Patent ID: 8112070
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G01C,G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for searching a merchandise location by an electronic device, the electronic device in communication with a server that provides merchandise maps of different shopping locations, the method comprising: creating a database in a storage system of the electronic device to store merchandise maps; receiving the name of a searched shopping location and the merchandise name of a searched merchandise as search keywords in response to user input; determining if the database has a stored merchandise map of the searched shopping location comprising the searched merchandise from the merchandise maps in the database; downloading a merchandise map of the searched shopping location comprising the searched merchandise from the server, if the database does not have the stored merchandise map comprising the searched merchandise; highlighting a location of the searched merchandise on the downloaded merchandise map; and displaying the downloaded merchandise map with the highlighted location of the searched merchandise on a display of the electronic device.