IP Library Granted Patent US 11,720,841
Granted Patent B2
US 11,720,841 · App. 17/385,897 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Merchant action recommendation system

Inventor: Ares Sakamoto (Austin, TX)
Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
G06Q10/0633G06Q30/0201
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Patent No.
US 11,720,841
App. No.
17/385,897
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for recommending merchant actions include a physical merchant location having a plurality of beacon devices. A system provider device receives a plurality of first location information from the plurality of beacon devices that is collected from a customer beacon communication device that is associated with a customer. The system provider device also receives a plurality of second location information over the network from the plurality of beacon devices that is collected from a merchant beacon communication device that is associated with an asset of the merchant. The system provider device analyzes the plurality of first location information and the plurality of second location information to determine at least one merchant action recommendation related to the customer and the asset of the merchant and provides the at least one merchant action recommendation over the network for display on a display device.

Claims (45)

1. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory comprising instructions; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read the instructions to cause the system to perform operations comprising:

detecting, during a first time period, a first device of a first user that is located at a first location within a physical merchant store associated with a merchant, wherein the first location is associated with a first product or service;

detecting, via a network connection during the first time period, on a user interface page corresponding to the merchant and displayed on a second device, one or more online actions by a second user of the second device;

determining that the one or more online actions by the second user of the second device correspond to the first product or service;

generating and providing a user interface on a merchant device, wherein the user interface corresponds to a layout of the physical merchant store, wherein the user interface includes a first user interface element corresponding to the first product or service located in a first area of the user interface that corresponds to the first location of the physical merchant store, a second user interface element corresponding to the first device located in the first area of the user interface based on the first device being located at the first location within the physical merchant store, and a third user interface element corresponding to the second device located in the first area of the user interface based on the one or more online actions by the second user corresponding to the first product or service, and wherein the first user interface element, the second user interface element, and the third user interface element are displayed on the user interface at the same time;

receiving, via the merchant device, a selection of at least one of the first user interface element, the second user interface element, or the third user interface element; and

in response to receiving the selection, providing first information on the user interface, wherein the first information corresponds to at least one of the first product or service, the first user, or the second user.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining one or more recommendations based on the detecting the one or more online actions by the second user and the detecting that the first device is located at the first location; and

providing, via the user interface on the merchant device, the one or more recommendations.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more recommendations include a traffic pattern corresponding to the first product or service, and an amount of sales resulting from the determined traffic pattern.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first product or service, and wherein the first information includes product inventory information or transactional information corresponding to the first product or service.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first user, and wherein the first information includes previous transactional information associated with the first user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second user interface element has a first appearance indicating that the first user is located in the physical merchant store, and wherein the third user interface element has a second appearance indicating that the second user is a virtual user of the user interface page.

7. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising, based on determining that the first device has moved to a second location, updating information corresponding to the second user interface element on the user interface.

8. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting, during a first time period, a first device of a first user that is located at a first location within a physical merchant store associated with a merchant, wherein the first location is associated with a first product or service;

detecting, via a network connection during the first time period, on a user interface page corresponding to the merchant and displayed on a second device, one or more online actions by a second user of the second device;

determining that the one or more online actions by the second user of the second device correspond to the first product or service;

generating and providing a user interface on a merchant device, wherein the user interface corresponds to a layout of the physical merchant store, wherein the user interface includes a first user interface element corresponding to the first product or service located in a first area of the user interface that corresponds to the first location of the physical merchant store, a second user interface element corresponding to the first device located in the first area of the user interface based on the first device being located at the first location within the physical merchant store, and a third user interface element corresponding to the second device located in the first area of the user interface based on the one or more online actions by the second user, and wherein the first user interface element, the second user interface element, and the third user interface element are displayed on the user interface at the same time;

receiving, via the merchant device, a selection of at least one of the first user interface element, the second user interface element, or the third user interface element; and

in response to receiving the selection, providing first information on the user interface, wherein the first information corresponds to the first product or service, the first user, or the second user.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising:

determining one or more recommendations based on the detecting the one or more online actions by the second device and the detecting that the first device is located at the first location; and

providing, via the user interface on the merchant device, the one or more recommendations.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the one or more recommendations include a traffic pattern corresponding to the first product or service, and an amount of sales resulting from the determined traffic pattern.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first product or service, and wherein the first information includes product inventory information or transactional information corresponding to the first product or service.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first user, and wherein the first information includes previous transactional information associated with the first user.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the second user interface element has a first visual characteristic indicating that the first device is located at the physical merchant store, and wherein the third user interface element has a second visual characteristic indicating that the second user is a virtual user of the user interface page.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , the operations further comprising, based on determining that the first device has moved to a second location, updating information corresponding to the first user interface element on the user interface.

15. A method, comprising:

detecting, during a first time period, a first device of a first user that is located at a first location within a physical merchant store associated with a merchant, wherein the first location is associated with a first product or service;

detecting, via a network connection during the first time period, on a user interface page corresponding to the merchant and displayed on a second device, one or more online actions by a second user of the second device associated with a second user, wherein the one or more online actions by the second user of the second device correspond to the first product or service;

generating and providing a user interface on a merchant device, wherein the user interface includes a first user interface element corresponding to the first product or service, a second user interface element corresponding to the first user, and a third user interface element corresponding to the second user, and wherein the first user interface element, the second user interface element, and the third user interface element are displayed on the user interface at the same time;

receiving, via the merchant device, a selection of at least one of the first user interface element, the second user interface element, or the third user interface element; and

in response to receiving the selection, providing first information on the user interface, wherein the first information corresponds to the first product or service, the first user, or the second user.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining one or more recommendations based on the detecting the one or more online actions by the second user and the detecting that the first device is located at the first location; and

providing, via the user interface on the merchant device, the one or more recommendations.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more recommendations include a traffic pattern corresponding to the first product or service, and an amount of sales resulting from the determined traffic pattern.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first product or service, and wherein the first information includes product inventory information or transactional information corresponding to the first product or service.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first information corresponds to the first user, and wherein the first information includes previous transactional information associated with the first user.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second user interface element has a first visual characteristic indicating that the first device is located in the physical merchant store, and wherein the third user interface element has a second visual characteristic indicating that the second user is a virtual user of the user interface page.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2026
From: VIAPHOTON LLC
To: PHOENIX MERCHANT AGENT, LP
Reel/Frame 075423/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2021
From: EBAY INC.
To: PAYPAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 056981/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2021
From: SAKAMOTO, ARES
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 056981/0244 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16742599 · Jan 14, 2020
Continuation 14191290 · Feb 26, 2014
Provisional Application 61909070 · Nov 26, 2013
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