US 12,229,819 B2
Integration of customer-stored information with media enabled shopping systems
Saul Stawar, Plano, TX (US); Cody Singleton, Plano, TX (US); and Bret Aylor, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to Media Cart Holdings, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by MEDIA CART HOLDINGS, INC, Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/813,875.
Application 16/813,875 is a continuation of application No. 16/557,013, filed on Aug. 30, 2019, granted, now 10,621,650.
Application 16/557,013 is a continuation of application No. 13/794,156, filed on Mar. 11, 2013, granted, now 10,438,271, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Application 13/794,156 is a continuation of application No. 11/690,852, filed on Mar. 26, 2007, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2020/0211088 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); B62B 3/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01) [B62B 3/1408 (2013.01); B62B 3/142 (2013.01); B62B 3/1424 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); B62B 5/0096 (2013.01); B62B 2501/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining a location and direction of travel of a media enhanced shopping cart, wherein determining the location and direction of travel of the media enhanced shopping cart is performed by a locationing component affixed to the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein the locationing component does not comprise a compass and wherein the locationing component utilizes information received from shelf-mounted radio frequency identification (RFID) tags via at least one RFID antenna mounted on the media enhanced shopping cart;
determining an inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart, wherein the inventory is determined automatically without any customer action beyond placing a product in the media enhanced shopping cart;
confirming the inventory contained within the media enhanced shopping cart by comparing one or more parameters associated with the inventory to parameters accessible by the media enhanced shopping cart system;
generating a customer item based on the inventory; and
displaying the customer item to a customer on a display of the media enhanced shopping cart.