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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stuart Argue, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Anthony Emile Marcar, San Francisco, CA (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for alerting a customer when an item is out of stock or in stock. In embodiments, the customer may add items to a shopping list within a shopping list software application (commonly known as an 'app') installed on a mobile computing device such as a smart phone. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, if one or more items on the shopping list become out-of-stock, and/or later become in-stock, the system may transmit an alert to be displayed on the shopping list app to notify the customer. The system may notify the customer regarding relevant changes in product inventories at selected retail store branches where the customer is most likely to shop and/or has recently shopped.