Systems and methods for mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11087276-B2
Application number	US-201916577037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Priority date	Jun 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item. User interfaces are also provided for presenting information related to the above methods and receiving inputs from users to accomplish one or more related methods.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for processing contactless acquisition of items, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
sending, from a mobile device, a first list of interest items;
receiving, at a processing terminal, the first list of interest items;
scanning, with the processing terminal, for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags;
creating a second list comprising offered items associated with the scanned signals;
determining whether items from the first list of items are present on the second list and whether any of the second items are present on the first list;
sending, to the mobile device, the result of the determination to cause the mobile device to prompt for approval from a user, whereby:
when none of the second items are present on the first list the mobile device prompts the user to approve the addition of the second list items to the first list, or
when a subset of the first list of interest items is not present on the second list, the mobile device prompts the user to approve the removal of the subset from the first list; and

completing a transaction to purchase items based on the user approval.

2. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising,
when a third list item is not present on the first or second list:
prompting approval from mobile device to complete a second transaction to purchase the third item; and
arranging for delivery of the third item to the user.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein arranging for delivery comprises shipping the third list item to a particular address, or moving the item to a designated area for pickup.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein scanning for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags comprises scanning for tags emitting a Wi-Fi signal.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein scanning for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags comprises scanning for tags emitting a signal in the 2.4 Ghz range.

6. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
maintaining a timer;
measuring a first time interval during which the mobile device is within proximity to at least one of the tags associated with offered items;
determining, at the end of the first time interval, whether the offered item associated with the tag is in the second list; and
removing the tag from the second list when the tag is not detected at the end, of the first interval.

7. The system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
receiving, from the mobile device, a revision to either add an item to the first list or remove an item from the second list; and
sending the revision to the processing terminal.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processing terminal, after receiving the list, determines a sale price of the item on the list.

9. A method for processing contactless acquisition of items, comprising:
sending, from a mobile device, a first list of interest items;
receiving, at a processing terminal, the first list of interest items;
scanning, with the processing terminal, for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags;
creating a second list comprising offered items associated with the scanned signals;
determining whether items from the first list of items are present on the second list and whether any of the second items are present on the first list;
sending, to the mobile device, the result of the determination to cause the mobile device to prompt for approval from a user, whereby:
when none of the second items are present on the first list the mobile device prompts the user to approve the addition of the second list items to the first list, or
when a subset of the first list of interest items is not present on the second list, the mobile device prompts the user to approve the removal of the subset from the first list; and

completing a transaction to purchase items based on the user approval.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, when a third list item is not, present on the first or second list:
prompting approval from mobile device to complete a second transaction to purchase the third list item; and
arranging for delivery of the third list item to the user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein arranging for delivery comprises shipping the third list item to a particular address, or moving the item to a designated area for pickup.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the scanning for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags comprises scanning for tags emitting a Wi-Fi signal.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the scanning for signals from tags associated with offered items in proximity to the tags comprises scanning for tags emitting a signal in the 2.4 Ghz range.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
maintaining a timer;
measuring a first time interval during which the mobile device is within proximity to at least one of the tags associated with offered items;
determining, at the end of the first time interval, whether the offered item associated with the tag is in the second list; and
removing the tag from the second list when the tag is not detected at the end of the first interval.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, from the mobile device, a revision to either add an item to the first list or remove an item from the second list; and
sending the revision to the processing terminal.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the processing terminal, after receiving the list, determines, a sale price of the item on the list.

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Douglas Lawrence Hutch
• Clarke Thomas Christopher
• Nally Deborah

Classifications

• G07G1/009 Primary

  the reader being an RFID reader · CPC title

• G06Q20/20

  Point-of-sale [POS] network systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/208

  Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing · CPC title

• G06K7/10386

  the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader · CPC title

• G06Q10/087 Primary

  Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders · CPC title