System and method for estimating bags necessary for items purchased by a consumer

US10572922B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Berk Atikoglu · San Francisco, US
• Eytan Daniyalzade · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0609
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments include a system. The system can comprise one or more processors and one or more non-transitory storage devices. The one or more non-transitory storage devices can store computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform acts of: receiving a transmission from a first mobile device used by an individual in a physical structure, the transmission indicating that the individual will be removing at least one item from the physical structure; retrieving information about the at least one item, the information comprising at least one volume of the at least one item; determining a total volume based on the at least one volume of the at least one item; estimating a number of containers needed for the at least one item, the estimating the number of containers based on the total volume; and forwarding the number of containers needed to an electronic device of a representative of the physical structure to permit the representative to estimate whether the individual is taking unauthorized items out of the physical structure. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.