Shopping trip planner

US10963951B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew Bret MacLaurin · Woodinville, US
• James Ross Skorupski · San Jose, US
• Healey Cypher · Santa Cruz, US
• Flynn Joffray · Vashon, US
• Hsin-Yi Chien · Cupertino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0635
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method of an intelligent shopping infrastructure is provided. A data storage of current inventory from a plurality of merchants is maintained. User preferences that indicate an item affinity of a user are retrieved. Furthermore, a location of the user is detected. Using the detected location, available inventory, and item affinity, an available item from the current inventory of a merchant located within a predetermined distance to the location of the user that match the item affinity of the user is identified. The available item is presented on a user interface of a client device of the user.