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

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computing device, wherein execution of the instructions causes the computing device to implement a method for automated storage and retrieval, the method comprising:
receiving user authentication information from a user via a user interface for a dynamic storage and retrieval device;
the dynamic storage and retrieval device including at least one static storage location having 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;
verifying identity of the user based upon the authentication information and previously stored authentication data,
following the verifying of the identity of the user:
retrieving order information for an order associated with the user whose identity has been verified, and
transmitting 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
after the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location receives the instructions transmitted by a storage and retrieval module of a computing device in communication with the dynamic storage and retrieval device to initiate the physical opening of the at least one static storage location, and via the controller controlling the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location:
not permitting the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location to physically open 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
permitting the locking mechanism of the at least one static storage location to physically open 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 an interaction with the mobile device operated by the user, the presence of the verified user at the at least one static storage location.