Patents by Inventor Arnon Katz
Arnon Katz 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).
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Patent number: 11854064Abstract: A system includes 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 to perform: receiving, from a customer device, an online order for a customer, wherein the online order comprises a customer identification for the customer; receiving, from the customer device, a selection of a pick-up time for retrieval at a store; receiving an additional order for the customer; linking the additional order to the online order based on the customer identification; sending instructions to an assembler configured to (1) read identifiers of the online order and the additional order, (2) retrieve the plurality of items and the one or more additional items from a facility, and (3) place the plurality of items and the one or more additional items in a designated location. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Austin Smith, Arnon Katz, Michael Ebener, Vidyanand Krishnan, Jason Shaffer
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Publication number: 20230394423Abstract: A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving an order list for delivery at a delivery address; determining an estimated order collection time; continuously monitoring, in real-time, a respective location of each delivery driver of one or more delivery drivers of at least one delivery service by receiving the respective location of each delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers from a respective delivery driver electronic device of each delivery driver; and instructing a first delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers to pick up one or more items in the order list and deliver the one or more items to the delivery address. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
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Patent number: 11734642Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform: receiving a request from a user; determining, using a regression analysis, an estimated order collection time for a collection of the one or more items of the order list by at least one collector; continuously monitoring a respective location of each respective delivery driver; continuously determining a respective estimated order pickup time for each respective delivery driver; and instructing the first delivery driver of the one or more delivery drivers to pick up the one or more items and deliver the one or more items to the delivery address. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
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Publication number: 20220004982Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform receiving a request from a user, wherein the request can comprise: (1) an order list of one or more items; and/or (2) a delivery address for a delivery of the one or more items of the order list to the user; determining, using a regression analysis, an estimated order collection time for a collection of the one or more items of the order list by at least one collector, wherein the regression analysis can use: one or more independent variables affecting the estimated order collection time; respective coefficients of each respective independent variable of the one or more independent variables affecting the estimated order collection time; and/or a constant applicable to the at least one collector; continuously monitoring a respective location of each respective delivery driver of one or more delivery drivers of at least onType: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
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Patent number: 11126953Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
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Publication number: 20210082032Abstract: A system includes 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 to perform: receiving, from a customer device, an online order for a customer, wherein the online order comprises a customer identification for the customer; receiving, from the customer device, a selection of a pick-up time for retrieval at a store; receiving an additional order for the customer; linking the additional order to the online order based on the customer identification; sending instructions to an assembler configured to (1) read identifiers of the online order and the additional order, (2) retrieve the plurality of items and the one or more additional items from a facility, and (3) place the plurality of items and the one or more additional items in a designated location. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Austin Smith, Arnon Katz, Michael Ebener, Vidyanand Krishnan, Jason Shaffer
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Publication number: 20210073717Abstract: Systems and methods including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform receiving one or more orders from one or more customers, each respective order of the one or more orders comprising one or more respective items for sale at a store; and for each respective order of the one or more orders from each respective customer of the one or more customers: determining a respective order completion time based on at least one of: (1) respective availabilities of one or more store associates of the store; and (2) a respective pick time estimation for the respective order as determined by a regression analysis performed on respective historical data for available associates of the one or more store associates; and facilitating displaying, on a respective electronic device of the respective customer, the respective order completion time. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Arnon Katz
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Patent number: 10853871Abstract: A system includes a database having a plurality of purchasable items. The system also includes an order server programmed to display a website including the purchasable items to a customer via a customer device and allow the customer to select the purchasable items for purchase. The selected items are added to an online order, and a request to complete the order is received from the customer device. A selection of a pick-up time for the customer to retrieve the order at a store is received. The online order and the selected pick-up time are transmitted to an order assembly server. The order assembly server is configured to begin assembling the selected purchasable items for pick-up at the store, receive a selection of an additional purchasable item to add to the selected pick-up time, and assemble the order and the additional purchasable item for pick-up at the selected pickup time.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Austin Smith, Arnon Katz, Michael Ebener, Vidyanand Krishnan, Jason Shaffer
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Patent number: 10846645Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Arnon Katz
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Patent number: 10540705Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Gaurav Agarwal, Arnon Katz, Mayan Cohen, Pushkar Pande, Michal Russ, Sharanjeet Shingh Grewal
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Publication number: 20180365637Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Deepak Deshpande, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Arnon Katz, Prakash Seetharaman
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Publication number: 20180315112Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Deepak Deshpande, Arnon Katz
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Publication number: 20180315003Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: WAL-MART STORES, INC.Inventors: Austin Lee Smith, Vidyanand Krishnan, Michael Gilbert Ebener, Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa, Arnon Katz
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Publication number: 20180247369Abstract: A system includes a database having a plurality of purchasable items. The system also includes an order server programmed to display a website including the purchasable items to a customer via a customer device and allow the customer to select the purchasable items for purchase. The selected items are added to an online order, and a request to complete the order is received from the customer device. A selection of a pick-up time for the customer to retrieve the order at a store is received. The online order and the selected pick-up time are transmitted to an order assembly server. The order assembly server is configured to begin assembling the selected purchasable items for pick-up at the store, receive a selection of an additional purchasable item to add to the selected pick-up time, and assemble the order and the additional purchasable item for pick-up at the selected pickup time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Austin Smith, Arnon Katz, Michael Ebener, Vidyanand Krishnan, Jason Shaffer
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Publication number: 20180247261Abstract: A system includes a delivery server, an order server, and a database including consumer goods. The order server displays a website including the consumer goods to a customer and enables the customer to select consumer goods for purchase. The order server receives a request by the customer device to complete an order including the selected goods, receives a selection of a delivery time for the customer to receive the order, and transmits the order and delivery time to the delivery server. The delivery server receives a delivery acceptance notification indicating that a delivery driver has agreed to deliver the order to the customer. The delivery server also receives a check-in notification indicating that the delivery driver is estimated to arrive at the store in less than a threshold amount of time, and automatically places the order in a delivery queue for loading the order into the delivery vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Austin Smith, Arnon Katz, Michael Ebener, Vidyanand Krishnan, Deepak Deshpande, Prakash Seetharaman
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Publication number: 20180121992Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Gaurav Agarwal, Arnon Katz, Mayan Cohen, Pushkar Pande, Michal Russ, Sharanjeet Shingh Grewal
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Publication number: 20080282171Abstract: A computer system for supporting inclusion of continuously updated content into web publications, the computer system including an input unit for obtaining content from a plurality of sources of continuously updatable content at independent locations over a network, and a selection unit for representing the plurality of sources to a user, allowing the user to select from the plurality of sources using the selection unit, thereby building content from the selected sources into a web publication produced online by the user. Related apparatus and methods are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Coldbrook Business Corp.Inventors: Arnon Katz, Nicolas Bussard
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Patent number: D829744Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Gaurav Agarwal, Mayan Cohen, Arnon Katz, Juliet Monteleone, Michal Russ
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Patent number: D829760Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Gaurav Agarwal, Mayan Cohen, Dinoop Dayanand, Arnon Katz, Naznin Richhariya, Michal Russ
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Patent number: D831049Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Gaurav Agarwal, Mayan Cohen, Dinoop Dayanand, Arnon Katz, Naznin Richhariya, Michal Russ