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US 2014/0180572 A1Published application
Tracking a mobile device
AssigneeWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
InventorsJoel Bennett Acker, JR., Richard Neil Cancro, Douglas James Pedley
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Abstract
Embodiments for determining a route a consumer takes while traversing a retail store are disclosed. The embodiments include determining a store location of a retail store and a map corresponding to the layout of the retail store, receiving waypoint data including a plurality of positions within the map corresponding timestamps, determining a route in response to the waypoint data, and providing the route and the map for display.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, at a processing device, a store location of a retail store and a map corresponding to a layout of the retail store;
- receiving, at the processing device, waypoint data including a plurality of positions within the map and timestamps corresponding to the waypoint data;
- determining, at the processing device, a route in response to the waypoint data;
- providing, at the processing device, the route and the map for display;
- determining a position of the plurality of positions that is selected by a customer, the position indicating a location where an item associated with the customer has been lost in the retail store;
- and
- transmitting a notification including the position, the route, and the map to a computing device associated with the retail store to notify the retail store that the item has been lost.
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A server comprising:
- a map module configured to determine a store location of a retail store and a map corresponding to a layout of the retail store;
- a tracking module configured to receive waypoint data including a plurality of positions within the map and timestamps corresponding to the waypoint data;
- a route module configured to determine a route in response to the waypoint data;
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- a processor configured to:
- provide the route and the map over a network connection for display on a graphical user interface;
- and
- receive a notification including a position of the plurality of positions, the route, and the map, the position indicating a location where an item associated with a customer has been lost in the retail store.
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A mobile computing device comprising:
- a map module configured to determine a store location of a retail store and receive a map corresponding to a layout of the retail store;
- a tracking module configured to receive waypoint data including a plurality of positions within the map and timestamps corresponding to the waypoint;
- a route module configured to determine a route in response to the waypoint data;
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- a graphical user interface configured to display the route and the map;
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- a processor configured to:
- determine a position of the plurality of positions that is selected by a customer, the position indicating a location where an item associated with the customer has been lost in the retail store;
- and
- transmit a notification including the position, the route, and the map to a computing device associated with the retail store to notify the retail store that the item has been lost.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.