US 2019/0294468 A1Published application

Sensor-enabled prioritization of processing task requests in an environment

AssigneeToshiba Global Commerce Solutions Holdings Corporation

InventorsDean Frederick HERRING, Adrian Xavier RODRIGUEZ, Abhishekh PADMANABHAN, David A. BERNATH, David John STEINER, Phuc Ky DO, Jonathan M. WAITE, Brad Matthew JOHNSON

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Abstract

Method, computer program product, and system to prioritize the execution of processing task requests in a task request queue, where the processing task requests are related to an environment. The method includes adding processing task requests to a task request queue in response to the detection of predefined actions in an environment. The method also includes adding additional processing task requests or adjusting a priority level of not yet completed task requests in the task request queue, in response to detecting subsequent predefined actions in the environment.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method to prioritize processing task requests in an environment comprising a plurality of items available for selection by one or more persons, the environment comprising a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the environment, the method comprising:

identifying, using the plurality of sensors, the one or more persons in the environment;
in response to detecting one or more predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adding one or more processing task requests to a task request queue, where each of the one or more task requests comprises a priority level;
and
using one or more computer processors communicatively coupled with the plurality of sensors:
beginning execution of the task request queue according to the priority level of the one or more task requests;
in response to detecting one or more subsequent predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adjusting the priority level of one or more not yet completed task requests of the task request queue;
and
continuing execution of the task request queue according to the adjusted priority level of the one or more task requests.

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A system, to prioritize task requests in a retail environment, the system comprising:

one or more computer processors;
a plurality of sensors configured to collect data representing the retail environment;
a memory containing program code which, when executed by the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:
identifying, using the plurality of sensors, the one or more persons in the environment;
in response to detecting one or more predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adding one or more processing task requests to a task request queue, where each of the one or more task requests comprises a priority level;
and
using the one or more computer processors communicatively coupled with the plurality of sensors:
beginning execution of the task request queue according to the priority level of the one or more task requests;
in response to detecting one or more subsequent predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adjusting the priority level of one or more not yet completed task requests of the task request queue;
and
continuing execution of the task request queue according to the adjusted priority level of the one or more task requests

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A computer program product for prioritizing task requests in a retail environment, the retail environment comprising a plurality of sensors configured to collect data representing the retail environment, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code executable by one or more computer processors to perform an operation that includes:
identifying, using the plurality of sensors, the one or more persons in the environment;
in response to detecting one or more predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adding one or more processing task requests to a task request queue, where each of the one or more task requests comprises a priority level;
and
using the one or more computer processors communicatively coupled with the plurality of sensors:
beginning execution of the task request queue according to the priority level of the one or more task requests;
in response to detecting one or more subsequent predefined actions performed by the one or more persons, adjusting the priority level of one or more not yet completed task requests of the task request queue;
and
continuing execution of the task request queue according to the adjusted priority level of the one or more task requests.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/927,853Filed 21 Mar 2018
Published: 26 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 9/4831
By interrupt, e.g. masked: with variable priority
G06F 9/4881
By program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system: scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
G06N 3/0464
Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology: convolutional networks [CNN, ConvNet]
G06Q 30/0641
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping