Processor-based shopping cart
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- wirelessly linking a plurality of shopping carts within a retail facility through a local area network based in the retail facility; and
enabling the carts to exchange information through said network.
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Abstract
A wireless retail customer intranet may be established within a retail facility using shopping carts. Customers may use personal digital assistants mounted on the shopping carts with wireless transceivers to communicate with a server operated by the retail facility visited by the customers. The server may provide communications to the customers based on the customer'"'"'s current location or otherwise. In addition, the customers may use the store-based intranet to communicate with other customers. Those communications may be in the form of text or audio messages in some cases. Through the use of the wireless digital shopping cart, greater interactivity between store operators and retail customers may be achieved.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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wirelessly linking a plurality of shopping carts within a retail facility through a local area network based in the retail facility; and
enabling the carts to exchange information through said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that enable a processor-based system to:
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wirelessly link a plurality of shopping carts within a retail facility through a local area network based in the retail facility; and
enable the carts to exchange information through said network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. The article of 18 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to determine the cart'"'"'s location.
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21. A system comprising:
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a shopping cart;
a processor mounted on said cart; and
a storage coupled to said processor to wirelessly link a plurality of carts within a retail facility through a local area network based in the retail facility and enable carts to exchange information through said network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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