Item list display

• US 10,354,316 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Blass, Oscar John
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg, Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US15/080,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: 705 268, 705 269
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations

Abstract

Provided are a system and method for displaying an item list, comprising: a list generator on a device that associates a list of items of interest at a retail establishment with feedback data according to locations of the items of interest relative to a location of the device; a location server that determines the locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device; and an updater that reorders the list of items of interest and associates the feedback data with the reordered list of according to current locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device. When the device is at a closest item of interest having a predetermined feedback data, the closest item of interest is swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at the user interface, and the list of items of interest is reordered so that the next closest item of interest has the predetermined feedback data.

Claims

1. A system for displaying an item list, comprising:

a list generator on a device that associates a list of items of interest at a retail establishment with feedback data according to locations of the items of interest relative to a location of the device;

a location server that determines the locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device by detecting signals emitted from the items of interest; and

an updater that reorders the list of items of interest and associates the feedback data with the reordered list of according to current locations of the items of interest relative to the location of the device, wherein when the device is at a closest item of interest having a predetermined feedback data, the closest item of interest is swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at a user interface of the device, and the list of items of interest is reordered so that the next closest item of interest has the predetermined feedback data, wherein the feedback data includes a color scheme that is displayed to indicate a current distance between the device and the items of interest, wherein the color scheme includes a first color that is displayed to identify the closest item of interest when the device is at a first distance from the closest item of interest and a second color that is displayed to identify a next closest item of interest when the device is at a second distance from the next closest item of interest, and wherein in response to the closest item of interest being swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at the user interface, the distances between the device and the items of interest are recalculated and the color scheme changes so that the first color is displayed to identify the next closest of item of interest and the second color is displayed to identify a different item of interest.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the device and the items of interest is determined by a combination of a global positioning satellite (GPS) device on the device and a radio frequency identification (RFID) signal received from the items of interest.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each item of interest is identified among the list of items based on a distance of the device from the items of interest, wherein the user interface displays a particular item of interest based on the particular item of interest being the closest to the device among the list of items of interest.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback data includes at least one of color, audio, acoustic, or tactile feedback data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is stationary and the items of interest are in motion relative to the device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the items of interest are stationary and the device is in motion relative to the items of interest.

7. A system for displaying a list of items of interest, comprising:

a location server that determines at least one of a distance and a direction from the items of interest by detecting signals emitted from the items of interest; and

an updater at a mobile shopper device that applies a feedback scheme to display a shopping list that lists the items of interest according to the distance between the mobile shopper device and the items of interest wherein the feedback scheme is displayed to indicate a current distance between the mobile shopper device and the items of interest and includes a first color that is displayed to identify the closest item of interest when the mobile shopper device is at a first distance from the closest item of interest and a second color that is displayed to identify a next closest item of interest when the mobile shopper device is at a second distance from the next closest item of interest and wherein in response to the closest item of interest being swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at a user interface of the mobile shopper device, the distances between the mobile shopper device and the items of interest are recalculated and the color scheme changes so that the first color is displayed to identify the next closest of item of interest and the second color is displayed to identify a different item of interest.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the feedback scheme includes at least one of color, audio, acoustic, or tactile feedback data.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising a list generator that associates the feedback scheme with the items of interest according to a location of the items relative to the location of the mobile shopper device.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the device is stationary and the items of interest are in motion relative to the device.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the items of interest are stationary and the device is in motion relative to the items of interest.

12. A method for displaying a list of items of interest, comprising:

generating a shopping list that includes the items of interest at a store;

determining a distance between a device displaying the shopping list and the items of interest by a location server detecting signals emitted from the items of interest;

applying a feedback scheme to the displayed shopping list according to the distance between the device displaying the shopping list and the items of interest, wherein the feedback scheme is displayed to indicate a current distance between the device and the items of interest wherein the color scheme includes a first color that is displayed to identify the closest item of interest when the device is at a first distance from the closest item of interest, and a second color that is displayed to identify a next closest item of interest when the device is at a second distance from the next closest item of interest and wherein in response to the closest item of interest being swiped or removed from the list of items of interest displayed at the user interface, the distances between the device and the items of interest are recalculated and the color scheme changes so that the first color is displayed to identify the next closest of item of interest and the second color is displayed to identify a different item of interest.