Inventor
MCHALE BRIAN G
GB45 patents
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WALMART APOLLO LLC
40 patentsUS10351400B2Jul 16, 2019
Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit
WALMART APOLLO LLC16 citations98
US10189692B2Jan 29, 2019
Systems, devices and methods for restoring shopping space conditions
WALMART APOLLO LLC28 citations98
US10280054B2May 7, 2019
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
WALMART APOLLO LLC27 citations97
US10508010B2Dec 17, 2019
Shopping facility discarded item sorting systems, devices and methods
WALMART APOLLO LLC12 citations96
US11046562B2Jun 29, 2021
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
WALMART APOLLO LLC41 citations94
US10346794B2Jul 9, 2019
Item monitoring system and method
WALMART APOLLO LLC21 citations94
US10293938B2May 21, 2019
Unmanned aircraft systems with a customer interface system and methods of delivery utilizing unmanned aircraft systems
WALMART APOLLO LLC23 citations94
US10274952B2Apr 30, 2019
Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC36 citations94
US10246187B2Apr 2, 2019
Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC23 citations94
US10227178B2Mar 12, 2019
Autonomous locker delivery
WALMART APOLLO LLC16 citations94
US10120384B2Nov 6, 2018
Systems and methods for delivering products via autonomous ground vehicles to vehicles designated by customers
WALMART APOLLO LLC24 citations94
US10669140B2Jun 2, 2020
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods to detect and handle incorrectly placed items
WALMART APOLLO LLC9 citations93
US10239740B2Mar 26, 2019
Shopping facility assistance system and method having a motorized transport unit that selectively leads or follows a user within a shopping facility
WALMART APOLLO LLC9 citations92
US10614504B2Apr 7, 2020
Systems and methods for providing content-based product recommendations
WALMART APOLLO LLC16 citations86
US10577103B2Mar 3, 2020
Systems and methods for dispensing an insecticide via unmanned vehicles to defend a crop-containing area against pests
WALMART APOLLO LLC11 citations86
US10275975B2Apr 30, 2019
Apparatus and method for mobile vending
WALMART APOLLO LLC14 citations86
US10198708B2Feb 5, 2019
Systems and methods for enabling delivery of commercial products to customers
WALMART APOLLO LLC14 citations86
US10520953B2Dec 31, 2019
Geographic area monitoring systems and methods that balance power usage between multiple unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC9 citations84
US11679969B2Jun 20, 2023
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
WALMART APOLLO LLC4 citations74
US10635801B2Apr 28, 2020
Systems and methods for securing access to storage and retrieval systems
WALMART APOLLO LLC5 citations73
US10514691B2Dec 24, 2019
Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC1 citations73
US10515505B2Dec 24, 2019
Apparatus and method for mobile vending
WALMART APOLLO LLC2 citations73
US10474982B2Nov 12, 2019
Systems and methods utilizing nanotechnology insulation materials in limiting temperature changes during product delivery
WALMART APOLLO LLC3 citations73
US10431030B2Oct 1, 2019
Docking station with removable lockers
WALMART APOLLO LLC2 citations73
US10423169B2Sep 24, 2019
Geographic area monitoring systems and methods utilizing computational sharing across multiple unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC4 citations73
US10254766B2Apr 9, 2019
Autonomous ganged vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC6 citations73
US10331123B2Jun 25, 2019
Task management of autonomous product delivery vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC3 citations72
US12051042B2Jul 30, 2024
System and methods for tracking an item in a distributed environment
WALMART APOLLO LLC1 citations70
US10445686B2Oct 15, 2019
Systems and methods for enabling delivery of commercial products to customers
WALMART APOLLO LLC1 citations63
US12084824B2Sep 10, 2024
Shopping facility assistance systems, devices and methods
WALMART APOLLO LLC1 citations62
US10186152B2Jan 22, 2019
Apparatus and method for monitoring parking area
WALMART APOLLO LLC1 citations62
US12393911B2Aug 19, 2025
System and methods for tracking an item in a distributed environment
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations59
US11527119B2Dec 13, 2022
System and method for securely receiving and storing deliveries
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations59
US10520938B2Dec 31, 2019
Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations52
US10507918B2Dec 17, 2019
Systems and methods to interchangeably couple tool systems with unmanned vehicles
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations52
US10399775B2Sep 3, 2019
Autonomous locker delivery
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations52
US10296866B2May 21, 2019
Systems and methods to distribute and authenticate product delivery lockers
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations52
US11373135B2Jun 28, 2022
Systems and methods for analyzing delivery restrictions when delivering products ordered by a customer
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations47
US10488095B2Nov 26, 2019
Evaporative cooling systems and methods of controlling product temperatures during delivery
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations42
US10427846B2Oct 1, 2019
System and method for determining package tampering
WALMART APOLLO LLC0 citations37
WAL MART STORES INC
5 patentsUS10071892B2Sep 11, 2018
Apparatus and method of obtaining location information of a motorized transport unit
WAL MART STORES INC30 citations98
US10062048B2Aug 28, 2018
Systems and methods to distribute and authenticate product delivery lockers
WAL MART STORES INC18 citations94
US10026315B2Jul 17, 2018
Apparatus and method for monitoring parking area
WAL MART STORES INC7 citations84
US10126746B2Nov 13, 2018
Autonomous drone and tool selection and delivery
WAL MART STORES INC2 citations73
US10049519B2Aug 14, 2018
Docking station with removable lockers
WAL MART STORES INC2 citations73