Systems and methods for facilitating the retail shopping experience online

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present disclosure can facilitate generating a notification at a retail store. In some embodiments, the system includes a server. The server can be configured to access a data structure, storing product descriptions describing products in a retail store. The server can be configured to select a search result from the product descriptions based on input from a user and associate the selected search result with a user account associated with the user. The server can be configured to generate a notification based on the user account and the search result associated with the user account, and can be configured to display the notification at the retail store.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of generating a notification by a server, comprising:
 accessing, by the server, a data structure storing, in a memory element, one or more product descriptions, the one or more product descriptions describing one or more products in a retail store;   selecting, by the server via the data structure, responsive to input from a user, a search result from the one or more product descriptions;   associating, by the server, responsive to input from the user, one or more of the product descriptions selected in the search result with a user account, the user account associated with the user;   generating, by the server, responsive to the association, a notification based on the user account and the one or more product descriptions associated with the user account; and   displaying, by the server, responsive to the generation, the notification at the retail store.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the server, a user location associated with the user account;   measuring, by the server, the distance from the user location to a location of the retail store; and   generating, by the server, responsive to the measurement being below a threshold, an alert.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 generating, by the server, a heat map including the user location; and   displaying, by the server, the heat map.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the server, a user location associated with the user account;   measuring, by the server, the distance from the user location to a location of the retail store; and   modifying, by the server via the data structure, responsive to the measurement being below a threshold, the one or more product descriptions associated with the user account.   
     
     
         5 . A system for generating a notification, comprising:
 a server including a processor and memory configured to:
 access a data structure storing, in a memory element, one or more product descriptions, the one or more product descriptions describing one or more products in a retail store; 
 select, via the data structure, responsive to input from a user, a search result from the one or more product descriptions; 
 associate, responsive to input from the user, one or more of the product descriptions selected in the search result with a user account, the user account associated with the user; 
 generate, responsive to the association, a notification based on the user account and the one or more product descriptions associated with the user account; and 
 display, responsive to the generation, the notification at the retail store. 
   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the server is further configured to:
 receive a user location associated with the user account;   measure the distance from the user location to a location of the retail store; and   generate, responsive to the measurement being below a threshold, an alert.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the server is further configured to:
 generate a heat map including the user location; and   display the heat map.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the server is further configured to:
 receiving, by the server, a user location associated with the user account;   measuring, by the server, the distance from the user location to a location of the retail store; and   modifying, by the server via the data structure, responsive to the measurement being below a threshold, the one or more product descriptions associated with the user account.