Automated secure check-out and drop-off return of products using mobile device
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving wirelessly, via a customer mobile device having wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry, a unique identifier that corresponds to a product of a plurality of products, each product of the plurality of products comprising;
a security device to prevent removal of a respective product from a respective product location in a store that sells the plurality of products,tag circuitry to maintain a purchase state of the respective product, andnear field wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry for communicating with a mobile device and to receive a command therefrom to adjust the purchase state from not-purchased to purchased;
sending, using the customer mobile device, a signal to a store server to purchase the product and to cause the security device attached to the product to release while the customer mobile device is within near field communication (NFC) range of the product;
receiving, by the customer mobile device, a code indicating the purchase of the product was completed by the store server; and
in response to receiving the code, sending by the customer mobile device, a command based on the received code to the tag circuitry of the product to cause the purchase state of the product to change from not-purchased to purchased.
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Abstract
Generally, this disclosure describes a method and system for automated check-out and drop-off return of products using a mobile device. A method may include purchasing at least one product of a plurality of products wherein each product is located at a respective associated product location in a store that sells the plurality of products and a point of sale of each purchased product corresponds to the respective associated product location.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving wirelessly, via a customer mobile device having wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry, a unique identifier that corresponds to a product of a plurality of products, each product of the plurality of products comprising; a security device to prevent removal of a respective product from a respective product location in a store that sells the plurality of products, tag circuitry to maintain a purchase state of the respective product, and near field wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry for communicating with a mobile device and to receive a command therefrom to adjust the purchase state from not-purchased to purchased; sending, using the customer mobile device, a signal to a store server to purchase the product and to cause the security device attached to the product to release while the customer mobile device is within near field communication (NFC) range of the product; receiving, by the customer mobile device, a code indicating the purchase of the product was completed by the store server; and in response to receiving the code, sending by the customer mobile device, a command based on the received code to the tag circuitry of the product to cause the purchase state of the product to change from not-purchased to purchased. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of products, each product of the plurality of products comprising; a security device to prevent removal of a respective product from a respective product location in a store that sells the plurality of products, tag circuitry to maintain a purchase state of the respective product, and near field wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry for communicating with a mobile device and to receive a command therefrom to adjust the purchase state from not-purchased to purchased; and a customer mobile device having a processor, memory, and wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry, the customer mobile device configured to; receive, via the wireless Tx/Rx circuitry of the customer mobile device, a unique identifier that corresponds to a product of a plurality of products; in response to receiving the unique identifier, sending via the wireless Tx/Rx circuitry of the customer mobile device a signal to a store server to purchase the product identified by the unique identifier and to cause the security device attached to the product to release while the customer mobile device is within near field (NFC) range of the product; receiving a code indicating the purchase of the product was completed by the store server; and in response to receiving the code, sending via the Tx/Rx circuitry a command based on the received code to the tag circuitry of the product to cause the purchase state of the product to change from not-purchased to purchased. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising one or more non-transitory storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in operations comprising:
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receiving, via wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry of a customer mobile device, a unique identifier that corresponds to a product of a plurality of products, each product of the plurality of products comprising; a security device to prevent removal of a respective product from a respective product location in a store that sells the plurality of products, tag circuitry to maintain a purchase state of the respective product, and near field wireless transmit/receive (Tx/Rx) circuitry for communicating with a mobile device and receiving a command therefrom to adjust the purchase state from not-purchased to purchased; sending, via the wireless Tx/Rx circuitry of the customer mobile device, a signal to a store server to purchase the product and to cause the security device attached to the product to release while the customer mobile device is within near field communication (NFC) range of the product; receiving, via the wireless Tx/Rx circuitry of the customer mobile device, a code indicating the purchase of the product was completed by the store server; and in response to receiving the code, sending via the wireless Tx/Rx circuitry of the customer mobile device, a command based on the received code to the tag circuitry of the product to cause the purchase state of the product to change from not-purchased to purchased. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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