Commerce suggestions

Abstract

Commerce is suggested based on sensory outputs associated with a mobile device. The sensory outputs may represent any parameter, such as physical location or visual gaze. A product in a merchant's inventor may then be recommended, based on the sensory outputs.

1 . A system, comprising:
 a processing system including a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 determining a vector direction associated with a mobile device in a location wirelessly served by a wireless router broadcasting a service set identifier (SSID) associated with a wireless local area network; 
 associating a product identifier to the SSID and the vector direction; 
 generating a product suggestion message specifying information regarding a product associated with the product identifier; and 
 evaluating a success of the product suggestion message based on subsequent sensory information associated with the mobile device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a visual gaze that corresponds to the vector direction, and the success is determined according to the subsequent sensory information indicating a change in the vector direction toward the product associated with the product identifier.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the vector direction comprises one of an azimuth angle θ, a turning angle ϕ or both. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the product identifier comprises a stock keeping unit (SKU) the operations further comprise:
 querying an electronic database according to the vector direction; and   retrieving, responsive to the querying, the SKU from the electronic database.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 logging the SSID as the location reported by the mobile device.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 logging the SSID in an occupancy database associated with a merchant.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the product comprises a suggestion to purchase the product. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 determining, by a processing system including a processor, a vector direction associated with a mobile device at a location wirelessly served by a wireless router broadcasting a service set identifier (SSID) associated with a wireless local area network;   associating, by the processing system, a product identifier to the SSID and the vector direction;   generating, by the processing system, a product suggestion message specifying information regarding a product associated with the product identifier; and   evaluating, by the processing system, a success of the product suggestion message based on subsequent sensory information associated with the mobile device.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 determining, by the processing system, a cellular identifier associated with the mobile device.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 determining, by the processing system, an inventory associated with the service set identifier.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 retrieving, by the processing system, the inventory.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 logging, by the processing system, the SSID in an occupancy database associated with a merchant.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 logging, by the processing system, the SSID as the location.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 logging, by the processing system, the SSID and a time.   
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 identifying a gaze direction associated with a mobile device at a location wirelessly served by a wireless router broadcasting a service set identifier (SSID);   associating a product identifier to the SSID and the gaze direction;   generating a product suggestion message specifying information related to a product associated with the product identifier; and   evaluating a success of the product suggestion message based on subsequent sensory information associated with the mobile device.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a network address associated with the mobile device.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining an inventory associated with the SSID.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of  claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 retrieving the inventory.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 logging the SSID in an occupancy database.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 logging a time and the SSID.