Patents Assigned to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20190012638
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described which utilize improved scheduling techniques. An electronic scheduling platform enables customers to view and select pick-up options for scheduling orders to be retrieved at a location. Each pick-up option is associated with a price and a queue time. An average service time and an average inter-arrival time is determined for the location. A queuing procedure is executed which calculates queue times and prices for the pick-up options based, at least in part, on the average service time and the average inter-arrival time. The queuing procedure dynamically updates in real-time the calculated queue times and prices for the pick-up options. Instructions are generated for providing an interface that displays at least a portion of the pick-up options with the updated queue times and prices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Vidyanand Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20190005449
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving delivery orders and/or pickup orders from customers for pickup and/or delivery of the orders during a predetermined window of time, receiving an additional delivery order from an additional customer for an additional pickup and/or delivery of the additional order to the additional customer by a delivery driver during the predetermined window of time, determining if a pickup area at the store exceeds a predetermined level of congestion during the predetermined window of time, and, if the pickup area at the store does not exceed the predetermined level of congestion during the predetermined window of time, transmitting an additional delivery request to the delivery driver to fulfill the additional delivery order during the predetermined window of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener
  • Publication number: 20180365644
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving a return request for an item from a customer electronic device of a customer, determining that the return request is available for a pickup return option for (1) pickup, by a driver, of the item at an address associated with the customer and (2) transportation, by the driver, of the item from the address to the store, and, if the customer selects a pickup return option: assigning the driver to pick up the item from the address and transport the item to the store, receiving a return scan for the item from a store electronic device at the store or from a driver electronic device, and initiating a refund to the customer for the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener
  • Publication number: 20180365637
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an order request from a customer, transmitting an order list from the order request to an employee of the store for a collection of products on the order list at the store by the employee, determining an estimated order collection time, continuously monitoring an estimated order pickup time for a delivery driver of a third-party delivery service, and, when the estimated order pickup time for the delivery driver is substantially equal to the estimated order collection time, transmitting a delivery request to the third-party delivery service requesting the delivery driver to pick up the products from the store and deliver the products to the delivery address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
  • Publication number: 20180365725
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an order from an electronic device of a customer, the order comprising one or more items, determining at least one of a store employee or a delivery driver is available to fulfill the order during a first window of time of a plurality of windows of time, coordinating displaying the plurality of windows of time on the device of the customer with a discounted price for the order proximate the first window of time, and, if the one or more non-transitory storage modules receive a selection of the first window of time from the electronic device of the customer, coordinating displaying an order completion page with the discounted price for the order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener
  • Publication number: 20180349965
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of retrieving a first product offer from a first seller for a first product to offer for sale on a website of an online retailer, determining if the first product offer for the first product matches one or more existing candidate product offers in a catalog of the online retailer using one or more sets of rules, and, if the first product offer matches the one or more existing candidate product offers, coordinating displaying at least a portion of the first product offer on the website of the online retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventor: Ajinkya Ajay More
  • Publication number: 20180341997
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of displaying a plurality of facets of a product type on a website of an online retailer in a plurality of facet orders, determining a first individual number of times a facet was selected when in a first position, determining a second individual number of times the facet was selected when in a second position, estimating a first estimated number of times the facet would have been selected if the facet had been in the first position rather than the second position, determining a ranking of the plurality of facets, and coordinating displaying at least a portion of the plurality of facets on the website of the online retailer in an order of the ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Saeed Siddiqui, Abilash Amarthaluri, George Roumeliotis
  • Publication number: 20180341998
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of identifying one or more product attributes in an existing title for a product, determining at least one product attribute to include in an alternative title for the product, determining that the at least one product attribute in the alternative title for at least a the product does not correspond to the one or more product attributes in the existing title for the product, automatically inserting the at least one product attribute in the alternative title for the product into a modified title for the product, and coordinating displaying of the modified title for the product on a website associated with the online retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Abilash Amarthaluri, Nikita Maple Sudan, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar, Chandni Jain
  • Publication number: 20180342003
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving search queries from users, coordinating displaying of search results for the search queries, receiving an indication that the users selected products in the search results, associating each search query with a product type based on products selected by the users, identifying product attributes in each search query, determining an attribute weight for each product attribute for the product type, determining which product attributes are recorded in product information for each product, determining a product attribute score for each product, receiving an additional search query, and selecting a first portion of products for display in additional search results for the additional search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Saeed Siddiqui, Abilash Amarthaluri, George Roumeliotis, Chandni Jain, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar
  • Publication number: 20180341955
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an external catalog comprising external attributes for each product of a plurality of products, mapping the external attributes from the external catalog to internal attributes for each product of the plurality of products in an internal catalog for an online retailer using an ensemble learning technique comprising a plurality of algorithms, incorporating the external attributes of the external catalog into the internal attributes in the internal catalog as mapped, and coordinating displaying of the external attributes and the internal attributes on a website of the online retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Abilash Amarthaluri, Chandni Jain, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar, Rohit Deep
  • Publication number: 20180322540
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of receiving initial product content for a product, generating modularized product content from the initial product content for displaying on a website, storing the modularized product content, coordinating displaying on the website the modularized product content for the product, receiving an error report of an error for the modularized product content displayed on the website, updating a rule for the modularized product content to correct the error in the modularized product content, generating an updated modularized product content for the product using the rule as updated, replacing the modularized product content with the updated modularized product content, and coordinating displaying on the website the product and the updated modularized product content for the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Pallavi Mukund Phadnis, Marcenino Vivas Bautista, Chandni Jain, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar
  • Publication number: 20180315003
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving a plurality of orders for items for sale at a store, determining a picking start time, a picking end time, and an order completion time for each order based on at least one of: (1) availabilities of one or more associates of the store to collect the items of the order at the store or (2) a dynamic pick time estimation for the order, assigning the order to a first associate of the store for collection of the items of the order at the store, and automatically adjusting, in real-time, the picking start time and the picking end time without adjusting the order completion time for each order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Arnon Katz
  • Publication number: 20180315112
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of receiving an order comprising items for sale at a store, coordinating displaying an order promise time to the customer, automatically determining in real-time an estimated order completion time using at least a dynamic pick time estimation for the order, and, if the estimated order completion time is after the order promise time, sending an escalation alert to an employee of the store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Deepak Deshpande, Arnon Katz
  • Publication number: 20180300800
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system. The system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory storage devices storing computer instructions configured to run on the processor(s) and perform acts including: receiving a request for a picked sales order; estimating an estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer, wherein estimating the estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer includes evaluating an availability of one or more pickers to pick the good(s); determining a receivable clock time at which to promise the good(s) for receipt by the customer; and communicating the receivable clock time to the customer. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Ameya Ajay Shendre, Pavan Kumar Raichur Rajoli, Shekhar Gupta, Vidyanand Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20180300798
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system. The system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory storage devices storing computer instructions configured to run on the processor(s) and perform acts including: receiving a request for a picked sales order; estimating an estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer, wherein estimating the estimated fulfillment time interval to make ready the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer comprises evaluating whether the picked sales order is able to be batched in a picked sales order batch using a k-means clustering to minimize a pick walk of the picked sales order batch; determining a receivable clock time at which to promise the good(s) for receipt by the customer; and communicating the receivable clock time to the customer. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Ameya Ajay Shendre, Pavan Kumar Raichur Rajoli, Shekhar Gupta, Vidyanand Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20180300799
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a system. The system can include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory storage devices storing computer instructions configured to run on the processor(s) and perform acts including: receiving a request for a picked sales order; promising the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer at a receivable clock time; after promising the good(s) of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer at the receivable clock time, detecting a delay condition associated with making ready the one or more goods of the picked sales order for receipt by the customer at the receivable clock time; and communicating a notification of the delay condition to a receiving party. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Ameya Ajay Shendre, Shekhar Gupta, Pavan Kumar Raichur Rajoli, Austin Lee Smith, Michael Gilbert Ebener, JR., Vidyanand Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20180285360
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method can comprise preparing a comparison table by for comparing the one or more second items to the first item by: determining an item ranking of one or more second items based at least in part on an attribute ranking for each of one or more second attributes, presenting for display in the comparison table the set of the one or more second items and an associated first item, and presenting for display proximate to the comparison table a second set of the one or more second items, the second set of the one or more second items comprising a second predetermined number of the one or more second items comprising one or more next top rankings based on the item ranking of the one or more second items. Other embodiments of related methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Gokul Kavaturi, Rohini Satheesh Bharadwaj, Phanindra Vuppalapati, Chandni Jain, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar
  • Publication number: 20180276726
    Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of determining an accuracy score for existing product information using a first set of rules that compares the existing product information for the product with product information of other internal or external sources, determining if the accuracy score exceeds a predetermined accuracy threshold, automatically replacing incorrect product information in the existing product information with correct product information from the other sources if the accuracy score does not exceed the predetermined accuracy threshold, coordinating displaying of the existing product information with the correct product information replacing the incorrect product information on a webpage for the product on a website of the online retailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
    Inventors: Omar Saeed Siddiqui, Rohit Deep, Zuzar Fakhruddin Nafar
  • Publication number: 20180275969
    Abstract: A system for use in displaying software components to a user is described herein. A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory memory storage devices storing computer instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and to perform accessing a data repository of a plurality of data repositories comprising at least one software component data file associated with a software component comprising a software code and an object data. Retrieving the at least one software component data file executing the software code and the object data associated with the at least one software component data file to render a demonstration image of the software component associated with the at least one software component data file. Generating a component display website to be displayed and comprising a component display area associated with the software component associated with the at least one software component data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Grigoryan, Arpan Y. Nanavati, Xiuhao Joel Chen, Caoyang Shi, David Andrew Stevens
  • Publication number: 20180253201
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and machine readable medium are provided for configuring a graphical user interface in a remote collaboration environment. Representation of a digital meeting room is provided including a plurality of representations of interactive displays, where each of the plurality of representations of the interactive displays is configured to render a graphical representation of analyzed data. A first user interface is rendered on a first mobile device and a second user interface is rendered on a second mobile device, where each of the first and second user interfaces represent the digital meeting room. Input is received at the first user interface indicating an interaction with one of the interactive displays, where the user interaction causes modification of one of the rendered representations of the analyzed data. At least one of the representations of the interactive displays of the second user interface is updated to display the modified graphical representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald High, Henry Sampara