Network-based grocery store
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1. A computer-implemented method for fulfilling a plurality of network-based product orders in a warehouse using a wheeled cart, comprising:
- storing, in a database, a plurality of network-based product orders;
utilizing a processing system to perform the steps of;
associating each of the orders with at least one of a plurality of order fulfillment spaces contained in a wheeled cart, each of the order fulfillment spaces including an actuable indicator communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to notify a user of the wheeled cart;
receiving, from an electronic scanner communicatively coupled to the processing unit, data identifying at least one product to be retrieved;
receiving from the electronic scanner, data related to a scanned code associated with the at least one identified product to be retrieved for at least one of the plurality of network-based product orders, the at least one identified product located in the warehouse;
identifying a network-based product order including the at least one identified product associated with the data related to the scanned code;
transmitting a signal to the actuable indicator associated with the order fulfillment space corresponding to the identified network-based product order containing the at least one identified product with the scanned code, wherein the transmitted signal causes the actuable indicator to turn on; and
receiving a signal indicating the at least one identified product corresponding to the identified network-based product order has been added to the order fulfillment space, wherein the signal causes the actuable indicator to turn off.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for a network-based grocery store. The invention provides for network-based order placement, fulfillment, and delivery.
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1. A computer-implemented method for fulfilling a plurality of network-based product orders in a warehouse using a wheeled cart, comprising:
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storing, in a database, a plurality of network-based product orders; utilizing a processing system to perform the steps of; associating each of the orders with at least one of a plurality of order fulfillment spaces contained in a wheeled cart, each of the order fulfillment spaces including an actuable indicator communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to notify a user of the wheeled cart; receiving, from an electronic scanner communicatively coupled to the processing unit, data identifying at least one product to be retrieved; receiving from the electronic scanner, data related to a scanned code associated with the at least one identified product to be retrieved for at least one of the plurality of network-based product orders, the at least one identified product located in the warehouse; identifying a network-based product order including the at least one identified product associated with the data related to the scanned code; transmitting a signal to the actuable indicator associated with the order fulfillment space corresponding to the identified network-based product order containing the at least one identified product with the scanned code, wherein the transmitted signal causes the actuable indicator to turn on; and receiving a signal indicating the at least one identified product corresponding to the identified network-based product order has been added to the order fulfillment space, wherein the signal causes the actuable indicator to turn off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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