Patent ID: 9595059
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04M

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving first imagery captured by a smartphone camera, the first imagery representing a first retail product located at a retail location, and presenting the first imagery on a touch screen of the smartphone; providing the first imagery to a processor to produce fingerprint data therefrom, the fingerprint data being utilized to identify the first retail product; receiving second imagery representing a second retail product, identified as a product recommendation associated with the first retail product, the second imagery being sourced from a source different than the smartphone camera; presenting, on the touch screen of the smartphone, the second imagery; broadcasting the fingerprint data for access by a retail location only when a global positioning system provides location information indicating that the smartphone is within an area associated with the retail location, whereby battery life of the smartphone is persevered relative to continuous or periodic broadcasts of the fingerprint data, in which the retail location consults a translation table structure to obtain a corresponding identifier; receiving an in-stock indication from the retail location for a product associated with the corresponding identifier.