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Patent No.:

US 10592798 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2018

Systems and methods for monitoring via rfid tag non-permanent ink markers in a retail facility

Applicant:

Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);

Inventors:

Richard M. Blair, II, Bentonville, AR (US);

Steven J. Lewis, Bentonville, AR (US);

Anthony G. Wind, III, Gravette, AR (US);

Assignee:

Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);

Attorney:

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Primary Examiner:

Zhen Y Wu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/07775 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07786 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G08B 21/0272 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract

In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring a dependent of a customer within a retail facility. In some embodiments, such a system comprises a non-permanent ink marker, wherein the non-permanent ink marker includes componentry for an RFID tag, and wherein the non-permanent ink marker is configured to be adhered to the dependent, one or more RFID readers configured to transmit and receive signals to and from the RFID tag, and a control circuit, configured to receive, from a mobile device of the customer, registration information, associate, with the mobile device of the customer based on the registration information, the RFID tag, receive, from at least one of the RFID readers, a signal from the RFID tag, determine, based on the signal received from the RFID tag, that an event has occurred, and transmit, an alert to the mobile device.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Blair, II, Richard. (2020). Systems and methods for monitoring via rfid tag non-permanent ink markers in a retail facility (U.S. Patent No. 10592798). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10592798

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