US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on April 1 for "Systems and methods for user engagement with a retailer" (Michigan, Oregon, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,997, issued on April 1, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Systems and methods for user engagement with a retailer" was invented by Mark J. Strayer (Rockford, Mich.), Johan B. Rundberg (Oakland, Calif.) and Benjamin T. Ford (Redmond, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for user engagement with a retailer. In some embodiments, a system includes an application including a set of computer program code configured to be executed by a mobile electronic device associated with a customer of the retailer. The application includes a first component an...