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System and method for inventory management

  • US 10,410,171 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2016
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inventory management system of a retail store, the inventory management system comprising:

  • a mobile computing device of a customer of the retail store, wherein the mobile computing device captures at least one data capture;

    a communication module of a special purpose computer, wherein the communications module communicates with the mobile computing device of the customer of the retail store, wherein the communication module receives the at least one data capture from the mobile computing device;

    an inventory module of the special purpose computer coupled to the communication module, wherein the inventory module sends an informational data capture request for additional information including an image capture to the communication module in response to receiving the at least one data capture from the communication module;

    a photo gather module of the special purpose computer, wherein the photo gather module gathers a photo of an interior of the retail store having an identifiable time taken from the mobile computing device;

    a photo analysis module of the special purpose computer, wherein the photo gather module delivers the photo of the interior of the retail store having the identifiable time taken to the photo analysis module, wherein the communication module transmits the informational data capture request to the mobile computing device in response to receiving the informational data capture request from the inventory module; and

    a reward module, wherein the reward module assigns a reward to the customer in response to the communication module receiving the photo of the interior of the retail store from the mobile computing device.

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