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US 2014/0175162 A1Published application
Identifying Products As A Consumer Moves Within A Retail Store
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsStuart Argue, Anthony Emile Marcar
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of receiving, at a processing device of a commerce server, a video signal containing a barcode from an augmented reality device worn by a consumer shopping in a retail store. The method also includes the step of identifying, with the processing device, the barcode in the video signal. The method also includes the step of correlating, with the processing device, the barcode with a product offered for sale in the retail store.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a processing device of a commerce server, a video signal containing a barcode from an augmented reality device worn by a consumer shopping in a retail store;
- identifying, with the processing device, the barcode in the video signal;
- and
- correlating, with the processing device, the barcode with a product offered for sale in the retail store.
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A commerce server comprising:
- a processing device configured to receive a video signal from an augmented reality device worn by a consumer as the consumer moves within a retail store and including:
- a video processing module configured to receive the video signal detect a presence of a barcode in the video signal;
- an identification module configured to identify the barcode detected in the video signal;
- and
- a correlation module configured to correlate the barcode identified by the identification module with a product offered for sale in the retail store.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, at a processing device of a commerce server, a video signal containing a barcode from an augmented reality device worn by a consumer shopping in a retail store, wherein the barcode is spaced from a center of a field of view of the video signal;
- identifying, with the processing device, the barcode in the video signal;
- correlating, with the processing device, the barcode with a product offered for sale in the retail store;
- and
- transmitting, with the processing device, a signal containing information about the product to the augmented reality device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.