Patent ID: 8620576

Claim:
A method, comprising steps of: receiving an input of a product selection of a customer via a point of sale terminal in a first store; responsive to the product selection, searching an inventory management system to identify one or more stores having the selected product in stock; selecting a second store from among the one or more identified stores; sending a place message, relating to location of the second store, for a mobile station of the customer; responsive to the place message, causing a navigation client application on the mobile station of the customer to obtain information regarding the location of the selected second store via a mobile communication network, by requesting a system of a navigation service provider to send a wake-up message through the mobile communication network to the mobile station, the mobile station causing the navigation client to wake up in response to the wake-up message; and providing directions for the customer from a current location of the mobile station of the customer to the location of the selected second store, for presentation to the customer, via the navigation client application and a user interface of the mobile station.