Systems and methods for presenting store sales data to a mobile electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016328725-A1
Application number	US-201615148280-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 6, 2016
Priority date	May 7, 2015
Publication date	Nov 10, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided are a computer-implemented system and method for generating real-time store sales data. Sales data is stored regarding items located at multiple retail stores. A user may enter a store with a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device accesses sales data pertaining to sales of at least one preselected target item in each of the multiple stores. Generated from the sales data is a sales analysis report in real-time on the mobile electronic device. The sales data of the store accessed in real-time is compared with comparable sales data of other stores.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method for generating real-time store sales data, comprising:
storing sales data regarding items located at multiple retail stores; entering a store with a mobile electronic device; accessing by the mobile electronic device sales data pertaining to sales of at least one preselected target item in each of the multiple stores; generating from the sales data a sales analysis report in real-time on the mobile electronic device; comparing the sales data of the store accessed in real-time with comparable sales data of other stores.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, at a display of the mobile electronic device, the sales data in a format that includes at least one of top selling items, top profit items, and top volume items.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the real-time sales data includes store level or department level sales data, and further identifies highest revenue, profit, or volume items at the store or department.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein sales data of a product is accessed by the mobile electronic device at a region of the store proximal to the product.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing current store sales against that of other stores within a same market.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the sales data is updated at the mobile electronic device on a predetermined periodic basis.

7 . A system for generating real-time store sales data, comprising:
a hardware computer processor that provides a store touring application to a mobile electronic device; a database at the store that includes sales data; and a service layer server that receives the sales data from the database in response to a request from the store touring application executed at the mobile electronic device.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the hardware computer processor updates the store touring application at the mobile electronic device.

9 . The system of claim 7 , further comprising a server that receives a request for sales data from a plurality of stores for comparing the sales data of the store with comparable sales data of other stores, and routes the request to a database each store that includes the sales data for each store.

10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the sales data is updated at the mobile electronic device on a predetermined periodic basis.

11 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the sales data includes store level or department level sales data provided in real-time or near real-time, and includes at least one of highest revenue, profit, or volume items at the store or department.

12 . The system of claim 7 , wherein sales data of a product is accessed by the mobile electronic device at a region of the store proximal to the product.

13 . The system of claim 7 , further comprising comparing current store sales against that of other stores within a same market.

14 . The system of claim 7 , where in the service layer server generates a call to the database of the store, processes response data from the database, and provides the response data to the store touring application on the mobile electronic device.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the response data includes data regarding at least one of a count of stores, a list of departments for a given store, sales per department for a particular period of time, top categories, forecasted sales for an upcoming period of time, and sales by department for all stores within the market of the current store.

16 . A system for generating real-time store sales data, comprising:
means for providing a store touring application to a mobile electronic device; means for storing sales data corresponding to the store; and means for receiving the stored sales data in response to a request from the store touring application executed at the mobile electronic device, the sales data generated from a sales analysis report in real-time on the mobile electronic device.

Assignees

• Wal Mart Stores Inc

Inventors

• Paracha Zulfiqar Ali
• Osmon Joshua David
• Pfleging Rachel Marie
• Harrison Brian Casey
• Piech William Robert
• Thangaraj Mahesh Sundar
• Burge Brian Dewayne
• Helms Anthony William
• D'Souza Derric
• Tyler Larry Michael
• Fischer Michael Andrew Budell

Classifications

• G06Q30/0201

  Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data · CPC title

• G06Q20/322

  Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices] · CPC title

• G06Q30/0202 Primary

  Market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities · CPC title