Product purchase system including product retrieval robot of add-on product based upon sensors and related methods
US11250495B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0223
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A product purchase system may include a product retrieval robot at a physical store and sensors within the physical store and configured to obtain product identifying data for a given product for purchase in the physical store by a given user. The given product for purchase may be placed by the given user into a physical shopping cart. The system may also include a product purchase server configured to identify the given product for purchase based upon the product identifying data, and determine an add-on product associated with the given product for purchase and located in the physical store. The product retrieval robot may be configured to cooperate with the product purchase server to retrieve the add-on product from the physical store and deliver the add-on product to the physical shopping cart.
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