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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Vincent Levesque, Montreal, CA;
Alex Zhu, Verdun, CA;
Eric Gervais, Montreal, CA;
Fengtian An, Montreal, CA;
Johnny N. Maalouf, Montreal, CA;
Eric Lajeunesse, Saint-Hubert, CA;
IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices are described for location-based notifications for shopping assistance. One disclosed method includes the steps of receiving a list of items for a shopping list; obtaining a location of at least one of the items in the list; responsive to a determination that a proximity of a user device to the location is within a threshold proximity of the location: generating a notification signal based on the proximity of the user device to the location; and outputting the notification signal to cause the user device to output a notification.