Order determination method, non-transitory computer-readable medium and system in an unmanned store

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a shopping management system, registration information including a container identifier (ID) associated with a shopping container from a mobile device of a customer shopping at a store;
• associating, by the shopping management system, a user account of the customer with the container ID based on the registration information;
• generating, by the shopping management system, an order associated with the container ID;
• detecting, by the shopping management system, a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RF tag attached to the shopping container using a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers installed in a shopping area of the store;
• determining, by the shopping management system, a location of the shopping container in the store by performing a location calculation based on the RF signal from the RF tag attached to the shopping container;
• detecting, by the shopping management system, a plurality of RF signals from a plurality of RF tags attached to a plurality of corresponding items in the store using the plurality of RFID readers installed in the shopping area of the store;
• determining, by the shopping management system, a plurality of locations of the plurality of corresponding items in the store by performing a location calculation based on the plurality of RF signals from the plurality of RF tags attached to the plurality of corresponding items;
• adding, by the shopping management system, an item of the plurality of corresponding items to the order when the location of the item is within a predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container;
• removing, by the shopping management system, a particular item in the order when the location of the particular item is outside the predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container;
• determining, by the shopping management system according to the location of the shopping container, that the customer arrives at a checkout area of the store;
• and
• checking out, by the shopping management system, the customer at the checkout area of the store, wherein checking out the customer includes:
• determining, by the shopping management system, one or more items in the shopping container at the checkout area of the store, wherein the one or more items are within the predetermined distance from the shopping container based on the RF signal detected from the RF tag attached to the shopping container and one or more RF signals detected from one or more RF tags attached to the one or more items;
• checking, by the shopping management system, items in the order with the one or more items in the shopping container;
• wherein the checking triggers an alarm for an item that is determined to be within the predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container but is not included in the order, and automatically dismissing the alarm based on the item being put back to a section where it was retrieved;
• and
• in response to a determination that the items in the order match the one or more items in the shopping container, associating, by the shopping management system, the order to the customer's user account to be paid by the customer.

A computer-implemented system, comprising:

• one or more computers;
• and
• one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising:
• receiving, by a shopping management system, registration information including a container identifier (ID) associated with a shopping container from a mobile device of a customer shopping at a store;
• associating, by the shopping management system, a user account of the customer with the container ID based on the registration information;
• generating, by the shopping management system, an order associated with the container ID;
• detecting, by the shopping management system, a radio frequency (RF) signal from an RF tag attached to the shopping container using a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers installed in a shopping area of the store;
• determining, by the shopping management system, a location of the shopping container in the store by performing a location calculation based on the RF signal from the RF tag attached to the shopping container;
• detecting, by the shopping management system, a plurality of RF signals from a plurality of RF tags attached to a plurality of corresponding items in the store using the plurality of RFID readers installed in the shopping area of the store;
• determining, by the shopping management system, a plurality of locations of the plurality of corresponding items in the store by performing a location calculation based on the plurality of RF signals from the plurality of RF tags attached to the plurality of corresponding items;
• adding, by the shopping management system, an item of the plurality of corresponding items to the order when the location of the item is within a predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container;
• removing, by the shopping management system, a particular item in the order when the location of the particular item is outside the predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container;
• determining, by the shopping management system according to the location of the shopping container, that the customer arrives at a checkout area of the store;
• and
• checking out, by the shopping management system, the customer at the checkout area of the store, wherein checking out the customer includes:
• determining, by the shopping management system, one or more items in the shopping container at the checkout area of the store, wherein the one or more items are within the predetermined distance from the shopping container based on the RF signal detected from the RF tag attached to the shopping container and one or more RF signals detected from one or more RF tags attached to the one or more items;
• checking, by the shopping management system, items in the order with the one or more items in the shopping container;
• wherein the checking triggers an alarm for an item that is determined to be within the predetermined distance from the location of the shopping container but is not included in the order, and automatically dismissing the alarm based on the item being put back to a section where it was retrieved;
• and
• in response to a determination that the items in the order match the one or more items in the shopping container, associating, by the shopping management system, the order to the customer's user account to be paid by the customer.