag affixed to a perishable item and transmits an indication of the perishable item to a stock inventory processing device. The stock inventory processing device retrieves a stock inventory value corresponding to the perishable item and a historic daily sales value for the perishable item from a database. The stock inventory processing device determines a restocking value based on whether the historic daily sales value exceeds the stock inventory value. The stock inventory processing device transmits a second indication to the mobile inventory processing device, The second indication correspond to insufficient shelf stock of the perishable item. The mobile inventory processing device receives the second indication and outputs an auditory alert in response to the second indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Robert James Taylor, Leigh Ann Marie Scobey, Matthew D. Alexander, Jeffrey Scott Cruz, Lacrecia Lynn Billings, Joseph Wayne Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20180158009
    Abstract: A system is described for maximizing sales of perishable items while minimizing the waste produced. The system employs a number of stores each having at least one production department, such as a bakery or deli department, etc. The stores are linked to a corporate computing entity having a central CPU and corporate database. Each of the stores keeps a history of items made and sold for many time periods. The items sold for past equivalent time periods is used as an estimate of the number items to make. The corporate computing entity can determine a model store which has the best performance. The production plan for the model store is normalized and used to adjust the production plan. These numbers are calculated and rolled out just before they are needed from the east coast time zone through the farthest west time zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Latisha Moon, Gregory D. Dixon, Lacrecia Lynn Billings, James Cheek