Electronic device, apparatus and system

US10664879B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SONY GROUP CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

• Aurel Bordewieck · Kirchheim unter Teck, DE
• Fabien Cardinaux · Stuttgart, DE
• Wilhelm Hagg · Bad Marienberg, DE
• Thomas Kemp · Rancho Santa Fe, US
• Stefan Uhlich · Renningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 2017
• Grant date: May 26, 2020
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/0045
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic device has a display and a circuitry. The circuitry is configured to obtain location information of a specific item of multiple items located in an environment, wherein the location information of the specific item is obtained based on a correlation between location tracking information of electronic devices moving in the environment and item list data representing items of the multiple items being purchased by users of the electronic devices for which the location tracking information has been provided; and display an indication of the location of the specific item on the display.