CONSUMER INTERFACE DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-STORE NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for interactive shopping at a retail store, the method comprising:
- causing a processor, coupled to a touchscreen, to determine whether the touchscreen received input;
causing the processor to identify, based on the received input, a first product;
causing the processor to generate a query, the query representing a request for information associated with the first product;
causing the processor to transmit the query to an inventory system, wherein the inventory system includes data regarding one or more products available for purchase at the retail store;
causing the processor to receive a response to the query;
causing the processor to determine, based on the response to the query, that the first product is available for in-store purchase;
causing the processor to receive information indicating a location of the first product within the retail store;
when the first product is located on a shelf, causing the processor to receive, from a planogram system, information indicating a shelf placement for the first product; and
causing the processor to provide a display at the touchscreen for navigating to the first product, wherein the touchscreen displays an image of the first product on a shelf when information indicating a shelf placement for the first product has been received.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A consumer interface device (“CID”) implemented in a retail store provides an interactive in-store shopping experience. In particular, the CID may provide in-store navigation to a desired product. The CID may receive input from a user specifying the desired product, or the CID may suggest a product and provide navigation to the desired and/or suggested product. The CID may be mounted on a shelf in a retail store and may include a microprocessor, a touchscreen, a digital storage medium, and a networking device. The CID may track the success of particular in-store advertisements with regard to particular consumers or types of consumers; provide in-store navigation to products; enable purchases via a network; and target an individual consumer or group of consumers with product content specifically directed to the respective consumers or groups of consumers.
40 Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A computer-implemented method for interactive shopping at a retail store, the method comprising:
-
causing a processor, coupled to a touchscreen, to determine whether the touchscreen received input; causing the processor to identify, based on the received input, a first product; causing the processor to generate a query, the query representing a request for information associated with the first product; causing the processor to transmit the query to an inventory system, wherein the inventory system includes data regarding one or more products available for purchase at the retail store; causing the processor to receive a response to the query; causing the processor to determine, based on the response to the query, that the first product is available for in-store purchase; causing the processor to receive information indicating a location of the first product within the retail store; when the first product is located on a shelf, causing the processor to receive, from a planogram system, information indicating a shelf placement for the first product; and causing the processor to provide a display at the touchscreen for navigating to the first product, wherein the touchscreen displays an image of the first product on a shelf when information indicating a shelf placement for the first product has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A consumer interface device for providing an interactive shopping experience in a retail store, the consumer interface device comprising:
-
a touchscreen; a processor coupled to the touchscreen; a networking device coupled to the processor; and a digital storage medium, coupled to the processor, including non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed at the processor, cause the processor to; (a) determine the touchscreen has received input; (b) identify, based on the received input, a first product; (c) generate one or more queries representing one or more requests for information regarding the first product; (d) transmit, via the networking device, the one or more queries; (e) receive, via the networking device, one or more responses to the one or more queries; (f) determine, based on the one or more responses; (i) availability of the first product for in-store purchase, (ii) a location of the first product within the retail store, and (iii) when the first product is located on a shelf, an indication of a position of the first product on a shelf; and (g) provide, at the touchscreen, a display for in-store navigation to the first product, wherein the touchscreen displays an image showing the position of the first product on the shelf when an indication of shelf position has been received. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
-
-
17. A tangible computer readable medium including non-transitory computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
-
determine a touchscreen has received input; identify, based on the received input, a first product; generate one or more queries representing one or more requests for information regarding the first product; transmit, via the networking device, the one or more queries; receive, via the networking device, one or more responses to the one or more queries; determine, based on the one or more responses, each of; (i) whether the first product is available for in-store purchase, (ii) when the first product is available for in-store purchase, a location of the first product within the retail store, and (iii) when the first product is located on a shelf, an indication of a position of the first product on a shelf; and provide, at the touchscreen, a display for in-store navigation to the first product, wherein the touchscreen displays an image showing the position of the first product on the shelf when an indication of shelf position has been received. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification