Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, system and method for populating a virtual shopping cart based on video of a customers shopping session at a physical store
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Application No.: US16663589Application Date: 2019-10-25
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Publication No.: US10861085B1Publication Date: 2020-12-08
- Inventor: Matthew Raymond Magee , Shahmeer Ali Mirza , Joshua E. Berry , Trong Nghia Nguyen , Ravi Kumar Kurva , Sarath Vakacharla , Ranganathan Mohan , Maninder Singh Suri , Jonathan Christopher Hodge
- Applicant: 7-ELEVEN, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Irving
- Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Current Assignee: 7-Eleven, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Irving
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G06Q30/06
- IPC: G06Q30/06 ; G09G5/14 ; H04N7/18 ; G06F3/0486

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a display, interface, and processor. The interface receives video from a camera located in a physical store and directed at a first physical rack. The camera captures video of the rack during a shopping session. The processor displays a first virtual rack that emulates the first physical rack and includes first and second virtual shelves. The virtual shelves include virtual items, which include graphical representations of physical items located on the physical rack. The processor displays the rack video, which depicts an event including the person interacting with the first physical rack. The processor also displays a virtual shopping cart. The processor receives information associated with the event, identifying the first virtual item. The rack video depicts that the person selected the first physical item while interacting with the first physical rack. The processor then stores the first virtual item in the virtual shopping cart.
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