System for Promoting Spontaneous Purchases of Goods Using Prestocked Lockers and Proximity Marketing
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1. A system for promoting spontaneous purchases of goods, comprising:
- a locker bank having a plurality of lockers configured to securely store a plurality of goods including purchased goods awaiting pick-up and available for purchase goods, a data input interface configured to receive inputs, and a display configured to display outputs; and
a system management processor communicatively coupled with the locker bank and configured to receive, from a network device, a Global Positioning System (GPS) position of the network device, transmit to the network device, based on detecting proximity of the network device to the locker bank using the GPS position, an advertisement for an available for purchase good securely stored in the locker bank, further configured to receive from the network device a purchase commitment for the good and activate in response to the purchase commitment a locker access key allowing an operator of the network device to unlock an individual one of the lockers securely storing the good by providing over the data input interface an input validated using the locker access key.
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System for promoting spontaneous purchases of goods using prestocked lockers and proximity marketing. Locker banks having secure lockers are deployed at strategic locations near consumers. The lockers are prestocked with items available for purchase. The prestocked items are marketed to roaming consumers whose mobile devices report Global Positioning System (GPS) positions near the locker banks. When purchase commitments respecting prestocked items are received from consumers via their mobile devices, access keys to lockers where the purchased items are stocked are activated and the consumers retrieve the purchased items from the lockers using the access keys.
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1. A system for promoting spontaneous purchases of goods, comprising:
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a locker bank having a plurality of lockers configured to securely store a plurality of goods including purchased goods awaiting pick-up and available for purchase goods, a data input interface configured to receive inputs, and a display configured to display outputs; and a system management processor communicatively coupled with the locker bank and configured to receive, from a network device, a Global Positioning System (GPS) position of the network device, transmit to the network device, based on detecting proximity of the network device to the locker bank using the GPS position, an advertisement for an available for purchase good securely stored in the locker bank, further configured to receive from the network device a purchase commitment for the good and activate in response to the purchase commitment a locker access key allowing an operator of the network device to unlock an individual one of the lockers securely storing the good by providing over the data input interface an input validated using the locker access key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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Current AssigneeAlbert S Baldocchi, David D Minter, Jeffrey D. Minter
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Original AssigneeAlbert S Baldocchi, David D Minter, Jeffrey D. Minter
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InventorsMinter, David D., Baldocchi, Albert S., Minter, Jeffrey D.
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Application NumberUS15/425,565Publication NumberTime in Patent OfficeDaysField of SearchUS Class CurrentCPC Class CodesG06Q 10/0836 Recipient pick-upsG06Q 30/0255 based on user historyG06Q 30/0259 based on store locationG06Q 30/0265 Vehicular advertisementG06Q 30/0267 Wireless devicesG06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or at...G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders...G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional...G07C 9/30 not involving the use of a ...
