SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ITEM LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING ITEM LOCATION INFORMATION BASED ON CROWD-SOURCED DATA

A system and method are disclosed for identifying item locations via crowd-sourced information. The system includes a server having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The server is coupled to a mobile shopping application on a mobile device of a user. The processor pe...

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Hauptverfasser: Reusche, Andrew, Schultz, Monte, Morgan, Kip
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
SURVEYING
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method are disclosed for identifying item locations via crowd-sourced information. The system includes a server having a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The server is coupled to a mobile shopping application on a mobile device of a user. The processor performs a series of operations constituting the following method. The user of the mobile shopping application on the mobile device is selectively requested to locate an item in a retail store via the mobile shopping application. The user is directed to an expected location of the item via the mobile shopping application. Confirmation is received from the user that the item has been located via the mobile shopping application. The precise location of the item is captured in conjunction with the mobile shopping application. An item location database is updated to include the captured precise location of the item.