US 11,810,414 B2
Systems and methods for determining and executing trusted user access
Robert J. Taylor, Rogers, AR (US); Jeffrey D. Franklin, Rogers, AR (US); Melissa M. Wacha, Bentonville, AR (US); and Mark McCrary, Cave Springs, AR (US)
Assigned to WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/869,442.
Application 17/869,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/131,363, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, abandoned.
Application 17/131,363 is a continuation of application No. 16/849,149, filed on Apr. 15, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,133, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,159, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0358803 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/25 (2020.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/35 (2018.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G07C 9/25 (2020.01) [G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); G07C 9/00896 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/35 (2018.02); G07C 2009/00539 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for user access to smart locks at a retail shopping facility, the system comprising:
an access member that allows access to a secured space configured to store one or more items for sale at the retail shopping facility;
a smart lock securing the access member; and
a control circuit communicatively coupled to a user interface device operable by a user, the control circuit configured to:
receive authentication data from the user interface device;
determine whether the authentication data matches within a threshold of stored authentication data associated with a profile stored in a database, wherein the profile is associated with the user;
determine that the user is a trusted user based on the determination that the authentication data matches with the stored authentication data within the threshold; and
provide an optical key to the user interface device for the user interface device to provide the optical key to the smart lock; and
wherein the smart lock is configured to unlock the access member in response to receiving the optical key from the user interface device.