Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that include interconnected conveyors including multiple sensors configured to detect identifying characteristics and physical characteristics of the products traveling on the conveyors. The product-associated information that is detected by the sensors is analyzed relative to predefined product-associated identifying characteristics and physical characteristics stored in a database, and an error signal is generated if the actual, sensor-obtained product identifying characteristics and/or physical characteristics, do not correspond to the predefined, database-stored product identifying characteristics and/or physical characteristics.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for facilitating distribution of products between product manufacturers and retail stores of a retailer via specialty distribution centers and regional distribution centers. Based on analysis of various inventory management factors, the products are allocated between different facilities of the retailer to optimize the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of such facilities, and product shipments to and from such facilities are coordinated according to the optimization determination.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to access and advance a work flow for a product or a plurality of products during unloading and loading shipments at a distribution center or unloading and processing shipments at a retail store. In some embodiments, RFID tags and wearable smart devices are employed such that products are monitored as they are unloaded from shipments at a retail facility, such as a distribution center, and repackaged into containers and onto a delivery truck for delivery to another retail facility, such as a physical retail store, or one or more customers.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to access and advance a work flow for a product or a plurality of products during unloading and loading shipments at a distribution center or unloading and processing shipments at a retail store. In some embodiments, RFID tags and wearable smart devices are employed such that products are monitored as they are unloaded from shipments at a retail facility, such as a distribution center, and repackaged into containers and onto a delivery truck for delivery to another retail facility, such as a physical retail store, or one or more customers.

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to deliver retail products outside of a retail facility including: one or more sensors configured to monitor personal items associated with at least one of a user or a personal status of the user; a shopping user interface configured to operate on an electronic user device associated with the user; and a control circuit configured to: monitor individual activity associated with the user; estimate a travel location of the user; present a suggested retail item to the user based, in part, on readings from the one or more sensors monitoring the personal items associated with the at least one of the user or the personal status of the user; receive a request for the suggested retail item; and instruct delivery of the suggested retail item to the user at the travel location.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided for facilitating delivery of products purchased over the internet by the customers to the customers from a selected product stocking facility of the retailer. The products can be delivered to the customer from the selected product stocking facility of the retailer via a worker of the product stocking facility or an unmanned delivery vehicle.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for managing residual mobile display inventory. A system for managing a store inventory comprises a plurality of mobile modular displays, a mobile modular display inventory database, and a control circuit coupled to the mobile modular display inventory database and configured to: track, in the mobile modular display inventory database, inventory levels of mobile modular displays in a store location, detect a modular display replacement condition, cause a replacement mobile modular display to be deployed to replace the at least one mobile modular display on at a sales floor of the store location in response to detecting the modular display replacement condition, and determine a residual handling instruction selected from a plurality of residual handling methods for the residual products, and communicate the residual handling instruction to a user interface device.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for use with mobile modular displays. An apparatus for product display comprises a housing of a mobile modular display, a wheel system coupled to the housing and configured to travel on the ground and provide mobility to the housing, a plurality of shelf spaces configured to hold a plurality of types of products in a specified arrangement during transport and display the plurality of types of products for customer selection and purchase on a sales floor of a store location, and a location device coupled to the housing, a control circuit coupled to the housing and configured to determine a location of the housing based on the location device.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for managing mobile modular displays. A system for store management comprises a plurality of mobile modular displays, a store layout database; and a control circuit coupled to the store layout database and configured to: determine a store layout of the store location based on products assigned to mobile modular displays assigned to the store location, the store layout comprising in-store locations for the mobile modular displays assigned to the store location, aggregate location information from the mobile modular displays on display in the store location, compare the store layout associated with the store location in the store layout database and the location information of the mobile modular displays, and in an event that a discrepancy is detected between the store layout and the location information, generate a layout correction alert for the store location.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for stocking a store. A system for stocking a store comprises a plurality of mobile modular displays, a store inventory database, and a control circuit. The control circuit configured to detect a modular display replacement condition at a store location selling products on a plurality of deployed mobile modular displays, select a plurality of products to stock a mobile modular display based on a sales history of the store location and a current inventory of the store location, determine a planogram for the plurality of products selected for the mobile modular display, and output an instruction to a stocking system to stock the mobile modular display with the plurality of products in the plurality of shelf spaces according to the planogram and to transport the mobile modular display to the store location for display.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to manage reservations and deliveries for a docking station. More specifically, the various embodiments described herein track spaces on a docking station to determine whether one or more spaces are available when requested by a delivery device. Each space on the docking station has a corresponding capacity unit for each location on the docking station. The transactions for the capacity units are tracked in a ledger, with available capacity units indicating an open location on the docking station or contracted out capacity units indicating that either the location has a locker secured thereto or that the location is reserved for a future delivery.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to enable delivery to a delegate of a user. A calendar function of the user can be utilized to determine whether a delivery can be successfully completed. In several embodiments, a system as described herein can access wireless smart devices of the user and one or more delegates thereof to schedule a delivery of one or more products. The system analyzes locations and times of scheduled events to determine whether the user has a conflict for a delivery time and, if so, whether any of the delegates are authorized and available to receive the delivery. The system can send out notifications and/or invites based on priorities determined by the user.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring item distribution. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for monitoring item distribution including: a camera system comprising a plurality of cameras configured to capture a plurality of video streams along a distribution chain; an item record database comprising one or more monitored items; and a control circuit configured to: receive the plurality of video streams; identify a monitored item of the one or more monitored items; extract video data associated with the monitored item from at least one of the plurality of video streams; aggregate the video data to form an item distribution record; associate the item distribution record of the monitored item with a customer order for the monitored item in the item record database; and provide the item distribution record to a user associated with the customer order via an item record user interface.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to creating a crowdsourced delivery plan. In some embodiments, a system for creating a crowdsourced delivery plan for a package comprises a certification system configured to receive, from a retailer, an indication of items included in the package, determine, based on the indication of items included in the package, a set of requirements, and transmit, to a plurality of portable devices, information regarding the delivery, each of the plurality of portable devices configured to receive, from the certification system, the information regarding the delivery, transmit, to the certification system, an acceptance of the delivery, wherein only ones of the plurality of portable devices associated with delivery agents meeting the set of requirements is capable of acceptance of the delivery, receive, in response to the transmission of the acceptance, an authorization, and present, at a pickup point, the authorization.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to customizing content of a billboard. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for customizing content of a billboard including: a partiality vector database; a selector control circuit configured to: receive traveler data information of a plurality of travelers; identify a set of travelers that passes a particular geo-fence location; access the partiality vector database to determine a set of partiality vectors associated with the set of travelers; determine a rank for each of the set of partiality vectors; and select one or more partiality vectors of the set of partiality vectors based on the rank; and a billboard control circuit configured to: receive a notification of the one or more selected partiality vectors; access a billboard content database to determine a content of a plurality of available contents; and provide the content to a billboard interface.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for receiving and storing delivered items. In some embodiments, a secured delivery locker is described herein that can communicate with delivery vehicles and/or users. In several embodiments, an autonomous delivery vehicle can communicate with a secured delivery locker to authenticate itself. The secured delivery locker can then grant access to the delivery vehicle, such as by opening a door to an interior thereof, so that the delivery vehicle can deposit a package therein. The locker can then confirm receipt of the package and close the door. Thereafter, the locker and/or the delivery vehicle can update a system to indicate that the package was delivered.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to storing and retrieving merchandise items in product distribution centers. In some embodiments, there is provide a system including: a distribution center with storage locations holding merchandise items, the merchandise items being arranged according to a predetermined packing plan assigning a unique storage location to each merchandise item; sensor tags associated with the merchandise items; a plurality of routes from the storage locations to a merchandise handling area; a tote for delivering merchandise items from the storage locations to the merchandise handling area; and a control circuit configured to determine a merchandise item to be delivered to the merchandise handling area; communicate with a sensor tag to identify a storage location of the merchandise item; communicate with the tote to move it to the storage location to receive the merchandise item and to move it to the merchandise handling area.

Abstract: A segment from the plurality of segments is selected such that a vectorized product characterizations of the media presentation including the segment have a predetermined alignment with the preferred values of the customer audience. The selected segment is transmitted to a media player device of the customer audience. The media player device subsequently receives the segment and renders a customized media presentation to the customer that includes the selected segment in place of the original portion. The alignment maximizes customer acceptance or purchases of the customized media presentation.

Abstract: In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that provide for facilitating delivery, via unmanned aerial vehicles, of products ordered by a customer of a retailer to a customer-selected physical location of a person other than the customer.

Abstract: In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to assess or determine available cargo capacity for multiple commercial product delivery vehicles. In certain embodiments, systems are provided to determine available cargo capacity for multiple vehicles and may include sensors, delivery agent interfaces, and databases communicatively coupled to control circuits. Sensors may be disposed in proximity to cargo spaces of registered commercial product delivery vehicles, such that the sensors may (i) emit and capture wireless signals to monitor available cargo space within the vehicle; and (ii) generate point cloud data, time of flight data, and/or triangulation data. Databases may include purchase orders having product and/or associated product attributes. Delivery agent interfaces may be configured to operate on electronic user devices associated with delivery agents.