US 11,080,771 B2 · Self-checkout system for bypassing in-store checkout

Abstract

An online shopping concierge service allows shoppers to purchase items on behalf of customers and checkout using a mobile application, circumventing traditional point-of-sale check-out systems. A customer places an order using a mobile application or website associated with the online shopping concierge service. The online shopping concierge service charges a payment instrument of the customer in the value of the selected items. The system transmits the order to a shopper, who receives an order for fulfillment on a mobile device. The shopper collects and scans items using a mobile application. The mobile application transmits an identification of the items for purchase and their total cost to the online shopping concierge service, which transmits payment to the retailer. Alternatively, the mobile application encodes an identification of the items for purchase into an encoded image, which is scanned by a cashier, allowing the shopper to complete an accelerated check-out.

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Dependent claims

A method for completing a check-out at a physical retailer, the method comprising:

within a premises of the physical retailer, locating each item of an order, the order specifying one or more items to be purchased at the physical retailer;
scanning each item using a mobile application running on a mobile device, the scanning causing the mobile application to add the item to a basket of items;
generating a machine-readable code encoding information describing each item in the basket of items;
displaying the machine-readable code from the mobile application to an image reader at the physical retailer, wherein the image reader is configured to scan the machine-readable code and extract information describing each item in the basket of items from the machine-readable code;
determining a total store value for the basket of items;
and
initiating a payment, by the mobile application, of the total store value to the physical retailer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Self-checkout system for bypassing in-store checkout

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Self-checkout system for bypassing in-store checkout

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Abstract

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