US 11,308,535 B2 · On-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping is provided. The method includes locating an in-store shopper in a portion of a store by locating a mobile device registered in a database in association with the in-store shopper. The method also includes receiving a request for data through the mobile device pertaining to at least one item in the store and filtering the requested data based upon the location of the in-store shopper in the portion of the store. Finally, the method includes presenting the filtered data in a display of the mobile device.

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Dependent claims

A method for managing an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping, the method comprising:

determining a hardware address of a mobile device of an in-store shopper by using a wireless network request from the mobile device to one of three wireless access points of a plurality of wireless access points disposed within a store;
determining a location of the in-store shopper by triangulating the location of the in-store shopper using the hardware address and the three wireless access points;
and
presenting, in a display of the mobile device:
a map of the store, the map indicating the location of the in-store shopper;
and
a selectable element which, in response to being selected, transmits a request to summon a sales clerk to the location of the in-store shopper.

4 more elements

An in-store shopping data processing system configured to provide an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping, the system comprising:

a host computing system disposed in a store, the system comprising one or more computers each with memory and at least one processor;
at least one wireless access point coupled to the host computing system and positioned with the store;
a database coupled to the host computing system and comprising records correlating different in-store shoppers with respectively different mobile devices;
and,
computer-executable instructions enabled upon execution in the memory to:
determine a hardware address of a mobile device of an in-store shopper by using a wireless network request from the mobile device to one of three wireless access points of a plurality of wireless access points disposed within the store;
determine a location of the in-store shopper by triangulating the location of the in-store shopper using the hardware address and the three wireless access points;
and
present in a display of the mobile device:
a map of the store, the map indicating the location of the in-store shopper;
and
a selectable element which, in response to being selected, transmits a request to summon a sales clerk to the location of the in-store shopper.

9 more elements

A computer program product for managing an on-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

determining a hardware address of a mobile device of an in-store shopper by using a wireless network request from the mobile device to one of three wireless access points of a plurality of wireless access points disposed within a store;
determining a location of the in-store shopper by triangulating the location of the in-store shopper using the hardware address and the three wireless access points;
and
presenting in a display of the mobile device:
a map of the store, the map indicating the location of the in-store shopper;
and
a selectable element which, in response to being selected, transmits a request to summon a sales clerk to the location of the in-store shopper.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/681,798Filed 12 Nov 2019 · continuation

Priority

6 Oct 2014

Published

US 2020/0104896 A12 Apr 2020

Granted

19 Apr 2022

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 30/0623
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: by investigating goods or services
G06Q 30/0639
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: locating goods or services, e.g. based on physical position of the goods or services within a shopping facility
G06Q 30/0641
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping
H04W 4/33
Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Family

Application14/507,048Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Oct 2014

Application14/710,589Parent of this continuation · filed 13 May 2015

US 2020/0104896 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Apr 2020

US 10,510,103 B2Parent of this continuation

US 10,510,102 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0098772 A1Published application

US 2016/0098782 A1Published application

US 11,308,535 B2This patent

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On-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping

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On-line shopping assistant for in-store shopping

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Abstract

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