Toshiba had 38 patents in mobile during Q2 2024. Toshiba Corp’s patents in Q2 2024 focus on innovative technologies for retail stores, including purchase support, sales promotion support, transaction management, settlement systems, and shopping support. These patents involve information processing devices, communication interfaces, portable terminals, biometric authentication functions, and control units to enhance the overall shopping experience for customers. The technologies described aim to streamline transactions, provide recipe suggestions, display store maps, and optimize commodity sales data processing for efficient operations. GlobalData’s report on Toshiba gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Toshiba had no grants in mobile as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Information processing device and information processing method (Patent ID: US20240202775A1)
The patent filed by Toshiba Corp. describes an information processing device and program designed to support purchases and sales promotions of merchandise in a store. The device includes units for extracting a customer's previous visit date, identifying areas where merchandise with changed sales modes are located based on relationship information, and outputting this information. The claims detail the configuration of the information processing device, methods for identifying changes in sales modes, arrangement positions, and prices of merchandise, as well as a shopping support system involving a store server and customer terminal for displaying purchase support screens based on customer information and store layouts.
The system aims to enhance the shopping experience by providing customers with information on items that have changed in price or location since their previous visit to the store. By utilizing customer history and store layout data, the device and method described in the patent help identify specific areas where changes have occurred, allowing for targeted sales promotions and personalized support. The shopping support system outlined in the claims further enhances this experience by connecting customers to store servers, displaying relevant information on customer terminals, and utilizing features such as cameras for item identification and network connectivity for entry and exit detection.
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