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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Perry Robinson Macneille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Schunder, South Lyon, MI (US);
Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yimin Liu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Schunder, South Lyon, MI (US);
Ford Global Technology, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method includes accessing a list containing one or more items for purchase. The method further includes receiving a vehicle location. The method also includes searching for one or more stores within a predefined distance of the vehicle location, which sell at least one item from the list, and the prices those stores offer. Additionally, the method includes recommending a stop at at least one of the one or more stores, and providing directions to a store for which a stop was recommended.