Patent ID: 7263500

Claim:
A merchandise locating system, the system comprising: a display configured to present a graphical mapped image of a residential lot, the residential lot comprising at least a house and a landscape area adjacent at least a portion of the house, wherein the graphical mapped image comprises a representation of the house and the landscape area as viewed from outside the house; an input module configured to accept user inputs; and a user accessible computer coupled to the display and the input module, and configured to determine a portion of the graphical mapped image corresponding to the user input and to control the display to present a lower level graphical image of the determined portion of the graphical mapped image, the lower level graphical image comprising representations of one or more of a plurality of rooms of the house; the user accessible computer further configured to receive one or more inputs from the input module indicating a user selected portion of the lower level graphical image corresponding to a particular desired merchandise item and to determine a location in a store of the desired merchandise item, and to generate a map identifying the location in the store of the item, wherein the display presents an image of the map to the user.