METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SHOPPING GROUP IN A STORE
First Claim
1. A method for identifying a shopping group in a store, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a store server, a list of items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to be identified;
determining, at the store server, items placed in carts of a plurality of customers present in the store;
comparing, by the store server, the items placed in the carts of the plurality of customers with the list of the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to identify whether the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches a combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers of the plurality of customers;
identifying, by the store server, the two or more customers as a shopping group when the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches the combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers; and
transmitting, by the store server, information related to the identified shopping group to a third party.
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Abstract
A method is provided for identifying a shopping group in a store. A store server receives a list of items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to be identified and determines items placed in carts of a plurality of customers in the store. The items placed in the carts of the plurality of customers are compared with the list of the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group. The two or more customers are identified as a shopping group when the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches the combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers. The information related to the identified shopping group is transmitted to a third party, such as a security department server and/or police department server.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for identifying a shopping group in a store, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a store server, a list of items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to be identified; determining, at the store server, items placed in carts of a plurality of customers present in the store; comparing, by the store server, the items placed in the carts of the plurality of customers with the list of the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group to identify whether the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches a combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers of the plurality of customers; identifying, by the store server, the two or more customers as a shopping group when the items expected to be purchased by the shopping group matches the combination of items placed in the carts of two or more customers; and transmitting, by the store server, information related to the identified shopping group to a third party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for identifying a shopping group in a store, the method comprises:
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receiving, by a store server, a list of the items expected to be purchased by a first customer; determining, at the store server, items placed in a cart of the first customer and carts other customers present in the store; comparing, by the store server, the items expected to be purchased by the first customer with the items placed in the cart of the first customer and items placed in at least one cart of the plurality of customers; identifying, by the store server, the first customer and the one of the plurality of customers when the items expected to be purchased by the first customer matches the items placed in the cart of the first customer and one of the plurality of customers; and generating, by a store server, a statistical database to manage store functions upon identifying the two or more customers as a shopping group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for identifying a shopping group in a store, comprising:
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items having radio frequency (RF) identification tags coupled thereto; a plurality of shopping carts, wherein each of the plurality of shopping carts has a reader coupled there to, the reader reading the RF ID tag information of the items within the each shopping cart; and a server for; receiving RF identification tag information of the items from the plurality of shopping carts, identifying two or more customers as a shopping group based upon the received RF ID tag information of the items placed within the shopping carts of the two or more customers, and generating a statistical database based on the identified shopping group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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