SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR MOBILE CHECK-OUT IN RETAIL STORE

• US 20170220765A1
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Toupin, Justin, Diepenbrock, Nathan Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients

Abstract

A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for mobile check-in and check-out in a retail store include a computer system configured to receive input from and provide output to a mobile computing application for a retail store running on a mobile computing device of a customer. The computer system is configured to establish that a customer order is ready for pick-up and communicates with the mobile computing device to assist in handling any pre-staging requirements prior to pick-up.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a database including a plurality of customer accounts and pharmacy records;

a customer control unit associated with one of the customers;

a processing device coupled to the database and being associated with a retail environment, the processing device being configured to;

establish, as a function of the customer accounts and the pharmacy records, a pharmacy order for the one of the customers;

transmit a communication to the customer control unit related to pre-staging requirements;

receive from the customer control unit a response to the communication and storing the response in the database;

establish receipt of the pharmacy order by the one of the customers; and

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responsively complete the pharmacy order.

2. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pre-staging requirements includes confirmation of a privacy rule.

3. A system, as set forth in claim 2, wherein the privacy rule is a requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

4. A system, as set forth in claim 2, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to affirmatively choose to share pharmacy records associated with the one of the customers in a health information exchange.

5. A system, as set forth in claim 2, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to affirmatively choose to affirmatively stop sharing pharmacy records associated with the one of the customers in a health information exchange.

6. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to select a method of payment.

7. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the pre-staging requirement requires the one of the customers to confirm insurance information.

8. A system, as set forth in claim 1 wherein the database stores a plurality of prescription fill orders corresponding to a retail store.

9. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to provide the communication to proceed to the counter to pick-up the at least one prescription fill order to the mobile computing device for display.

10. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive a notification that at least one prescription fill order has been filled by a pharmacist.

11. A system, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform a search on a plurality of prescription fill order records corresponding to a plurality of prescription fill orders in the retail store.

12. A system, as set forth in claim 11, wherein a name of the one of the customers is provided as part of a search query.

13. A system, as set forth in claim 11, wherein a location of the retail store is provided as part of a search query.

14. A method comprising the steps of:

establishing, as a function of customer accounts and the pharmacy records stored in a database, a pharmacy order for one of the customers;

transmitting a communication to the customer control unit related to pre-staging requirements;

receiving from the customer control unit a response to the communication and storing the response in the database;

establishing receipt of the pharmacy order by the one of the customers; and

,

responsively completing the pharmacy order.

15. A method, as set forth in claim 14, wherein the pre-staging requirements include confirmation of a privacy rule.

16. A method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein the privacy rule is a requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

17. A method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to affirmatively choose to share pharmacy records associated with the one of the customers in a health information exchange.

18. A method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to affirmatively choose to affirmatively stop sharing pharmacy records associated with the one of the customers in a health information exchange.

19. A method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein the pre-staging requirement allows the one of the customers to select a method of payment.

20. A method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein the pre-staging requirement requires the one of the customers to confirm insurance information.

21. A method, as set forth in claim 14, wherein the database stores a plurality of prescription fill orders corresponding to a retail store.

22. A method, as set forth in claim 14, including the step of providing the communication to proceed to the counter to pick-up the at least one prescription fill order to the customer control unit for display.

23. A method, as set forth in claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to receive a notification that at least one prescription fill order has been filled by a pharmacist.

24. A method, as set forth in claim 14, including the step of performing a search on a plurality of prescription fill order records corresponding to a plurality of prescription fill orders in the retail store.

25. A method, as set forth in claim 24, wherein a name of the one of the customers is provided as part of a search query.

26. A method, as set forth in claim 24, wherein a location of the retail store is provided as part of a search query.

27. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

establish, as a function of customer accounts and the pharmacy records stored in a database, a pharmacy order for one of the customers;

transmit a communication to the customer control unit related to pre-staging requirements;

receive from the customer control unit a response to the communication and storing the response in the database;

establish receipt of the pharmacy order by the one of the customers; and

,

responsively complete the pharmacy order.