Walmart Apollo, LLC

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

Christopher Joseph Hendrick

David Martin Nelms

Mindy Dawn Rector

Stephen Tyler Caution

Shubham Mangla

Hiral Roshan Salvi

Siva Charan Muraharirao

Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchases. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g., communication protocol and/or data format).

Systems and methods for managing self check out services

There are provided systems and methods relating to reconciling lottery transactions. In one form, the system includes point-of-sale (POS) systems at retail store for inputting of first lottery transaction data for lottery transactions occurring at the retail stores in which the lottery transactions correspond to lottery games being operated by a third party. It includes a POS server for extracting the first lottery transaction data and a retailer server for receiving second lottery transaction data from a server of the third party. Further, it includes a control circuit that conducts one-to-one matching of entries of the two data sets, determines whether a discrepancy exists based on the one-to-one matching, conducts one-to-many matching by iteratively aggregating different combinations of entries of one data set and comparing them with individual entries of the other data set, and determines whether a discrepancy exists based on the one-to-many matching.

Systems and methods for reconciling lottery transactions

Some systems and methods are directed to a device agnostic architecture configured to control and/or manage the interactions between any front end store systems (e.g., self checkout (SCO) systems) for capturing purchase items and backend systems (e.g., point of sale (POS) subsystems) for completing purchase of the items. The device agnostic architecture can include a translation layer or translation component that mediates communications from and/or between the front end and backend systems. For example, the translation layer maps any commands received from any SCO and/or POS device into execution commands native to receiving systems. For example, back-end processing systems can be configured to control on-line identification of products and/or services for purchase, and manage execution of sales of any goods or services. The translation layer manages communication between SCO devices and the backend systems so each communicates with each other according to their respective formats (e.g., communication protocol and/or data format).

Provided are a system and method for determining a weight of an item for purchase, comprising determining from a digital image of an item generated by a single camera a volume of the item, the single camera separated from the item at a distance in a horizontal and vertical direction established by a stationary rigid fixture; identifying the item; accessing a database to determine an average weight per volume measurement unit of the identified item; and calculating a weight of the item from the volume and the average weight per volume measurement unit.

Methods for determining measurement data of an item

In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein that are useful for holding containers open. For example, in some forms a cart accessory and cart are disclosed herein with an apparatus for holding open a receptacle or container. In one form, the apparatus is an accessory including an elongated body having a cart attachment mechanism for securing the cart accessory to at least a portion of a cart, a receptacle securing mechanism connected to the elongated body via a tether, the receptacle securing mechanism being movable between a retracted position wherein the securing mechanism is positioned proximate the elongated body and an extended position wherein the securing mechanism is spaced apart from the elongated body closer to at least a portion of a receptacle to assist in holding open the receptacle when connected thereto. In another form a cart is disclosed having such a container holding apparatus.

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Rogers, AR, United States of America

Christopher Joseph Hendrick