Marc A Fletter

US Patent:

20190258975, Aug 22, 2019

Filed:

May 2, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/401373

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Marc Ashley Fletter - Bentonville AR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/06
G06Q 10/08

Abstract:

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to auditing overstock products in a retail environment. A database query is constructed to retrieve employee schedule information for a specified time period from a database. A first data structure is created that includes an audit list of employees scheduled to work during the specified time period in response to database records returned by the database in response to the submission of the database query. A pseudo-random sorting function is executed to randomize a position of the employees in the audit list. A second data structure is created that includes audit data generated in response to an overstock audit. A report is generated based on the audit data and includes at least one visual representation of the audit data.

US Patent:

20190007839, Jan 3, 2019

Filed:

Sep 7, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/124290

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Rogers AR, US
Marc Ashley Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Nicholaus Adam Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Robert James Taylor - Rogers AR, US

International Classification:

H04W 12/08
H04W 8/18
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Provided are a system and method for operating a mobile device, comprising: establishing by a locking mechanism at the mobile device that the mobile device is owned or controlled by a retail establishment at which an operator of the mobile device is an agent; searching, by a mobile device, for a signal from a network; authorizing the mobile device to operate in a vicinity of the network when the signal is detected from the network; and inactivating the mobile device or displaying information where the mobile device can operate in response to a failure by the mobile device to detect the signal.

US Patent:

20180253685, Sep 6, 2018

Filed:

May 3, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/970459

Inventors:

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

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06K 7/10

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.

US Patent:

20180247264, Aug 30, 2018

Filed:

Jan 30, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/883747

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Jeffrey Scott Cruz - Bentonville AR, US
William M. Propes - Bentonville AR, US
Ryan Travis - Fayetteville AR, US
Matthew D. Alexander - Rogers AR, US
Leigh Ann Marie Scobey - Bentonville AR, US
Marc Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Jamison Sibley - Rogers AR, US
Aaron Vasgaard - Rogers AR, US
Nicholaus A. Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Matthew Jones - Bentonville AR, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/08
G06Q 10/06
G06Q 10/04

Abstract:

Systems and methods described herein relate to scheduling and coordination of particular tasks based upon dynamically updated product inventory data. These systems and methods increase the efficiency of stocking and fulfillment as well as inventory auditing of the inventory.

US Patent:

20180124614, May 3, 2018

Filed:

Dec 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/855226

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Matthew Allen Jones - Bentonville AR, US
Robert James Taylor - Rogers AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Rogers AR, US
Marc Ashley Fletter - Bentonville AR, US

International Classification:

H04W 16/20
H04B 17/318

Abstract:

Disclosed is a system for collecting data and mapping wireless network coverage in a building such as a retail store. A mobile computing device is used by an employee to collect data captures and wireless coverage indicators in the retail store. The wireless coverage indicator includes data on the status of wireless network coverage in the location where the data capture was collected. The data capture and the wireless coverage indicators are wirelessly transmitted to a utility for mapping a building when a wireless network is available. If no wireless network is available, the data is stored in the mobile computing device until a wireless network is available. The utility for mapping a building uses information in the data capture to determine the location where the data capture was collected, and maps the data in the wireless coverage indicator to the location on a map of the building.

US Patent:

20180115902, Apr 26, 2018

Filed:

Dec 21, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/850022

Inventors:

- Bentonville AR, US
Daniel R. Shields - Rogers AR, US
Marc Ashley Fletter - Bentonville AR, US
Nicholaus Adam Jones - Fayetteville AR, US
Robert James Taylor - Rogers AR, US

International Classification:

H04W 12/08
H04W 8/18

Abstract:

Provided are a system and method for operating a mobile device, comprising: establishing by a locking mechanism at the mobile device that the mobile device is owned or controlled by a retail establishment at which an operator of the mobile device is an agent; searching, by a mobile device, for a signal from a network; authorizing the mobile device to operate in a vicinity of the network when the signal is detected from the network; and inactivating the mobile device or displaying information where the mobile device can operate in response to a failure by the mobile device to detect the signal.

US Patent:

20180107974, Apr 19, 2018

Filed:

Nov 22, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/821165

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 Spings AR, US

International Classification:

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

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:

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.