SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING SHOPPING IN A PHYSICAL RETAIL FACILITY
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a database of user profiles, the user profiles having one or more partialities associated therewith;
a database of retail products, at least some of the retail products having identified vectorized product characterizations;
a control circuit configured to access the database of user profiles and the database of retail products and configured to identify one or more suggested retail items for a particular customer based, in part, on comparisons between the identified partialities of the user profile associated with the particular customer and the identified vectorized product characterizations of the retail products; and
a plurality of physical shopping carts at a retail shopping facility, one of the plurality of shopping carts being designated for the particular customer and filled with at least one of the one or more suggested retail items prior to the particular customer arriving at the retail shopping facility.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to facilitate expedient shopping in a physical retail facility. In one embodiment, a shopping system directed to pre-filling shopping carts with retail items prior to a customer'"'"'s arrival at the physical retail shopping facility includes a user database of user profiles having one or more partialities associated with customers, a product database of retail products with identified vectorized characterizations or product vectors, a plurality of physical shopping carts, and a control circuit. By one approach, the control circuit is configured to access the user database and the product database and identify suggested retail items for a particular customer based, in part, on comparisons between the identified partialities and the identified vectorized product characterizations of the retail products.
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1. A system comprising:
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a database of user profiles, the user profiles having one or more partialities associated therewith; a database of retail products, at least some of the retail products having identified vectorized product characterizations; a control circuit configured to access the database of user profiles and the database of retail products and configured to identify one or more suggested retail items for a particular customer based, in part, on comparisons between the identified partialities of the user profile associated with the particular customer and the identified vectorized product characterizations of the retail products; and a plurality of physical shopping carts at a retail shopping facility, one of the plurality of shopping carts being designated for the particular customer and filled with at least one of the one or more suggested retail items prior to the particular customer arriving at the retail shopping facility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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maintaining a database of a plurality of user profiles having and one or more identified partialities associated therewith; maintaining a database of retail products, at least some of the retail products having identified vectorized product characterizations; identifying one or more suggested retail items for a particular customer based, in part, on comparisons between the identified partialities of the user profile associated with the particular customer and the identified vectorized product characterizations of the retail products; and loading a designated shopping cart, at a retail shopping facility, for the particular customer with at least one of the one or more suggested retail items prior to the particular customer arriving at the retail shopping facility. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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