Shopper influencer system and method

A system within a retail environment, comprising:

• a first edge device configured to determine shopper attribute information of a shopper based on one or more video frames captured by the first edge device and a first inference model;
• a second edge device configured to determine article attribute information of an article based on one or more video frames captured by the second edge device and a second inference model of the second edge device;
• and
• a server device comprising:
• a memory storing instructions thereon;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured by the instructions to:
• receive, via a communications network, the shopper attribute information and the article attribute information;
• identify contextual information related to a state of the retail environment and/or historical information associated with a customer within the retail environment;
• determine, via a third inference model, real-time shopper engagement information based on the shopper attribute information, the article attribute information, and the contextual information;
• and
• transmit, to an electronic device, the real-time shopper engagement information for presentation to a retail associate with a location and/or picture of the shopper.

A non-transitory computer-readable device having instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining, by a first edge device located within a retail environment, shopper attribute information based on one or more video frames captured by the first edge device and a first inference model of the first edge device, the shopper attribute information representing one or more attributes of a shopper at an article storage structure of a retail environment;
• determining, by a second edge device located within the retail environment, article attribute information based on one or more video frames captured by the second edge device and a second inference model of the second edge device, the article attribute information representing one or more attributes of an article of the article storage structure of the retail environment;
• identifying contextual information related to a state of the retail environment and/or historical information associated with a customer within the retail environment;
• determining, via a third inference model, real-time shopper engagement information based on the shopper attribute information, the article attribute information, and the contextual information;
• and
• transmitting, to an electronic device, the real-time shopper engagement information for presentation to a retail associate with a location and/or picture of the shopper.