Radio frequency identification (rfid) driven stocking priority determination

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025390840-A1
Application number	US-202519254114-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2025
Priority date	Mar 31, 2021
Publication date	Dec 25, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system and method for radiofrequency identification (RFID) driven stocking priority determination. The method includes associating a first plurality of items with a first set of containers, analyzing first item data associated with the first plurality of items associated with the first set of containers and second item data for a second plurality of items associated with a second container, calculating a plurality of priorities for the first set of containers based on the analyzed first item data, the analyzed second item data, and a set of prioritization rules, assigning the plurality of priorities to the first set of containers, and transmitting the plurality of priorities to a user interface device.

First claim

1 . (canceled)

2 . A method comprising:
displaying, via one or more user interface devices, a map of display containers on a sales floor of a retail facility that need to be scanned for inventory tracking and restocking, scanning, by one or more scanning devices, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on the display containers to obtain item display area data indicating quantities of apparel items stocked in the display containers, the one or more scanning devices being components of an RFID driven inventory restocking system; determining, by the RFID driven inventory restocking system, that a scan of an individual one of the display containers is complete; identifying, by the RFID driven inventory restocking system, storage containers in a storage location of the retail facility; assigning, by the RFID driven inventory restocking system, priorities to the storage containers based on the item display area data, the priorities assigned to the storage containers corresponding to an order in which the storage containers are to be used for restocking the display containers; displaying, via the one or more user interface devices, a list of the storage containers in order of restocking priority based on the priorities assigned to the storage containers; receiving, via the RFID driven inventory restocking system, a user input confirming that inventory items carried by a highest priority storage container have been replenished on the sales floor; and updating, via the one or more user interface devices, the list of the storage containers in response to the user input.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the highest priority storage container is positioned at the beginning of the list of storage containers, and wherein a next-highest priority storage container is positioned at the beginning of the updated list of the storage containers.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising updating the map of the display containers to reflect that the individual display container has been scanned for inventory tracking and restocking responsive to determining that the scan of the individual display container is complete.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising emitting a visual cue to indicate that the scan of the individual display container is complete responsive to determining that the scan of the individual display container is complete.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising emitting an audio cue to indicate that the scan of the individual display container is complete responsive to determining that the scan of the individual display container is complete.

7 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more user interface devices include touch screen display(s) configured to receive the user input.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the touch screen display(s) are components of the one or more scanning devices.

9 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more user interface devices include natural user interface(s) configured to receive the user input.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the natural user interface(s) are components of the one or more scanning devices.

11 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more user interface devices include user device(s).

12 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more user interface devices use different color icons to differentiate display container(s) that need to be scanned for inventory tracking and restocking from display container(s) that have been scanned for inventory tracking and restocking.

13 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying, via the one or more user interface devices, a location of a display container on the sales floor that is associated with the inventory items carried by the highest priority storage container.

14 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
receiving, by the RFID driven inventory restocking system, dynamic data associated with the retail facility; and identifying, by the RFID driven inventory restocking system, a local event or forecast condition indicated by the dynamic data, wherein assigning the priorities to the storage containers includes increasing a priority level of a storage container carrying apparel items having a utility specific to the local event or forecast condition indicated by the dynamic data.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the dynamic data further identifies a sales promotion associated with the apparel items having the utility specific to the local event or forecast condition indicated by the dynamic data, and wherein assigning the priorities to the storage containers further includes further increasing the priority level of the storage container carrying the apparel items, having the utility specific to the local event or forecast condition indicated by the dynamic data, based on the sales promotion.

16 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the storage containers in the storage location of the retail facility comprises scanning RFID tags on the storage containers, and wherein each of the RFID tags on the storage containers identify specific apparel items carried by the corresponding storage container.

17 . The method of claim 2 , wherein identifying the storage containers in the storage location of the retail facility comprises scanning ArUco markers on the storage containers, RFID tags on the storage containers.

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein each of the ArUco markers on the storage containers identify one or more of the display containers associated with apparel items carried by the corresponding storage container.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein each of the ArUco markers is a synthetic marker that includes a matrix that is scanned to determine an identifier of the corresponding ArUco marker.

20 . A radio frequency identification (RFID) driven inventory restocking system comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory storing programming instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the programming instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the RFID driven inventory restocking system to perform the following operations: displaying, via one or more user interface devices, a map of display containers on a sales floor of a retail facility that need to be scanned for inventory tracking and restocking, scanning, by one or more scanning devices, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on the display containers to obtain item display area data indicating quantities of apparel items stocked in the display containers, the one or more scanning devices being components of an RFID driven inventory restocking system; determining that a scan of an individual one of the display containers is complete; identifying storage containers in a storage location of the retail facility; assigning priorities to the storage containers based on the item display area data, the priorities assigned to the storage containers corresponding to an order in which the storage containers are to be used for restocking the display containers; displaying, via the one or more user interface devices, a list of the storage containers in order of restocking priority based on the priorities assigned to the storage containers; receiving a user input confirming that inventory items carried by a highest priority storage container have been replenished on the sales floor; and updating, via the one or more user interface devices, the list of the storage containers in response to the user input.

21 .

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Cruz Jeffrey S
• Vaught Sara
• Magnusson Ryan Sands

Classifications

• G06K7/10366

  the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications · CPC title

• G06Q10/087 Primary

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title