Systems and methods for integrating physical and virtual purchasing
AssigneeOmni Consumer Products, LLC
InventorStephen Howard
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Abstract
A virtual kiosk system, comprises a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a user shopping in a retail store, and identify a product category that the user is shopping for in the retail store. The processor is configured to recommend products in the product category to the user. The processor is configured to receive user input from the user on the recommended products that are selected for purchase by the user, add the selected recommended products to a virtual shopping cart, and display the virtual shopping cart to the user so as to allow the user to purchase the selected recommended products.
Claims20
A virtual kiosk system, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- identify a user shopping in a retail store,
- identify a product category that the user is shopping for in the retail store,
- recommend products in the product category to the user,
- receive user input from the user on the recommended products that are selected for purchase by the user,
- add the selected recommended products to a virtual shopping cart, and
- display the virtual shopping cart to the user so as to allow the user to purchase the selected recommended products.
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a virtual kiosk system, a user shopping in a retail store;
- identifying, by the virtual kiosk system, a product category that the user is shopping for in the retail store;
- recommending, by the virtual kiosk system, products in the product category to the user;
- receiving, by the virtual kiosk system, user input from the user on the recommended products that are selected for purchase by the user;
- adding, by the virtual kiosk system, the selected recommended products to a virtual shopping cart;
- and
- displaying, by the virtual kiosk system, the virtual shopping cart to the user so as to allow the user to purchase the selected recommended products.
A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
- identify a user shopping in a retail store,
- identify a product category that the user is shopping for in the retail store,
- recommend products in the product category to the user,
- receive user input from the user on the recommended products that are selected for purchase by the user,
- add the selected recommended products to a virtual shopping cart, and
- display the virtual shopping cart to the user so as to allow the user to purchase the selected recommended products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.