CART EXPLORER FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT/MEDIA ENHANCED SHOPPING CART PAGING SYSTEMS/MEDIA ENHANCED SHOPPING DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED COMPASS
First Claim
1. A media enhanced shopping cart, comprising:
- a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, and a plurality of wheels; and
an embedded computing device comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a status module, and a network transceiver configured for wireless communication, the embedded computing device being attached to the shopping cart,wherein the status module is operable to determine a cart status and periodically transmit the cart status via the network transceiver.
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Abstract
A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.
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23 Claims
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1. A media enhanced shopping cart, comprising:
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a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, and a plurality of wheels; and an embedded computing device comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a status module, and a network transceiver configured for wireless communication, the embedded computing device being attached to the shopping cart, wherein the status module is operable to determine a cart status and periodically transmit the cart status via the network transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a store computer system comprising at least a central processing unit, a data server storing store-related software, cart-related software, and fleet cart explorer module, wherein the fleet cart explorer module maintains wireless contact with each media enhanced shopping cart to monitor status of the cart; a plurality of media enhanced shopping carts, each media enhanced shopping cart comprising; a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a plurality of wheels, and a basket; an embedded computing device comprising a central processing unit, a memory, a status module, and a network transceiver configured for wireless communication with the store computer system, wherein the embedded computing device is affixed to the shopping cart, wherein the status module is operable to determine a cart status and periodically transmit the cart status via the network transceiver; a locationing component for determining a location of the cart within a store relative to the one or more anchor RFID tags; and a display component attached to the cart, wherein the display component displays the location of the cart relative to the specific point of store data, advertising, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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determining a cart status; and periodically transmitting the cart status via a network transceiver on the cart to an in-store system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 23)
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21. A method comprising:
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maintaining wireless contact with each media enhanced shopping cart in a fleet of such carts to monitor the cart status of each cart; receiving the cart status of each cart; and displaying a report of the cart status of each cart. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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