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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Todd D. Mattingly, Bentonville, AR (US);
Bruce W. Wilkinson, Rogers, AR (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
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.