Patents by Inventor Smita Sharda

Smita Sharda 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).

  • Patent number: 11138556
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing adequate instructions to conduct an inventory of a store, and specifically a pre-inventory of difficult to count items. As store are selected for performing an inventory, instructions to perform pre-counts of specific items are sent. As the pre-count begins, videos, text, or other materials needed to perform a complete pre-count are distributed to the store associate performing the pre-count task. If the pre-count is outside pre-defined thresholds, an additional task to re-count the item may be assigned. Based on these actions, the set of rules used to identify when the re-count should occur can be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Justin Smith, Smita Sharda, Jyoti Malik, Megan Humphreys, Joshua Ridgeway
  • Publication number: 20190172004
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing adequate instructions to conduct an inventory of a store, and specifically a pre-inventory of difficult to count items. As store are selected for performing an inventory, instructions to perform pre-counts of specific items are sent. As the pre-count begins, videos, text, or other materials needed to perform a complete pre-count are distributed to the store associate performing the pre-count task. If the pre-count is outside pre-defined thresholds, an additional task to re-count the item may be assigned. Based on these actions, the set of rules used to identify when the re-count should occur can be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Justin Smith, Smita Sharda, Jyoti Malik, Megan Humphreys, Joshua Ridgeway
  • Publication number: 20190172003
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing adequate instructions to conduct an inventory of a store, and specifically a how to provide an accurate inventory of difficult to count items. As a store is performing an inventory, instructions to perform re-counts of specific items are sent. As the re-count begins, videos, text, or other materials needed to perform a complete re-count are distributed to the store associate performing the re-count task. If the re-count is outside pre-defined thresholds, an additional task to re-count the item may be assigned. Based on these actions, the set of rules used to identify when the re-count should occur can be modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Taylor, Justin Smith, Smita Sharda, Jyoti Malik, Megan Humphreys, Joshua Ridgeway