Patent SG-11201901145X-A (SG)
Title: Self-checkout system for bypassing in-store checkout
Inventor: FERRERI ARNAUD NICOLAS
IPC: G07G1/14
Filed: 2017-09-05
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property :::` , Organization MD HIM 01E101011M 3E1 0 1011011111111111101111111011110111 III International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 3 (43) International Publication Date .....•\"\"- WO 2018/048808 Al 15 March 2018 (15.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (US). BARNUM, Eliz- G06Q 20/20 (2012.01) G07G 1/00 (2006.01) abeth Ruth; c/o Maplebear, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 Beale G06Q 20/32 (2012.01) G07G 1/14 (2006.01) Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (US). LEE, (21) International Application Number: Moses Yung Kyu; c/o Maplebear, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 PCT/US2017/050114 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (74) Agent: HULSE, Robert A. et al.; Fenwick & West LLP, 05 September 2017 (05.09.2017) Silicon Valley Center, 801 California Street, Mountian View, CA 94041 (US). (25) Filing Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (26) Publication Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 15/258,942 07 September 2016 (07.09.2016) US CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (71) Applicant: MAPLEBEAR, INC. (DBA INSTACART) HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, [US/US]; 50 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 94105 (US). MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (72) Inventors: FERRERI, Arnaud Nicolas; c/o Maplebear, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 Beale Street, Suite 600, San Fran-TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. _ cisco, CA 94105 (US). TURLAY, Emmanuel Jean Yves; c/o Maplebear, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 Beale Street, Suite (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (US). KHAITAN, Ashu; kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, = c/o Maplebear, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 Beale Street, Suite GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 600, San Francisco, CA 94105 (US). LEUNG, Denise Hoi UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, Shuen; c/o Maplebear, Inc. (dba Instacart), 50 Beale Street, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, =_ = = (54) Title: SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM FOR BYPASSING IN-STORE CHECKOUT (57) : An online shopping concierge service allows shoppers to purchase items on behalf of customers and checkout using a mobile application, circumvent- no ing traditional point-of-sale check-out systems. A customer places an order using a mobile application or website associated with the online shopping concierge service. = — 7 , Retailer 110a Retailer 110b ' Retailer 110c The online shopping concierge service charges a payment instrument of the customer — , = = 1 i in the value of the selected items. The system transmits the order to a shopper, who receives an order for fulfillment on a mobile device. The shopper collects and scans Shopper items using a mobile application. The mobile application transmits an identification of the items for purchase and their total cost to the online shopping concierge service, which transmits payment to the retailer. Alternatively, the mobile application encodes = 108 Shopper Mobile = = Application M an identification of the items for purchase into an encoded image, which is scanned by a cashier, allowing the shopper to complete an accelerated check-out. = — = Online Shopping = Concierge Service IQ/ Il Customer Mobile C Application 106 © GC ,- - - GC Customer 7r 104 © GC FIG .1 11 © N C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/048808 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIREIDINIFIMMOIIMIDEVOIMIE EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, SK, SM, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))