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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Sears Brands, L.l.c., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Shubham Agarwal, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Abhishek Ramani, St. Charles, IL (US);
Kartik Subramanian, Chicago, IL (US);
Vijan Bhaumik, Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Robert C Hudson, Naperville, IL (US);
G. Mercedes DeLuca, Saratoga, CA (US);
Giuseppe Mario Di Prizio, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Kevin Lyons, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
SEARS BRANDS, L.L.C., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed provide various enhancements and/or improvements to the conventional shopping process used by brick-and-mortar stores. In some embodiments, a customer may use a mobile computing device, such as a smart phone, to select and pay for items in a brick-and-mortar store. Such shopping process may permit the customer to purchase numerous items without the using of shopping basket or a wheeled shopping cart. The shopping process may further permit the customer to pay for items and leave the store with such items without waiting in a checkout line.