IP Library Patent Application 15783645
Patent Application
App. No. 15/783,645

SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING FOR PREDICTIVE MOBILE MANUFACTURING

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App. No.
15/783,645
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided herein for predictive mobile manufacturing. A system for providing mobile manufacturing comprises a customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors associated with a plurality of customers, a product database storing vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products, a mobile manufacturing unit comprising a vehicle carrying manufacturing equipment; and a control circuit. The control circuit being configured to select a plurality of customer profiles associated with a geographic area from the customer profile database, aggregate a plurality of customer partiality vectors to determine aggregated area customer partiality vectors, determine alignments between the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and vectorized product characterizations, select one or more products to manufacture with the mobile manufacturing unit, and instruct the mobile manufacturing unit to begin manufacturing the one or more products prior to receiving orders for the one or more products

Claims (43)

1 . A system for providing mobile manufacturing, comprising:

a customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors associated with a plurality of customers;

a product database storing vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products;

a mobile manufacturing unit comprising a vehicle carrying manufacturing equipment; and

a control circuit coupled to the customer profile database, the product database, and the mobile manufacturing, the control circuit being configured to:

select a plurality of customer profiles associated with a geographic area from the customer profile database;

aggregate a plurality of customer partiality vectors associated with the plurality of customers to determine aggregated area customer partiality vectors;

determine alignments between the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and vectorized product characterizations associated with the plurality of products stored in the product database;

select one or more products to manufacture with the mobile manufacturing unit stationed in the geographic area based on the alignments; and

instruct the mobile manufacturing unit to begin manufacturing the one or more products prior to receiving orders for the one or more products.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the customer partiality vectors each represents at least one of a person's values, preferences, affinities, and aspirations.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the customer partiality vectors comprise value vectors each comprising a magnitude that corresponds to the customer's belief in good that comes from an order associated with that value.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of customer profiles are selected based on customer locations associated with each of the plurality of customer profiles.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to update the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and the selection of one or more products to manufacture based on customer locations changes associated with one or more customer profiles stored in the customer profile database.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to associate a set of default partiality vectors with a new customer of the customer profile database, the set of default partiality vectors being selected based on the new customer's demographics information.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of customer partiality vectors are aggregated by combining magnitudes associated with each partiality vector.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of customer partiality vectors are aggregated by clustering similar partiality vectors associated with the plurality of customers.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to determine quantities of the one or more products to manufacture based on the aggregated area customer partiality vectors.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more products are selected further based on one or more of: area purchase history, area demographic, current season, current weather, upcoming holidays, and upcoming events.

11 . A method for providing mobile manufacturing, comprising:

selecting, with a control circuit, a plurality of customer profiles associated with a geographic area from a customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors associated with a plurality of customers;

aggregating, with the control circuit, a plurality of customer partiality vectors associated with the plurality of customers to determine aggregated area customer partiality vectors;

determining, with the control circuit, alignments between the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products stored in a product database;

selecting, with the control circuit, one or more products to manufacture with a mobile manufacturing unit stationed in the geographic area based on the alignments, the mobile manufacturing unit comprises a vehicle carrying manufacturing equipment; and

instructing the mobile manufacturing unit to begin manufacturing the one or more products prior to receiving an order for the one or more products.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the customer partiality vectors each represents at least one of a person's values, preferences, affinities, and aspirations.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the customer partiality vectors comprise value vectors each comprising a magnitude that corresponds to the customer's belief in good that comes from an order associated with that value.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of customer profiles are selected based on customer locations associated with each of the plurality of customer profiles.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

updating the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and the selection of one or more products to manufacture based on customer locations changes associated with one or more customer profiles stored in the customer profile database.

16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

associating a set of default partiality vectors with a new customer of the customer profile database, the set of default partiality vectors being selected based on the new customer's demographics information.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of customer partiality vectors are aggregated by combining magnitudes associated with each partiality vector.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of customer partiality vectors are aggregated by clustering similar partiality vectors associated with the plurality of customers.

19 . The method of claim 11 , the one or more products are selected further based on one or more of: area purchase history, area demographic, current season, current weather, upcoming holidays, and upcoming events.

20 . An apparatus for providing mobile manufacturing comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions; and

a control circuit configured to execute the set of computer readable instructions which causes to the control circuit to:

select a plurality of customer profiles associated with a geographic area from a customer profile database storing customer partiality vectors associated with a plurality of customers;

aggregate a plurality of customer partiality vectors associated with the plurality of customers to determine aggregated area customer partiality vectors;

determine alignments between the aggregated area customer partiality vectors and vectorized product characterizations associated with a plurality of products stored in a product database;

select one or more products to manufacture with a mobile manufacturing unit stationed in the geographic area based on the alignments, the mobile manufacturing unit comprises a vehicle carrying manufacturing equipment; and

instruct the mobile manufacturing unit to begin manufacturing the one or more products prior to receiving an order for the one or more products.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INCORRECT NO. 15/182,387 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 046313 FRAME: 0096. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
To: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Reel/Frame 048101/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2018
From: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
To: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Reel/Frame 046313/0096 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2018
From: WILKINSON, BRUCE W.; MATTINGLY, TODD D.
To: WAL-MART STORES, INC.
Reel/Frame 045212/0905 →