PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970459
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["235", "380000"]

Abstract:
In some embodiments, methods and systems of managing products at a retail sales facility include scanning a product in a stocking cart at the retail sales facility using a hand-held electronic device including a processor. At least two of the following three functions may be performed based on the scanning of the product. First, the stocking cart may be audited by comparing scanned data to data contained in an inventory management database. Second, a determination of whether the item is on a pick list may be made, which may include determining a demand for the scanned product to arrive at a decision whether to store the product in the stock room or place it on a shelf on the sales floor. Third, if the item is to be stored in the stock room, a determination of whether identical items are stored in bins in the stock room may be made.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus for evaluating whether products are to be binned into stock room bins at a retail facility or displayed on a sales floor of the retail sales facility, the apparatus comprising:\n a reader configured to scan at least one product at the retail sales facility; and a control unit including a processor and configured to: receive data from a scan of the at least one product by a worker at the retail sales facility using a hand-held electronic device including a processor to facilitate a determination of whether the at least one product is to be binned into a stock room storage bin or displayed on the sales floor; obtain a demand for the at least one product from a time products identical to the scanned at least one product were delivered to the retail facility; estimate whether the demand for the at least one product supports displaying the at least one product on the sales floor of the retail sales facility or binning the at least one product in a stock room storage bin; output, when the demand supports displaying the at least one product on the sales floor:\n an indication to the worker that there is available sales floor space for the at least one product; and \n an indication of a number of units of the at least one product to be brought out onto the sales floor to fill the available sales floor space for the at least one product.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98765
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15490102', '15801478', '15096660', '15096731', '15823934']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6574868746003191
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5445288903420726
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6461910761744944
- Mean Citation Score: 396.89264
- Max Citation Score: 425.9488
- Similarity Product: 418.9383168395996

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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