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Granted Patent B2
US 12,229,819 · App. 16/813,875 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Integration of customer-stored information with media enabled shopping systems

Inventors: Saul Stawar (Plano, TX); Cody Singleton (Plano, TX); Bret Aylor (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Media Cart Holdings, Inc.
G06Q30/0633B62B3/1408B62B3/142B62B3/1424G06Q30/02B62B5/0096B62B2501/065
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Patent No.
US 12,229,819
App. No.
16/813,875
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A media enhanced shopping cart system comprises a shopping cart comprising a frame, a basket, a handle, a base tray, a plurality of wheels, a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart, a locationing component for determining a location of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, and a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for a product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of the product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan, and wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the advertised product relative to the location of the shopping cart.

Claims (31)

1. A method, comprising:

determining a location and direction of travel of a media enhanced shopping cart, wherein determining the location and direction of travel of the media enhanced shopping cart is performed by a locationing component affixed to the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein the locationing component does not comprise a compass and wherein the locationing component utilizes information received from shelf-mounted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags via at least one RFID antenna mounted on the media enhanced shopping cart;

determining an inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein the inventory is determined automatically without any customer action beyond placing a product in the media enhanced shopping cart;

confirming the inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart by comparing one or more parameters associated with the inventory to parameters accessible by the media enhanced shopping cart system;

generating a customer item based on the inventory; and

displaying the customer item to a customer on a display of the media enhanced shopping cart.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the customer item comprises one or more products, a running total, a shopping list, a reminder, a registry, a recipe, a vendor site favorite, or combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inventory is determined by a component of the media enhanced shopping system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein component of the media enhanced shopping system comprises a radio frequency reader, a transceiver, or an image sensor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein confirming the inventory comprises automatic weighing of the inventory when the customer places an item in the media enhanced shopping cart.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the customer item further comprises receiving a download from a mobile device associated with the customer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a customer-supplied name for the customer item, and associating and saving the customer-supplied name with the customer item at the enterprise level.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the customer item is displayed upon receiving from the customer a customer loyalty identifier.

9. The method of claim 2 , wherein displaying the customer item to the customer on the media enhanced shopping cart further comprises displaying the reminder on a predetermined date associated with the reminder when the customer item comprises a reminder.

10. The method of claim 2 , further comprising generating and sending an email of the customer item.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein saving the customer item at the enterprise level comprises storing the customer item in a customer information database in an enterprise server accessible by a server in each retailer store associated with the enterprise, and thereby accessible by each media enhanced shopping cart within each retailer store.

12. The method of claim 2 , when the customer item comprises a shopping list, further comprising displaying a course to a product from the shopping list on a store map.

13. The method of claim 2 , when the customer item comprises a registry, further comprising displaying a course to a product from the registry on a store map.

14. A system, comprising:

an enterprise server for an enterprise, wherein the enterprise server stores customer items and customer identities;

one or more store servers, each store server associated with a retailer, wherein each store server is operable to access the enterprise server; and

one or more media enhanced shopping carts located at each retailer, wherein each media enhanced shopping cart is operable to (i) determine a location and direction of travel of the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein location and direction of the media enhanced shopping cart is determined by a locationing component affixed to the media enhanced shopping cart and wherein the locationing component does not comprise a compass and wherein the locationing component utilizes information received from shelf-mounted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags via at least one RFID antenna mounted on the media enhanced shopping cart, (ii) determine an inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein the inventory is determined automatically without any customer action beyond placing a product in the media enhanced shopping cart, (iii) confirm the inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart by comparing one or more parameters associated with the inventory to parameters accessible by the media enhanced shopping cart, (iv) generate a customer item based on the inventory, (v) access the enterprise server through the store server, wherein the enterprise server receives the customer item and saves the customer item, and (vi) display, via the particular media enhanced shopping cart, the customer item to the customer.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the customer item comprises one of a running total, one or more products, a shopping list, a reminder, a registry, a recipe, a vendor site favorite, or combinations thereof.

16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the enterprise server receives the customer item as a download from a web site associated with the retailer, as a download from a mobile device associated with the customer, as an entry via a navigational device on the media enhanced shopping cart, or combinations thereof.

17. The system of claim 15 , wherein the media enhanced shopping cart displays the reminder on a predetermined date associated with the reminder when the customer item comprises a reminder.

18. The system according to claim 14 , wherein the enterprise server generates and sends an email of the customer item when the customer elects at the media enhanced shopping cart to send the email.

19. A media enhanced shopping cart system, comprising:

a shopping cart comprising a read component for performing a proximity scan of the shopping cart using a set of proximity scan parameters, wherein the proximity scan reads the area surrounding the shopping cart;

a locationing component for determining a location and direction of travel of the shopping cart within a store based on the scan, wherein the locationing component is affixed to the shopping cart, wherein the locationing component does not comprise a compass, wherein the locationing component utilizes information received from shelf-mounted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags via at least one RFID antenna mounted on the media enhanced shopping cart, and wherein the locationing component is further operable to determine a location of a product within the store relative to the shopping cart based on the scan;

a display component for displaying at least one advertisement for the product based on the location of the shopping cart within the store, wherein the display component is further operable to display an indication of the location of the product relative to the location of the shopping cart, and wherein the display component is further operable to display the location of the cart relative to a specific point or points of store data, advertised products, or combinations thereof.

20. The media enhanced shopping cart system of claim 19 further comprising an accuracy component for providing real-time adjustments to the set of proximity scan parameters at which the proximity scan is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2024
From: STAWAR, SAUL; SINGLETON, CODY; AYLOR, BRET
To: MEDIA CART HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068923/0485 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16557013 · Aug 30, 2019
Continuation 13794156 · Mar 11, 2013
Continuation 11690852 · Mar 26, 2007
Related Publication 20200211088A1 · Jul 2, 2020
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