Managing vendor inventory information and shopping navigation routes based upon shopping list contents

US9830638B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• John Ruckart · Atlanta, US
• Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio · Brookline, US
• Amanda Stent · Chatham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for managing vendor inventory information and shopping navigation routes based upon shopping list contents. A server computer can execute a shopping management service. A shopping list is obtained at the server computer. The server computer obtains location data indicating a geographic location of the user device and identifies, based upon the location data, a vendor having an inventory comprising the item. The server computer generates a navigation route comprising a stop at a vendor location associated with the vendor, and provides the navigation route to the user device. The server computer can monitor purchases of items on the shopping list, update the shopping list, and update the navigation route. The server computer also can provide suggestions to the user device based upon items in the shopping list.