Systems and methods for price searching via a mobile device reading display screen graphics
AssigneeUnited Services Automobile Association (USAA)
InventorsJudd Hoyt Maroney, Charles Lee Oakes, III
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Abstract
Price searching via a mobile device reading display screen graphics is provided. A system for obtaining pricing information comprises at least one subsystem that electronically reads a price of a product using a mobile device scanning a display screen, at least one subsystem that searches for other available products and price data to compare to the electronically read price and product data, at least one subsystem that compares the price data of the other products to the electronically read price data, and at least one subsystem that presents purchase options based upon results of the comparison of the price and product data.
Claims23
A system comprising:
- an input device configured to:
- scan a machine-readable code associated with a product, and
- automatically retrieve information identifying the product based on the scanned machine-readable code;
- a display device;
- memory;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive, from the input device, the information identifying the product,
- automatically determine a first cost for purchasing the product from at least one physical store,
- automatically determine a second cost for purchasing the product from at least one online store including:
- determining a price of the product at the online store, and
- estimating a shipping cost associated with purchasing the product from the online store based on shipping costs associated with other similar products that were shipped from the same online store,
- calculate a difference in price between the first cost and the second cost,
- select between the product from the physical store and the product from the online store based on whether the calculated difference in price is within a predetermined range and whether the product from the online store is on back-order, and
- automatically provide the selection to the display device.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processing device, from a user device, information identifying a product, the user device being configured to scan a machine-readable code associated with the product and to automatically retrieve information identifying the product based on the scanned machine-readable code;
- automatically determining, by the at least one processing device, a first cost for purchasing the product from at least one physical store;
- automatically determining, by the at least one processing device, a second cost for purchasing the product from at least one online store including;
- determining a price of the product at the online store, and
- estimating a shipping cost associated with purchasing the product from the online store based on shipping costs associated with other similar products that were shipped from the same online store,
- calculating a difference in price between the first cost and the second cost;
- selecting between the product from the physical store and the product from the online store based on whether the calculated difference in price is within a predetermined range and whether the product from the online store is on back-order;
- and
- automatically providing the selection to the user device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions for causing at least one processing device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, information identifying a product, the user device being configured to scan a machine-readable code associated with the product and to automatically retrieve information identifying the product based on the scanned machine-readable code;
- determining a first cost for purchasing the product from at least one physical store;
- determining a second cost for purchasing the product from at least one online store including;
- determining a price of the product at the online store, and
- estimating a shipping cost associated with purchasing the product from the online store based on shipping costs associated with other similar products that were shipped from the same online store,
- calculating a difference in price between the first cost and the second cost;
- selecting between the product from the physical store and the product from the online store based on whether the calculated difference in price is within a predetermined range and whether the product from the online store is on back-order;
- and
- automatically providing the selection to the user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.