Method and system for managing product items in a store
US11164226B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/02
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing product items in a store. One of the methods includes receiving, by a computer system associated with the store, sensor data collected by a plurality of sensors associated with the store, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of product items in the store; determining, by the computer system based on the received sensor data, status information associated with the product items in the store; creating, by the computer system based on the determined status information, a task associated with a group of product items among the product items in the store; sending, by the computer system to a mechanical device, instructions for moving from a current location of the mechanical device to a location of the group of product items and instructions for executing one or more interactions associated with the task with the group of product items; and updating the status information upon completion of the task.
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