System for improving in-store picking performance and experience by optimizing tote-fill and order batching of items in retail store and method of using same

US11270372B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method including receiving a plurality of orders comprising one or more items, wherein the server computing device is configured to communicate with a plurality of user devices of a plurality of users associated with a plurality of retail stores. The method also can include batching the plurality of orders into different commodities, and generating a plurality of rebatched orders according to an optimization algorithm. The method additionally can include sorting the one or more items within the plurality of rebatched orders by sequence numbers based on at least a respective volume of each respective one of a number of containers. The method further can include transmitting the one or more items within the plurality of rebatched orders to the plurality of user devices for filling the each respective one of the number of containers with the one or more items within the plurality of rebatched orders. Other embodiments are disclosed herein.