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US 2021/0082020 A1Published application
Automated product offering
AssigneeFUJIFILM North America Corporation
InventorCharles L. DuBois
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AssigneeFUJIFILM North America Corporation
InventorCharles L. DuBois
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Automating a product offering presented in a consumer kiosk application for creating and order consumer photo-related products. An automated product offering system determines in real-time or near real-time the availability of products to be offered to the consumer and adjusts the display on the kiosk GUI to guide the user to select products that are currently available. The product availability may be specific to a location and a retailer hosting the consumer kiosk application. The kiosk GUI display is adjusted in accordance with product advertising and promotional campaigns to guide the user to generate orders for products that offer the best value to the consumer while helping retailers and kiosk operators succeed with advertising campaigns.
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A computer implemented method for generating a photograph customized product (“product”) using a user interface (UI), the method comprising:
The method of claim 1, wherein the product is locally generated at a kiosk located near the user, or the product is locally generated at a store near the kiosk.
The method of claim 2, wherein the user interface indicates a location, different from the kiosk and different from the store that manages the kiosk, where the selected product is currently available.
The method of claim 1, wherein an action that a user can take is to obtain assistance from a store that manages the kiosk.
The method of claim 1, wherein the product catalog indicates an availability of each of the plurality of products, and the local availability of a product overrides the product catalog indication of availability for the product.
The method of claim 1, wherein determining local availability includes determining whether one or more media items necessary to generate the product are loaded into an equipment that generates the product, and that the equipment is online and operable to generate the product.
The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is displayed on a kiosk or displayed on an application running on a mobile device.
A computer-readable medium programmed with instructions that, when executed by a processing system comprising one or more hardware processors, perform operations for generating a photograph customized product (“product”) using a user interface (UI), the operations comprising:
The medium of claim 8, wherein the product is locally generated at a kiosk located near the user, or the product is locally generated at a store near the kiosk.
The medium of claim 9, wherein the user interface indicates a location, different from the kiosk and different from the store that manages the kiosk, where the selected product is currently available.
The medium of claim 8, wherein an action that a user can take is to obtain assistance from a store that manages the kiosk.
The medium of claim 8, wherein the product catalog indicates an availability of each of the plurality of products, and the local availability of a product overrides the product catalog indication of availability for the product.
The medium of claim 8, wherein determining local availability includes determining whether one or more media items necessary to generate the product are loaded into an equipment that generates the product, and that the equipment is online and operable to generate the product.
The medium of claim 8, wherein the user interface is displayed on a kiosk or displayed on an application running on a mobile device.
A system comprising a processing system having at least one hardware processor, and a memory programmed with instructions that, when executed by a processing system, perform operations for generating a photograph customized product (“product”) using a user interface (UI), the operations comprising:
The system of claim 15, wherein the product is locally generated at a kiosk located near the user, or the product is locally generated at a store near the kiosk.
The system of claim 16, wherein the user interface indicates a location, different from the kiosk and different from the store that manages the kiosk, where the selected product is currently available.
The system of claim 15, wherein an action that a user can take is to obtain assistance from a store that manages the kiosk.
The system of claim 15, wherein the product catalog indicates an availability of each of the plurality of products, and the local availability of a product overrides the product catalog indication of availability for the product.
The system of claim 15, wherein determining local availability includes determining whether one or more media items necessary to generate the product are loaded into an equipment that generates the product, and that the equipment is online and operable to generate the product.
The system of claim 15, wherein the user interface is displayed on a kiosk or displayed on an application running on a mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.