Patent ID: 9043230
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for personalizing a customer's in-store shopping experience, the method comprising: providing, in the store, a plurality of electronic products or appliances for in-store customer purchase, each electronic product or appliance having a receiver device physically attached thereto configured for receiving data over a communications network; detecting, using wireless communications signals, a presence of a mobile phone device associated with a customer in the store; determining from the mobile phone device of the in-store customer, one or more of the in-store customer's purchasing preferences, tastes and tendencies to purchase electronic products or appliances; determining the in-store customer's intent to purchase a particular electronic product or appliance at said store; determining a match of the customer's intended particular electronic product purchase with inventory of electronic products or appliances available while the customer is in-store; communicating information regarding the in-store customer's preferences and a current purchasing intent, over the communications network, for receipt at the receiver device attached to the matched particular electronic product or appliance, such that said matched particular electronic product or appliance acquires a temporal understanding of the product preferences of the in-store customer; sensing and tracking, using said wireless communications signals, a position of the mobile device associated with the matched in-store customer; detecting a proximity of the in-store customer to the available particular electronic product or appliance within said store; and responsive to detecting the mobile device associated with the in-store customer is within a threshold vicinity to said particular electronic product or appliance, causing, via an interface provided with said particular electronic product or appliance, a presentation of an alert to said customer, said alert indicating a match or fit personalized to the customer's intent or interest to purchase said particular electronic product or appliance.