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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Gaurav Agarwal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Syed Aman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pushkar Pande, Bentonville, AR (US);
Calvin Qi, Bentonville, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically checking-in a customer includes a database and a server computer including a processor coupled to a memory device. The processor is programmed to install a customer application on a customer mobile computing device, install an associate application on an associate mobile computing device, receive a signal from the customer device indicating that the customer device has automatically recognized a wireless hotspot about the store and including a unique customer identification associated with the customer device, retrieve a data record from the database including a customer profile associated with the unique customer identification, determine if the retrieved data record includes a customer order, and if the retrieved data record includes a customer order, then automatically check-in the customer and transmit a signal to the associate device including an indication that the customer is checked-in and available to pick-up the customer order.