System and method for assigning employees to cash registers

US11227241B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Allen Ashley · Bentonville, US
• Anthony William Helms · Bentonville, US
• Kevin Hayes · Limerick, IE
• Johan Christophe Baer · Centerton, US
• Derric D'Souza · Bentonville, US
• Joshua David Osmon · Bentonville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2018
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 8, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for automatically assigning employees to work plurality of cash registers when the employees report for work is described. The system and method automatically compares the employee's qualifications to the current operational status of a plurality of cash registers and any parameters that may govern the operation of the cash registers such as age requirements for the sale of alcohol. The system automatically assigns an employee to a cash register and transmits real time operational status of those cash registers to a supervisor via a wireless device.