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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:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Douglas James Pedley, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Neil Cancro, Portland, OR (US);
Joel Bennett Acker, Jr., Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Assignee:
WAL-MART STORES, INC., Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G06Q 20/322 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for determining whether the activity of a customer within a retail store violates a business rules are disclosed. The embodiments include a customer performing actions within a retail store via a mobile computing device, generating at least one business rule, and comparing the customer's actions with the business rules.