METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A SHOPPER IN NAVIGATING THROUGH A STORE

Patent №

US 7,147,154

Granted

2006-12-12

Filed 2003

Owner

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

AI components

2

planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10426082

A method and system for assisting a shopper in obtaining item(s) desired by the shopper is disclosed. The method and system include allowing the shopper to provide the item(s) to a computer system and determining location(s) of the item(s) using the computer system. The method and system also include determining a route including the location(s) using the computer system. In one aspect, the method and system also include allowing the shopper to edit the at least one item after the route has been determined, determining an additional location for a new item using the computer system if a new item has been entered, and re-determining the route based on the shopper editing the at least one item using the computer system. In another aspect, the computer system resides on a robotic shopping cart. In this aspect, the method and system also include automatically driving the robotic cart to each of the location(s).

PlanningAI hardwareG07F 7/02G06Q 30/06G07G 1/00G07G 1/0081

AI classification

Planning1.00
AI hardware0.62
Evolutionary computation0.41
Knowledge representation0.03
Natural language0.02
Vision0.01
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

assignment · 140280225

Assignors

MYERS, ROBERT A., THOMAS, JEFF D.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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