Patent ID: 11893530
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  B  H | IPC A  B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An automated storage and retrieval system, the system comprising:
a dynamic storage and retrieval device having a user interface;
at least one static storage location, the at least one static storage location including a controller controlling a locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location and communicatively coupled to the dynamic storage and retrieval device, wherein the at least one static storage location is configured to interact with a mobile device operated by the user to detect a presence of the user at the at least one static storage location;
a storage and retrieval module, which, when executed:
receives user authentication information from a user via the user interface,
verifies identity of the user based upon the authentication information and authentication data, and
following a verification of the identity of the user:
retrieves order information for an order associated with the user whose identity has been verified, and
transmits instructions to the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location to initiate a physical opening of the at least one static storage location to enable the verified user to retrieve at least one item of the order; and
wherein, after the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location receives instructions from the storage and retrieval module to initiate the physical opening of the at least one static storage location, the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location does not permit the locking mechanism to physically open the at least one static storage location until the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location receives a signal from the at least one static storage location indicating that the at least one static storage location detected, via an interaction with the mobile device operated by the user, the presence of the verified user at the at least one static storage location, and
wherein the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location is permitted to physically open the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location to permit the verified user to retrieve the at least one item of the order therefrom only in response to receipt by the controller of the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location of the signal indicating that the at least one static location detected, via the interaction with the mobile device operated by the user, the presence of the verified user at the at least one static storage location.