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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2021
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Hue Tuan Thi, Seattle, WA (US);
Xiaoxia Shi, Seattle, WA (US);
Jiajun Zhao, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yuzhou Feng, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
Ejaz Ahmed, Needham, MA (US);
Chris Broaddus, Sammamish, WA (US);
Longlong Zhu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Austen Groener, Bolton, MA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes, in part, systems for enabling physical retail stores and other facilities to implement both automated- and manual-checkout techniques for customers of the stores and/or facilities. For example, the described systems may enable a retail store to implement technology where users are able to pick items from shelves and other inventory locations and exit the store without performing manual checkout of the items, as well as technology to allow users to pay for their items using point-of-sale (POS) and/or other manual-checkout techniques. The systems described herein also generate associations between users and carts within the stores to prevent fraudulent transactions within these hybrid environments.