Product purchase system including product retrieval robot of add-on product based upon mobile device and related methods
US11299356B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/10297
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A product purchase system may include a product retrieval robot for a physical store and a mobile wireless communications device associated with a given user and configured to obtain product identifying data for a given product for purchase in the physical store. The given product for purchase may be placed by the given user into a physical shopping cart. The system may also include a 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 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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