US Patent Issued to Walmart Apollo on July 22 for "Overriding control of motorized transport unit systems, devices and methods" (Arkansas, Missouri, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,043, issued on July 22, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).

"Overriding control of motorized transport unit systems, devices and methods" was invented by Donald R. High (Noel, Mo.), Michael D. Atchley (Eureka Springs, Ark.), Karl Kay (Gentry, Ark.) and David C. Winkle (Leesburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments include apparatuses providing control over movement of motorized transport units at a retail facility, comprising: multiple self-propelled motorized transport units; a wireless communication network; and a central computer system, wherein the central computer system comprises: a transcei...