A grocery store application

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system (1) which enables grocery shoppers to locate and access the products they are searching for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on an application run on an electronic device; to view product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles; and therefore, enables grocery shopping to be carried out more easily and conveniently.

Description

[0001] A GROCERY STORE APPLICATION

[0002] Technical Field

[0003] The present invention relates to a system which enables grocery shoppers to locate and access the products they are searching for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on an application run on an electronic device; to view product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles; and therefore, enables grocery shopping to be carried out more easily and conveniently.

[0004] Background of the Invention

[0005] Today, there are applications whereby a user can create and save a grocery shopping list, share it with another user, and authorized users can view and update the list, yet these applications are just a shared list application. There are also numerous mobile applications whereby customers can add products to their favourites, see promotions, and order online. There are applications that provide information about product prices, where to find them cheaper, where there are promotions. However, there are no applications that enable to locate and easily access the products searched for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on an application and to display product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles.

[0006] For this reason, considering the studies and deficiencies included in the current technique, it is understood that there is a need for a system which enables grocery shoppers to locate and access the products they are searching for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on an application run on an electronic device; to view product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles; and therefore, enables grocery shopping to be carried out more easily and conveniently.

[0007] The United States patent document no. US10885336B1, an application included in the state of the art, discloses a system which enables the use of automatic object identification and device communication technologies through image and audio signals to identify the location of products in a grocery store. The deterministic identifiers included in the system of the said invention enable reliable and efficient capture of product discovery, purchase and consumption events, thus allowing more reliable product recommendation, more accurate shopping list generation and in-store navigation. In the said invention, a mobile device equipped with image and sound detectors extracts product identifiers from objects, display screens and ambient audio. A mobile device application in combination with a cloud-based service receives product information and logs product events for extracted identifiers. The cloud service generates recommendations and mapping for in-store navigation. The detectors also provide reliable and efficient product identification for purchase events and post-shopping product use.

[0008] The United States patent document no. US20180053241A1, another application included in the state of the art, discloses a system and method for determining the location of a product within a facility. In the said invention, manufacturers and / or merchants are enabled to enter or bid for offers / promotions to be served to the consumers through the various interface mechanisms. Manufacturers / merchants use an application provided by the system to enter information such as promotions, advertisements, coupons for their products. Consumers use their mobile device to identify products close proximity to them in an indoor location. Consumers can pay through their mobile device, and it can be used instead of scanning products in the indoor location. The mobile device can be a consumer provided device (smart phone, iPad, laptop computer, tablet computer, etc.) capable of identifying a product with its camera or a built-in or external product scanner. It also allows the progress of the consumer through a store to be mapped.

[0009] Summary of the Invention

[0010] An object of the present invention is to realize a system developed for enabling grocery shoppers to locate and access the products they are searching for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on an application run on an electronic device; to view product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles; and therefore, enabling grocery shopping to be carried out more easily and conveniently.

[0011] Detailed Description of the Invention

[0012] “A Grocery Store Application” realized to fulfd the objective of the present invention is shown in the figure attached, in which:

[0013] Figure 1 is a schematic view of the inventive system.

[0014] The components illustrated in the figure are individually numbered, where the numbers refer to the following:

[0015] 1. System

[0016] 2. Electronic device

[0017] 3. Application

[0018] 4. Server

[0019] B. Bank Server

[0020] K. Camera

[0021] The inventive system (1) developed for making shopping in supermarkets and hypermarkets easy, fast and economical comprises at least one electronic device (2) which is configured to exchange data by using any remote communication protocol and to run at least one application thereon; at least one application (3) which is configured to be run on the electronic device (2); to enable shopping lists to be created; to vocalize and display product recommendations and promotions; at least one server (4) which is configured to establish connection with the electronic device (2) by using any remote communication protocol; and to establish communication with the application (3) run on the electronic device

[0022] (2) through this established connection; to generate shopping and product recommendations; to detect in which grocery stores the product promotions are available; to detect the locations of the grocery store aisles; to estimate the waiting time of the user when he / she will take his / her cart from the grocery store; and to present it on the application (3); to present reviews of products on the application

[0023] (3).

[0024] The electronic device (2) included in the inventive system (1) is configured to exchange data by using any remote communication protocol and to run at least one application thereon. The electronic device (2) is a device in the form of a cell phone and / or tablet computer. The electronic device (2) is configured to run a camera (K) for capturing images. The electronic device (2) is configured to operate the application (3) thereon. The electronic device (2) is configured to establish connection with the server (4) by using any remote communication protocol included in the state of the art. The electronic device (2) is configured to enable the relevant permissions requested by the application (3) to be granted.

[0025] The application (3) included in the inventive system (1) is configured to be run on the electronic device (2). The application (3) is configured to enable users to create an account and to select province / district information on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable users to create a shopping list and to share the list they have created with whomever they want on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable authorized persons to update the list on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable users to create lists not only by text but also by voice, and to record products on the list on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable desired products to be added to favourites; and to display shopping and product suggestions to the user on next shopping based on the products in the previous lists or favourites on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display the information in which grocery stores the promotions are available for the products in the created list on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable only the grocery stores in or near the respective province and district to be displayed when the user selects the province / district on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display a map showing the locations of the aisles of the current grocery store on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable maps of large grocery stores to be displayed and a QR code providing maps of the grocery stores to be scanned on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable the location of products or aisles to be detected via tracking tags / item trackers that will be added to the aisles. The application (3) is configured to display and vocalize the map that the user needs to follow in the grocery store in order to find the products on his / her list; in which aisle / aisles he / she will find which products; and the shortest route and shortcut he / she needs to take in order to access the products, on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display and vocalize all the promotions in the current grocery store on the promotions section on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display and vocalize bank promotions on the promotions section on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display notifications sent for promotions on products in the grocery list of the user; notifications sent regarding the promotions on products in the grocery lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created if there are promotions on those products; and product recommendation notifications generated if there are promotions on products in the grocery lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display personalized promotions on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display and vocalize the aisles, products and promotions provided via virtual reality. The application (3) is configured to display product reviews on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display bank product recommendations such as cards and loans on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable payments to be made by clicking on a notification. The application (3) is configured to enable a product collection game to be played. The application (3) is configured to enable the user to scan the barcodes of the products and to create a shopping cart, to perform the transactions of adding / removing products to the cart and updating the quantity. The application (3) is configured to display the number of packages waiting to be prepared and the estimated waiting time on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to enable the mobile cart to be confirmed. The application (3) is configured to enable users to choose how they want to pick up their cart after seeing the waiting time at the grocery store on at least one interface. The application (3) is configured to display valid bank promotions in stores located near the grocery store on at least one interface.

[0026] The server (4) included in the inventive system (1) is configured to establish connection with the electronic device (2) by using any remote communication protocol included in the state of the art, and to establish communication with the application (3) run on the electronic device (2) through this established connection. The server (4) is configured to save the created lists through accessing the shopping list and the product information added to the favourites on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to create shopping suggestions for the user on next shopping based on the products in the previous lists or favourites through accessing the shopping list and the product information added to the favourites on the application (3) and to transmit them to the application (3). The server (4) is configured to analyze the shopping behaviour and habits of the users by accessing them through the application (3); to recommend different products to the users based on the similar behaviour of different users; and to transmit them to the application (3). The server (4) is configured to detect in which grocery stores the promotions are available for the products in the list created by the user through the application (3) and to transmit them to the application (3). The server (4) is configured to filter only the grocery stores in or near the respective province and district by accessing the province / district information selected by the user through the application (3) if the user makes a province / district selection and to transmit it to the application (3). The server (4) is configured to present the locations of the aisles of the current grocery store on a map on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to add the maps of the large grocery stores into the application; to generate a QR code providing the maps of the grocery stores; and to transmit it to the application (3). The server (4) is configured to present the map that the user needs to follow in the grocery store by grouping the products in his / her list with the created grocery store list and the map of the grocery store determined by the location on the application (3); in which aisle / aisles he / she will find which products; and the shortest route and shortcut he / she needs to take in order to access the products. The server (4) is configured to present all the promotions in the current grocery store on the promotions section of the application (3) with video and audio. The server (4) is configured to present the bank promotions on the promotions section of the application (3) with video and audio by establishing connection with the bank servers (B). The server (4) is configured to transmit notifications to the user on the application (3) for the promotions on the products in the grocery store list of the user. The server (4) is configured to transmit notifications to the user on the application (3) if there are promotions on the products in the grocery store lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created The server (4) is configured to recommend products to the user if there are promotions on the products in the grocery store lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created and to transmit a notification to the user on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to generate personalized promotions based on the data obtained and to present them on the application (3) if the user gives permission. The server (4) is configured to detect aisles, products and promotions via virtual reality by accessing the camera (K) on the electronic device (2) and to present them to the user on the application (3) with audio and video. The server (4) is configured to filter and check all comments on the Internet about the respective product via artificial intelligence and to present all comments that are determined to be real to the user on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to present bank product suggestions such as cards and loans along with the bank promotions offered to the users in the application (3) by establishing a connection with the bank servers (B). The server (4) is configured to enable users to make the payment by confirming a notification received by the application (3) on the application (3) by establishing a connection with the bank servers (B). The server (4) is configured to enable points to be earned by collecting products in the game in the application (3) simultaneously as the user progresses on the determined path in the application (3) according to the products in the list of the user. The server (4) is configured to analyze the number of packages waiting to be prepared and the estimated waiting time after entering the grocery store in order to facilitate the choice of physical or mobile shopping cart of the user by accessing the shopping cart created through the application (3) and to transmit it on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to ask the user how he / she wants to receive the products, such as picking them up from the grocery store himself / herself or having the products sent to his / her home, by accessing the cart confirmation information through the application (3). The server (4) is configured to estimate the waiting time if the user wants to pick up his / her cart from the grocery store and to present it on the application (3). The server (4) is configured to present the valid bank promotions on the application (3) in stores located near the grocery store by establishing a connection with the bank server (B).

[0027] Industrial Application of the Invention

[0028] In the inventive system (1) grocery shoppers are enabled to locate and access the products they are searching for in supermarkets and hypermarkets with a plurality of aisles on the application (3) run on the electronic device (2); to view product promotions on a single point / platform without wandering between aisles; and therefore, enables grocery shopping to be carried out more easily and conveniently.

[0029] The electronic device (2), the application (3) and the server (4) included in the inventive system (1) provide information and confirmation to the user in line with the data privacy principles and operate within the scope of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK).

[0030] Within these basic concepts; it is possible to develop various embodiments of the inventive “A Grocery Store Application (1)”; the invention cannot be limited to examples disclosed herein and it is essentially according to claims.

Claims

CLAIMS1. A system (1) developed for making shopping in supermarkets and hypermarkets easy, fast and economical; comprising at least one electronic device (2) which is configured to exchange data by using any remote communication protocol and to run at least one application thereon; and characterized by at least one application (3) which is configured to be run on the electronic device (2); to enable shopping lists to be created; to vocalize and display product recommendations and promotions; at least one server (4) which is configured to establish connection with the electronic device (2) by using any remote communication protocol; and to establish communication with the application (3) run on the electronic device (2) through this established connection; to generate shopping and product recommendations; to detect in which grocery stores the product promotions are available; to detect the locations of the grocery store aisles; to estimate the waiting time of the user when he / she will take his / her cart from the grocery store; and to present it on the application (3); to present reviews of products on the application (3).

2. A system (1) according to Claim 1; characterized by the electronic device (2) which is a device in the form of a cell phone and / or tablet computer; and is configured to exchange data by using any remote communication protocol and to run at least one application thereon.

3. A system (1) according to Claim 1 or 2; characterized by the electronic device (2) which is configured to run a camera (K) for capturing images.

4. A system (1) according to Claim 3; characterized by the electronic device (2) which is configured to operate the application (3) thereon.

5. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the electronic device (2) which is configured to establish connection with the server (4) by using any remote communication protocol.

6. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the electronic device (2) which is configured to enable the relevant permissions requested by the application (3) to be granted.

7. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to be run on the electronic device (2).

8. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable users to create an account and to select province / district information on at least one interface.

9. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable users to create a shopping list and to share the list they have created with whomever they want on at least one interface.

10. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable authorized persons to update the list on at least one interface.

11. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable users to create lists not only by text but also by voice, and to record products on the list on at least one interface.

12. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable desired products to be added to favourites; and to display shopping and product suggestions to the user on next shopping based on the products in the previous lists or favourites on at least one interface.

13. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display the information in which grocery stores the promotions are available for the products in the created list on at least one interface.

14. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable only the grocery stores in or near the respective province and district to be displayed when the user selects the province / district on at least one interface.

15. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display a map showing the locations of the aisles of the current grocery store on at least one interface.

16. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable maps of large grocery stores to be displayed and a QR code providing maps of the grocery stores to be scanned on at least one interface.

17. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable the location of products or aisles to be detected via tracking tags / item trackers that will be added to the aisles.

18. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display and vocalize the map that the user needs to follow in the grocery store in order to find the products on his / her list; in which aisle / aisles he / she will find which products; and the shortest route and shortcut he / she needs to take in order to access the products, on at least one interface.

19. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display and vocalize all the promotions in the current grocery store on the promotions section on at least one interface.

20. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display and vocalize bank promotions on the promotions section on at least one interface.

21. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display notifications sent for promotions on products in the grocery list of the user; notifications sent regarding the promotions on products in the grocery lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created if there are promotions on those products; and product recommendation notifications generated if there are promotions on products in the grocery lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created on at least one interface.

22. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display personalized promotions on at least one interface.

23. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display and vocalize the aisles, products and promotions provided via virtual reality.

24. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display product reviews on at least one interface.

25. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display bank product recommendations such as cards and loans on at least one interface.

26. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable payments to be made by clicking on a notification.

27. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable a product collection game to be played.

28. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable the user to scan the barcodes of the products and to create a shopping cart, to perform the transactions of adding / removing products to the cart and updating the quantity.

29. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display the number of packages waiting to be prepared and the estimated waiting time on at least one interface.

30. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable the mobile cart to be confirmed.

31. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to enable users to choose how they want to pick up their cart after seeing the waiting time at the grocery store on at least one interface.

32. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the application (3) which is configured to display valid bank promotions in stores located near the grocery store on at least one interface.

33. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to establish connection with the electronic device (2) by using any remote communication protocol; and to establish communication with the application (3) run on the electronic device (2) through this established connection.

34. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to save the created lists through accessing the shopping list and the product information added to the favourites on the application (3).

35. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to create shopping suggestions for the user on next shopping based on the products in the previous lists or favourites through accessing the shopping list and the product information added to the favourites on the application (3) and to transmit them to the application (3).

36. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to analyze the shopping behaviour and habits of the users by accessing them through the application (3); to recommend different products to the users based on the similar behaviour of different users; and to transmit them to the application (3).

37. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to detect in which grocery stores the promotions are available for the products in the list created by the user through the application (3) and to transmit them to the application (3).

38. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to filter only the grocery stores in or near the respective province and district by accessing the province / district information selected by the user through the application (3) if the user makes a province / district selection and to transmit it to the application (3).

39. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present the locations of the aisles of the current grocery store on a map on the application (3).

40. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to add the maps of the large grocery stores into the application; to generate a QR code providing the maps of the grocery stores; and to transmit it to the application (3).

41. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present the map that the user needs to follow in the grocery store by grouping the products in his / her list with the created grocery store list and the map of the grocery store determined by the location onthe application (3); in which aisle / aisles he / she will find which products; and the shortest route and shortcut he / she needs to take in order to access the products.

42. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present all the promotions in the current grocery store on the promotions section of the application (3) with video and audio.

43. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present the bank promotions on the promotions section of the application (3) with video and audio by establishing connection with the bank servers (B).

44. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to transmit notifications to the user on the application (3) for the promotions on the products in the grocery store list of the user.

45. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to transmit notifications to the user on the application (3) if there are promotions on the products in the grocery store lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created.

46. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to recommend products to the user if there are promotions on the products in the grocery store lists or favourite lists that the user has previously created and to transmit a notification to the user on the application (3).

47. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to generate personalized promotions basedon the data obtained and to present them on the application (3) if the user gives permission.

48. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to detect aisles, products and promotions via virtual reality by accessing the camera (K) on the electronic device (2) and to present them to the user on the application (3) with audio and video.

49. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to filter and check all comments on the Internet about the respective product via artificial intelligence and to present all comments that are determined to be real to the user on the application (3).

50. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present bank product suggestions such as cards and loans along with the bank promotions offered to the users in the application (3) by establishing a connection with the bank servers (B).

51. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to enable users to make the payment by confirming a notification received by the application (3) on the application (3) by establishing a connection with the bank servers (B).

52. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to enable points to be earned by collecting products in the game in the application (3) simultaneously as the user progresses on the determined path in the application (3) according to the products in the list of the user.

53. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to analyze the number of packages waitingto be prepared and the estimated waiting time after entering the grocery store in order to facilitate the choice of physical or mobile shopping cart of the user by accessing the shopping cart created through the application (3) and to transmit it on the application (3).

54. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to ask the user how he / she wants to receive the products, such as picking them up from the grocery store himself / herself or having the products sent to his / her home, by accessing the cart confirmation information through the application (3).

55. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to estimate the waiting time if the user wants to pick up his / her cart from the grocery store and to present it on the application (3).

56. A system (1) according to any one of the preceding claims; characterized by the server (4) which is configured to present the valid bank promotions on the application (3) in stores located near the grocery store by establishing a connection with the bank server (B).

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