ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,387, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to WALMART APOLLO LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"Systems and methods for fulfilling product orders" was invented by Paul E. Durkee (Centerton, Ark.) and Brian C. Roth (Bentonville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to processing online orders. In some embodiments, a system for processing online order comprises an order processing server configured to receive an online order including grocery items and transmit, to a control circuit, the online order, the control circuit configured to receive the online order, determine the grocer...