SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR ENDLESS AISLE OF PRODUCTS IN RETAIL STORE

• US 20170221123A1
• Filed: 01/28/2016
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wal-Mart Stores Texas LLC (WalMart Inc.)
• Inventors: Toupin, Justin
• Granted Patent: US 10,621,645 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00

Abstract

A system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media includes a computer system configured to receive a selected product to be located in a retail store of a retailer inputted by a user into a mobile computer application running on a mobile computing device, to perform a search for the selected product on a plurality of products records corresponding to a plurality of products offered by the retailer, to identify one or more of the product records relevant to the selected product, to transmit the one or more product records identified as one or more search results, to provide the one or more search results to the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, each of the one or more search results being associated with a product offered by the retailer, and to suggest at least one related product to the selected product, and to receive at least one product or at least one related product from the search results selected by the user using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device to be shipped to an address of the retail store or another address inputted by the user.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer system configured to receive input from a mobile computing device and to provide output to the mobile computing device;

the computer system being configured to receive a selected product to be located in a retail store of a retailer inputted by a user into a mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, to perform a search for the selected product on a plurality of products records corresponding to a plurality of products offered by the retailer, to identify one or more of the product records relevant to the selected product, and to transmit the one or more product records identified as one or more search results;

the computer system being configured to provide the one or more search results to the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, each of the one or more search results being associated with a product offered by the retailer; and

the computer system being configured to suggest at least one related product to the selected product, and to receive at least one product or at least one related product from the search results selected by the user using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device to be shipped to an address of the retail store or another address inputted by the user.

2. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a server receiving a scan of a shelf-tag for the selected product or a search query for the selected product inputted into the mobile computing device.

3. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said computer system includes a product database that stores a plurality of the product records.

4. A system as set forth in claim 3 wherein the selected product is searched within the product database of the retailer using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

5. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein products offered by the retailer are outputted as search results based on the search query.

6. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein a name of the selected product is received as part of the search query.

7. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system includes a server receiving an order for the at least one product or the at least one related product to be shipped to the user.

8. A system as set forth in claim 7 wherein the another address is received as input through the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

9. A system as set forth in claim 7 wherein a location of the retail store is received as part of the address of the retail store.

10. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said computer system receives payment from the user for the at least one product or the at least one related product from a sales system of the retail store or on-line from the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

11. A method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by a computer system, a selected product to be located in a retail store of a retailer inputted by a user into a mobile computer application running on a mobile computing device;

performing a search, by the computer system, for the selected product on a plurality of products records corresponding to a plurality of products offered by the retailer;

identifying, by the computer system, one or more of the product records relevant to the selected product;

transmitting, by the computer system, the one or more product records identified as one or more search results;

providing, by the computer system, the one or more search results to the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, each of the one or more search results being associated with a product offered by the retailer;

suggesting, by the computer system, at least one related product to the selected product; and

receiving, by the computer system, at least one product or at least one related product from the search results selected by the user using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device to be shipped to an address of the retail store or another address inputted by the user.

12. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of receiving a scan of a shelf-tag for the selected product or a search query for the selected product inputted into the mobile computing device.

13. A method as set forth in claim 12 including the steps of storing a plurality of the product records in a product database.

14. A method as set forth in claim 13 including the steps of searching the selected product within the product database of the retailer using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

15. A method as set forth in claim 12 including the steps of outputting products offered by the retailer as a list of search results based on the search query.

16. A method as set forth in claim 12 including the steps of receiving a name of the selected product as part of the search query.

17. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of receiving an order for the at least one product or the at least one related product to be shipped to the user.

18. A method as set forth in claim 17 including the steps receiving the another address inputted through the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

19. A method as set forth in claim 17 including the step of receiving a location of the retail store as part of the address of the retail store.

20. A method as set forth in claim 11 including the steps of receiving payment from the user for the at least one product or the at least one related product from a sales system of the retailer store or on-line from the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device.

21. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:

receive a selected product to be located in a retail store of a retailer inputted by a user into a mobile computer application running on a mobile computing device;

perform a search for the selected product on a plurality of products records corresponding to a plurality of products offered by the retailer;

identify one or more of the product records relevant to the selected product;

transmit the one or more product records identified as one or more search results;

provide the one or more search results to the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device, each of the one or more search results being associated with a product offered by the retailer;

suggest at least one related product to the selected product, and

receive at least one product or at least one related product from the search results selected by the user using the mobile computer application running on the mobile computing device to be shipped to an address of the retail store or another address inputted by the user.