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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Harry Hoots, Durham, NC (US);

Erik Hochstedt, Durham, NC (US);

Dana L. Price, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9537 (2019.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0627 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining item search query data from one or more mobile client computer device and location data associated to the item search query data, wherein the location data specifies a location of at least one of the one or more mobile client computer device when initiating an item search query; processing the item search query data and the location data; performing augmentation of an item inventory list in response to the processing indicating that a search query for an item has been initiated by a client computer device located at a venue currently operating as a vending venue; and providing one or more output in dependence on the performing augmentation.


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