CPC G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0837 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A shopping system for fulfilling an order received from a customer, the shopping system comprising:
a primary product storage area adapted to store a plurality of products offered for sale;
at least one showroom or display, the at least one showroom or display adapted to display at least a subset of the products stored in the primary product storage area;
at least one delivery location;
a transport system including a robotic device;
a proximity sensing mechanism, the proximity sensing mechanism configured to determine location data associated with an intended recipient, wherein the location data indicates a proximity of the intended recipient to the product storage area or transport system; and
a network server in operational communication with the transport system and the proximity sensing mechanism, the network server configured to receive information associated with selected products that were selected by the customer and generate picking instructions in accordance with the selected products in response to data from a client device associated with the customer;
wherein the robotic device is configured to receive the picking instructions from the network server and to transport the selected products from the primary product storage area to the at least one delivery location, wherefrom the selected products will be provided or delivered to the customer or the intended recipient.
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