Patents by Inventor Tanvi Chopra
Tanvi Chopra 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: 12033493Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Publication number: 20230282095Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Patent number: 11682292Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh K. Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Publication number: 20230033158Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh K. Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Patent number: 11501630Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLCInventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh K. Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Publication number: 20220284798Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for managing emergency notifications and incident reports at a commercial facility. A graphical interface enables a worker associated with a facility to input information regarding an ongoing/impending emergency event, e.g., Active Threat, Acts of Violence, Fire/Explosion, Injury, Power Failure, Missing Child, Severe Weather, Robbery, Hazmat, Bomb Threat, Covid-19, Store Closure, Special Events etc. This information is processed via an analytical engine that evaluates the entered information in view of various business rules in order to identify the appropriate workers to notify, and generates and transmits the notifications to the employees determined to be suitable for receiving a notification. In response to the generation of the emergency notification, an incident report engine evaluates the entered emergency, and automatically generates an incident report, which may be later accessed and/or modified by workers having a suitable employee access level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Tanvi Chopra, Grace K. Shea, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Rajesh K. Singh, Kartik S. Soni
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Publication number: 20210065109Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to self-returns. In some embodiments, a system for self-returns in a retail facility comprises a kiosk comprising a user input device, a display device, and a printer configured to print labels, a control circuit configured to receive the order identifier, receive based on the order identifier, transaction information, transmit, for presentation, the transaction information, receive selection of an item from the transaction, determine, based on eligibility rules, that the item is eligible for return via the kiosk, generate a label associated with a return of the item, transmit, for printing, the label, and create, in a the database, a return transaction, and an associate device configured to scan the label, and transmit an indication of the label and an indication that the item was received, wherein the control circuit is further configured to finalize the return transaction for the item.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Michael L. Payne, Grace K. Shea, Prashanth Allamaraju, Saheli R. Chowdhury, Tanvi Chopra
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Patent number: D986256Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLCInventors: Daniel Y. Kim, Sharon Grayce Randolph, David M. Nelms, Tanvi Chopra