Patent ID: 9595063
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G10L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for product location assistance in a retail location, said method comprising executing on a processor the method steps of: receiving retailer inventory data about a plurality of products, said inventory data comprising a location of said products in a retail store; formatting said received retailer inventory data to include a programmatically searchable taxonomy for said products, said taxonomy including slang, synonyms, and phonetic data and formatted in plaintext; receiving from a mobile smart phone of a user over a data communications network a user search request comprising an indication of a desired product, said desired product being a product in said plurality of products, and said user search request being received via a smart phone application executing on a processor of said mobile smart phone; identifying a location of said desired product in said retail store, said identification based at least in part on matching said indication of said desired product to said plaintext taxonomy for said desired product; sending to said mobile smart phone over said data telecommunications network an indication of said identified location of said desired product in said retail store.