System for providing optimal shopping routes in retail store and method of using same

US10572932B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ashwin Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Ameya Ajay Shendre · Bengaluru, IN
• Pratosh Deepak Rajkhowa · Bengaluru, IN
• R R Pavan Kumar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method includes receiving a shopping list of one or more items inputted by a user into a user application running on the user device, generating a pick path through a retail store to pick the one or more items according to an optimization algorithm that generates the pick path based on XY location information of the one or more items within the retail store, obtaining a store map, the store map being indicative of a layout of the retail store, transmitting a representation of the store map and the pick path to the user device, and displaying the store map overlaid with the pick path on a graphical display of the user device.