Interactive Inventory Systems and Methods
AssigneesAT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMark Edward Causey, Brian Kevin Daly, Qingmin Hu, Karen Mullis, Jamie Toren
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Abstract
The subject disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods for interacting with a home inventory system. Home inventory systems may include appliances and storages which take inventory of their contents. Home inventory systems may interact with mobile devices to alert users of necessary or desired products. Using location information, users may be alerted when their mobile device is within proximity of a necessary or desired product.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a server in communication with a mobile device, an inventory system, and a merchant server through a communication network, the inventory system associated with the mobile device, the server including a processor, a memory, and a logic including computer instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- receive from the mobile device an activity entry associated with a product,
- determine, through communication with the inventory system, that the product is not available in a quantity required by the activity entry,
- transmit a request for the product to the merchant server,
- receive an offer from the merchant, the offer including a price of the product, and
- forward the offer to the mobile device.
A computer readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving from a mobile device an activity entry associated with a product;
- determining, through communication with an inventory system associated with the mobile device, that the product is not available in a quantity required by the activity entry;
- transmitting a request for the product to a merchant server;
- receiving an offer from the merchant, the offer including a price of the product;
- and
- forwarding the offer to the mobile device.
A computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving from a user input an activity entry associated with a product;
- determining, through communication with an inventory system, that the product is not present in a quantity required by the activity entry;
- transmitting a request for the product to a merchant server;
- and
- receiving an offer from the merchant server, the offer including a price of the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.