Systems and methods for improving a shopping experience within a retail store
AssigneeWalgreen Co.
InventorsJoseph M. Rago, Nicholas L. Eby
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided for enhancing an in-store retail experience for a customer by facilitating search queries for products and services available for sale in a retail store. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive a search string associated with the retail store and transmit the search string to a server that may execute a corresponding search query. The server may send results from the search query to the electronic device, which may dynamically update an interface accessible by a user. The user may view the information and make appropriate selections.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method in an electronic device of managing a shopping experience within a retail store having a plurality of products available for sale, the retail store configured with a plurality of hardware transmitters respectively disposed at a plurality of sections within the retail store, the method comprising:
- connecting, by a processor, to a hardware transmitter, of the plurality of hardware transmitters, disposed at a section, of the plurality of sections, within the retail store;
- based on connecting to the hardware transmitter disposed at the section, automatically determining, by the processor, a subset of the plurality of products located in the section at which the hardware transmitter is disposed;
- dynamically generating a search term based on information indicating which of the subset of the plurality of products are the most popular products located in the section;
- facilitating a search query using the search term to identify (i) a product, of the subset of the plurality of products, available for sale within the retail store, and (ii) a coupon associated with the product;
- displaying, in an interface associated with the electronic device, (i) an indication of the product, and (ii) the coupon associated with the product;
- receiving, via the interface associated with the electronic device, a selection of the coupon;
- and
- in response to receiving the selection of the coupon:
- displaying, in the interface, a confirmation that the coupon was selected.
An electronic device comprising:
- a transceiver configured to connect to a server associated with a retail store having a plurality of products available for sale, the retail store configured with a plurality of hardware transmitters respectively disposed at a plurality of sections within the retail store;
- a user interface configured to display content;
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor interfacing with the transceiver, the user interface, and the memory, and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to:
- connect to a hardware transmitter, of the plurality of hardware transmitters, disposed at a section, of the plurality of sections, within the retail store, based on connecting to the hardware transmitter disposed at the section,
- automatically determine a subset of the plurality of products located in the section at which the hardware transmitter is disposed,
- dynamically generate a search term based on information indicating which of the subset of the plurality of products are the most popular products located in the section;
- facilitate, via the transceiver, a search query using the search term to identify (i) a product, of the subset of the plurality of products, available for sale within the retail store, and (ii) a coupon associated with the product,
- cause the user interface to display (i) an indication of the product, and (ii) the coupon associated with the product,
- receive, via the user interface, a selection of the coupon, and
- in response to receiving the selection of the coupon, cause the user interface to display a confirmation that the coupon was selected.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions comprising:
- instructions for connecting to a hardware transmitter, of a plurality of hardware transmitters, disposed at a section, of a plurality of sections, within a retail store having a plurality of products for sale;
- instructions for, based on connecting to the hardware transmitter disposed at the section, automatically determining a subset of a plurality of products located in the section at which the hardware transmitter is disposed;
- instructions for dynamically generating a search term based on information indicating which of the subset of the plurality of products are the most popular products located in the section;
- instructions for facilitating a search query using the search term to identify (i) a product, of the subset of the plurality of products, available for sale within the retail store, and (ii) a coupon associated with the product;
- instructions for displaying, in an interface, (i) an indication of the product, and (ii) the coupon associated with the product;
- instructions for receiving, via the interface, a selection of the coupon;
- and
- instructions for, in response to receiving the selection of the coupon, displaying, in the interface, a confirmation that the coupon was selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.