US 12,346,952 B2
System and method for coupling a user computing device and a point of sale device
Anirvan Karmakar, Bangalore (IN); Sreenu Valeti, Bangalore (IN); Sreejith Sreedharan, Bangalore (IN); and Ananda Pillareddy, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed by Walmart Apollo, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/412,273.
Application 18/412,273 is a continuation of application No. 17/585,052, filed on Jan. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,907,998.
Application 17/585,052 is a continuation of application No. 16/050,026, filed on Jul. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,263,682, issued on Mar. 1, 2022.
Application 16/050,026 is a continuation of application No. 14/098,318, filed on Dec. 5, 2013, granted, now 10,068,276, issued on Sep. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0152991 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A purchase system comprising one or more processors and one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memory devices storing executable and operational data effective to cause the one or more processors to:
receive, at a point of sale device, a request to initiate a checkout of a purchase transaction assembled at least in part through a user computing device;
couple the point of sale device with a customer associated with the user computing device by:
display by the point of sale device a code, comprising a coupling code, configured to be scanned by the user computing device;
receive the coupling code by a server system; and
identify, at the server system, the point of sale device based on the coupling code;
associate the purchase transaction, and contents of an electronic shopping cart associated with the purchase transaction, with the point of sale device in response to the identifying based on the coupling code the point of sale device; and
conclude the purchase transaction associated with the contents of the electronic shopping cart based on the coupling of the point of sale device with the customer associated with the user computing device that is associated with a customer identifier.