Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voice-enabled substitutions with customer notification
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Application No.: US15859799Application Date: 2018-01-02
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Publication No.: US11042834B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Lori Pike , James Hendrickson , Vanessa Cassandra Sanchez , Timothy Reed , Justin Volz , Brian Quinn , Stefan Wert , Joshua Zito , Allan Strane , Heather Potts
- Applicant: Vocollect, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Vocollect, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Vocollect, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q10/08
- IPC: G06Q10/08 ; G10L15/22 ; G10L15/30 ; G06F3/16 ; G06Q50/28 ; G06Q10/06

Abstract:
A method to provide an order for a user to select goods includes automatically prompting a user via a voice command to collect an item from an order placed by a customer, and in response to receiving the input from an electronic device indicating that the item is unavailable, automatically prompting the user via a voice command to collect a substitute item designated, receiving an input indicating that the substitute item has been collected, followed by electronically notifying the customer that the substitute item has been collected instead of the original item. In another aspect, a voice-enabled click and collect system includes a remote server in communication with a mobile device, configured to prompt a user to collect an item, communicate the item unavailability to the remote server, receive instructions from the remote server, prompt the user to collect the substitute item, and notify the customer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180197136A1 VOICE-ENABLED SUBSTITUTIONS WITH CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION Public/Granted day:2018-07-12
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