Shopping apparatus and methods
Methods and apparatus related to enabling a shopper to utilize a mobile electronic device to enhance the shopping experience. A shopper may utilize the mobile electronic device to access retail store-specific information regarding the location of items in a retail store. A mobile electronic device may be utilized to compile an electronic shopping list and/or transmit an electronic shopping list. Locations of one or more items in the retail store may be associated with items on the electronic shopping list.
1. A method of utilizing an electronic shopping list to locate products, comprising:
receiving data from a mobile electronic device of a shopper in response to scanning a code at a physical retail store utilizing said mobile electronic device;
identifying said physical retail store in response to receiving said data;
identifying product location information of said physical store, said product location information indicative of actual locations of in-store products in said physical retail store;
identifying an electronic shopping list of listed products in which said shopper has interest in purchasing;
associating at least one store-specific location with a product of said listed products on said electronic shopping list, wherein said at least one store-specific location is at least partially based on said product location information and indicative of where said at least one product is located in said physical retail store; and
sorting said electronic shopping list into a sorted electronic shopping list, said sorting at least partially based on said store-specific locations associated with said products on said electronic shopping list, wherein said products which have proximate said store-specific locations relative to one another are grouped together in said sorted electronic shopping list.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said physical retail store is identified at least partially based on GPS data.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said physical retail store is identified at least partially based on Wi-Fi data.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said physical retail store is identified at least partially by store identification data that is embedded in said code.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said code is a check-in code.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said product location information is a map of said physical store.
7. A method of utilizing an electronic shopping list to locate products, comprising:
receiving a shopping list annotation notification from a mobile electronic device of a shopper, said shopping list annotation notification received in response to said shopper interacting with an in-store interface in a physical retail store utilizing said mobile electronic device;
identifying product location information of said physical store, said product location information indicative of physical locations of in-store products in said physical store;
identifying an electronic shopping list of listed products that said shopper has interest in purchasing;
associating at least one store-specific location with a product on said electronic shopping list, said at least one store-specific location based at least partially on said product location information and indicating where said product is located in said physical retail store;
sorting said electronic shopping list into a sorted electronic shopping list, said sorting at least partially based on said store-specific locations associated with said products on said electronic shopping list, wherein said products which have proximate said store-specific locations relative to one another are grouped together in said sorted electronic shopping list.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said in-store interface is a scannable code.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said physical store is identified based on store identification data that is embedded in said scannable code.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said physical store is identified at least partially based on one of Wi-Fi data and GPS data.
11. A method of utilizing an electronic shopping list to locate products, comprising:
receiving a shopping list annotation notification from a mobile electronic device of a shopper indicating a desire of a shopper to obtain shopping item locations of items on a first electronic shopping list stored by the mobile electronic device, the first electronic shopping list including a list of products that the shopper has an interest in purchasing;
identifying a physical retail store by the mobile electronic device;
identifying product location information in said physical store for a plurality of products listed in the first electronic shopping list stored by the mobile electronic device, the product location information indicative of physical locations of in-store products in said physical store;
associating at least one store-specific location with a product on said electronic shopping list to create a second electronic shopping list;
said second electronic shopping list including a subset of items of said first electronic shopping list indicative of items on said first electronic shopping list located in said physical store;
said second electronic shopping list including said subset of items and appended associated store-specific product location information indicating where each of said subset of items are located in said physical retail store.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising sorting said products of said second electronic shopping list to create a sorted second electronic shopping list.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said sorted second electronic shopping list is sorted at least partially based on said appended associated store-specific product location information indicating where each of said subset of items are located in said physical retail store.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising sorting said second electronic shopping list into a sorted electronic second shopping list, said sorting at least partially based on said appended associated store-specific product location information indicating where each of said subset of items are located in said physical retail store, wherein said subset of items which have proximate locations relative to one another are grouped together in said sorted electronic second shopping list.
15. A system, comprising:
memory storing instructions;
one or more processors operable to execute the instructions;
wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:
receive a shopping list annotation notification from a mobile electronic device of a shopper indicating a desire of a shopper to obtain shopping item locations of items on a first electronic shopping list stored by the mobile electronic device, the first electronic shopping list including a list of products that the shopper has an interest in purchasing;
identify a physical store of interest;
identify product location information in said physical store for a plurality of products listed in said first electronic shopping list stored by the mobile electronic device, the product location information indicative of physical locations of in-store products in said physical store;
associate at least one store-specific location with a product on said electronic shopping list to create a second electronic shopping list;
said second electronic shopping list including a subset of items of said first electronic shopping list indicative of items on said first electronic shopping list located in said physical store;
said second electronic shopping list including said subset of items and appended associated store-specific product location information indicating where each of said subset of items are located in said physical retail store.