Walmart Apollo, LLC

Chris Venable

Vadim Grabovski

Issa Abboud

Craig Huber

John Kevin Collier

Shuvro Chakrobartty

Saul Solis

Gopi Kishore Danda

Marina Hodges

Ted Sherrill

Sara Meyer

Hanumantha Mandava

Jay Nair

Alex Hurd

Samuel Hunter

Sandya Pankajakshan Nair

A method for purchasing a product at a brick-and-mortar retail establishment is provided. The method includes, but is not limited to, inputting identification information into a local device for a product sold by the brick-and-mortar retail establishment, transmitting the identification information to an order creation application, and upon receiving the identification information, selecting a dispense type for the product. The dispense type is selected from a group of dispense types including: 'carry' for personally carrying the product out of the brick-and-mortar retail establishment, 'load' for having the product loaded into the user's vehicle, &#x201c;pickup&#x201d; for having the product provided to the user at a predetermined location whereby the user will go to get that product, and &#x201c;delivery&#x201d; for delivering the product to the user at a predetermined location.

System and method for conducting a multi-channel order

Exemplary embodiments are directed to managing promotional programs. A promotion card is associated with at least one promotional program. Eligibility of one or more items is determined based on rules associated with the promotional program. A payment amount is calculated based on the eligibility of the items and the rules of the promotional program.

Systems and methods for promotional programs

A system for purchasing one or more products is provided. The system includes a local device for retrieving identification information and a remote server connected with the local device, an order management system connected with the remote server, and an order fulfillment system connected with the order management system to fulfill the order by obtaining and delivering the product to the user. Upon receiving the identification information at the local device, the local device automatically forwards the identification information along with a unique identifier to a remote server. The remote server generates and delivers the website containing information about the product to the local device. The local device is in communication with an order creation application. The product is automatically placed in a virtual shopping cart of the order creation application for purchase by the user.

System and method for placing an order using a local device

A method for purchasing a product at a brick-and-mortar retail establishment is provided. The method includes, but is not limited to, inputting identification information into a local device for a product sold by the brick-and-mortar retail establishment, transmitting the identification information to an order creation application, and upon receiving the identification information, selecting a dispense type for the product. The dispense type is selected from a group of dispense types including: 'carry' for personally carrying the product out of the brick-and-mortar retail establishment, 'load' for having the product loaded into the user's vehicle, 'pickup' for having the product provided to the user at a predetermined location whereby the user will go to get that product, and &#x201c;delivery&#x201d; for delivering the product to the user at a predetermined location.

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Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Chris Venable