Method and system for locating a product in a store using a mobile device
OwnerSanal Sasankan, Peng Fei Zhanginventors
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Abstract
A method of locating a product in a store using a mobile device is provided. The mobile device communicates with a store server through a local area network and retrieves location information for the product. Low granularity product and location information is received at the device from a store server as the user enters the store. Higher granularity location information is later received at the device depending on position of the device in the store. Pre-stored product choices in a shopping list application may be used to navigate to locations of successive products in the list.
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A method of locating a product in a store, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving at a mobile device, through a wireless local area network, a product list, the product list comprising product information for a product, associated location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) determining location of the device within the store;
- (c) receiving user input of a product choice at the mobile device;
- (d) determining a current location of the product choice in the store from the received product list, and
- (e) rendering on the store-map the location of the device and the current location of the chosen product in the store.
A method of locating a product in a store, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving at a mobile device proximate to the point of entry into the store, a product list through a wireless local area network, the product list comprising product information for a product, associated location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) determining location of the device within the store;
- (c) receiving further information for at least one product in the product list in response to identifying the mobile device to the be in a predefined area in the store.
A method of locating a product in a store, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving at a mobile device proximate to the point of entry into the store, a product list through a wireless local area network, the product list comprising product information for a product, low-granularity location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) determining location of the mobile device within the store;
- (c) receiving user input of a product choice at the mobile device;
- (d) determining an approximate location of the product choice in the store from the received product list;
- (e) rendering on the store-map the current location of the device and the approximate location of the chosen product in the store;
- (g) receiving high-granularity location information in response to identifying the mobile device to be in a predefined area in the store, and
- (h) rendering on the store-map the current location of the device and the high-granularity location of the chosen product in the store;
A mobile wireless device for determining the location of a product in a store by interacting with a store server, the mobile wireless device comprising:
- (a) a processor;
- (b) an input device;
- (c) a location determining subsystem for determining location of the device in the store;
- (d) a communication subsystem for wirelessly receiving from the store server product-location information;
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- (e) a product-location application for receiving a product choice input from the input device and rendering at the mobile device the location of the device and the location of the product-choice in the store using product-location information received from the store server.
A method of locating a product in a store comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving at a mobile device, through a wireless local area network, a product list, the product list comprising product information for a product, associated location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) determining location of the device within the store;
- (c) identifying a product choice by referring to a pre-stored shopping list, the pre-stored shopping list comprising a database of products to be purchased;
- (d) determining a current location of the product choice in the store from the received product list, and
- (e) rendering on the store-map the location of the device and current location of the product choice in the store.
A method of locating a product in a store comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving at a mobile device, through a wireless local area network, a product list, the product list comprising product information for a product, associated location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) determining location of the device within the store;
- (c) identifying a first product choice by referring to a pre-stored shopping list, the pre-stored shopping list comprising a database of products to be purchased;
- (d) determining a current location of the first product choice in the store from the received product list, and
- (e) rendering on the store-map, the location of the device and current location of the first product choice in the store;
- (f) determining that the mobile device is within a predefined distance to the first product choice and in response to the detection identifying the subsequent product in the pre-stored shopping list as a second product choice;
- (g) determining the current location of the second product choice in the store;
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- (h) rendering on the store-map the location of the device and the current location of the second product choice.
A method of locating a product in a store using a mobile device, the mobile device communicating with a server to retrieve product location information, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) sending to the mobile device through a wireless local area network, a product list, the product list comprising product information for a product, low-granularity location information for the product and a store-map for the store;
- (b) identifying location of the device within the store;
- (c) detecting the mobile device to be in a predefined area in the store, and
- (d) sending to the device high-granularity location information for use in determining the location of a product choice in the store.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.