Heather D Hill

US Patent:

D687644, Aug 13, 2013

Filed:

Apr 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/389166

Inventors:

Nimesh S. Jhaveri - Kildeer IL, US
Archana Dhruve - Bartlett IL, US
Heather K. Hill - Barrington IL, US
Dejan Kozic - Wadsworth IL, US
Laura Jean Tebbe - Antioch IL, US
Susan G. Heald - Buffalo Grove IL, US

Assignee:

Walgreen Co. - Deerfield IL

International Classification:

0604

US Classification:

D 6397

US Patent:

20180341939, Nov 29, 2018

Filed:

Aug 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/052302

Inventors:

- Deerfield IL, US
Archana Dhruve - Chicago IL, US
Heather K. Hill - Barrington IL, US
Dejan Kozic - Wadsworth IL, US
Laura Jean Tebbe - Antioch IL, US
Susan G. Heald - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Warit Tulyathorn - Chicago IL, US
Mark A. Jones - Evanston IL, US
Sara B. Frisk - Chicago IL, US
Jennifer M. Levin - Chicago IL, US
Jennifer A. Comiskey - Chicago IL, US
David T. Blanchard - Evanston IL, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/20
G06Q 10/10
G06Q 10/08
G07F 7/10

Abstract:

In a method for advanced identification of a customer, a customer may remotely place an order, intending to later go to a store to pick up the ordered item. The store may have a pick-up area (e.g., at the back of the store) where the customer can go to pick up the ordered item. To save the customer time, the customer may be identified when she enters the store so that an employee can obtain her ordered item and have it ready to pick up by the time the customer walks through the store and arrives at the pick-up area. To identify the customer, an initiation device may transmit a first signal that causes the customer's mobile electronic device to respond by transmitting a second signal, which may be utilized to generate a notification in the pick-up area notifying an employee to obtain the ordered item for pick-up.