Patent ID: 8626611

Claim:
An augmented reality shopping system comprising: a store communication network; a control system comprising: I/O devices; a memory including program instructions for: receiving a product location request; associating the received request with product information stored in a product database where the product database is located within the memory and includes product availability information; determining the location of the product within the store, receiving shopper location information; determining a route between the determined location of the product and the shopper location based upon the shopper location information; generating route rendering data based upon the determined route; transmitting product availability information through the store communication network; and transmitting the route rendering data through the store communication network; and a processor operably connected to the I/O devices, the store communication network and to the memory for executing the program instructions; and a hands-free mobile display device operably connected to the processor through the store communication network including a lens and a projector for rendering an overlay image on the lens using the transmitted route rendering data and the transmitted product availability information.