Patent ID: 11861682
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for arranging pick up of requested products at shopping facilities, the system comprising:
a plurality of shopping facilities with a plurality of types of products, each shopping facility within a predetermined distance of a reference location and each shopping facility having an order pick up area configured for pick up of orders of products, the order pick up areas of the plurality of shopping facilities being configured for transfer of orders made available for pick up;
an order including a plurality of products and including a time period during which an orderer requests that the order be available for pick up, as assembled;
an electronic interface configured to receive the order and configured to receive permission to access global positioning system (GPS) tracking software on a computing device; and
a control circuit configured to:
determine the reference location;
determine the plurality of shopping facilities within the predetermined distance of the reference location;
determine when the assembled order would be available for pick up at each shopping facility of the plurality of shopping facilities;
determine a subset of shopping facilities where the assembled order would be available at the shopping facility within the time period requested;
transmit a location of at least one of the subset of shopping facilities;
in response to selection of a shopping facility from the subset of shopping facilities, transmit a first signal to the selected shopping facility instructing the order be assembled and made available for transfer during the time period requested by the orderer at the order pick up area of the selected shopping facility; and
in response to GPS tracking software on the computing device indicating arrival at a predetermined distance from the selected shopping facility, transmit a second signal to the selected shopping facility to transfer the assembled order.