Item location assistant with custom price display

• US 9,996,866 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nichols, Timothy Conrad, Chatterton, Geoffrey W., Todasco, Michael Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J
• Application Number:
  US14/469,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations

Abstract

Methods and systems for improving a shopping experience are described. When a shopper walks into a store, the shopper'"'"'s mobile device transmits a signal with the shopper'"'"'s shopping preferences and shopper profile. Any items that are within a certain distance of the mobile device and satisfy at least one of the shopper'"'"'s preferences may light up to indicate that the item matches something the shopper is looking for. In addition, the price of the item based on the shopper profile for that shopper is displayed.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving a location and a user identification associated with a user;

determining, based on the user identification, shopper preferences for the user;

determining, based on the location associated with the user, that the user is within a predetermined distance of an item;

determining, based on a level of correlation between the shopper preferences and the item, a first color from a plurality of colors, wherein each of the plurality of colors indicates a different level of correlation; and

causing an item location device that corresponds to the item to illuminate the first color.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, based on the user identification, shopper profile information for the user; and

causing the item location device to display a price of the item for the user based on the shopper profile information, wherein the shopper profile information comprises at least one of;

a merchant loyalty card status, a frequent shopper status, a merchant coupon or a reward, an age group of the user, an occupation of the user, a spending habit of the user, or a past purchase of the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the level of correlation represents a number of the shopper preferences being met by attributes of the item.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a second item that matches or complements the item; and

causing a second item location device that corresponds to the second item to illuminate the first color.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operation further comprise:

determining that a second user is located within a predetermined distance from the item;

determining a second color for the second user based on shopper preferences of the second user; and

causing the item location device to illuminate the second color for the second user.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a purchase history of the user based on the user identification, wherein the shopper preferences of the user is determined based on the retrieved purchase history.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is determined based on a density of items at the location of the user.

8. A method for improving a shopper experience, comprising:

receiving, by one or more hardware processors of a service provider, a location and a user identification associated with a user from a beacon;

determining, by the one or more hardware processors, based on the user identification, shopper preferences for the user;

determining, based on the location associated with the user, that the user is within a predetermined distance of a first item;

determining, based on a level of correlation between the shopper preferences and the first item, a first color from a plurality of colors, wherein each of the plurality of colors indicates a different level of correlation; and

causing an item location device that corresponds to the first item to illuminate the first color.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, based on the user identification, shopper profile information for the user; and

causing the item location device to display a price of the first item for the user based on the shopper profile information, wherein the shopper profile information comprises at least one of;

a merchant loyalty card status, a frequent shopper status, a merchant coupon or a reward, an age group of the user, an occupation of the user, a spending habit of the user, or a past purchase of the user.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the level of correlation represents a number of the shopper preferences being met by attributes of the first item.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining the first color comprises determining a density of the first color based on a distance of the location of the user from a location of the first item.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, based on a second level of correlation between the shopper preferences and attributes of a second item, a second color from the plurality of colors; and

causing a second item location device that corresponds to the second item to illuminate the second color.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining that a second user is located within a predetermined distance from the item;

determining a second color for the second user based on shopper preferences of the second user; and

causing the item location device to illuminate the second color for the second user.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting the shopper preferences to a mobile device of the user.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a location and a user identification associated with a user;

determining, based on the user identification, shopper preferences for the user;

determining, based on the location associated with the user, that the user is within a predetermined distance of an item;

determining, based on a level of correlation between the shopper preferences and the item, a first color from a plurality of colors, wherein each of the plurality of colors indicates a different level of correlation; and

causing an item location device that corresponds to the item to illuminate the first color.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, based on the user identification, shopper profile information for the user; and

causing the item location device to display a price of the item for the user based on the shopper profile information, wherein the shopper profile information comprises at least one of;

a merchant loyalty card status, a frequent shopper status, a merchant coupon or a reward, an age group of the user, an occupation of the user, a spending habit of the user, or a past purchase of the user.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the determining the first color comprises determining a density of the first color based on a distance between the location of the user from a location of the item.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the level of correlation represents a number of the shopper preferences being met by attributes of the item.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that a second user is located within a predetermined distance from the item;

determining a second color for the second user based on shopper preferences of the second user; and

causing the item location device to illuminate the second color for the second user.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the shopper preferences to a mobile device of the user.