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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Wal-mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR (US);
Inventors:
Joel Bennett Acker, Jr., Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Richard Neil Cancro, Portland, OR (US);
Douglas James Pedley, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
WAL-MART STORES, INC., Bentonville, AR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); G07G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01); G07G 1/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments for determining a completing a purchase transaction at a waypoint where a customer is located within a retail store are disclosed. The embodiments include determining waypoint of the customer, receiving waypoint data including the location of the customer positions within the retail store and a shopping list identifying items that the customer desires to purchase, and completing the purchase transaction for the items at the waypoint.