Out of stock item tracking at retail sales facilities

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9911097
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15202897

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In some embodiments, methods and systems of locating overstock items at a retail sales facility include receiving an indication that a product at the retail sales facility is out of stock and determining whether the product is located on a sales floor or in the stock room at the retail sales facility; then, in response to a determination that the product is not located on the sales floor or in the stock room, tracking a location of the product based on at least one inventory management factor associated with the retail sales facility and at least one worker task event associated with the product; and outputting to a worker at the retail sales facility, based on the tracking of the location of the at least one product, an indication of a perceived location of the least one product.

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  • WAL-MART STORES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jones, Matthew A Bentonville, US 166 1280
Jones, Nicholaus A Fayetteville, US 163 850
Taylor, Robert J Rogers, US 142 1254

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