US 12,190,286 B2
Building-integrated lot management system
Chelsea Fieldsend, Montréal (CA); Sam-Nicolai Johnston, Montréal (CA); Cedric Guillemette, Montréal (CA); Darlington Prauchner, Montréal (CA); Marc Renault, Montréal (CA); Ronan Leroux, Montréal (CA); Catherine Couturier, Montréal (CA); Vincent Ho-Tin-Noe, Montréal (CA); Tuan Bach Quoc, Montréal (CA); Chris Kergin, Montréal (CA); Dan Shah, Montréal (CA); and Rami Atallah, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to ATALLAH GROUP INC., Montréal (CA)
Appl. No. 17/594,835
Filed by ATALLAH GROUP INC., Montréal (CA)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/050567
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/220108, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0188758 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing platform configured for preparing items for a customer in advance of a customer fitting session, the computing platform comprising:
a non-transient computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions embodied thereon; and
one or more hardware processors configured to execute the instructions to:
receive, using the one or more hardware processors, one or more preliminary item selections from the customer through an online portal;
determine, using the one or more hardware processors, a fitting date and time for the customer fitting session at a fitting location;
determine, using the one or more hardware processors, a final item selection from the last of the one or more preliminary item selections not more than 48 hours before the fitting session, the final item selection comprising a plurality of items from an available assortment of items, the available assortment of items being maintained between a plurality of locations comprising at least the fitting location and a warehouse location, the customer not committing to purchase any of the items in the final item selection;
after determination of the final item selection:
lock the one or more items in the final item selection from the available assortment of items;
locate each item of the final item selection between the plurality of locations in an electronic inventory system;
configure an automated mechanical system to assemble the final item selection located at the warehouse location into a lot and store the lot into at least one transfer bin;
scan, using a first scanning device, the at least one bin for transfer from the warehouse location to the fitting location in advance of the date and time of the fitting session;
at or before the date of the fitting session:
scan, using a second scanning device, contents of the transferred at least one bin to confirm the accuracy of the contents with respect to the final item selection;
before the time of the fitting session, prepare a final lot at the fitting location from the transferred at least one bin; and
before the time of the fitting session, store the prepared final lot in a temporary storage system operating in a building at the fitting location and configure an automated storage and retrieval system of the temporary storage system to deliver the final lot to a fitting room in the building at the fitting location.