Automated storage retrieval system connection and communication protocol

US11893530B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Walmart Apollo, LLC · US

Inventors

• Paul E. Durkee · Centerton, US
• Stuart William Clark · Centerton, US
• Colin J. Holmes · Vancouver, US
• Jason D. Shaffer · Rogers, US
• Mark Ibbotson · Bentonville, US
• John Suarez · Brooklyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 6, 2024
• Expiry date: May 27, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25J9/1687
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems, method and computer readable medium are provided for automated storage and retrieval. User authentication information is received via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device. The user identity is verified based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data. Order information is retrieved for an order associated with the user following the verifying of user identity, the order information indicating one or more locations for items associated with the order. Instructions are transmitted to initiate a physical opening of at least one of the dynamic storage and retrieval device and at least one static storage location to enable the user to retrieve at least one item of the order, the static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device.