Walmart Apollo, LLC

Wal-mart Stores, Inc.

Walmaty Apollo, LLC

Todd Davenport Mattingly

Bruce Walter Wilkinson

Donald R High

David C Winkle

Brian G McHale

John Jeremiah O'Brien

Robert L Cantrell

Michael D Atchley

John Paul Thompson

John F Simon

Robert C Taylor

Nathan Glenn Jones

Nicholaus Adam Jones

Matthew Allen Jones

Robert J Taylor

Greg A Bryan

David G Tovey

Aaron James Vasgaard

David Martin Nelms

Cristy Crane Brooks

Santos Cerda, Jr

Joseph David Blackner

Joseph Jurich

Nicholas Ray Antel

Ryan Lee

Benjamin D Enssle

Daniel Wayne Young

Andrew B Millhouse

Alvin Scott Taulbee

Kurt William Robert Bessel

Jeremy Tingler

Timothy James Burleson

John S Meredith

Christopher R Heeney

Richard Carl McSorley, Jr

Douglas Jahe Ryner

Tim Webb

Mark Matthews

Daniel Eckert

John J O'brien

Robert Armstrong

Bobby J Evans, Jr

Matthew David Alexander

Jason D Bellar

Jason Todd

ChandraShekar Natarajan

Eric Anthony Letson

Sai Phaneendra Sri Harsha Viswanath Putcha

Sid Shake

Charles Harry Lobo

Souradip Chakraborty

Luke Matthew Reynolds

Eugene P Sunday

Trey Bishop

Balaraman Kirthigaivasan

Mani Kanteswara R Garlapati

Kenneth Slater

Christi J Odell

Robert L McKeel

Edward Hernandez

Paul Morley

Parvez Musani

Trent Miller

Starla C Morgan

Samantha M O'Brien

A method for tracking an item in a distributed environment is provided. At least one node in a network adds a new block to a first cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a first sequence of blocks that is stored in one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the first cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a component identifier and a hash of a previous block in the first sequence of blocks. The at least one node in the network adds a new block to a second cryptographically verifiable ledger represented by a second sequence of blocks that is stored in the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media. The new block added to the second cryptographically verifiable ledger contains a destination identifier, the first sequence of blocks, and a hash of a previous block in the second sequence of blocks.

System and methods for tracking an item in a distributed environment

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to facilitating the vehicle pick up of orders at shopping facilities. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an electronic interface configured to receive an order corresponding to a customer; a control circuit configured to: determine the location of the customer; determine shopping facilities near the customer's location; determine time intervals when the order will be available for pick up at each of the shopping facilities; transmit a visual representation indicating the time intervals of availability at the shopping facilities; and a shopping facility where the order is made available for pick up by the customer during one of the time intervals.

Systems and methods for generating a visual representation showing order availability at shopping facilities

Described in detail herein is an automated fulfillment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

Distributed autonomous robot interfacing systems and methods

An identification validation system and method may include detecting that a first age restricted item has been selected for purchase at a first point of sale by a user, determining that an age validation is not enabled, requiring that the user submit an identification instrument to verify an age of the user, after the purchase is complete, prompting the user to enable the age validation feature of the mobile wallet application of the user mobile device, directing a software application loaded on the user mobile device to access at least one biometric data input functionality of the user mobile device to capture the at least one biometric of the user, and comparing biometric features of the user captured by at least one camera.

Validating identification of a user for purchase of age-restricted items

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to facilitating the vehicle pick up of orders at shopping facilities. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an electronic interface for receiving an order corresponding to a customer and for receiving a time period during which the customer requests to pick up the order; a control circuit configured to: determine the location of the customer; determine a plurality of shopping facilities near the customer's location; determine when the order would be available for pick up; determine the subset of shopping facilities where the order would be available within the time period requested by the customer; transmit the location to the customer; and at least one shopping facility where the order is made available for pick up by the customer during the requested time period.

System and method for determining shopping facilities available for order pick up

In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided herein useful to assess or determine available cargo capacity for multiple commercial product delivery vehicles ('delivery vehicles'). In some embodiments, systems are provided to assess delivery vehicles and may include multiple electronic user devices each having a delivery agent interface operating thereon and an association with one or more delivery agents. At least one control circuit is communicatively coupled to the electronic user devices. By one approach, the control circuit may estimate delivery requirements for purchased orders, which includes volume requirements and geometric configurations of purchased orders. The control circuits may evaluate delivery vehicles, utilizing cargo space sensor data, to determine which are suitable for the purchased order by comparing delivery requirements with the available vehicular cargo spaces, and present, to the appropriate electronic user devices, an opportunity to deliver at least a portion of the purchased order to a delivery location.

Systems and methods for assessing delivery vehicles

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to verify accuracy of a shipment. In some embodiments, items loaded to and/or unloaded from a delivery vehicle are scanned and compared to a delivery schedule, and a unique identifier is provided to confirm proper loading/unloading at a subsequent scheduled stop of the vehicle.

Shipment verification

In some embodiments, methods and systems are provided that provide for facilitating delivery, via autonomous ground vehicles, of products ordered by customers of a retailer to customer-specified restricted areas accessible by an entryway openable via an access code.

Systems and methods for delivering products via autonomous ground vehicles to restricted areas designated by customers

Described in detail herein is an automated fulfilment system including a computing system programmed to receive requests from disparate sources for physical objects disposed at one or more locations in a facility. The computing system can combine the requests, and group the physical objects in the requests based on object types or expected object locations. Autonomous robot devices can receive instructions from the computing system to retrieve a group of the physical objects and deposit the physical objects in storage containers.

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to creating a crowdsourced delivery plan. In some embodiments, a system for creating a crowdsourced delivery plan for a package comprises a certification system configured to receive, from a retailer, an indication of items included in the package, determine, based on the indication of items included in the package, a set of requirements, and transmit, to a plurality of portable devices, information regarding the delivery, each of the plurality of portable devices configured to receive, from the certification system, the information regarding the delivery, transmit, to the certification system, an acceptance of the delivery, wherein only ones of the plurality of portable devices associated with delivery agents meeting the set of requirements is capable of acceptance of the delivery, receive, in response to the transmission of the acceptance, an authorization, and present, at a pickup point, the authorization.

Crowdsourced delivery based on a set of requirements

A method for authenticating an online transaction on a first computing device using a second computing device including detecting a request to process sensitive payment information input on the first computing device to complete a transaction, determining that a condition is present associated with the transaction, disabling a payment processing function of the website to prevent a payment from being processed and completed, generating a unique identifier to be displayed on the first computing device, wherein the user scans the unique identifier with a second computing device to initiate an authentication function, authenticating the user operating the first computing device, and enabling, by the processor, the payment processing function of the website to allow the payment to process.

Authenticating online transactions using separate computing device

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Bentonville, AR, United States of America

Todd Davenport Mattingly