发明名称 AUTOMATED IN STORE SHOPPING SYSTEM
摘要 Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for automated grocery shopping. The method includes generating a route to grocery items within a store and directing a robotic cart to collect the grocery items according to the generated route. A list of grocery items to be collected is received from a user located at a remote location. A purchase items list is generated comprising the collected grocery items. As each grocery item on the list of grocery items is collected, it is added to the purchase items list. The method may also include remote payment by a user for the grocery items listed on the purchase items list.
申请公布号 US2016364786(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.12.15
申请号 US201514955244 申请日期 2015.12.01
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Wankhede Vinod Kumar L.
分类号 G06Q30/06 主分类号 G06Q30/06
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method for automated grocery shopping, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by one or more computer processors, a list of grocery items at a store, wherein the list of grocery items includes one or more grocery items; determining, by one or more computer processors, whether each grocery item of the list of grocery items is present at the store; responsive to determining that a grocery item of the list of grocery items is not present at the store, notifying, by one or more computer processors, a device of a remote user that the grocery item does not exist at the store and modifying the list of grocery items, by removing the grocery item from the list of grocery items; generating, by one or more computer processors, a route to each grocery item of the list of grocery items at the store in a sequential order; notifying, by one or more computer processors, the device of the remote user of an estimated shopping time to collect the list of grocery items; directing, by one or more computer processors, a cart to follow the generated route and to retrieve the modified list of grocery items; requesting, by one or more computer processors, payment for the retrieved grocery items; receiving, by one or more computer processors, an indication of payment; and responsive to receiving an indication of payment, delivering, by one or more processors, the retrieved grocery items to the remote user.
地址 Armonk NY US