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Method for self-heckout with a mobile device

A mobile device and user technology, applied in data processing applications, payment architecture, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as time spent by customers

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-08-21
WALMART APOLLO LLC
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[0003] Because of this process, retail stores must invest in cashiers or automated checkouts, and customers spend additional time by requiring them to walk up to a cashier or automated checkout to complete their purchases

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[0016] The present invention utilizes the following discovery: by using a mobile device with item identification information input capability and communication capability, the user can input identification information used to identify the item to be purchased into the mobile device, and generate a message for the item identified by the identification information order and pay for said order without having to remove each item from a shopping cart and scan said item at a traditional cashier or automated checkout. The user may choose to pay for the order by simply providing the cashier with an optical machine-readable representation of the order number identifying the order displayed on the display of the mobile device, or by transmitting payment information directly from the mobile device to a remote server . In this way, users save time by not having to remove individual items from their shopping carts for scanning at traditional cashiers or automated checkouts, and users can b...

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A method for purchasing an item using a mobile device is provided. The method includes but is not limited to inputting identification information into the mobile device which identifies the item for purchase and generating an order for the item identified by the identification information. The method also includes but is not limited to displaying on a display of the mobile device an optical machine-readable representation of the order.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to automated checkout from a retail store. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for automated checkout from a retail store using a mobile device. Background technique [0002] Many retail outlets currently allow customers to scan each item either by utilizing a traditional cashier and then receive payment for the item from the customer, or by utilizing a self-checkout (SCO) kiosk where the customer Each item is scanned individually and then paid for at the automated checkout station, thereby performing checkout and paying for each item. Either way, the customer must place each item in a shopping cart to purchase each item, then the shopping cart must be taken to a traditional cashier or automated checkout, the customer often must wait in line, and then the customer must return each An item is removed from the shopping cart so that a conventional cashier or automated checkout can scan identif...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q20/20G06Q30/06G06V30/224
CPCG06Q30/0633G06Q30/0641G06Q20/20G06Q20/208G06Q20/3274G06Q30/06
Inventor 塞缪尔·约翰·冯鲍斯戴维·马丁·内尔恩斯贾森·理查德·托德蒂莫西·韦恩·韦伯戴维·乔丹·卡蒙菲利普·韦恩·马博特凯利·李·怀特布拉德利·约瑟夫·基弗基尔·A·奥尼尔克里斯托弗·约瑟夫·菲利普斯布莱恩·斯科特·巴尼特克里斯腾·拉凯莱·鲍林威廉姆斯道格拉斯·贾赫·赖纳米歇尔·约克戈克明蒂·唐·雷克托查德·克林顿·吉列姆莱斯利·肖恩·欧文加纳·凯瑟琳·戴维斯科德·卡梅伦·伦哈特香农·伊丽莎白·莱茨杰斯卡·弗洛德萨蒙
Owner WALMART APOLLO LLC