US 11,727,332 B2
Long term scheduling of task resources at a plurality of retail stores
Rory J. Graham, Bentonville, AR (US); Everett R. Campbell, Bentonville, AR (US); Brandon L. Gardner, Bentonville, AR (US); Lara N. Shock, Bentonville, AR (US); Craig W. J. Hamilton, Centerton, AR (US); Othman Boudhoum, Centerton, AR (US); Adohree Teague, Frisco, TX (US); and Kurt W. R. Bessel, Mexico, NY (US)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/512,595.
Application 17/512,595 is a continuation of application No. 16/565,945, filed on Sep. 10, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,847, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051158 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/063114 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063116 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for long term scheduling of task resources at a plurality of retail stores comprising:
storing, at a database, forecasted data over at least eight weekly scheduling periods, wherein the forecasted data is associated with the plurality of retail stores and comprises a listing of a plurality of job functions, a listing of the plurality of retail stores, days in a week, and a listing of a number of task resources every first time period increment on each day of the week for each job function of the plurality of job functions, wherein each of the plurality of job functions is associated with a demand-hours-value corresponding to each day in the week, and wherein the demand-hours-value is a number being at least 1 and representing a number of forecasted task resource hours;
determining, at a first control circuit and based on the forecasted data, a first baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a first set of job functions at a particular retail store of the plurality of retail stores;
determining, at a second control circuit and based on the forecasted data, a second baseline hours demand value for each day of the week for each job function of a second set of job functions at the particular retail store;
automatically generating, by a scheduler and based on the first baseline hours demand value and the second baseline hours demand value, a plurality of fixed schedules for a set of task resources of a plurality of task resources at each of the plurality of retail stores, wherein the plurality of fixed schedules are to remain fixed for the at least eight weekly scheduling periods to provide a fixed minimum schedule for the set of task resources;
automatically instructing, by at least one of the first control circuit or the second control circuit, a user electronic device associated with a first task resource of the set of task resources to display a notification indicating that a first fixed schedule of the plurality of fixed schedules associated with the first task resource is available;
accessing, at the user electronic device, the first fixed schedule; and
displaying, at the user electronic device, the first fixed schedule.