Method and system for managing an electronic shopping list with gestures

• US 9,449,340 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
• Inventors: Argue, Stuart, Marcar, Anthony Emile
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayles, Ashford S
• Application Number:
  US13/754,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is disclosed herein. The method includes the step of receiving, with a processing device of a commerce server, one or more shopping list signals from an electronic computing device to establish a shopping list of a plurality of items offered for sale in a retail store. The method also includes the step of transmitting, with the processing device, a first item signal to an augmented reality device worn by a consumer within the retail store. The first item signal corresponds to one of the plurality of items. The method also includes the step of receiving, with the processing device, one or more movement signals from the augmented reality device worn by the consumer corresponding to movement of the consumer. The method also includes the step of changing, with the processing device, from transmitting the first item signal to transmitting a second item signal different from the first item signal in response to the step of receiving the one or more movement signals.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, with a processing device of a commerce server, one or more shopping list signals from an electronic computing device to establish a shopping list of a plurality of items offered for sale in a retail store;

generating, with the processing device, feedback data about a first item of the plurality of items including a distance signal generated by a laser distance sensor of the augmented reality device;

determining, with the processing device, that the first item is closest in proximity to the consumer based on the feedback data received by the processing device from the augmented reality device;

transmitting, with the processing device, a first item signal corresponding to the first item to an augmented reality device worn by a consumer within the retail store

receiving, with the processing device, one or more movement signals and one or more acceleration signals from the augmented reality device corresponding to movement of the consumer;

determining, with the processing device, that the one or more movement signals and the one or more acceleration signals indicate that the first item has been acquired by the consumer based on the rate of acceleration of the augmented reality device;

determining, with the processing device, that a next item of the plurality of items is closest in proximity to the consumer; and

transmitting, by the processing device, a second item signal corresponding to the next item to the augmented reality device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein receiving one or more movement signals further comprises:

receiving, with the processing device, a first movement signal containing acceleration data of the augmented reality device, a second movement signal containing direction data indicating that the augmented reality device is directed in a first direction, and a third movement signal containing direction data indicating that the augmented reality device is directed in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the second and third movement signals are both received within a predetermined time period.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

removing, with the processing device, the first item from the shopping list in response to receiving the one or more movement signals.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

retaining, with the processing device, the first item on the shopping list after changing.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

removing, with the processing device, the first item from the shopping list after receiving the one or more movement signals in response to a first movement signal; and

retaining, with the processing device, the first item on the shopping list after transmitting the second item signal in response to a second movement signal different from the first movement signal.

6. A consumer shopping list system comprising:

a shopping list database; and

a commerce server having a processing device including;

a software receiving module configured to receive one or more shopping list signals from an electronic computing device to establish a shopping list of a plurality of items offered for sale in a retail store wherein the shopping list includes a plurality of items and is stored in the shopping list database;

a software item selection module configured to generate feedback data about a first item of the plurality of items including a distance signal generated by a laser distance sensor of an augmented reality device worn by a consumer in the retail store select an item from the shopping list, wherein the selected item is determined to be closest in proximity to the consumer of the plurality of items based on feedback data received by the processing device, wherein the feedback data includes at least a distance signal generated by a laser distance sensor of the augmented reality device;

the software item selection module further configured to determine that the first item is closest in proximity to the consumer based on the feedback data received by the processing device from the augmented reality device;

a software transmission module operable to transmit a first item signal corresponding to the first item containing the item selected by the item selection module to the augmented reality device worn by a consumer in a retail store;

a software movement module configured to receive one or more movement signals and one or more acceleration signals from the augmented reality device corresponding to movement of the consumer;

the software movement module further configured to determine that the one or more movement signals and the one or more acceleration signals indicate that the first item has been acquired by the consumer based on the rate of acceleration of the augmented reality device;

the software movement module further configured to determine that a next item of the plurality of items on the shopping list is closest in proximity to the consumer; and

the software transmission module further configured to transmit a second item signal corresponding to the next item to the augmented reality device.

7. The consumer shopping list system of claim 6, wherein the software receiving module is further configured to receive a first movement signal containing acceleration data of the augmented reality device, a second movement signal containing direction data indicating that the augmented reality device is directed in a first direction, and a third movement signal containing direction data indicating that the augmented reality device is directed in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the second and third movement signals are both received within a predetermined time period.

8. The consumer shopping list system of claim 6, wherein the software item selection module is further configured to remove the first item from the shopping list in response to receiving the one or more movement signals.

9. The consumer shopping list system of claim 6, wherein the software item selection module is further configured to retain the first item on the shopping list after the software transmission module transmits the second item signal.

10. The consumer shopping list system of claim 6, wherein the software item selection module is further configured to remove the first item from the shopping list after the software receiving module receives the one or more movement signals in response to a first movement signal;

and wherein the software item selection module is further configured to retain the first item on the shopping list after the software transmission module transmits the second item signal in response to a second movement signal different from the first movement signal.