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

• US 20170220764A1
• 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 10,417,387 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 in a retail store includes 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 determine a location of the customer entering or in the retail store, to confirm that the customer has at least one prescription fill order pending with a pharmacy of the retail store, to prioritize the at least one prescription fill order to a top of a workflow of a pharmacist in the pharmacy of the retail store, and transmitting a communication to the mobile computing device of the customer that the customer will be notified when the at least one prescription fill order is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy of the retail store.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

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 being configured to determine a location of the customer entering or in the retail store, to confirm that the customer has at least one prescription fill order pending with a pharmacy of the retail store, to prioritize the at least one prescription fill order to a top of a workflow of a pharmacist in the pharmacy of the retail store, and transmitting a communication to the mobile computing device of the customer that the customer will be notified when the at least one prescription fill order is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy of the retail store.

2. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a server having a module to prioritize the at least one prescription fill order to the top of the workflow of the pharmacist.

3. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a server having a module to mark the at least one prescription fill order as ready for pickup by the customer from the pharmacy in the retail store.

4. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a server having a module to transmit a communication to the mobile computing device of a customer to proceed to a counter in the pharmacy of the retail store to pickup the at least one prescription fill order.

5. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a database that stores a plurality of prescription fill orders corresponding to the retail store.

6. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the computer system 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.

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

8. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the computer system 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.

9. A system as set forth in claim 8 wherein a name of the customer is provided as part of a search query.

10. A system as set forth in claim 8 wherein a location of the retail store is provided as part of a search query.

11. A method comprising the steps of:

determining, by a computer system, a location of a customer entering or in a retail store;

confirming, by the computer system, that the customer has at least one prescription fill order pending with a pharmacy of the retail store;

prioritizing, by the computer system, the at least one prescription fill order to a top of a workflow of a pharmacist in the pharmacy of the retail store; and

transmitting, by the computer system, a communication to a mobile computing device of a customer that the customer will be notified when the at least one prescription fill order is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy of the retail store.

12. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of prioritizing, by a server having a module, the at least one prescription fill order to the top of the workflow of the pharmacist.

13. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of marking, by a server having a module, the at least one prescription fill order as ready for pickup by the customer from the pharmacy in the retail store.

14. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of transmitting, by a server having a module, a communication to the mobile computing device of the customer to proceed to a counter in the pharmacy of the retail store to pickup the at least one prescription fill order.

15. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of storing in a database a plurality of prescription fill orders corresponding to the retail store.

16. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of transmitting, by a server having a module, a communication to proceed to the counter to pick-up the at least one prescription fill order to the mobile computing device for display.

17. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of notifying the computer system that the at least one prescription fill order has been filled by the pharmacist.

18. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of performing, by the computer system, a search on a plurality of prescription fill order records corresponding to a plurality of prescription fill orders in the retail store.

19. A method as set forth in claim 18 wherein a name of the customer is provided as part of a search query.

20. A method as set forth in claim 18 wherein a location of the retail store is provided as part of a search query.

21. 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:

determine a location of a customer entering or in a retail store;

confirm that the customer has at least one prescription fill order pending with a pharmacy of the retail store;

prioritize the at least one prescription fill order to a top of a workflow of a pharmacist in the pharmacy of the retail store; and

transmit a communication to the mobile computing device of the customer that the customer will be notified when the at least one prescription fill order is ready to be picked up at the pharmacy of the retail store.