Location based register rules

US11710113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Shuvro Chakrobartty · Bentonville, US
• Edward Sherrill · Centerton, US
• Gopi Kishore Danda · Bentonville, US
• Britto Michaelsamy · Bentonville, US
• Prasanna Rajendran · Bentonville, US
• John Michael Humphrey · Pea Ridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 27, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0641
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium for dynamically determining location-based rules affecting item sales at POS registers for a particular location and for distributing the location-based rules to the POS registers is discussed. A location-based ruleset of rules regulating sales of items at an individual store is created and transmitted to the store along with a rule group to item map file that maps rules and warnings to individual store items. A rules engine at the store provides updated item sale rules and warnings to POS registers based on the location-based ruleset and rule group to item map file. Embodiments thus provide an improved system for updating POS registers at different store locations with location-based rules specific to the store location.