The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Himanshu Rai, Bengaluru, IN;
Tuhin Bhattacharya, Kolkata, IN;
Raviteja Uppalapati, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Diksha Manchanda, New Delhi, IN;
Samrat Kokkula, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for event detection relative to catalog items available for commercial sale. In some embodiments, there is provided a system for event detection relative to catalog items available for commercial sale including an interface; a memory; and the first control circuit. The first control circuit configured to execute the computer-implemented code to: receive event data corresponding to one or more events referred to in one or more online sources; determine a corresponding score for each of the event data based on a relative level of negativity; identify one or more topics and key phrases of one or more of the event data having at least a specified score; identify one or more catalog items that have a similarity to the one or more topics and key phrases; and output an indication.