US 12,142,360 B1
Technology for managing priorities for on-site prescription pickup
Mohsin Ovais Ansari, Highland Park, IL (US); Nimesh S. Jhaveri, Kildeer, IL (US); John Yesko, Park Ridge, IL (US); Fauzia Somani, Chicago, IL (US); Igor Gershfang, Chicago, IL (US); and Adam Robert Snopek, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed by WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,413.
Application 17/738,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/002,170, filed on Jun. 7, 2018, granted, now 11,328,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,359, filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating a retrieval of one or more prescription products, the method comprising:
obtaining, via one or more processors, an indication of a selection of one or more prescription products to be retrieved by an individual at a retrieval location via a scanning of a unique machine-readable code, wherein retrieval of the one or more prescription products is associated with one or more prerequisite tasks required to be completed prior to the retrieval;
determining, via the one or more processors, a completion status associated with the retrieval of the one or more prescription products, the completion status being based upon whether the one or more prerequisite tasks have been completed via the software application;
selecting, via the one or more processors and based upon the determined completion status, from among a plurality of retrieval stations located at the retrieval location, a particular retrieval station to be used for the retrieval,
the plurality of retrieval stations from which the selection is made comprising (i) one or more standard retrieval stations to be used for the retrieval when the one or more prerequisite tasks have not been completed prior to the scanning of the unique machine-readable code, and (ii) one or more express retrieval stations to be used when the one or more prerequisite tasks have been completed via a software application prior to the scanning of the unique machine-readable code; and
causing, via the one or more processors, an indication of the selected particular retrieval station to be provided to a mobile computing device associated with the individual.