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Network-based grocery store

  • US 10,521,852 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2017
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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