Customer guidance system for retail store
First Claim
1. A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:
- entering at least one product code;
retrieving product location information for at least one product corresponding to the entered at least one product code; and
presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer.
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Abstract
A computerized system guides a customer to the location of a product displayed for sale in a retail store. The customer enters a product code indicative of the product in which the customer is interested. The system then retrieves product location information for the product. The retrieved product location information is presented to the customer. This may be done by printing a map or location information at a customer'"'"'s home computer in response to interaction with the retailer'"'"'s web server computer. Alternatively, the customer may be guided by a portable computing device transported through the store by the customer. As another alternative, a customer'"'"'s shopping list may be uploaded from a PDA to a store computer. The store computer then prints out for the customer product location information for items included in the shopping list.
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52 Claims
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1. A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:
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entering at least one product code;
retrieving product location information for at least one product corresponding to the entered at least one product code; and
presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41)
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19. A system for guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, comprising:
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a transportable computing device;
a computer in communication with the transportable computing device and programmed to download to the transportable computing device product location information that is indicative of a location of the product in the retail store.
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26. A system for guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, comprising:
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entry means for entering at least one product code;
retrieval means, responsive to the entry means, for retrieving product location information for at least one product corresponding to the entered at least one product code; and
presentation means, responsive to the retrieval means, for presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer.
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38. A system for guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, comprising:
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a portable computing device in which a shopping list is stored;
a computer in communication with the portable computing device; and
a printer controlled by the computer to print product location information corresponding to items on the shopping list.
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42. A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:
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uploading a shopping list from a portable computing device to a computer;
retrieving product location information for items included in the uploaded shopping list; and
presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A computer program product comprising:
a medium readable by a computer, the computer readable medium having computer program code adapted to;
receive entry of at least one product code;
retrieve product location information for at least one product corresponding to the received at least one product code; and
present the retrieved product location code to a customer.
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51. A method of guiding a customer to a product available for sale in a retail store, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a product from an on-line catalog;
retrieving product location information for the selected product; and
presenting the retrieved product location information to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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Specification