Projection shopping with a mobile device
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsAli Minaei Moghadam, John Lunn
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Abstract
A method for making purchases with a mobile device at a physical location is described. A service provider receives information about an item available for purchase, and this information is projected on a surface. A user in the vicinity of the surface views the projected information and provides input through the user's mobile device. The projected information changes based on the input. The user selects an item for purchase and pays for the selected item through the mobile device.
Claims20
A method for making purchases at a physical location, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of a service provider, information about an item available for purchase, wherein the information is sent from a mobile device of a user;
- communicating with a projector to project an image of the information on a surface different from a display of the mobile device;
- receiving input from the mobile device;
- changing the projected information based on the input;
- receiving a payment request through the mobile device, wherein the request comprises information about a selected item for purchase;
- and
- processing the payment request.
A system, comprising:
- a memory device storing user account information, wherein the user account information comprises information about a plurality of items available for purchase from a merchant, the items capable of being projected on a surface different from a display of a mobile device of a user;
- and
- a processor operable to:
- receive information about an item available for purchase from a mobile device of a user;
- communicate with a projector to project an image of the information on a surface different from a display of the mobile device;
- receive input from the mobile device;
- change the projected information based on the input;
- receive a payment request through the mobile device, wherein the payment request comprises information about a selected item for purchase;
- and
- process the request.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
- receiving information about an item available for purchase from a mobile device of a user;
- communicating with a projector to project an image of the information on a surface different from a display of the mobile device;
- receiving input from a mobile device;
- changing the projected information based on the input;
- receiving a payment request through the mobile device, wherein the payment request comprises information about a selected item for purchase;
- and
- processing the request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.