Approximating Customer Location Within A Store

摘要

The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products approximating customer location within a store. Consumers can load a shopping list onto a mobile device. The mobile device can communicate via wireless communication with a customer location server. The customer location server can contain a map of a store as well as the location of items for sale within the store. The mobile device can send a notification to the customer location server when an item has been checked off of the mobile device shopping list. The customer location server can determine the location of the item that was checked off of the mobile device shopping list. The customer location server can infer that the customer is near the location of the item that was checked off of the mobile device shopping list.

主权项

1. At a computer system, the computer system including one or more processors and system memory, the computer system maintaining a store layout for a store, the store layout indicating the location of items within the store, the computer system able to communicate with mobile devices in the store via a wireless connection, a method for approximating the location of a customer within the store, the method comprising;
forming a wireless connection with a customer mobile device in the store, the customer mobile device maintaining a shopping list for a customer, the shopping list including a list of items of interest to the customer; receiving a notification from the customer mobile device, the notification indicating that an item on the shopping list has been checked off of the shopping list; in response to receiving the notification, referring to the store layout to identify the location of the checked off item within the store; and inferring that the customer was near the location of the checked off item when the item was checked off of the shopping list.