Providing an enhanced shopping experience
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1. A method of providing an enhanced shopping experience, the method comprising:
- determining, by a shopper assistant determination module in a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event, the help event generated in response to the shopper scanning an item that requires verification of the shopper'"'"'s age;
selecting, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper, wherein the shopper assistant determination module searches shopper assistant records to select the shopper assistant who has successfully resolved a highest percentage of help events; and
providing, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant, thereby providing an enhanced shopping experience by facilitating assistance for the shopper in need of assistance.
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Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for enhancing a shopping experience that include: determining, by a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event; selecting, by the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper; and providing, by the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing an enhanced shopping experience, the method comprising:
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determining, by a shopper assistant determination module in a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event, the help event generated in response to the shopper scanning an item that requires verification of the shopper'"'"'s age; selecting, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper, wherein the shopper assistant determination module searches shopper assistant records to select the shopper assistant who has successfully resolved a highest percentage of help events; and providing, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant, thereby providing an enhanced shopping experience by facilitating assistance for the shopper in need of assistance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A self-checkout terminal for providing an enhanced shopping experience, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions for:
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determining, by a shopper assistant determination module in a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event, the help event generated in response to the shopper scanning an item that requires verification of the shopper'"'"'s age; selecting, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper, wherein the shopper assistant determination module searches shopper assistant records to select the shopper assistant who has successfully resolved a highest percentage of help events; and providing, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant, thereby providing an enhanced shopping experience by facilitating assistance for the shopper in need of assistance. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for providing an enhanced shopping experience, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
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determining, by a shopper assistant determination module in a self-checkout terminal, that a shopper invoked a help event, the help event generated in response to the shopper scanning an item that requires verification of the shopper'"'"'s age; selecting, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal in dependence upon the help event, a shopper assistant to assist the shopper, wherein the shopper assistant determination module searches shopper assistant records to select the shopper assistant who has successfully resolved a highest percentage of help events; and providing, by the shopper assistant determination module in the self-checkout terminal to the shopper, distinguishing information identifying the shopper assistant, thereby providing an enhanced shopping experience by facilitating assistance for the shopper in need of assistance. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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