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US 7,734,513 B2Granted
System of tracking the real time location of shoppers, associates, managers and vendors through a communication multi-network within a store
AssigneeSunrise R&D Holdings, LLC
InventorsBrett Bracewell Bonner, Christopher Todd Hjelm, Titus Arthur Jones, John Edward Osborne, II, Dion Brent Perkins
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Abstract
The invention relates to one or more systems for locating a shopper's, associate's, manager's or vendor's presumed position in a store using a communication multi-network for communication in the store. Specifically, at least one location device is positioned in proximity to, for example, a shopper such that the shopper's presumed position about the store may be known continuously or upon demand to the store.
Claims18
A system for locating a presumed position of an operator in a store, comprising:
- A map of said store;
- An X and Y two-dimensional grid superimposed over said map of said store;
- A set of X and Y positional coordinates that correspond with each said presumed position of said operator on said X and Y two-dimensional grid superimposed over said map of said store;
- At least one location tracking device positioned in a proximate position to said operator that operates to calculate X and Y positional coordinates data;
- At least one logic engine that organizes and stores said X and Y positional coordinates data;
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- A communication multi-network for communication about said store, the communication multi-network comprising
- At least one star communication network through which non-location data is transferred to said at least one logic engine;
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- At least one mesh communication network through which said at least one location tracking device is tracked throughout said store based on said X and Y positional coordinates data;
- Whereby said at least one logic engine is operatively connected to said communication multi-network;
- whereby said at least one location tracking device is operatively connected to said communication multi-network and communicates through said communication multi-network to said at least one logic engine;
- whereby each said at least one location tracking device operates as a blind node within said communication multi-network.
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