SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPULSE PURCHASE PROMPTING

1 . A system of fulfilling on-site purchases, comprising:

a mobile device;

an impulse purchase location including a pickup location;

an impulse purchase prompt initiator including a processor and configured to detect a position of the mobile device so as to detect the mobile device being located at the pickup location, the detection of the position of the mobile device executed via at least one of a Bluetooth connection, a geofence detection, a wireless connection, or a camera detection located at the impulse purchase location;

an impulse purchase prompt, wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically transmits the impulse purchase prompt to the mobile device in response to interaction between the mobile device and the impulse purchase prompt initiator while the mobile device is proximal to the impulse purchase location and in response to the mobile device being located at a predetermined distance from the pickup location of the impulse purchase location and in advance of the mobile device arriving at the pickup location; and

a fulfillment configuration that fulfills an impulse purchase in response to a customer response to the impulse purchase prompt including an impulse purchase request and comprises an automated locker including at least one storage compartment and a communications module communicatively coupled to the impulse purchase prompt initiator,

wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator

automatically sends a signal to the communications module of the automated locker indicative of the an impulse purchase request transmitted in response to the impulse purchase prompt so as to automatically cause the at least one storage compartment to open and dispense a product associated with the impulse purchase request, and

is configured to determine that the mobile device is stationary and to only automatically transmit the impulse purchase prompt in response to the mobile device being stationary for a predetermined period of time and before the customer completes an initial transaction that resulted in entry of the customer into the impulse purchase location, wherein the completion of the initial transaction includes the customer receiving all products associated with the initial transaction.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt presents at least one impulse purchase product based on the fulfillment configuration available, and wherein the impulse purchase prompt comprises a notification on the mobile device.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the impulse purchase request activates the fulfillment configuration for simultaneous fulfillment with the initial transaction that resulted in entry of the customer into the impulse purchase location.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the signal automatically causes the at least one storage compartment to open and dispense a product associated with the impulse purchase request prior to arrival of the customer or a fulfilment associate at the automated locker.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt opens a mobile application associated with an impulse purchase location in response to approval of the notification by the customer.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the detection of the customer comprises an interaction with the mobile device that comprises a customer-initiated interaction with an information carrier present at an impulse purchase location.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the customer-initiated interaction comprises scanning a QR code with the mobile device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one storage compartment includes a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, the first storage compartment having a first internal temperature that is lower than a second internal temperature of the second storage compartment, and wherein the system further includes adjusting the first internal temperature and the second internal temperature in response to seasonal changes in impulse purchasing behavior of customers.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one storage compartment includes a single location of interaction which includes a dispensing location at which a product associated with the impulse purchase request is dispensed and a QR code scanning location.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator is further configured to, in response to the impulse purchase request being transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt, automatically transmit a further impulse purchase prompt to the customer that is related to the product associated with the impulse purchase request.

11 . A system of fulfilling on-site purchases, comprising:

an impulse purchase location including a pickup location;

an impulse purchase prompt initiator including a processor and configured to detect a position of a mobile device so as to detect the mobile device being located at the pickup location;

an impulse purchase prompt, wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically transmits the impulse purchase prompt to the mobile device in response to interaction between the mobile device and the impulse purchase prompt initiator while the mobile device is proximal to the impulse purchase location and in response to the mobile device being located at a predetermined distance from the pickup location of the impulse purchase location; and

a fulfillment configuration that fulfills an impulse purchase in response to a customer response to the impulse purchase prompt including an impulse purchase request,

wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator is configured to determine that the mobile device is stationary and to only automatically transmit the impulse purchase prompt in response to the mobile device being stationary for a predetermined period of time and before an initial transaction that resulted in entry of the mobile device into the impulse purchase location is completed, wherein the completion of the initial transaction includes a customer associated with the mobile device receiving all products associated with the initial transaction.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically transmits the impulse purchase prompt to the mobile device in advance of the mobile device arriving at the pickup location.

13 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the fulfillment configuration comprises an automated locker including at least one storage compartment, wherein the automated locker includes a communications module communicatively coupled to the impulse purchase prompt initiator, and wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically sends a signal to the communications module of the automated locker indicative of the an impulse purchase request transmitted in response to the impulse purchase prompt so as to automatically cause the at least one storage compartment to open and dispense a product associated with the impulse purchase request prior to arrival of the customer or a fulfilment associate at the automated locker.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the impulse purchase request activates the fulfillment configuration for simultaneous fulfillment with an initial transaction that resulted in entry of the customer into the impulse purchase location.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt comprises a notification on the mobile device, and wherein the impulse purchase prompt opens a mobile application associated with an impulse purchase location in response to approval of the notification by the customer.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the detection of the customer comprises an interaction with the mobile device, and wherein the interaction comprises a user-initiated interaction with an information carrier present at an impulse purchase location.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the user-initiated interaction comprises scanning a QR code with the mobile device.

18 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one storage compartment includes a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment, the first storage compartment having a first internal temperature that is lower than a second internal temperature of the second storage compartment, and wherein the method further includes adjusting the first internal temperature and the second internal temperature in response to seasonal changes in impulse purchasing behavior of customers.

19 . The system of claim 12 , wherein the impulse purchase prompt initiator is further configured to, in response to the impulse purchase request being transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt, automatically transmit a further impulse purchase prompt to the customer that is related to the product associated with the impulse purchase request.

20 . A method of prompting impulse purchases, comprising:

detecting a position of a customer at an impulse purchase location via an impulse purchase prompt initiator including a processor, the impulse purchase location including a pickup location, the detection of the position of the customer executed via at least one of a Bluetooth connection, a geofence detection, a wireless connection, or a camera detection;

in response to the position of the customer being located at a predetermined distance away from the pickup location and in advance of the customer arriving at the pickup location, automatically transmitting, via the impulse purchase prompt initiator, an impulse purchase prompt to the customer;

determining, via the impulse purchase prompt initiator, that the customer is stationary and only automatically transmitting the impulse purchase prompt in response to the customer being stationary for a predetermined period of time and before the customer completes an initial transaction that resulted in entry of the customer into the impulse purchase location, wherein the completion of the initial transaction includes the customer receiving all products associated with the initial transaction;

fulfilling, in near-real time, an impulse purchase request transmitted by the customer in response to the impulse purchase prompt via the impulse purchase prompt initiator automatically sending a signal to a communications module of an automated locker including at least one storage compartment, the communications module being communicatively coupled to the impulse purchase prompt initiator, wherein the signal is indicative of the impulse purchase request transmitted in response to the impulse purchase prompt; and

automatically opening the at least one storage compartment and dispensing a product associated with the impulse purchase request, wherein the automatic sending of the signal to the communications module of the automated locker automatically causes the at least one storage compartment to open and dispense the product.