Systems and Methods for In-Vehicle Navigated Shopping

• US 20130253832A1
• Filed: 11/30/2012
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Nallu, Praveen, Raghavan, Swami
• Granted Patent: US 9,171,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/537
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3682 output of POI information on a road map G01C21/3614, G01C21/3685 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, via a navigation-enabled mobile device, a destination location;

accessing, on the navigation-enabled mobile device, a route to the destination location;

displaying, on the navigation-enabled mobile device, the route, the displaying including indicating a plurality of items for purchase at a plurality of retail locations each retail location of the plurality of retail locations is within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route;

receiving, via the navigation-enabled mobile device, selection of a selected item, the selected item selected from the plurality of items identified along the route for purchase from an associated retail location of the plurality of retail locations; and

purchasing, via the navigation-enabled mobile device, the selected item from the associated retail location along the route.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, via the navigation-enabled mobile device, a list of items a user desires to purchase while traveling to the destination location, the plurality of items for purchase identified along the route including at least a portion of the list of items.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the route includes displaying an alternative retail location having an item of the plurality of items for purchase, the alternative retail location displayed along the route.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising guiding, via the navigation-enabled mobile device, a user along the route, the route updated to include the associated retail location as an intermediate destination along the route to the destination location.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the guiding the user along the route includes receiving a second selected item from the plurality of items identified along the route;

and

updating the route, on the navigation-enabled mobile device, in response to receiving the second selected item to include a second retail location associated with the second selected item as a second intermediate destination along the route to the destination location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing the selected item includes receiving, on the navigation-enabled mobile device, a receipt indicating transaction details for the purchased selected item from the associated retail location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the receiving the receipt includes receiving pick-up instructions from the associated retail location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the purchasing the selected item includes transmitting, from the mobile device, a payment authorization for payment to the associated retail location for the selected item.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving selection of a selected item prompts the navigation-enabled mobile device to display a purchase option associated with the selected item.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying the purchase option includes displaying delivery options for the selected item.

11. A navigated-shopping-service server comprising:

a network connection;

one or more processors; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed on the navigated-shopping-service server, cause the server to;

receive, over the network connection from a mobile device, a planned route of travel;

access a list of items a user has indicated an interest in purchasing while traveling along the planned route of travel;

locate a plurality of merchants within a predefined distance of the planned route of travel, each of the plurality of merchants selling at least one item included in the list of items; and

transmit, to the mobile device, the plurality of merchants including item data associated with each merchant of the plurality of merchants and location information for each merchant of the plurality of merchants;

12. The navigated-shopping-service server of claim 11, wherein the memory device further includes instructions that cause the server to:

receive, from the mobile device, a plurality of selected items, the plurality of selected items including information identifying, for each item of the plurality of selected items, a selected merchant of the plurality of merchants; and

transmit purchase requests for the plurality of selected items to the selected merchants.

13. The navigated-shopping-service server of claim 12, wherein the memory device further includes instructions that cause the server to:

receiving purchase confirmations from at least a portion of the selected merchants; and

transmitting, to the mobile device, the purchase confirmations received from the selected merchants.

14. The navigated-shopping-service server of claim 12, wherein the memory device further includes instructions that cause the server to:

receive, from the mobile device, payment authorization data for the plurality of selected items; and

wherein the instructions that cause the server to transmit the purchase requests further include instructions that cause the server to transmit the payment authorization data.

15. The navigated-shopping-service server of claim 11, wherein the instructions that cause the server to access the list of items further include instructions that cause the server to receive the list of items from the mobile device.

16. The navigated-shopping-service server of claim 11, wherein the instructions that cause the server to locate the plurality of merchants further include instructions that cause the server to access inventory data associated with the plurality of merchants;

and

wherein the instructions that cause the server to transmit, to the mobile device, the plurality of merchants include instructions that cause the server to transmit inventory data associated with the plurality of merchants.

17. A machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor on a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:

receive a destination location;

access a list of items a user of the mobile device has indicated an interest in purchasing;

generate a route to the destination location;

generate a display of the route, the generated display including indications of a plurality of items for purchase at a plurality of retail locations within a predefined distance of the route, the plurality of items including at least a subset of the list of items;

receive a selection of a selected item, the selected item selected from the plurality of items for purchase identified along the route; and

transmitting a purchase request for the selected item, the purchase request identifying an associated retail location of the plurality of retail locations along the route.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further include instructions that cause the mobile device to guide a user along the route, and update the route to include the associated retail location as an intermediate destination along the route.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions further include instructions that cause the mobile device to receive a second selected item from the plurality of items identified along the route;

and

wherein the instructions that cause the mobile device to guide the user along the route further include instructions that cause the mobile device to update the route, in response to receiving the second selected item, to include a second retail location associated with the second selected item as an additional intermediate destination along the route.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions that cause the mobile device to receive the selection of the selected item include instructions that cause the mobile device to display a delivery option for the selected item.