Method and system for location based product identification
First Claim
1. A system for notification of proximity to a merchant selling an item of interest, comprising:
- a first database comprising at least one item of interest;
a second database comprising at least one merchant location and at least one inventory associated with the at least one merchant;
location identification software executing on a mobile device that identifies a current location of the mobile device;
notification software executing on a computing device that generates one or more alerts and sends the one or more alerts to the mobile device,in which the current location of the mobile device is sent to the computing device, and in response to receiving the current location of the mobile device the computing device compares the current location of the mobile device with the at least one merchant location and determines whether the mobile device is within a threshold proximity of the at least one merchant location;
wherein the computing device compares the at least one merchant inventory with the at least one item of interest to determine whether the mobile device is within the threshold proximity of at least one merchant that has the at least one item of interest in inventory;
wherein when the mobile device is determined to be within a threshold proximity of at least one merchant that has the at least one item of interest in inventory, the computing device generates an alert, the alert comprising information about the merchant and the one or more items of interest, the one or more items of interest populated automatically based at least in part on a previous purchase, a browsing history, an item remaining in an online shopping cart, and an online review.
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Abstract
A system using a mobile device and computing device connected to a network includes an item list database containing information relating to gift items of interest, and a merchant database containing information on merchant geolocations and inventories. The mobile device uses geolocation identification software utilizing GPS technology to pinpoint the mobile device'"'"'s geolocation. The computing device compares the mobile device'"'"'s geolocation to the merchant geolocations and compares the merchant inventories with the items of interest. If a merchant located within a threshold proximity of the mobile device has as item of interest in its inventory, the computing device sends an alert over the network to the mobile device indicating information relating to the merchant and item of interest offered for sale.
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1. A system for notification of proximity to a merchant selling an item of interest, comprising:
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a first database comprising at least one item of interest; a second database comprising at least one merchant location and at least one inventory associated with the at least one merchant; location identification software executing on a mobile device that identifies a current location of the mobile device; notification software executing on a computing device that generates one or more alerts and sends the one or more alerts to the mobile device, in which the current location of the mobile device is sent to the computing device, and in response to receiving the current location of the mobile device the computing device compares the current location of the mobile device with the at least one merchant location and determines whether the mobile device is within a threshold proximity of the at least one merchant location; wherein the computing device compares the at least one merchant inventory with the at least one item of interest to determine whether the mobile device is within the threshold proximity of at least one merchant that has the at least one item of interest in inventory; wherein when the mobile device is determined to be within a threshold proximity of at least one merchant that has the at least one item of interest in inventory, the computing device generates an alert, the alert comprising information about the merchant and the one or more items of interest, the one or more items of interest populated automatically based at least in part on a previous purchase, a browsing history, an item remaining in an online shopping cart, and an online review. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for indicating proximity of at least one mobile device to a merchant, comprising:
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identifying the geolocation of the at least one mobile device; identifying one or more items of interest; identifying geolocations of a plurality of merchants; identifying the inventory of items at the plurality of merchants; comparing the geolocation of the mobile device with the geolocations of the plurality of merchants; determining whether the mobile device is within a threshold proximity of any of the merchants in the plurality of merchants; comparing the inventory of items at the plurality of merchants with the one or more items of interest; determining whether the at least one mobile device is within the threshold proximity of any of the merchants in the plurality of merchants; generating an alert notification when the at least on mobile device is within the threshold proximity of a merchant in the plurality of merchants that has at least one of the one or more items of interest in inventory, the alert notification comprising information about the merchant and identification of the one or more items of interest, the one or more items of interest populated automatically based at least in part on a previous purchase, a browsing history, an item remaining in an online shopping cart, and an online review; and sending the alert notification to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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