Patent ID: 11861639
Assignee: nan
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method for tracking a customer throughout a store using images and metadata of the images performed by a server and devices situated throughout the store, comprising:
detecting, by the server, a customer of a store within the store;
obtaining, by the server, a customer identifier for the customer;
providing, by the server, the customer identifier to the devices for the devices to detect and to track the customer through video captured by cameras in the store;
detecting and tracking, by the devices, the customer through the video;
reporting, by particular devices of the devices, portions of the video to the server based on the detecting and the tracking;
receiving, by the server, the portions of the video at different reporting times from the particular devices as the customer is tracked within the store by the devices;
associating, by the server, each portion of the video with the corresponding particular device, each reporting time with a current time of day, and the corresponding particular device with a known location within the store;
maintaining, by the server, a session for the customer until a particular portion of the video indicates the customer has exited the store;
during the session, evaluating, by the server, conditions associated with rules detected in the portions of the video; and
triggering, by the server, processing of actions for the conditions that are satisfied based on the evaluating.