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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Christopher M. Laffoon, Durham, NC (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Viswanath Srikanth, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Craig W. Chaney, Apex, NC (US);
Kathryn J. Lemanski, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher M. Laffoon, Durham, NC (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Viswanath Srikanth, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Craig W. Chaney, Apex, NC (US);
Kathryn J. Lemanski, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Identifying abandoned shopping carts, including: providing shopping carts with locators; associating store areas with zone identifications, and providing store aisles with readers for the locators; associating carts with at least one zone; identifying carts and determining that carts entered new zones; determining an amount of time carts are in zones, and when carts are in an unassociated zone for a specified time, designating carts as abandoned and alerting personnel.