PLANOGRAM GUIDED SHOPPING

• US 20100070365A1
• Filed: 12/22/2008
• Published: 03/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Leitheiser, Gregory Robert, Fenton, Charles Stanley, Siotia, Sanjeev
• Application Number:
  US12/341,164
• Publication Number:
  US 20100070365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.490
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering

Abstract

A method and system of facilitating shopping within a store enables detection of a wireless device in proximity to a store, identification of items in an electronic shopping list (ESL) resident in the wireless device, and the provision of guided shopping information to the wireless device by accessing item location data so as to facilitate navigation of the store to locate the ESL items. The items in the ESL may be sorted based on the item location data and the sorted ESL may be provided to the wireless device. An image of a layout of the store may be provided to the wireless device. Text based directions for navigating the store to locate items in the ESL may be provided to the wireless device.

Claims

1. A shopping facilitation method, comprising:

detecting a wireless device in proximity to a store;

identifying items in an electronic shopping list (ESL) resident in the wireless device; and

accessing item location data to provide guided shopping information to the wireless device, wherein the guided shopping information facilitates navigation of the store to locate the ESL items.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing guided shopping information comprises sorting the ESL by item based on the item location data and providing the sorted ESL to the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein providing guided shopping information comprises providing an image of a layout of the store.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the image includes an indication of a location of an item in the ESL.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the image includes an indication of a location of the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing guided shopping information includes providing text based directions for navigating the store to locate items in the ESL.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said accessing comprises accessing a planogram of the store.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing promotional content to the wireless device wherein the promotional content is determined in part by at least one of the items in the ESL and the guided shopping information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the promotional content is directed at an item located in proximity to an item in the ESL.

10. A system including processor and storage media accessible to the processor, configured to facilitate shopping, the system being operable for:

detecting a wireless device in proximity to a store;

identifying items in an electronic shopping list (ESL) resident in the wireless device; and

accessing item location data to provide guided shopping information to the wireless device, wherein the guided shopping information facilitates navigation of the store to locate the ESL items.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein providing guided shopping information comprises sorting the ESL by item based on the item location data and providing the sorted ESL to the wireless device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein providing guided shopping information comprises providing an image of a layout of the store.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the image includes an indication of a location of an item in the ESL.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the image includes an indication of a location of the wireless device.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein providing guided shopping information includes providing text based directions for navigating the store to locate items in the ESL.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein said accessing comprises accessing a planogram of the store.

17. The system of claim 10, further comprising providing promotional content to the wireless device wherein the promotional content is determined in part by at least one of the items in the ESL and the guided shopping information.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the promotional content is directed at an item located in proximity to an item in the ESL.

19. A computer readable memory media, including computer executable program instructions for facilitating shopping, said program instructions executable to:

detect a wireless device in proximity to a store;

identify a shopping application and an electronic shopping list (ESL) resident in the wireless device; and

provide the shopping application with access to item location data indicative of locations of ESL items within the store.

20. The memory media of claim 19, further including program instructions executable to provide promotional content to the wireless device wherein the promotional content is determined in part by at least one of the items in the ESL and the item location data.