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Systeme permettant de faire des achats dans un centre commercial du type libre-service Download PDF

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WO2002008977A1
WO2002008977A1 PCT/IT2000/000304 IT0000304W WO0208977A1 WO 2002008977 A1 WO2002008977 A1 WO 2002008977A1 IT 0000304 W IT0000304 W IT 0000304W WO 0208977 A1 WO0208977 A1 WO 0208977A1
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Umberto Avanzi
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Artericerca S.A.S. Di Umberto Avanzi E C.
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Priority to PCT/IT2000/000304 priority Critical patent/WO2002008977A1/fr
Priority to EP00951840A priority patent/EP1320814A1/fr
Priority to AU2000264683A priority patent/AU2000264683A1/en
Priority to GB0303887A priority patent/GB2382192A/en
Publication of WO2002008977A1 publication Critical patent/WO2002008977A1/fr
Publication of WO2002008977A9 publication Critical patent/WO2002008977A9/fr

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F10/00—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for
    • A47F10/02—Furniture or installations specially adapted to particular types of service systems, not otherwise provided for for self-service type systems, e.g. supermarkets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus

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  • the products are generally arranged on shelves which can be directly accessed by the customers.
  • the customers serve themselves and then pay for the purchases made at a cash till situated at the exit from the shopping centre.
  • the present invention envisages a system for making purchases by a customer at a shopping centre of the self-service type, comprising means for storing the position of each product on sale in the centre and means for providing a shopping list of products to be purchased; the system furthermore comprises means for determining the position of each product to be purchased and means for providing the customer with an indication of the products to be purchased in an ordered sequence according to a path inside the centre.
  • Fig. 3 shows the partial contents of a working memory of a host computer in the supermarket and of the palm-top computer during their operation
  • Figs 4a-4b show the flow chart of a method used for making purchases .
  • a system 100 for making purchases at a supermarket 105 is shown.
  • the supermarket 105 covers a large-size closed area (of the order of a few thousand square metres) which is accessed via an entrance 110.
  • the supermarket 105 is equipped with a host computer 130.
  • the host computer 130 is connected by means of a cable to each of the cash tills 125.
  • the computer is also connected via radio to a series of palm-top computers 135, each of which is supplied to a customer in the supermarket 105. Similar considerations apply in the case of a hypermarket (or any other shopping centre of the self- service type) or in the case where the supermarket has a different structure, for example with the shelves arranged in another way and with a different path along the shelves, etc.
  • the palm-top computer 135 includes a bus 255 which has, connected to it, a microprocessor ( ⁇ P) 260, a working memory 265 and a non-volatile memory 270 (typically a flash-type E 2 PROM) , which contains a program for controlling the palm-top computer 135.
  • the palm-top computer 135 is also equipped with a liquid-crystal display 275 with which an optical pen 280, a keyboard 285, a bar-code reader 290 and a radio transceiver 295 are associated.
  • the method returns directly to step 440. If, however, the customer has selected a request for signalling the position of the current product (by means of a corresponding key on the palm-top computer) , the method passes to step 465 where the coordinate of the current product is supplied to the driver module 345 which transmits a corresponding signal within a radius of 10 metres or so. Each transceiver arranged on the shelves and receiving this signal checks whether the coordinate of the current product falls within its sector; if this is so, the transceiver activates (for a few seconds) the associated signalling lamp. The method then returns to step 440.
  • step 490 the customer goes to the cash till in order to pay for the shopping (by means of cash, credit card or debit card) ; the information relating to the products purchased is also transmitted (by means of the driver modules 345 and 310) to the supermarket-management module 315 which correspondingly updates the respective field LOG of the customer database 325.
  • the method then ends in the final step 495.
  • the bar-code reader incorporated in the palm-top computer allows all the information relating to the products chosen by the user to be acquired in a rapid and precise manner.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un système (100) permettant à un client de faire des achats dans un centre commercial du type libre-service (105). Ce système comprend des moyens (330) permettant de mémoriser la position de chaque produit en vente dans le centre, ainsi que des moyens (135) permettant d'établir une liste des achats à faire. Le système comprend également des moyens (320) permettant de déterminer la position de chaque produit à acheter et des moyens (135) permettant d'indiquer au client les produits à acheter selon une séquence ordonnée par rapport à un parcours dans le centre.
PCT/IT2000/000304 2000-07-20 2000-07-20 Systeme permettant de faire des achats dans un centre commercial du type libre-service WO2002008977A1 (fr)

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PCT/IT2000/000304 WO2002008977A1 (fr) 2000-07-20 2000-07-20 Systeme permettant de faire des achats dans un centre commercial du type libre-service
EP00951840A EP1320814A1 (fr) 2000-07-20 2000-07-20 Systeme permettant de faire des achats dans un centre commercial du type libre-service
AU2000264683A AU2000264683A1 (en) 2000-07-20 2000-07-20 System for making purchases at a shopping centre of the self-service type
GB0303887A GB2382192A (en) 2000-07-20 2000-07-20 System for making purchases at a shopping centre of the self-service type.

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US7856368B2 (en) 2001-04-06 2010-12-21 Ahold Licensing Sa Methods and systems for providing personalized information to users in a commercial establishment
US10776804B2 (en) 2001-04-06 2020-09-15 Cuesol, Inc. Methods and systems for providing personalized information to users in a commercial establishment
WO2009146519A1 (fr) * 2008-06-03 2009-12-10 Bolland Security - Indústria E Comércio De Equipamentos Eletrônicos Ltda. Procédé de signalisation interactive et présentation de produits offerts en vente
WO2012158262A1 (fr) * 2011-05-17 2012-11-22 Ebay Inc. Procédé d'autorisation de l'activation d'une carte d'achat
FR2994294A1 (fr) * 2012-08-01 2014-02-07 So Far Procede de fourniture d'informations commerciales a un utilisateur a partir d'au moins un produit

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