ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,492, issued on June 17, was assigned to Walmart Apollo LLC (Bentonville, Ark.).
"System and method for perpetual inventory management" was invented by Greg A. Bryan (Centerton, Ark.), Cristy C. Brooks (Cassville, Mo.), David Blair Brightwell (Bella Vista, Ark.), Benjamin D. Enssle (Bella Vista, Ark.), Matthew A. Jones (Bentonville, Ark.) and Jesse L. Eaton (Springdale, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An analysis of the scans is performed to determine whether the selected item was moved from the back room to the shelf, then returned from the shelf to the back room. The analysis also determines a re-bin time when the selected produ...