Method and apparatus for predicting wait times

US11455669B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Arun Prasad Nagarathinam · Santa Clara, US
• Sneha Narahalli BALASUBRAMANYA · San Jose, US
• Madhavan Kandhadai Vasantham · Dublin, US
• Syed Aman · Santa Clara, US
• Rohit Jain · Danville, US
• Deepak Deshpande · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

A system is provided and generally includes a server (e.g., application server), an associate computing device, and a client computing device. The server can receive a user arrival notification that indicates a user has arrived to pick up purchased goods. The server can transmit a scan initiation request to a remote terminal that causes the remote terminal to scan at least one network. The server can receive scan data for the scanned network from the remote terminal indicating, for example, a signal strength of that network. The server can determine a current wait time based on the received scan data for the scanned network, and can transmit the current wait time to the remote terminal.