US Patent:
20140214577, Jul 31, 2014
Inventors:
- Bentonville AR, US
Douglas James Pedley - Portland OR, US
Richard Neil Cancro - Portland OR, US
Assignee:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Bentonville AR
International Classification:
G06Q 20/18
Abstract:
A computer-implemented process aiding a customer scan and rapid checkout process can include monitoring a shopping cart basket weight. The process includes monitoring, in a computerized processor installed to a shopping cart of a customer, a signal from a weight device configured to monitor the shopping cart basket weight. The process further includes automatically generating a basket weight output value based upon the shopping cart basket weight. The basket weight output value includes one of a check against an expected weight of an item from a database, a billing statement total for a bulk good, a check against an expected total order weight to confirm presence of an un-scanned item in the shopping cart basket, and a check against unsafe use of the shopping cart. The process further includes providing a message based upon the basket weight output value.