Daniel W Shields

US Patent:

20180082248, Mar 22, 2018

Filed:

Nov 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/823934

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Nicholaus A. Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Robert J. Taylor - Rogers AR, US
Marc A. Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Cave Springs AR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06K 19/06
G06K 7/10

Abstract:

In some embodiments, methods and systems of sorting products at a retail sales facility include receiving identifying information associated with a product at the retail sales facility using an inventory management electronic device, obtaining a demand for the product from a time products identical to the product were delivered to the retail sales facility, calculating whether the demand for the product supports moving the product onto a sales floor of the retail sales facility or storing the product in a stock room of the retail sales facility, determining a characteristic for the product, and outputting, when the demand supports storing the product in the stock room, an indication to a worker at the retail sales facility that the product is to be stored in the stock room at a location selected based on the determined characteristic for the product.

US Patent:

20170039513, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Jul 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/202956

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Nicholaus A. Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Robert J. Taylor - Rogers AR, US
Marc A. Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Rogers AR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06K 7/10
G06K 19/077
G06K 19/06

Abstract:

In some embodiments, methods and systems of locating overstock items at a retail sales facility include receiving data when a worker of the retail sales facility scans a product case containing a product using an inventory management electronic device including a processor; obtaining at least one inventory management factor associated with the product; estimating whether the product is to be picked by the worker from a storage bin at a stock room location while packed in the product case or after being removed from the product case; and outputting, based on the estimating step, an indication to the worker either that the product is to be picked from the storage bin without being removed from the product case, or that that the product is to be picked from the storage bin after being removed from the product case.

US Patent:

20170039514, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Jul 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/203482

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Nicholaus A. Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Robert J. Taylor - Rogers AR, US
Marc A. Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Rogers AR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06K 7/10
G06K 19/06

Abstract:

In some embodiments, methods and systems of sorting products at a retail sales facility include receiving identifying information associated with a product at the retail sales facility using an inventory management electronic device, obtaining a demand for the product from a time products identical to the product were delivered to the retail sales facility, calculating whether the demand for the product supports moving the product onto a sales floor of the retail sales facility or storing the product in a stock room of the retail sales facility, determining a characteristic for the product, and outputting, when the demand supports storing the product in the stock room, an indication to a worker at the retail sales facility that the product is to be stored in the stock room at a location selected based on the determined characteristic for the product.