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OwnerAlexander D. Wissner-Gross, Timothy M. Sullivan +2inventors
InventorsAlexander D. Wissner-Gross, Timothy M. Sullivan, Robert J. Wolf, Robert V. Brazell
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The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an altered shopping experience in a retail store. For example, various devices can be used to provide a stimulus (e.g. a smell or sound) to encourage the customer to purchase a product, to entertain the customer, or to provide information to the customer. Devices can also be provided for creating a forced perspective to give the appearance that an aisle is shorter than it is. Devices can also be provided to automatically identify ingredients in a recipe and identify retail stores that offer the ingredients at the best price, or to accept reservations for particular products in the case of an emergency.
A method, performed by a computer system, for outputting a stimulus to enhance a customer's experience while shopping in a retail store, the method comprising:
A system for generating a forced perspective that creates the perception that an aisle in a retail store is shorter than the aisle is, the system comprising:
One or more computer storage media storing computer executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors perform a method for automatically determining ingredients in a recipe and identifying locations where the ingredients can be obtained, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.