Product purchase system including product retrieval robot of add-on product based upon mobile device and related methods

A product purchase server comprising:

• a processor and a memory cooperating therewith and configured to
• identify a given product for purchase in a physical store based upon product identifying data obtained from a mobile wireless communications device associated with a given user, the given product for purchase to be placed by the given user into a physical shopping cart,
• determine an add-on product associated with the given product for purchase and located in the physical store,
• associate the given user with the given product for purchase based upon proximity of the mobile wireless communications device to the physical shopping cart,
• cooperate with a product retrieval robot in the physical store so that the product retrieval robot retrieves the add-on product from the physical store and delivers the add-on product to the physical shopping cart based upon the association of the given user to the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart, and
• cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to permit the mobile wireless communications device to process payment for the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart and the add-on product in the physical shopping cart.

A method of processing a product purchase comprising:

• using a product purchase server to
• identify a given product for purchase in a physical store based upon product identifying data obtained from a mobile wireless communications device associated with a given user, the given product for purchase to be placed by the given user into a physical shopping cart,
• determine an add-on product associated with the given product for purchase and located in the physical store,
• associate the given user with the given product for purchase based upon proximity of the mobile wireless communications device to the physical shopping cart,
• cooperate with a product retrieval robot in the physical store so that the product retrieval robot retrieves the add-on product from the physical store and delivers the add-on product to the physical shopping cart based upon the association of the given user to the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart, and
• cooperate with the mobile wireless communications device to permit the mobile wireless communications device being configured to process payment for the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart and the add-on product in the physical shopping cart.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for processing a product purchase, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a given product for purchase in a physical store based upon product identifying data obtained from a mobile wireless communications device associated with a given user, the given product for purchase to be placed by the given user into a physical shopping cart;
• determining an add-on product associated with the given product for purchase and located in the physical store;
• associating the given user with the given product for purchase based upon proximity of the mobile wireless communications device to the physical shopping cart;
• cooperating with a product retrieval robot so that the product retrieval robot retrieves the add-on product from the physical store and delivers the add-on product to the physical shopping cart based upon the association of the given user to the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart;
• and
• cooperating with the mobile wireless communications device to permit the mobile wireless communications device being configured to process payment for the given product for purchase in the physical shopping cart and the add-on product in the physical shopping cart.